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Nate DiMeo

the memory palace

©Nate DiMeo

the memory palace

©Nate DiMeo
67hr 31min
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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...
September 30, 201613min 23sec10.52 MB
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November 25, 202447min 17sec85.9 MB
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November 7, 202415min 23sec24.72 MB
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October 17, 202419min 21sec32.33 MB
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September 19, 202413min 48sec21.69 MB
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September 5, 202422min 53sec39.09 MB
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August 15, 202413min 34sec21.24 MB
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July 3, 202411min 5sec16.48 MB
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June 12, 202413min 32sec21.17 MB
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June 6, 202419min 42sec33.02 MB
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May 2, 202412min 54sec19.96 MB
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April 18, 202419min 37sec32.83 MB
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April 4, 202413min 13sec20.58 MB
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March 21, 202417min 20sec28.45 MB
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March 7, 202412min 16sec18.76 MB
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February 11, 202412min 57sec20.06 MB
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January 14, 202417min 37sec28.99 MB
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December 23, 20238min 42sec11.9 MB
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December 1, 202318min 14sec30.22 MB
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November 17, 202318min 15sec30.25 MB
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October 7, 202316min 29sec26.86 MB
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September 21, 202312min 6sec18.43 MB
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September 9, 202314min 2sec22.16 MB
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August 17, 202318min 17sec30.33 MB
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July 22, 202324min 59sec43.2 MB
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June 12, 202312min 56sec20.05 MB
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June 3, 202318min 35sec30.91 MB
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April 10, 202312min 28sec19.15 MB
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March 10, 202314min 21sec22.78 MB
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February 17, 202312min 20sec18.9 MB
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January 28, 202315min 40sec25.29 MB
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January 17, 202312min 6sec9.3 MB
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December 26, 202222min 34sec38.54 MB
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December 16, 202211min 29sec17.26 MB
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November 28, 202210min 44sec15.83 MB
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November 17, 202215min 37sec25.2 MB
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October 22, 202216min 50sec27.52 MB
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September 29, 202213min 50sec21.78 MB
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September 2, 202212min 7sec18.48 MB
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August 21, 202213min 13sec20.58 MB
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July 21, 202214min 57sec23.92 MB
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July 8, 202227min 5sec47.22 MB
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June 23, 202215min 7sec24.25 MB
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June 12, 202213min 39sec21.43 MB
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May 28, 202215min 47sec25.51 MB
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May 18, 202220min 7sec33.83 MB
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April 30, 202213min 59sec22.08 MB
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April 11, 202214min 12sec22.49 MB
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March 18, 202219min 46sec33.17 MB
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February 25, 202216min 2sec26 MB
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February 9, 20228min 46sec12.03 MB
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January 23, 202219min 13sec32.1 MB
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December 27, 202127min 9sec47.34 MB
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December 10, 202112min 20sec18.9 MB
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November 24, 202117min 20sec28.48 MB
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November 10, 202113min 37sec21.35 MB
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October 23, 202117min 6sec28.04 MB
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October 8, 202117min 12sec28.26 MB
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September 22, 202113min20.19 MB
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September 3, 202111min 54sec18.08 MB
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The final three chapters of The Great Gatsby
August 19, 20211hr 40min186.54 MB
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Chapters 4, 5, & 6 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
August 12, 20211hr 15min139.9 MB
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Part one of a three part, full reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
August 6, 20211hr 28min164.74 MB
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July 18, 202125min 18sec43.8 MB
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July 4, 202114min 1sec22.14 MB
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June 5, 202118min 25sec30.58 MB
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May 23, 202116min 34sec27.03 MB
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May 8, 202118min 9sec30.06 MB
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April 22, 202114min 17sec22.64 MB
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April 3, 202121min 35sec36.66 MB
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March 20, 202121min 17sec36.09 MB
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March 12, 202112min 46sec19.74 MB
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February 25, 202119min 7sec31.91 MB
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February 11, 202111min 39sec17.57 MB
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January 26, 202115min 4sec24.15 MB
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(originally released in February, 2017)
January 11, 20218min 13sec10.98 MB
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December 29, 202013min 58sec22.04 MB
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December 12, 202013min 17sec20.72 MB
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November 25, 20208min 23sec11.33 MB
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Nate's annual pick, a little early this time.
November 13, 202019min 2sec19.85 MB
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October 20, 202011min 27sec17.21 MB
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For Halloween, a reading of the classic story, now newly relevant.
