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Jul 4, 2021 • 14min

Episode 183: Goblins

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show and independent media, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music Wasser by H.Takahashi Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Jun 5, 2021 • 18min

Episode 182: The Surfmen

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show and independent media, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music: Flowering Jasmine as performed by Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Batica. Kaspburger by Clogs 20 (Lichen) by Berndan Eder Ensemble Fall Again by Duval Timothy, Lil Silva and Melanie Faye. Wurzer by H.Takahashi Bone Collector by Julian Lage and Chris Etheridge Titan’s Island by Ancient Oceans Notes: My favorite account (among many) of Richard Etheridge and the story of the Pea Island Surfmen is Fire on the Beach by David Wright and David Zoby. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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May 23, 2021 • 17min

Episode 181: The Adventures of Pearl

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music: Suite from A Hatful of Rain from the GOAT, Bernard Herrmann Sexfaldur from amiina Piano 1 from Emily Sprague Earring from Julia Wolfe and Lisa Moore The Squirrel, from Herrmann’s score to The Three Worlds of Gulliver All in Circles by Shida Shinabi Them by Nils Frahm Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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May 8, 2021 • 18min

Episode 180: Tracks

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music: Rosee by Piano Novel Eyes Closed and Traveling by Peter Broderick Future Waves by Uther Moads Go Home by h. hunt Juneau from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrians score to Wildlike Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Apr 22, 2021 • 14min

Episode 179: Keyhole

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music: Individuation by Eluvium Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina Seeming by Helios Portrait Gallery by Luke Howard Disillusionment for the Emotional Type by You’ll Never Get to Heaven Clouds by Hiroshi Yoshimura Notes: Leviathan: the History of Whaling in America by Eric Jay Dolan was super useful and very readable. You can find the study on Sperm Whale adaptation in the North Pacific here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Apr 3, 2021 • 22min

Episode 178: Crossfade

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music: Wiegenfield, S. 198 as played Khatia Buniastihivilli Van McCoy sings Mr. DJ Vier Stucke fur Xylophon Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo Calvary by Quicksilver Messenger Service Tizita by Tijist Ejigu Violin Solo no. 1 by Peter Broderick Two Aquerelles 1. Slow The Hustle by Van McCoy Coffee Beans by Moondog Dogs of Straw from Larry Groupe's score to Straw Dogs Flowering Jasmine by George Pelecis Visit Croatia by Alabaster DePlume Absence by Matti Bye Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Mar 20, 2021 • 21min

Episode 77: Butterflies

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. This episode was originally released in 2015. Sometimes you’re working on an episode (and when I say “you’re” I mean, “I’m,”) working on an episode and you realize it’s just all wrong. That there’s a good episode in there but you need to take a few days and go at it again. Because you (and, again, “you”=”I”) think it, and you (this time I mean you, the listener) deserve better. And you put out a re-run. It’s a good one, though. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Mar 12, 2021 • 13min

Episode 177: A Brief Eulogy for Carla Wallenda

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music The Last Days of Summer by Maria Avnos. Broad Channel (Solo Piano) by Bing & Ruth Homesickness (v. 1) by the phenomenal Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou Notes Here she is with Steve Harvey. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Feb 25, 2021 • 19min

Episode 176: The Air and the Sea and the Land

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music Unsayable by Brambles. Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina A Nearer Sun by the Westerlies Duet, a Steve Reich composition, performed by Daniel Hope. Reading a Wave by Arp April by Kanazu Tomoyuki Latent Sonata by Brian McBride Notes The oral history mentioned in this episode is available through the Smithsonian Instittion’’s archives. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Feb 11, 2021 • 12min

Episode 175: One Hundred Percent a Diner

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first. Music Metaphysical Waltz by Shirley Meyer Blankenship ...morphs into Jock O'Hazeldean by Cynthia Boener There's Dominique Dumont's La bataille de neige The Squimp from the Chico Hamilton Quintet Fruit of Dreams by Les Baxter Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett Notes Best place to go if you want to learn a lot about Todd Storz is The Birth of Top 40 Radio: The Storz' Stations Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s by Richard Fatherly and David MacFarland. For a loving history of the whole era, you'd probably enjoy Ben Fong Torres' The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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