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Can You Listen to a Song Forever
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we talk about song addiction.

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


  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Music Modernization Act
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Learn all about the music modernization act this week.

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


  • Added: May 15, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Rock Stars Who Were Teachers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Let's celebrate the rock stars who imparted knowledge onto the world before they were big.

Bought by KZYX, WOUB, KWIT, Royalton Community Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Canceling Concerts
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we talk about times the show did NOT go on.

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


  • Added: Apr 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
55: Super Recognizers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Two percent of the population has the almost uncanny ability to recognize and remember faces from chance meetings even years before. We talk about ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 1
Music Genres
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We talk about when and why music became ultra categorized.

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


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
54: Exploding Ants
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Meet C. explodens; worker ants who rupture their own abdomens--filled with toxic goo--to protect the colony from predators.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Whitewashing
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week Rock School explores the controversy of whitewashing in 1950s rock and roll.

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


  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Died And Came Back
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Let's talk about musicians who have seen the other side... and come back.

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


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Ariana Grande vs. The Beatles
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The claim is out there that, "the Beatles have been equaled!" Dr. Joe Burns isn't so convinced.

Bought by KAAD-LP, WOUB, KWIT, KSRQ, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tube? Solid State? Modeling?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Burns' talk amplifiers and how each type stacks against one another.

Bought by WOUB, KRSC, KSRQ, and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Founding Documents: Declaration of Independence
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The shortest document with the biggest possible job.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 26:36
  • Purchases: 3
Demos
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Check out the songs before they were songs as we talk about and play demos from popular artists.

Bought by KZYX, WOUB, WYAP, KRSC, KTRL and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
I Built An Aplifier
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Host Dr. Burns talks his experience building his own amplifier.

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


  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Is Radio Dead In 10 Years?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we talk about the decline of radio and how we can save it.

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


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Died Without A Will
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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What happens when a celebrity dies without a will?

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


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Most Expensive Stages
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we're going to tell you not only who has the biggest stage setup but who has the most expensive stage set up ever.

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


  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
45: Sneeze Voting
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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African Wild Dogs appear to vote on pack activities by sneezing.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
1905: Robert Rodriguez, Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans , 1/31/2019
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Caption: actor, Keenen Ivory Wayans
On this week's episode, we’ll hear from legendary jack-of-all-trades Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans. In 1987 the two co-wrote the groundbr...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
Bleeps!
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Have a bleeping good time this week as you learn about the broadcast laws around cursing.

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


  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
No Cameras Allowed - Julian David Stone
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Rock School finally gets to interview a rock and roll photographer.

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


  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Happy Public Domain Day!
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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If you don't know what public domain is we're going to tell you all about it and how every year on the 1st of January more and more songs are added...

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


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
2019 Anniversaries - Part Two
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We can't spend a new year without looking at music from 120 years past in 1899 all the way to ten years ago in 2009.

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


  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
2019 Anniversaries - Part One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We can't spend a new year without looking at music from 120 years past in 1899 all the way to ten years ago in 2009.

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, WSGE, KRSC and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Those We Lost In 2018
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The year in review as we talk about the icons 2018 took away from us.

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1