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Remote Learning During COVID-19, Pt. 1
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with four college students from and/or attending school in the Bay Area - all of them taking classes right now online.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Last Song Before Passing Away
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our Halloween show for 2020. We're going to list the last song rock stars played before passing away. It is a macabre topic but it is Hal...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WNYO, WYAP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Series Ending Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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So many television series have ended and those endings have been connected to a song. In fact, of the top 10 most watched series finales, seven of...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio, and WNYO


  • Added: Oct 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sponsored Tours
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Back in 1981, when the Stones toured on Tattoo You, they had what many believe to be the first sponsored tour. Jovan Must paid $1 million to put t...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 02:02:40
  • Purchases: 6
Wedding Anniversaries
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This month is my 32nd wedding anniversaries so, just for fun, we'll play songs that are popular for anniversaries, tell you some odd trivia and jus...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, WNYO and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
History of Happy Birthday
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's my birthday this week. We went out to a chain restaurant and they sang their odd birthday song to me. I wondered why because Happy Birthday ...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Memoir of a Roadie
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we'll speak to best-selling author Joel Miller about his book, "Memoir of a Roadie: Axl said I made a great cup of tea... Scott Weiland l...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tom Petty and Me
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we'll talk to Jon Scott, author of the book, Tom Petty and Me. Jon was the driving force behind Tom Petty's career from the moment he f...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
EQ Killed the Radio Star
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Author Alan Vanderburg talks with us this week about his book, EQ Killed the Radio Star. He believes he's found the reason why some bands break up...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, WNYO, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Defamation in Music
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The words libel and slander are thrown around a good bit without any knowledge of what they actually mean and what it takes for someone to be found...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Navigating Allyship
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Screenshot from NIC Allyship podcast
In this episode, we explore allyship - How to support black people and other people of color in the fight for equity, protection from police brutal...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
2020-08-07 Billion Dollar Burger
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Long before the coronavirus began disrupting America’s trillion-dollar meat industry, lab-grown proteins were upending the way we consume chicken, ...

Bought by WGCU, KUHF, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Graceland
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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What do you know about Elvis' Graceland? Did he name it? Are you sure? What is the history of the house? Did you know Graceland was NOT his fir...

Bought by WOUB, WYAP, Harford Community Radio, KSRQ, and KWIT


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2020-07-26 The Ethical Jerk
From: Philosophy Talk
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Could studying moral philosophy make us more moral — or more of a jerk?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Apollo 11
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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In July of 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Did you know they had a cassette player on board? Most of you probably think David Bowie when you ...

Bought by WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, KWIT, and KTRL


  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 15, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: As the Coronavirus Pandemic Explodes, Teachers’ Union Rejects Trump’s Edic...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Headstones
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A good many Blues and Jazz performers from the early 1900s died without a penny in the bank. They were indeed buried but without a headstone. Fut...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
American Top 40
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Casey Kasem's Top 40 debuted on a July the 4th. Since that's this week, here's a quick history of the show, the host changes and all the good stuf...

Bought by KZYX, Harford Community Radio, KWIT, KSRQ, and KTRL


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Back Up Singers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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You may know the lead singer or the band - but who's singing backup? Today we'll tell you some famous people who started as backup singers and the...

Bought by WOUB, KWIT, WNYO, WYAP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Restraining Orders
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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One of the concerns about being a big rock star is that crazy fan. The stories of musicians having to take out a restraining order goes on forever...

Bought by WOUB, WNYO, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Groupie Pilcher - Climbing up the Eiffel Tower
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Norman Pilcher was the head of a special drug task force in London in the later 60s. He's know for his big public drug busts of the biggest names ...

Bought by WOUB, KRSC, KWIT, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for May 27, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Columbia University Study Finds Trump Delay in Social Distancing Cost Tens...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Concerts After Covid
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week on the show we talk about what concerts will be like after the major pandemic which has affected the world.

Bought by KZYX, WOUB, KWIT, WYAP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Creeque Alley
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Mamas and the Papas' Creqque Alley works a lot like American Pie. Every line is a reference to some piece of history. This week, Tammy and I ...

Bought by WOUB, KWIT, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio, and KRSC


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5