the memory palace

Nate DiMeo
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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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Jan 26, 2021 • 15min

Episode 174: The Stone

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 Sarah in Bath from Komeda's great score to The Fearless Vampire Killers David Goes Hunting from Larry Groupe's great score to Straw Dogs When It's Time to Go by Buddy Fo and His Group (great name for a backing band, btw) Completely Gone from Ludwig Gorannson's score to Everything, Everything Peri Banu vid sjon (Version) by DUNGEN Debut by Christopher Ferreira Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Jan 11, 2021 • 8min

Episode 105: Amok

This piece was originally released in February, 2017. This piece has two selections from Saunder Jurriens and Danny Bensi’s score to Christine, Yes But and Back to Work. Notes This very good article in the Museum of Hoaxes gives a nice overview and links out to the original article. Hampton Sides In the Kingdom of Ice has a nice telling of the story with a lot of background on the editor of the Herald. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Dec 29, 2020 • 14min

Episode 173: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

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 Waltz for Sky by Muriel Botsdorp A Gathering to Lead me When You're Gone by Brian McBride 20 (Lichen) by Brendan Eder Ensemble Electronium Movie Score by Raymond Scott Someday We'll Linger in the Sun by Gaelynn Lea 32 (Harp) by Nearly Oratorio Notes By far the most fun and helpful thing I read for this episode was Michael O'Malley's, Keeping Watch: A History of American Time.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Dec 12, 2020 • 13min

Episode 172: The Existential Tourist

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 Memory Waltz from Bernard Herrmann's score to The Snows of Kilimanjaro Pink Champagne from Harry Warren's score to An Affair to Remember Jonalah from the Chico Hamilton Quintet Brouillard, version 2 from Delerue's Jules et Jim score Living by Sebastian Plano Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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