October 4, 202017min 26sec28.68 MB
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September 15, 202012min 43sec19.63 MB
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September 15, 202013min 42sec21.53 MB
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September 7, 202012min 6sec18.45 MB
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August 25, 202014min 12sec22.48 MB
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August 7, 202020min 19sec34.23 MB
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July 22, 202012min 59sec20.13 MB
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July 4, 202018min 51sec31.4 MB
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Re-released on the fourth anniversary of the murders of 49 people in Orlando
June 12, 202012min 15sec18.75 MB
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June 5, 20208min 24sec11.33 MB
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May 26, 202016min 5sec26.09 MB
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May 9, 202016min 40sec27.22 MB
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April 21, 202016min 58sec27.79 MB
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April 3, 202017min 2sec27.91 MB
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.Episode 160: Wong Kim Ark
March 19, 20208min 19sec13.98 MB
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March 8, 202011min 30sec17.29 MB
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February 24, 202016min 23sec26.67 MB
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February 11, 202016min 22sec26.64 MB
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January 19, 202010min 11sec14.78 MB
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January 4, 202012min 20sec18.89 MB
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1,347 Birds
December 26, 201911min 22sec17.04 MB
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December 13, 201912min 15sec18.73 MB
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Radiolab's Robert Krulwich talks with Nate DiMeo about the Memory Palace
December 9, 201939min 42sec71.43 MB
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December 6, 20197min 31sec9.64 MB
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November 15, 20197min 15sec9.13 MB
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November 1, 201913min 26sec21.02 MB
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October 21, 201917min 44sec29.27 MB
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Episode 149: Dance by the Ocean
October 4, 201913min 35sec26.64 MB
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Episode 148: Safe Passage
September 19, 201915min 59sec32.37 MB
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September 5, 201916min 31sec26.94 MB
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Exciting news here at The Memory Palace!
August 28, 201910min 49sec16 MB
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August 8, 20199min 48sec17.55 MB
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Episode 145: Stories about the St. Louis
July 20, 201913min 29sec26.4 MB
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June 22, 20198min 43sec11.96 MB
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Re-released on the third anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting.
June 12, 201911min 12sec4.18 MB
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June 8, 201910min 18sec14.98 MB
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Episode 142: Private Robinson on Pawnee Rock
May 20, 20199min 57sec17.9 MB
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May 3, 20198min 9sec10.85 MB
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Rebroadcast: Origin Stories
April 20, 201917min 4sec34.98 MB
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Episode 140: Jackie Mitchell
April 9, 201916min 24sec33.36 MB
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March 23, 201910min 37sec15.61 MB
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Episode 138: Sixty Starlings
March 9, 20199min 44sec17.39 MB
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On the 80th Anniversary of the night 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi Rally in the heart of Manhattan, a team up with our friends at Radio Diaries
February 20, 201918min 8sec30.02 MB
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February 7, 20199min 26sec13.33 MB
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Episode 136 (Ten Fingers, Ten Toes)
January 17, 20199min 26sec16.65 MB
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December 18, 201820min 56sec35.42 MB
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December 5, 201811min 58sec18.18 MB
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Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Memory Palace by supporting Radiotopia
November 27, 201811min 56sec18.13 MB
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Election Eve Rebroadcast (In Line)
November 5, 20189min 40sec17.23 MB
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Episode 134 (The Dress in the Closet)
October 27, 201814min 33sec28.95 MB
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October 13, 201814min 16sec22.6 MB
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Episode 132 (Ida Lewis)
September 26, 201817min 50sec36.81 MB
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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...
September 11, 201811min 51sec22.47 MB
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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...
August 22, 201816min 11sec32.85 MB
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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,...
August 8, 20189min 37sec17.12 MB
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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...
July 26, 201814min 43sec23.47 MB
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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...
July 4, 20189min 31sec6.74 MB
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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...
June 12, 201811min 14sec8.39 MB
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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...
June 4, 201813min 14sec25.79 MB
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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....
May 17, 201812min 17sec23.52 MB
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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...
April 25, 201815min 15sec24.51 MB
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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...
April 6, 201815min 31sec12.51 MB
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A quick update and a brief little bonus episode. 
March 27, 20189min 35sec13.61 MB
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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...
March 12, 20189min 21sec13.17 MB
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A special crossover with The West Wing Weekly
February 23, 201810min 47sec19.92 MB
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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...
