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Food Named for Musicians
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Caruso Sauce. Paganini’s Ravioli. Bizet Cake. Drinks. Sandwiches. Food trucks. It's amazing how many food and food-related items are named af...

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, WYAP, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
218: Gladiatrices
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Seldom written about, female gladiators fought for glory and Rome from around 509 BCE to 200 AD. What little information we have about them was in ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
214: Sky Puppies
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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While baby Egyptian fruit bats start life getting carried around, once they get too heavy, their mothers leave them in a cave while they forage. It...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Rock is Dead?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Gene Simmons of KISS has doubled down on his statement that rock music is dead. Some agree. Some do not and some have written songs about it. Is...

Bought by KTRL, WYAP, KHNS, KNCT FM, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Old Tires and Arizona Cypress
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The genus is now Hesperocyparis, but back in the olden days, I learned the rough bark Arizona cypress of southeastern Arizona as Cupressus arizonic...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
Censorship and Mtv
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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What was the first song taken off of Mtv because of content? The first one censored. It wasn't the first one I thought of, or the second. I know...

Bought by KTRL, KSRQ, WYAP, KHNS, KNCT FM and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
201: Ancient Prosthetic Eye
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 2007, a woman's 5,000 year old skeleton was found in Burnt City, Iran. She was at least six feet tall and had what researchers think may be the ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Twice A Hit
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There is a small group of songs that have charted twice. Not a remake or a remix but the exact same song. It charted twice often years apart. To...

Bought by WKPW, KSRQ, KTRL, KNCT FM, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Dolly and the Hall
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominated Dolly Parton. She said no. They said sorry, the ballots have already gone out. Dolly is not the first a...

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
No Chorus
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Here's an interesting trivia question. Name a song that does not have a chorus. We have a few. We will also discuss the idea of a refrain, which...

Bought by WKPW, KSRQ, KTRL, KHNS, KWIT and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
206 part two: Skeet Shooting Fish
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Sure, Archerfish can use a squirt of water to knock prey into the water to be eaten. But researchers wanted to know, could they count?

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
202: Honeypot Ants
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine you're an ant living in an arid climate. There's no grocery stores! How do you keep enough food on hand for when things are scarce? You won...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
We Have to Talk About Joe Rogan
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is a music podcast/radio show. The biggest music story right now is Joe Rogan and Neil Young. We have to talk about it.

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


  • Added: Feb 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Title Change
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It happens now and again that a song will have its title changed after it is released and starts to become popular. The reasons why vary but colle...

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, KWIT, KSRQ, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Get Paid For Listening
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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My wife and cohost has joked many times that she listens to so much radio and audio book during her job that they should be paying her. Well, now ...

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Robert Moog
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Remember, pronounce it Mohg rather than Mooog. Robert Moog did not invent the synthesizer. He just made it so that it was in the reach of the reg...

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


  • Added: Jan 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
197: Singing Gorillas
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Give a captive gorilla tasty food, they often vocalize in ways that sound a lot like singing. It's so charming! But scientists thought this "singin...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
193: Navy Seals
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The US military uses more than boats to protect our Naval bases. This episode brings a whole new meaning to "Navy seals".

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
190: Beard Power
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Those of you with a thick beard, that hair does more than make you look suave or rugged. Turns out, a beard might be protecting your face. There's ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Long and Short Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Late Last Year, Taylor Swift's song All Too Well topped the chart and became the longest song to reach number one at just over ten minutes. She to...

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


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
2022 Anniversaries Part Two Early Upload
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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EARLY UPLOAD! THIS SHOW SHOULD BE USED THE WEEK OF 1/3 THROUGH 1/9. I CANNOT SCHEDULE MY UPLOADS. This is the second Anniversary show for 2022....

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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Our Christmas Show
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Every year we put together a Christmas Show and here is the one for 2021. It is early in the month so we are talking about the best gifts to buy t...

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


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Follow Up Albums
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Once a musician has a massive hit album, they are expected to follow it up. But the rules change. What would easily be considered a hit for other...

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


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Thanksgiving 2021
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our annual Thanksgiving show. We will talk turkey and Black Friday and play the entire song Alices Restaurant.

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


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Copyright Does NOT Cover
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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I have said many times on the show that titles are not copyrighted. You could write a song titled Stairway to Heaven. Well it looks like someone ...

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


  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6