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Quarantine 15
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Stuck in a house packed with snacks and limited ways to exercise? Tempted to turn to Ben and Jerry for sweet, sweet solace? Experts say this is nor...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
WRM10 - Will and Congress
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers loved to poke fun at Congress. Now he keep an eternal eye on them.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Labs in Translation
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Mistranslation? Awkward. Surprisingly, it was a classic mistranslation after the Franco-Prussion War that prompted the acceptance of biosafety. Now...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
WRM09 - Will Rogers and Elections
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers had a lot to say about elections

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  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
106: Civil War Candy
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Necco Wafers and Jelly Beans were candies citizens were urged to "send to the troops" during the Civil War. Easy to transport and not likely to mel...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
105: Prohibition Cow Shoes and Hollow Canes
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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From 1920 to 1933, the United States had a ban against the sale and import of alcohol. Almost immediately the whole nation began to find innovative...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
WRM08 Will Starts Writing
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers becomes wildly popular in the newspapers

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Tale of Lady Montagu
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Smallpox… the word sounds harmless enough, but this “speckled monster” was the scourge of Western Europe throughout the 1700s. Why did it disappear...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
WRM07 - Will Finds His Niche
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers begins to incorporate humor and commentary to stand out over other trick ropers.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
Celebrating the Birthday of Big Joe Turner
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Big Joe Turner
(Air Dates: May 12 - 18) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Big Joe Turner with our very own David Ba...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Doc Cheatham
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Doc Cheatham
(Air Dates: June 9 - 15) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday jazz trumpet great Doc Cheatham with our spe...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Tal Farlow
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Tal Farlow
(Air Dates: June 2 - 8) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of guitarist, Tal Farlow with our special gue...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Music of John Stein
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: John Stein
(Air Dates: May 26 - June 1) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we welcome jazz guitarist John Stein. We find out what gives John ...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Bob James
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Bob James
(Air Dates: May 19 - 25) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the music of Bob James with the Grammy Award winner himse...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Robert Johnson
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Robert Johnson
(Air Dates: May 5 - 11) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of blues legend, Robert Johnson with our gues...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Ron Carter
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Ron Carter
(Air Dates: April 28 - May 4) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of jazz bassist Ron Carter. Two preside...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Toots Thielemans
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Toots Thielemans
(Air Dates: April 21 - 27) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Toots Thielemans with our special guest...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
What's in a Name?
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Viruses cycle through many names. Recently, the World Health Organization has limited the types of words used to label viruses. However, these rule...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Newton-flix
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Silver Lining
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Celebrating the Birthday of Nat King Cole
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Nat King Cole
(Air Dates: March 17 - 23) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the music of Nat King Cole, and meet Brazilian jazz gui...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lives in Music: the man who brought you the Beat and Fine Young Cannibals
From: Robin Valk
Series: Lives in Music
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In this edition of Lives in Music, Robin Valk talks with John Mostyn, who has been, if anything, more involved with more music that almost anyone i...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 44:20
98: Tenterhooks
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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If you're thinking, wait, I thought it was tenderhooks, you're not alone. Amy explains this early 18th century idiom that describes having a sense ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Charles Mingus
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Charles Mingus
(Air Dates: April 14 - 20) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Charles Mingus with our special guest S...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Yip Harburg
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Yip Harburg
(Air Dates: April 7 - 13) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Yip Harburg. The gang comes up with a th...

Bought by KCCU Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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