

the memory palace
Nate DiMeo
the memory palace
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Nov 24, 2021 • 17min
Episode 189: New England Granite
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Music
Midnight Moon from Annalisa Tornfelt and Gideon Fraudmann’s album, Spring Breakup: Songs for Alaska.
A couple of numbers from Marcelo Zarvos’ wonderful score to the wonderful, Please Give.
A remarkable piece of music called Spectacle of Ritual by Kali Malone
And another called Pauvre Simon from Sylvain Chauveau
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Nov 10, 2021 • 14min
Episode 188: Spirits
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Music
Feminist from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrian’s score to Christine.
Under Siege from the great Warren Ellis’ score to Mustang
Warm Canto from Mal Waldren
M is for Man, Music, Mozart: the Eisenstein Song from Louis Andriessen’s De Stijl album.
The them to Le Doulo from Paul Misraki
Manny Returns Home from Bernard Hermann’s score to the Wrong Man
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Oct 23, 2021 • 17min
Episode 187: The Woods
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Music
By the Ash Tree and Semolina by Slow Meadow
Opals by Catching Flies
Mechanical Fair by Ola Kvernberg and the Trondheim Singers
La Copla by the great Atahualpa Yupanqui
Holm Sound by Erland Cooper
Notes
You can find the original recordings, photos, and film clips taken on the 1935 expedition and after in the remarkable online library of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Of the many books on the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, the one I enjoyed and relied upon most here is Phillip Hoose’s The Race to Save the Good Lord Bird.
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Oct 8, 2021 • 17min
Episode 63: Other Bodies
This episode was originally released in October, 2014.
The music in this one: “An Ending, A Beginning” by Dustin O’Halloran. “I am Piano” by Peter Broderick. Two songs from the soundtrack to “With a Song in my Heart”: American Medley, and That Old Feeling. The one at the end is “I’ll Never be the Same.” My version’s on a collection called “Can’t get out of this Mood.” There are also a couple of other Jane things that I found on You Tube. The plane crash stuff is scored by a piece of Claudia Serne and Leopold Ross’ soundtrack for “Broken City,” called “Missing Pieces.” Then there’s a sound by The Caretaker called “Stairway to the Stars.”
I read a lot about Jane for this but nothing was as useful as Ilene Stone’s lovely book, “Jane Froman: Missouri’s First Lady of Song.”
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Sep 22, 2021 • 13min
Episode 186: Shining
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Music
Mother's Love by The Vernon Spring
Avinu Malkenu by Lofoten Cello Duo
Vakenatt by Daniel Herskedal
Computer Love by Balenescu Quartet
Sunshine on Fish Skin by Girls in Airports
Cabiria e el ragioniere from Nino Rota's score to Nights of Cabiria
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Sep 3, 2021 • 12min
Episode 185: The Life and Works of a Monumental Figure
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Music
Honesty by Thrupence
El Noi de la Mare, Eldegard by Lofoten Cello Duo
2400 by Martyn Hyne
White Light by Chihei Hatekeyama
Valse Efter Valle I Lybe by Lofoten Cello Duo
Notes
There's obviously nearly-infinite amounts to read about Jane Addams. I found Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy by Louise Knight particularly useful.
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Aug 19, 2021 • 1h 40min
Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, part 3
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In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts.This is part 2.
Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com
The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at jencorace.com.
Back with the third and final part on August 19th. Back with new episodes of The Memory Palace in September.
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Aug 12, 2021 • 1h 15min
Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, Part 2
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.
In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts.This is part 2.
Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com
The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at jencorace.com.
Back with the third and final part on August 19th. Back with new episodes of The Memory Palace in September.
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Aug 6, 2021 • 1h 28min
Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, Part 1
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.
In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts.
Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com
The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at jencorace.com.
Back with part two on August 12th.
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Jul 18, 2021 • 25min
Episode 184: Betty Robinson
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Music
Pollen by H.Takahashi and, later, Photosynthese.
The New York Herald Tribune by Martial Solal
Trying Something Again, Again by Lullatone
Wiffle Ball from Joel P. West’s score for Short Term 12
The title theme to Cani Arrabbiati
Increase by David Lang and Alarm Will Sound
Nijuichi by Sylvain Chaveau
Occam II for Violin by Eliane Radigue
Drunken Aviator by the (great, truly) Ida.
Eyes Closed and Travelling by Peter Broderick
Notes
If you are looking to read more about Betty, I’d suggest Rosanne Montillo’s terrific book, Fire on the Track.
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