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Podcast: Old Roommates
Episode: Ep 201: "Schoolhouse Rock" Revisited
Description: Conjunction Junction, what was your function? Many 70’s kids grew up singing and learning in 3-minute intervals thanks to those Saturday morning cartoon gems, Schoolhouse Rock.From the solar system to subtraction, Gen X youngsters were smitten with these educational earworms. But now, nearly half a century later, how much did we retain of the cartoons themselves? Did “Just a Bill” really prepare us for filibustering and a President’s right to veto? And perhaps the biggest question of all … was this even Rock?The Old Roommates generate a lot of electricity, eeeeee-electricity and give multiple episodes a rewatch. Listen to...