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December 26, 2022
Nate's episode of the year 2022: In France or in Heaven
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December 16, 2022
Episode 203: The News from Thar
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Mongali as played by the mighty Tabu Ley Rochereu 2nd Season by Takahiro Kido Ferde Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite: 5 Cloudburst as performed by the Detroit Symphony Nero’s Nocturne by Chilly Gonzalez. Man, tha...
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November 28, 2022
Episode 202: Better Babies
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music LBS by Duval Timothy My Favourites, pt. 2 by Patricia Rossborough Sad Seine by Lambert Vals Efter Lasse I Lyby by Lofoten Cello Duo
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November 16, 2022
Episode 201: One Fruit
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Strength of a Young Man by Vernon Field Wave I by Elori Saxl Rearranging Furniture from Gabriel Yared’s score to By the Sea Falling Forever and Ever by Ricky Eat Acid Muff Gets a Share from Joel P West’s...
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October 21, 2022
Episode 200: Ghost Story
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Rauelsson plays Mom, in Ukraine Group Listening plays Julie With Richard Birkin plays Vigil II Colleen plays Les Ondes Silencieueses Taylor Deupree and Marcus Fischer play Bell The Ensemble Rescerche ...
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September 28, 2022
Episode 199: Nee Blinky
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Sunset Village by Group Listening Winter Memory by Dark Dark Dark Pretty in Plums by Shida Shihabi With a little bit of The Crumbling by Valgeir Sigurossen Afternoon in Paris by the incomparable John Lewi...
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September 2, 2022
Episode 198: Weather Conditions Above Mount Fuji
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Arrival by by Domenique Dumont Bouquet by Bobby Hutcherson Last Dance by No Vacation Channels Passing by Paul Dresher Dilo 4 by Emika The Kronos Quartet plays II from Phillip Glass’ second string qu...
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August 20, 2022
Episode 115: A Brief Eulogy for a Commercial Radio Station
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July 21, 2022
Episode 124: Junk Room
The Memory Palace is a member of Radiotopia from PRX. This episode was originally released in the spring of 2018. It’s being re-released today because Nate’s on book leave for the summer. Music We start off with  Theme de Simon  from Georges Delerue. Go to  Alpine Sketch  from ...
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July 8, 2022
Episode 91: Natural Habitat
The Memory Palace is a member of Radiotopia from PRX. This episode was originally released in July of 2016. It’s being re-released today because Nate’s on book leave for the summer and because it’s a total banger. Notes and Reading: * I came to this story the old fashioned way (for me): ...
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June 23, 2022
Episode 197: Kiddo
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Arrival by Dominique Dumont Bouquet by Bobby Hutcherson off of his phenomenal album, Happenings. Wrench and Numbers from Jeff Russo’s score to Fargo, the FX show. Melodrames telegraphies (in B flat Major 7...
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June 12, 2022
Episode 90: A White Horse
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May 28, 2022
Episode 152: Let it Snow
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May 18, 2022
Episode 196: In France or in Heaven
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April 29, 2022
Episode 195: A New Bronze Man
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April 11, 2022
Episode 194: Small Sample
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March 18, 2022
Episode 101: Promise
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February 25, 2022
Episode 193: Classmates (Making Trouble)
This episode of The Memory Palace is a part of Radiotopia’s winter fundraiser. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. Donate today at https://on.prx.org/3uERfBv . Thank you! Music Fragment I by Library Tapes Don’t Forget to Breathe ...
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February 8, 2022
Episode 192: Combinations
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January 23, 2022
Episode 191: Crash
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December 27, 2021
Nate's Favorite Episode of 2021: Betty Robinson
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December 10, 2021
Episode 190: The Ride
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November 23, 2021
Episode 189: New England Granite
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November 9, 2021
Episode 188: Spirits
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October 23, 2021
Episode 187: The Woods
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October 8, 2021
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 ...
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September 21, 2021
Episode 186: Shining
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September 3, 2021
Episode 185: The Life and Works of a Monumental Figure
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August 19, 2021
Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, part 3
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August 11, 2021
Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, Part 2
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August 6, 2021
Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, Part 1
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July 17, 2021
Episode 184: Betty Robinson
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July 4, 2021
Episode 183: Goblins
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June 11, 2021
Episode 90: A White Horse
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June 4, 2021
Episode 182: The Surfmen
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May 23, 2021
Episode 181: The Adventures of Pearl
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May 8, 2021
Episode 180: Tracks
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April 22, 2021
Episode 179: Keyhole
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April 2, 2021
Episode 178: Crossfade
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March 20, 2021
Episode 77: Butterflies
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March 11, 2021
Episode 177: A Brief Eulogy for Carla Wallenda
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February 24, 2021
Episode 176: The Air and the Sea and the Land
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February 10, 2021
Episode 175: One Hundred Percent a Diner
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January 26, 2021
Episode 174: The Stone
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January 10, 2021
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 ...
