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Thanksgiving 2022
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our annual Thanksgiving show. This year we'll play artists who contributed recipes to the book Eat Like a Rock Star. We will also talk tu...

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


  • Added: Nov 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
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
That's Entertainment!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish takes a deep dive into the significant seven weeks between the Passover and Shavuos festivals with music, comedy, and spoken word fro...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and WLPR


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
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
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
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
Songs Based on the News
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Earlier this year, we did a shows on the topics of folk songs and while researching that show, we found a lot of songs outside the folk genre that ...

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


  • Added: Jul 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
162: penguin Guano & Giggle Gas
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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There's a strange connection between King penguins, one of their favorite islands, and Nitrous Oxide gas.

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
160: Fab Female Frog Lungs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine if you could block out loud noises at a party by taking a really deep breath. That's how the female American Green Tree Frog manages to fil...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
150: The Amazing Shrew
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Who knew a tiny animal could contain such a multitude of cool facts? For our 150th episode we dive into the life of the shrew. It's a phenomenal cr...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
134: Glowing Squirrels
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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An accidental discovery by scientist Jonathan G. Martin lead to a surprise at his bird feeder. Turns out Flying Squirrels in the United States have...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
101: Jimmy Legs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The term Jimmy Legs describes both a syndrome and the restless leg bumping up and down that some of us do when nervous or full of energy. Let's fin...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
99: Drunk on Pizza
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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What happens when you cross a intestinal invading fungus or bacteria with carbohydrates? You get very very drunk. Trace explores the weird world of...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
2013 Anniversaries Show #2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The first two shows of the year on Rock School are all about Anniversaries. We'll be hitting up some songs and events from 60-50-40-30.... years ag...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 178 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comedian Ron Funches, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
RON FUNCHES - Portland Comedian. JAMES CURLEIGH - President and CEO of KEEN Footwear. THOMAS LAUDERDALE & KATHLEEN SADAAT - Pink Martini pianist an...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1