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UFO!
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Maybe there is life out there. Maybe UFOs have visited us. The government is even admitting there is a pretty good chance. However, many musicia...

Bought by WMTNradio, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Revived By TV
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Now and again, an older song will be picked up in a television show and break back on the charts for a whole new generation. Stranger Things has d...

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


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Inflation
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Inflation is high, not only here but around the world. While we may not know exactly how to solve inflation, but what we do know is that it's havi...

Bought by WMTNradio, WKPW, WYAP, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
225: Bees vs Mirrors
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Fresh off the research presses in early 2022, a new study on how honey bees navigate the world while they fly. Turns out still water and mirrors ar...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
224: Cat Nights
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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We don't know about you, but 2022 has been a MOOD so we're starting Halloween a little early this year. Be prepared! Starting Aug 17th, we have a s...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Dates in Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Do you remember the 21st of September? You know that date means nothing, right? It fit in the beat of the song. However, there are many songs wi...

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


  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Leaving The Stage
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A month, or so, back, the Chicks walked off stage because the lead singer wasn't able to continue due to allergies. This happens more than you mig...

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


  • Added: Jul 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Interpolation
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Interpolation in music is a simple, specific thing. Instead of sampling a piece of music, taking the actual song, Interpolation, is reperforming t...

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


  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Searching for Jimmy Page
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we will speak with author Christy Alexander Hallberg about her new book Searching for Jimmy Page.

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, KNCT FM, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Music Leaving Russia
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has well passed 100 days. To hurt Russia for its actions, businesses have pulled out of the country. That means a...

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


  • Added: Jun 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
219: Wife Selling
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In the 16 and 1700s, wife selling was a type of marital separation that people did when they couldn't afford divorce. It was shaming, mysoginistic,...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Marching Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, back in 1979, Fleetwood Mac recorded the Trojan Marching Band for their song Tusk. That started us wondering. Are there other pop and ...

Bought by KNCT FM, KTRL, WYAP, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrity Apprentice
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Donald Trump hosted the Celebrity Apprentice six times and then Arnold took over for a season. Believe it or not, musicians played a big part in t...

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


  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
What's Wrong With New Music?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Less than 3 percent of people 18 to 40 watched the Grammys. Furthermore, according to Spotify, the top 200 new songs playlist is responsible for l...

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


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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
420
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week will contain April 20. That's 4.20. It means smoking pot. But why? We will take an hour and discuss all the nicknames for pot and pl...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KTRL, KNCT FM, KSRQ, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
212: Peanut Butter Diamonds
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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With enough pressure and heat, just about anything with enough carbon in it could become a diamond. And thankfully for us, when a scientist was ask...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Razzies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Golden Raspberry Award. It used to have a Worst Song catagory. Not anymore. But we will revist those that once made the cut in this award s...

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


  • Added: Apr 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
209: Detachable Tails
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In cases of emergency, lizards pop off their tails to get away. Evolution made it possible for that tail to stay on when tugged but not twisted. It...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
208: Thunderclappers
From: Trace Kerr
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It wasn't just fame and glory that inspired Lewis and Clark's expedition across this great land. It took a "medication" so powerful that people wou...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 04:58
207: Cockroach Personalities
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Anything that scatters when you turn on the light...does it have a personality? Is the cockroach urge to run an indicator of a bold or timid world ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 05:33
  • 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
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