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December 29, 2020
Episode 173: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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December 11, 2020
Episode 172: The Existential Tourist
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November 25, 2020
Episode 171: Out to Sea and Back Again
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November 13, 2020
Episode of the Year 2020
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October 19, 2020
Episode 170: Reed v.
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October 4, 2020
The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. This episode contains a full reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Masque of the Red Death. Use your discretion before listening. It is both one of the more macabre stories from Poe and it is hitting harder than usual during the...
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September 15, 2020
From a Parking Lot, a special bonus episode for the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
This episode of The Memory Palace was commissioned by the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival and the New York State Council of the Arts in 2019. It’s ideally meant to be listened to at the corner of Corinthian and State downtown. But, you’ll likely enjoy it wherever you are. The Memory Pala...
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September 15, 2020
High Falls, a bonus episode for the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
This episode of The Memory Palace was commissioned by the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival and the New York State Council of the Arts in 2019. It’s ideally meant to be listened to at the Pont du Rennes while viewing High Falls. But, you’ll likely enjoy it wherever you are. The Memory Palace...
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September 7, 2020
Episode 169: Beautician
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August 25, 2020
Episode 168: The Traveling Stones
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August 7, 2020
The Wheel
In a terrible summer often filled with stories about monuments to terrible men, here is a story about an American hero. Build monuments to Robert Smalls. Originally released on February 10th, 2016. The Memory Palace is a proud member of the  Radiotopia  Network. Music * Julia Rovinsky ...
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July 22, 2020
Episode 167: A Brief Eulogy for a Minor League Baseball Team
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July 3, 2020
Episode 166: The Silent Room
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June 12, 2020
A White Horse
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June 5, 2020
Episode 165: A Park
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May 25, 2020
Episode 164: Dora Salter
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May 9, 2020
Episode 163: Freds
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April 20, 2020
Episode 162: A Strange Land
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April 3, 2020
Episode 161: Stories to Wash Hands By
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March 19, 2020
Episode 160: Wong Kim Ark
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March 8, 2020
Episode 159: The Newest News
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February 24, 2020
Episode 158: Life's Work
Help support this show and the network that makes it possible by making a donation today. Make your mark at Radiotopia.fm/donate A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the inte...
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February 10, 2020
Episode 157: The House of Lowe
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January 18, 2020
Episode 156: That's How it Goes Whenever it Snows
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January 4, 2020
Episode 155: Lost Bulls
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December 26, 2019
Nate's Favorite Episode of 2019
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music First up is  Requiem  from Nico Muhly’s score to How to Talk to Girls at Parties. November  by Colleen. Edward Hong’s arrangement of  Sleep  from the Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble. The solo version of  Broad ...
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December 13, 2019
Episode 154: Dotting I's
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December 9, 2019
A Conversation About the Memory Palace with Robert Krulwich
It’s Radiotopia fundraiser time! Once a year, we reach out to ask our listeners to donate to the network that makes this show possible. Make your mark by making a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate today! Here’s a very special episode of The Memory Palace in which Nate talks to CERTIFIED RADIO L...
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December 5, 2019
Episode 153: Dinner at Jefferson's
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November 14, 2019
Episode 152: Let it Snow
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November 1, 2019
Episode 151: The Story of Maria Barberi
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October 21, 2019
Episode 150: Late One Night
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October 3, 2019
Episode 149: Dance by the Ocean
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September 19, 2019
Episode 148: Safe Passage
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September 5, 2019
Episode 147: Shipwreck Kelly
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August 27, 2019
A Welcome! And Dreamland!
Here in its tenth year in operation, the Memory Palace just got a star turn in the wonderful podcast and radios show, Radiolab. We couldn’t be more delighted. So, a word of welcome to new listeners and a call to arms for regular listeners and a story perfect for the end of summer.
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August 8, 2019
Episode 146: Two Memorials, Last Week of July, 2019
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July 19, 2019
Episode 145: Stories about the St. Louis
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June 21, 2019
Episode 144: Nature Naturally
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts. Music Duet for Ghosts  by Ed Harcourt tops and tails this one. We here the top of  Pomeriggio Zenzero  from Paulo Conte. Some of  Thankful  by Bill Frissell. And I...
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June 12, 2019
A White Horse
As on every year, here is an episode I released a few days after the murders at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016.
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June 8, 2019
Episode 143: The Only One
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts. Music We hear both Baracolle and Ice World from Saloli's album,  The Deep End . We hear Ensemble Recherche do Morton Feldman's  Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann's Theme...
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May 19, 2019
Episode 142: Private Robinson on Pawnee Rock
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts. Music We hear  Concierto Para Piano Y Orquesta En Sol Mayor - Adagio Ass i as played by Martha Argerich. Notes Jacob S. Robinson's  Journal of the Santa Fe Expediti...
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May 3, 2019
Episode 141: This Story Climbed Mount Washington
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts. Music We start off with a touch of  Hills in the Rain , by Simon Rackham. Go to a bit of  Narkopop 1  by Gas. Then gaze in wonder to Grofe's  Grand Canyon Suite: Sunris...
