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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...

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


  • Added: Feb 06, 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
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
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
Contrafact and Contrafactum
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We were in a conversation about musicians reusing their own lyrics. We found so many examples that I though there had to be a name for this. Ther...

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


  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Smashed Guitars
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Phoebe Bridgers smashed her guitar on Saturday Night Live back in February. It was a stunt for sure but then it sold for over $100,000 at a GLAAD ...

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


  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
What Was the First Music Video?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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(Please note - we usually post on Sunday but are posting this a early due to a committment - thanks) So, what was the first Music Video? I don't ...

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


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
Albums Recorded in Prison
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Johnny Cash is known for having recorded albums in prison, four to be exact. That got us thinking. How many other artists recorded albums during ...

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


  • Added: Jan 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
WRM40 - Will & Reading
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Even though he wasn't a great student, Will Rogers knew the value of a good education.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:00
Defamation in Music
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The words libel and slander are thrown around a good bit without any knowledge of what they actually mean and what it takes for someone to be found...

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


  • Added: Aug 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
TikTok
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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TikTok has signed a couple of major deals with music publishers and it looks like it will become the new favorite of those trying to get their tune...

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Restraining Orders
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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One of the concerns about being a big rock star is that crazy fan. The stories of musicians having to take out a restraining order goes on forever...

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


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Clap When You Damn Well Please
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That
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The no-clapping-between-movements rule in a classical concert was created for a bad reason. So we’re gonna kill it -- you and me and Emanuel Ax.

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 23:26
The Cephalopod
From: Kate Madara
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A sky is a weird place to find the texture of something alive. It’s even weirder when that something is invisible but still casts a shadow. Smoot...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 11:59
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
Peter Anderson — Writing the eccentricities of place
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople host Alan Wartes spoke with writer, poet, and educator Peter Anderson.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Feb 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
44: Finches and Sleep Singing
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Dr. Margoliash at the University of Chicago has been studying the brains of Zebra Finches for years. Today we dive into some of his lab's result --...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 03:22
She'll Tell You You're Playing Bad
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
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Shamyra, Jasmine, Victoria, Ashley, and Isyss share their experiences playing in the school band.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2018
  • Length: 02:26
#826- Results
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Results- how we measure them, a baseball example and how BS walks and results talk.

  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 06:24
brainwriting
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Under the Sea
From: Rosa Olson McKenzie
Series: Google It, Bitch
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Tim and I talk about the mysteries of the deep blue.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 31:15
Hi Five, Denzel Washington
From: Liz McArthur
Series: The "Get to Know Me" occasional series
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I hate high fives and have only tried to high five one person as an adult. It was Denzel Washington. He wasn't really into it.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 06:16