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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
194: Iris Sphincters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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You might think you're special because you can flex your nostrils or flap your ears--but it turns out that there's a person out there who can volun...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 11:34
  • 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
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 ...

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


  • 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
Album Cover Lawsuits
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The baby on the cover of the Nirvana Nevermind album is now 30 years old and he is suing everyone involved in the album for pornography even though...

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


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
2140: City Slickers + What Dreams May Come, 10/7/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’re taking a trip out west with Babaloo Mandel and Lowel Ganz, the screenwriting duo behind the classic American Western co...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Band Fan Bases
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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You have heard of the KISS Army, right? That what KISS fans call themselves. But did you know that other bands and musicians also have nicknames ...

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


  • Added: Aug 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Biz Markie Lawsuit
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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In the 90s, Biz Markie was a popular rapper with a top 10 hit. Then he used the song Alone Again by Gilbert OSullivan. He was sued not only for c...

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


  • Added: Aug 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
179: Spontaneous Combustion
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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This episode is marked explicit because we go into details that might lead to a person catching on fire. It's interesting science and we don't get ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
Band Logos
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we will tell you the story behind some of the best known band logos. From Dancing Bears to the Van Halen wings belonging to someone els...

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


  • Added: Aug 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
Won't Play in Concert
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we will discuss stories about bands that won't play their hit in concert. Often the band or artist has a decent reason but sometimes it ...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Trigger Finger
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Musicians, especially stringed instrument musicians, have a better than 80 percent chance of developing Trigger Finger. I know. I had it and at t...

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


  • Added: Jun 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5

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