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April 19, 2019
Rebroadcast: Origin Stories
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April 9, 2019
Episode 140: Jackie Mitchell
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts. Music We start off with Chez Thomas, by Charles Delarue Go to The Graceful Ghost, one of William Bolcom's 3 Ghost Rags. Then Krzysztof Komeda's Ballet Edude II A to...
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March 22, 2019
Episode 139: 1,347 Birds
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music First up is  Requiem  from Nico Muhly's score to How to Talk to Girls at Parties. November  by Colleen. Edward Hong's arrangement of  Sleep  from the Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble. The solo version of  Broad ...
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March 8, 2019
Episode 138: Sixty Starlings
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music Blink from Hiroshi Yoshimura Which comes in and out of Bjolukor Tonlisterakoli Reykjanesbaejar's version of Sigur Ros' Hoppipolla. Love Token by Elena Kats-Chernin, performed by Tamara Anna Cislowska And Joanna Brouk ...
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February 20, 2019
A Memory Palace/Radio Diaries Crossover Event
On the 80th Anniversary of the night 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi Rally in the heart of Manhattan, the Memory Palace is teaming up with Radio Diaries. We’ll hear their new story about that rally after we listen back to a Memory Palace episode that took place on that same evening, in which some ...
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February 6, 2019
Episode 137: Swans
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music Sarah in Bath  from Krysztof Komeda's score to the Fearless Vampire Killers.  Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K617a  as performed by Vienna Glass Armonia Duo. Mr. Death Angel Flanders  from John Barry's score to Boom! ...
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January 16, 2019
Episode 136 (Ten Fingers, Ten Toes)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music Only in the Dark by Ben Lukas Boysen Dream House III: After Dust by Mary Ellen Childs and Ethel Cello Gonzalez by Chilly Gonzalez Notes A Brief History of Teratology to the Early 20th Century by Mark V. Barr...
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December 18, 2018
Nate's Episode of the Year for 2018
Each year for the last three years, Nate picks his personal favorite. Here’s 2018. See you in 2019.
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December 4, 2018
Episode 135: Revolutions
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music We start off with an absolute banger from my old friends in Lightning Bolt, their track  King Kandy . Then an old favorite,  Blues to Elvin  from the unstoppable, Coltrane Plays the Blues. We move to Everything is an Illu...
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November 27, 2018
2018 Fundraiser Bonus Episode!
It’s time for the 2018 fundraiser. On this, the tenth anniversary of The Memory Palace, show your support for independent artists by making a donation at Radiotopia.fm .
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November 5, 2018
Election Eve Rebroadcast (In Line)
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October 27, 2018
Episode 134 (The Dress in the Closet)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. A note: this here is a Halloween episode. They get creepy. Music We hear both  Easter and The Attachment  by Michael Price. Some of  DNA  by Akira Kosemura. Piano & Violoncello 1  by Irena and Voltech Havel. Zucht ...
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October 13, 2018
Episode 133: Antidisestablishmentarianism
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music We start with the very English,  Voluntary No. 4 in b-flat Minor,  by Margaret Phillips. Hear  Nero's Nocturne  from Chilly Gonzales. Some of  The Stars vs. Creatures  by Colleen. Abide with Me from the Thelonious Mo...
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September 25, 2018
Episode 132 (Ida Lewis)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia. Music We hear  Waltz  from the score to Angels & Insects. Movements IV and II  from David Liptak’s Serenade for Alto Sax and Strings. A bit of  Violin Solo no. 1  from Peter Broderick. Some of  Zucht 2  from Machienfabri...
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September 11, 2018
Episode 131 (Lost Locusts)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music The music on this one comes from  High Aura'd , a project from my old friend, John Kolodij. The main drone piece is  All the Spirits that Dance . The beginning and end were composed specifically for this episode. Notes I r...
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August 21, 2018
Episode 130 (Independence Hall 2: The Legend of Walter Knott)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music We start with  Penguins  from Michael Hurley. Hit  Lullaby (the 1st)  by the legendary, Lauren Connors, twice. Hear Gentle Threat , from Chilly Gonzalez. Equality Under the Law  from John Williams' Lincoln score. Start t...
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August 7, 2018
Summer Re-run: Episode 68 (White Heat, White Light)
Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score. * The opening loop is from  Mr. Knight  from  Coltrane Plays the Blues , which you should own. * The violin piece is  Occam II  for Violin, a piece by Silvia Tarozzi, played by Pauline Oliveros. * Next up ...
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July 26, 2018
Episode 129: Uplift
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music The Bundt Diaries  from Ludwig Goransson's score to Everything, Everything. Kola (Lighthouse Version)  by Amiina. Snow Canon  by Group Listening. The Morning After  by the Chico Hamilton Quintet. (Man, I just watched T...
