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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?

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
206 part one: Goldfish FOV
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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You've heard of an ROV, a remotely operated vehicle. But did you ever think you'd see an FOV, a fish operated vehicle? Israeli scientists have atte...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
TV Themes that Became Hits
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Here's the game. Name a TV theme song that then became a hit on the pop chart. You cannot choose a song that was first a hit and then used for a ...

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


  • Added: Mar 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Skaboom Book
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we have an interview with author Marc Wasserman about his new book Skaboom. An American Ska and Reggae Oral History. It is a history of ...

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


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Musicians and Oscars
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Oscars are this month. How about a show discussing musicians who have been nominated for an Oscar? Some have even won.

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


  • Added: Feb 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
204: Baker Miller Pink
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1978, Dr. Alexander Schauss and a research assistant mixed 1 gallon of white latex paint with a pint of shiny red and created P-618 aka Baker Mi...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • 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...

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  • 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
Jingles That Became Hit Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It is quite common for a commercial to use a hit song but now and again a commercial will become so popular that the music in the commercial will b...

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


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
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 ...

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  • 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
Died in 2021
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our last show of the year. We always take this show and give one last tip of the hat to those who gave us great music but sadly passed awa...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KWIT, KTRL, Harford Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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
Chanaged Their Name After Fame
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It is one thing to change your name before you become famous. It is quite another to change your name after you become famous. We have a list tha...

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


  • Added: Dec 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
188: Trash Parrots
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Forget raccoons digging into your trash cans, Australia has giant parrots snacking out of trash bins. Some family groups of Sulfur-crested cockatoo...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
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 ...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Go For Broke - Curt Angeledes
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we speak with photographer Curt Angeledes about his new book, Go For Broke, Volume One. Curt has been following and taking pictures of ...

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


  • Added: Nov 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Halloween 2021
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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I want to play a game. No. Really. I want to play a game. I have ten monsters. I will say the monster and you tell me what song comes to your ...

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


  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tour Bus Accidents
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The tour bus is the main form of transportation for bands. To that end accidents can happen. On the show Tammy and I will relate a list of tour b...

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


  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
187: Animal Buddy Cops
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In an unexpected turn of events, two predators with very different hunting styles work cooperatively. During the summer months, badgers and coyotes...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
186: Sudden Genius
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine waking up from a nap to discover that you have the ability to compose music in your head. What a shock that would be! There are people who ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 2
184: Dog Days of Summer
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's fall now, but we recorded this episode during the dog days of August. The sky wore a blanket of wildfire smoke and daytime lows were in the mi...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1