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July 4, 2018
Episode 128 (Patience)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music Drunken Aviator by Ida. Back to Paris by Cyril Morin. Notes  There's a great resource of old ads and articles, including the one referenced in the piece  here . The definitive work on this subject is  Help Me to Find M...
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June 11, 2018
A White Horse, re-released on the second anniversary of the shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.
This piece was originally released a few days after the shooting deaths of 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It is re-released here on the second anniversary of the event.  If you are so moved, please donate to any of these charities: Equality Florida . Human Rights C...
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June 3, 2018
No Summer (Episode 127)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music White Light by Chihei Hatekeyama Between the Trees by Akira Kosemura Clockwork Toccatta, Op. 68 from Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. End of Summer Part 3 by Hildur Gudnadottir and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe A Gathering to Lea...
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May 17, 2018
Episode 126 (The 8th Story)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music We start with  Waveland  by Norm Pikelny. Then a smidge of  N.Y.C.  from the original Broadway cast recording of Annie. The  Stars vs. Creatures  by Colleen. Wiese  by Roedelius & Arnold Kasar. Then there's some chaos ...
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April 25, 2018
Episode 125: Snakes!
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music We hear  Ferris Wheel  by Gabor Szabo from one of his better late sixties records. Herman's Malt  from Jeff Russo's score to Fargo Season 2. David Goes Hunting  from Larry Groupe's score to Straw Dogs. Double Portrait  b...
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April 5, 2018
Episode 124 (Junk Room)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX. Music We start off with Theme de Simon from Georges Delerue. Go to Alpine Sketch from Christian Loffler's Young Alaska. Hear some of Three Dances: II Pavane arranged for the Chromos Tuba Quartet. The Plum Blossom from Yusu...
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March 26, 2018
A quick update and a bonus episode
A quick update and a brief little bonus episode. 
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March 11, 2018
Episode 123: Outliers
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We hear  Valentine My Funny  by Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm from the album Tag Eins Tag Zwei. Notes This idea came to me a long time ago while researching an ...
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February 22, 2018
Big Block of Cheese - Bonus episode
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. This special episode was originally made for a live episode of The West Wing Weekly. To hear a live version of this story (and the rest of a particularly delightful TWWW episode...
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February 12, 2018
Episode 122 (Hercules)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We start with  Facing the Obstacles , from Robert Simonson's score to The Final Member. Nice Breeze Isn't It?  by Simon Rackham The Things Left Unsaid , by Ca...
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January 27, 2018
Episode 121 (The Nickel Candy Bar)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We hit two sections from Bernard Herrmann's score to Tender is the Night: The Embrace and The Breakdown. A bit of Sambolero by Luiz Bonfa. Labyrinth II by Caitlin...
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January 12, 2018
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens':  Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet , and two from Carnival of the Animals:   Aviary and the Cuckoo in the He...
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December 25, 2017
Nate's Episode of the Year: If You Have to be a Floor
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December 15, 2017
Episode 119 (John C. Calhoun from the Opposite Side of the Line that Divides the Living from the Dead)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Sad Seine by Lambert. Titan's Island by Ancient Ocean Flowering Jasmine as performed by Georgs Pelicis and Gidon Kremer Malpensa by Julia Kent ...
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November 19, 2017
Episode 118 (On the Shores of Assawompset)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Musica Seqenza play Schreza Infida Frederico Durand plas Lluvia de Estrellas The Martin Hayes Quintet plays The Boy in the Gap East Forest by Provenance There...
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November 6, 2017
Episode 117 (Elizabeth)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Up Niek Mountain by Peter Broderick El cascabel de plata by Federico Durand We hear just a little bit of imgs/ r by Kara-Lis Coverdale Dissolving Clo...
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October 22, 2017
Episode 116 (Hoover)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Afkald  by Bremer/McCoy Peace  by Oliver Coates. Day One Four  by F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm Displacement  by Rafael Anton Irisarri Notes Some ...
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October 4, 2017
Episode 115 (A Brief Eulogy for a Commercial Radio Station)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Sunrise Through the Dusty Nebula  by Hannah Peel Keep  by Nils Frahm Horizon Variations  by Max Richter She cycles through:  Where or When  by Hal Kemp &a...
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September 15, 2017
Sometimes the Rain Just Doesn't Stop
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. SPOILERS AHEAD Music Memory as Mist  by C. Diab Low Sudden  by Daniel Lanois and Rocco DaLuca Beyond Romance  by Lubomyr Melnyk Notes By far the most...
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September 5, 2017
Two Small Sculptures (The Met Residency Episode 8)
Show Notes Nate DiMeo was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's  Artist in Residence  for 2016/2017. He produced 8 episodes inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the eigth episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester ...
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August 21, 2017
Orbes Cintilantes - A special summer episode
In lieu of your standard end-of-summer re-run, here is a very special re-run. No! Wait! I mean it. It's pretty cool. Here's the thing:  Todavia , a new literary publisher in Brazil has just put out a book of Memory Palace stories translated into Brazilian Portuguese. (Purchasable world-wide through...
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August 9, 2017
"Relics": A Special Bonus Episode
This special, bonus episode was commissioned by Freepoint Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It's intended to be listened to while walking around Fresh Pond, across the street from the hotel, though it can be enjoyed anywhere. 
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August 7, 2017
A Scavenger Hunt (The Met Residency Episode 7)
Show Notes Nate DiMeo was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's  Artist in Residence  for 2016/2017. He produced eight pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the eighth episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chest...
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July 18, 2017
Episode 113 (Elmer McCurdy Rides Again and Again)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. SPOILERS AHEAD Music We start with Moonlight by  Masayoshi Fujita . We hear a couple from Warren Ellis:  Piece 3  and  Lala's Theme . We hear Paranoid and Credits 2 ...
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July 2, 2017
Episode 112 (The Taking of Tom Sawyer's Island)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.  Music Max Och's  Ain't Nobody High Raga . Frog's Eyes  by Evan Ziporyn Cooped up at Home with a Fever and a Tape Loop , by Lullatone Medieval Waters , from Car...
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June 11, 2017
A White Horse, re-released on the second anniversary of the shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.
This piece was originally released a few days after the shooting deaths of 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It is re-released here on the second anniversary of the event.  If you are so moved, please donate to any of these charities: Equality Florida . Human Rights C...
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June 10, 2017
Episode 111 (Cipher, or Greenhow Girls)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. This episode was produced as part out or "Doing Time" series, where each show across the network tackles the same theme. Go listen to the other contributions  at Radiotopia.fm . ...
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June 9, 2017
If You Have to be a Floor (The Met Residency Episode 6)
Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the sixth episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund. ...
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May 27, 2017
Episode 110 (Lost Camels)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We hear a bunch of Ryland , by Julian Lage off his World's Fair LP. We hear the Flamingos do Where or When . We hear Chilly Gonzalez' Salon Salloon And fin...
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May 11, 2017
Episode 109 (The Year Hank Greenberg Hit 58 Home Runs)
Music, Footnotes & Ephemera The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We start out with some of Pound for Pound from The Bad Plus Go to Waltz by Mother Falcon Into the Light by Marisa Ander...
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April 26, 2017
Notes on a Plaque, Still Imagined
This episode was originally released in August of 2015. It was re-released upon hearing that the city of New Orleans has begun the process of removing four monuments to the confederacy and post-civil war era, starting with an obelisk erected in 1891 honoring members of the Crescent City White Leagu...
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April 17, 2017
Episode 108, Met Residency #5: Temple
Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the fifth episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund. ...
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March 31, 2017
Episode 107 (Roots and Branches and Wind-Borne Seeds)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We open with Mary Lattimore's Jimmy V . I love Mary Lattimore. We hit Hatian guitarist Frantz Casseus' Lullaby from 1954 a few times. We hear Drifting , by Ma...
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March 16, 2017
Episode 106 (A Washington Monument)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We hear three pieces of Matthew Robert Cooper's score to Some Days Are Better Than Others: Expectation , Drifting , and Katrina Outtake . Notes If you wa...
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February 27, 2017
Episode 105: Amok
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music 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...
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February 15, 2017
Episode 104, Met Residency #4 (A Portrait)
Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the second episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund....
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February 3, 2017
Episode 103 (The Rose of Long Island)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We start and end with Daniel Berenboim playing Lizt's 6 Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D flat minor . We hit up Yes But , from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriens' s...
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January 19, 2017
Episode 102 (The Presidency of William Henry Harrison, or Back in the Saddle)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We start with (and later return to) And Grace by David Darling. Robert Farnon and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. Suite II:...
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December 29, 2016
Nate's Episode of the Year: Local Channels
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm SPOILERS BELOW Notes * Much of what I read about Florence was pulled from old newspaper articles. * The biography in Notable American Women: Volu...
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December 18, 2016
Episode 101 (Promise)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. SPOILERS BELOW Notes I first heard about Hazel Scott while reading Rad American Women from A to Z to my daughter. It's a wonderful book. You should buy it for any ki...
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November 30, 2016
Episode 100 (Peregrinar)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Notes I relied most heavily on The Crusades of Cesar Chavez by Miriam Pawell. Enjoyed Jaques Levy's oral history, Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa I read a ...
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November 20, 2016
Episode 99, Met Residency #3 (Full Circle)
Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the second episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund....
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November 7, 2016
An odd, pre-election bonus episode: a full reading of Song of Myself
As counter-programming to the clamor and nonsense of these last days before the American Presidential election, here is Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" in its entirety. Really. VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE New episode next week.
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October 28, 2016
Episode 98 (Under Our Feet)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Notes * This episode came by special request from my daughter, who heard about Waterhouse Hawkins in her second grade classroom. She came home and said, “Dad, I think I’ve got a...
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October 14, 2016
Episode 97 (In Line)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more and donate to help keep this show and the other Radiotopia shows thrive at Radiotopia.fm Notes * There are a gajillion things that you can and should read about this ...
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October 6, 2016
The Met Residency Episode M2: One Bottle, Any Bottle
Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the second episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund....
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October 6, 2016
The Met Residency Episode 1: Recent Acqusition
Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the first episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund. ...
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September 30, 2016
Episode 96 (Canali)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm . Notes * I’ve read a bunch about the canals over the years, but the most fun I’ve had was going through the New York Times’ archive and just searchin...
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September 16, 2016
Episode 95 (Haunting)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm . Notes * Like anyone else, I became fascinated by Washington Phillip’s story through the music. So, go buy the music . * I backed into the research ...
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August 26, 2016
Episode 94 (Numbers)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm . Note * Here’s a link to watch an excerpt of the CBS news break. * One of my favorite things I came across while reading up on the lottery was this...
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August 8, 2016
From the Vault: Dreamland
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm . MusicMusic in this one is track 6 in Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I then a track called “ Ashley ” from Yo La Tengo’s soundtrack to Junebug.  
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July 30, 2016
Episode 93 (Local Channels)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm SPOILERS BELOW Notes * Much of what I read about Florence was pulled from old newspaper articles. * The biography in Notable American Women: Volu...
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July 13, 2016
Episode 92 (Oil, Water)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm SPOILERS BELOW Notes *Great stuff in the Cleveland Plain Dealer from waaaaaay back to fire #1, if you want to dive in. * Found Jonathan Joseph Wla...
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July 2, 2016
Episode 91 (Natural Habitat)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm Notes and Reading: * I came to this story the old fashioned way (for me): I saw Su Lin at the Field Museum and needed to know more. That led me inevi...
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June 16, 2016
Episode 90 (A White Horse)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm Notes and Reading: * Most of the specific history of the White Horse was learned from "Sanctuary: the Inside Story of the Nation's Second Oldest Gay ...
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June 3, 2016
Episode 89 (Family Snapshot)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. SPOILERS BELOW Music * First up is The Homeless Wanderer from Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou off of the Emahoy (Piano Solo) album, number 21 in the unimpeachable Ethiopiques series. * Then we get some of To the Right the Enemy, to the ...
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May 19, 2016
Episode 88 (Open Road)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music * Up top, looped, is the first bit of the great, Foreign Fields , by Kacy Hill. * Then we hear some of Sun Will Set , by Zoe Keating. * The song on the radio is Sonny Thompson’s Long Gone , as heard on the Mellow Blues alb...
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May 6, 2016
From the Vault: A Special Mother's Day Re-Run
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia.   In Toronto? Chicago? Milwaukee? Minneapolis?  Come see a live Memory Palace show .   For Mothers' Day, this episode is a re-mixed version of a story originally released as Episode 10 , in 2009. Back with new episodes next time out.   The two pia...
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April 23, 2016
Episode 87 (Victory)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Do you live in Toronto? Chicago? Milwaukee? Minneapolis? How about L.A.? Come see the Memory Palace live this May. SPOILERS BELOW Music * We hear Portrait Gallery from Luke Howard. * A smidgen of Julia Kent's lovely Dorval ...
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April 8, 2016
Episode 86 (Finishing Hold)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Do you live in Toronto? Chicago? Milwaukee? Minneapolis? How about L.A.? Come see the Memory Palace live this May. SPOILERS BELOW   A Selected Bibliography * Dr. Sam: An American Tragedy by Jack Harrison Pollack * Summer...
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March 25, 2016
Episode 85 (AKA Leo)
Notes Research for this story was largely culled from contemporary newspaper accounts. Check back for a list. Music * We start off (and end) with You by Nils Frahm. * We’ve got Krolock on the Sledge from Komeda’s great, great score to The Fearless Vampire Hunters. * Jett Rink Theme from Dimitri ...
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March 9, 2016
Episode 84 (Homesteading)
Notes * I first came the story of Ross, North Dakota, while reading Muslims in America: A Short History , by Edward E. Curtis. * The full WPA interview with Mary Juma (and another member of the Ross community) can be found in Curtis’ The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States . * A c...
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February 24, 2016
Episode 83 (Overland)
Notes Nearly all the research for this one comes straight out of the highly-readable, Cap’n George Fred , G.F. Tilton’s 1925 autobiography. I got my copy at a used bookstore for $11. It’s easy to find on eBay and Amazon and whatnot. Totally money well spent. Music * First up is Lacrymae by Me...
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February 10, 2016
Episode 82 (The Wheel)
Music * Julia Rovinsky plays Phillip Glass’ Metamorphosis I , from her album Dusk . * There’s an excerpt from Paul Drescher’s “ Casa Vecchia ,” from the Mirrors: Other Fire album. * There’s a chunk of Jose Gonzalez’ “Instrumental” from his Stay in the Shade EP. * “ Manny Returns Home ” from ...
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January 27, 2016
Episode 81 (Below, from Above)
Music * We start off with Wien , by Labradford. * The guys head out to the work site to Piano 3 , from Jon Brion's score to Synecdoche, New York. * Then we hear a bit of Metamorphosis by Vladamir Ussachevsky before being bombarded with bits of Fast Pasture by Todd Reynolds. * There's a lon...
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December 17, 2015
Episode (M): Gallery 742
A special episode of the Memory Palace commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to coincide with the opening of Rockefeller-Worsham Dressing Room in Gallery 742 of The American Wing and with Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age , an exhibition open now through May 1st, 2016.   This piece ...
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November 19, 2015
Episode 80 (Shore Leave)
Music* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score.* First up is one of my very favorite recordings of all time: Andromeda from Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. One of the finest bands ever assembled. * The sailors get grumpy to Sito from Pierre Favr...
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November 12, 2015
Episode 79 (Artist in Landscape)
Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * They first meet to a piece called Brouillard ( version 1 ) from Georges Delaure's extraordinary score to Jules et Jim. (A second version comes in later when J.J. Audubon is living the high life in England...
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November 4, 2015
Episode 78 (no. 116,842)
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October 26, 2015
Episode 77 (Butterflies)
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October 19, 2015
Episode 76 (Mary Walker Would Wear What She Wanted)
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August 28, 2015
Episode 75 (The Ballad of Captain Dwight)
The finale of the 2015 Summer Season.     Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * There's Branches , by Keith Kenniff * Then The Big Ocean , from Ben Sollee's score to Maidentrip .  * Then End of the World from Dan Romer...
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August 19, 2015
Episode 74 (Craning)
Episode 9 of the 2015 Summer Season.                     Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * There're too pieces from Per Storby Jutbring's album, Dance of the Diaper Fairy . Snowbound, up top, and the ...
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August 13, 2015
Episode 73 (Notes on an Imagined Plaque to be Added to the Statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Upon Hearing that the Memphis City Counci has Voted to Move it and the Exhumed Remains of General Forrest and his Wife, Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest, from
Episode 8 of the 2015 Summer Season               Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * First up (and returning at the end) is Sandra's Theme, from Heather McIntosh's fantastic score to Compliance , a very good,...
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August 3, 2015
Episode 72 (Run-of-the-River)
Episode 7 of the 2015 Summer Season.                     Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * First up (and returning a bit later) is Mr. Reincarnation from Alexander Desplat's dope-as-hell score to the...
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July 27, 2015
Episode 71 (Zulu Charlie Romeo)
Episode 6 of the 2015 Summer Season.               Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * First up, A Nice Day from a truly wonderful album, The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet Complete Studio Recordings. * The...
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July 20, 2015
Episode 70 (Developments in the Design and Manufacture of American Menswear 1840-1860, a Fable)
Episode 5 of the 2015 Summer Season.               Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * The main mountain theme is Mort D'Eurydice , by Pierre Favre as played by the European Chamber Ensemble. * There's a seco...
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July 13, 2015
Episode 69 (Charlie: God of Rain)
Episode 4 of the 2015 Summer Season.          Music   * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * Charlie on the ladder is scored with the Prologue to the fantastic score to the film Birth , by Alexandre Desplat * It ends with...
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July 6, 2015
Episode 68 (White Heat, White Lights)
Episode 3 of the Summer Season.    Music   * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * The opening loop is from Mr. Knight from Coltrane Plays the Blues , which you should own.  * The violin piece is Occam II for Violin, a piece by Sil...
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June 29, 2015
Episode 67 (Every Night Ever)
Music   * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * Then, we have the most obvious crickets/summer night song ever: the fantastic, perpetually delightful Green Arrow from Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, which has soundtracked ...
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June 21, 2015
Episode 66 (The Pirate Queen)
The music:   *Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's great, ridiculous Modesty Blaise score. *The recurring piano theme is Les Marionettes by Zbigniew Preisner from his score to La Double Vie de Veronique (And, have you seen The Double Life of Veronique? Man, that...
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May 27, 2015
HIgh Above Lake Michigan: Special Platinum Edition
Something to listen to while you wait for the new season of The Memory Palace, launching June 21st with weekly episodes through the whole summer.    
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May 7, 2015
Forgotten Things: A Failed Pilot
Did a pilot for Fox Digital Studios some time ago. Didn't actually go anywhere (except for a film festival or two). 
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April 16, 2015
Itty Bitty Bombs: Special Platinum Edition
While you wait until June 21st for the Season of the Memory Palace, here's a new version of an old favorite.
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April 8, 2015
The Brothers Booth Schmancy Platinum Remaster Edition
While you wait until June 21st for the Season of the Memory Palace, here's a new version of an old favorite.
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March 16, 2015
Episode 65 (Two-Dimensional Projectile Motion Problems)
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January 14, 2015
Episode 64 (The 7th Story)
Episode 64.
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October 15, 2014
Episode 63 (Other Bodies)
If you enjoy this story, please tell a friend about The Memory Palace.  Thank you kindly.   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 Feeli...
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July 17, 2014
Episode 62 (We've Forgotten James Powell)
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June 7, 2014
Episode 61 (The Glowing Orbs)
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March 23, 2014
Episode 60 (400,000 Stars)
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January 30, 2014
Episode 59 (Harriet Quimby)
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December 17, 2013
Episode 58 (Shadowboxing)
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October 31, 2013
Episode 57 (I'm Still Alive)
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September 20, 2013
Episode 56 (The Rush of the River and the Roar of the Falls)
If you enjoy this story, please tell a friend about The Memory Palace.   Thank you kindly.   There are two pieces of music in this: one is a tweaked loop from "To Here Knows When" by MBV. The other is "Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar, Bucla Music Box 100, HP Model 236 Oscillator, Electric...
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July 30, 2013
Episode 55 (O, How We Danced)
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June 28, 2013
Episode 54 (Origin Stories)
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May 8, 2013
Episode 53 (Guinea Pigs)
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March 31, 2013
Episode 52 (Six Stories)
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March 7, 2013
Episode 51 (Giants in Those Days)
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January 29, 2013
Episode 50 (Fifty Words Written After Learning That the Arctic Bowhead Whale Can Live up to 200 Years)
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December 13, 2012
Episode 49 (Dreamland)
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November 20, 2012
Episode 48 (Picture a Box)
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October 14, 2012
Episode 47 (The Rise and Fall of Rising and Falling) *NOTE: semi-adult language in this one.
Note: there is some semi-adult language in this one.
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September 13, 2012
Episode 46 (After Party)
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July 25, 2012
Episode 45 (Heard, Once)
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March 24, 2012
Episode 44 (Distance)
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December 6, 2011
Episode 43 (Far Below Lake Michigan)
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November 8, 2011
Episode 42 (What They Saw)
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October 28, 2011
Episode 41 (Mary, Mary, and Mercy)
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September 29, 2011
Episode 40 (Crazy Bet)
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August 23, 2011
Episode 39 (Road Trip)
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July 6, 2011
Episode 38 (A Stretch)
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January 26, 2011
Episode 37 (Natural Curiosity)
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January 7, 2011
Episode 36 (Six Scenes in the Life of William J. Sidis, Wonderful Boy)
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October 27, 2010
Episode 35 (A Brief Eulogy for a Consumer Electronics Product)
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September 20, 2010
Episode 34 (Soldier Frum)
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August 25, 2010
Episode 33 (Lost Lobsters)
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July 3, 2010
Episode 32 (Gigantic)
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June 15, 2010
Episode 31 (Looking Up)
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May 11, 2010
Episode 30 (Nee Weinberg)
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April 14, 2010
Episode 29 (OMG!!! JKP!!!)
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April 1, 2010
Episode 28 (Babysitting)
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March 12, 2010
Episode 27 (The Sisters Fox)
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February 24, 2010
Episode 26 (Citius, Altius, Fortius, Horrendius)
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February 1, 2010
Episode 25 (I Have Not Yet Begun to Rot)
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January 14, 2010
Episode 24 (The Moon in the Sun)
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December 11, 2009
Episode 23 (400 Words for 79th Street)
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November 19, 2009
Episode 22 (You Know You’re Sick)
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October 28, 2009
Episode 21 (A Gas Gas Gas)
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October 16, 2009
Episode 20 (This Ungainly Fowl)
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September 28, 2009
Episode 19 (Dam!)
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August 28, 2009
Episode 18 (Dig Set Spike)
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August 6, 2009
Episode 17 (Plummeting Approval)
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July 24, 2009
Episode 16 (Secret Kitty)
No animals were harmed in the making of this episode.
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July 16, 2009
Episode 15 (Presidente Walker)
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July 6, 2009
Episode 14 (The Messrs. Craft)
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June 16, 2009
Episode 13 (High Above Lake Michigan)
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May 31, 2009
Episode 12 (These Words, Forever)
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May 22, 2009
Episode 11 (The Brothers Booth)
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May 10, 2009
Episode 10 (International Brotherhood of Mothers)
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April 11, 2009
Episode 9 (Ben Franklin Death Ray)
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March 26, 2009
Episode 8 (The World Within the World)
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March 9, 2009
Episode 7 (Li’l Nipper)
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February 17, 2009
Episode 6 (The Saddest President)
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January 30, 2009
Episode 5 (Oh My!)
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January 22, 2009
Episode 4 (Itty Bitty Bombs)
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January 13, 2009
Episode 3 (High Societies)
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December 20, 2008
Episode 2 (Lost Pigeons)
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November 12, 2008
Episode 1 (Horrible Deaths)
This is the very first episode of The Memory Palace. Done a gajillion years ago to test out a theory about radio storytelling. You do not have to start here. In fact, maybe you shouldn't. It's a little grim. The rest are not.  Nate
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