February 12, 201813min 11sec20.53 MB
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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...
January 28, 201813min 42sec26.89 MB
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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...
January 13, 201814min 1sec27.65 MB
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  Show Notes 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...
December 26, 201714min 20sec22.72 MB
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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...
December 16, 20179min 54sec14.21 MB
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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...
November 20, 201713min 23sec20.9 MB
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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...
November 7, 201712min 48sec8.65 MB
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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 ...
October 23, 201711min 4sec20.59 MB
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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...
October 4, 201711min 59sec22.78 MB
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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...
September 15, 201710min 29sec5.75 MB
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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...
September 5, 201711min 51sec22.45 MB
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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...
August 21, 201732min 39sec25.34 MB
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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. 
August 9, 201714min 6sec9.75 MB
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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...
August 7, 201715min 30sec10.93 MB
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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...
July 19, 201712min 32sec8.43 MB
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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...
July 3, 201717min 7sec12.28 MB
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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...
June 12, 201711min 20sec4.24 MB
Thumbnail for "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...
June 10, 201723min 45sec30.61 MB
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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...
June 9, 201712min 37sec14.57 MB
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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...
May 27, 201712min 48sec14.85 MB
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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...
May 11, 201712min 35sec24.22 MB
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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...
April 26, 201715min 45sec31.84 MB
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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...
April 18, 201719min 45sec12.43 MB
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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...
April 1, 201714min 48sec8.86 MB
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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 ...
March 17, 201711min 28sec6.46 MB
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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. ...
February 27, 20179min 5sec4.75 MB
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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...
February 15, 201712min 47sec7.41 MB
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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...
February 4, 201717min 38sec10.9 MB
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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 ...
January 20, 20179min 32sec5.07 MB
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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...
December 30, 201618min 21sec11.41 MB
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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...
December 19, 201615min 28sec9.35 MB
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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:...
December 1, 201611min 43sec22.14 MB
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Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/met-live-arts/2016/met-live-arts-season-announcement-2016">Artist in Residence</a> for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection...
November 21, 201615min 48sec6.39 MB
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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...
November 7, 20161hr 38min230.28 MB
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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...
October 28, 201613min 54sec27.38 MB
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October 14, 20169min 58sec17.93 MB
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Nate is the Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this year.
October 6, 20168min 57sec6.2 MB
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Nate's the Artist in Residency at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
October 6, 201614min 38sec11.65 MB
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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...
September 17, 201613min 21sec10.51 MB
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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...
August 27, 201612min 6sec9.3 MB
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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...
August 8, 20169min 16sec6.58 MB
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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...
July 30, 201616min 21sec13.33 MB
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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...
July 14, 201611min 45sec8.89 MB
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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...
July 2, 201627min 4sec23.6 MB
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The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at <a href="http://radiotopia.fm">radiotopia.fm</a> <strong><<SPOILERS BELOW>></strong>...
June 16, 201611min 59sec9.14 MB
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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...
June 4, 201612min 34sec9.68 MB
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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...
May 19, 20169min 37sec6.85 MB
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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,...
May 7, 20169min 24sec6.69 MB
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The Memory Palace is a proud member of <a href="http://Radiotopia.fm">Radiotopia</a> from PRX. Do you live in Toronto? Chicago? Milwaukee? Minneapolis? How about L.A.? Come see the Memory Palace <a...
April 23, 201619min 24sec16.25 MB
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April 8, 201617min 29sec14.4 MB
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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...
March 25, 201614min 11sec11.23 MB
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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...
March 9, 20167min 28sec4.78 MB
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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...
February 25, 201614min 33sec11.58 MB
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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...
February 11, 201619min 37sec16.45 MB
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<strong>Music</strong> * We start off with <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/wien/id40886714?i=40886712&mt=1&app=music">Wien</a>, by Labradford. * The guys head out to the work site to <a...
January 27, 201617min 2sec13.97 MB
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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...
December 17, 201511min 36sec8.75 MB
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<strong>Music</strong>* 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: <a...
November 19, 201512min 35sec9.68 MB
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<strong>Music</strong> * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * They first meet to a piece called Brouillard (<a...
November 12, 201519min 17sec40.29 MB
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November 5, 201513min 40sec10.72 MB
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October 27, 201520min 10sec16.97 MB
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October 19, 201511min 50sec8.97 MB
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The finale of the 2015 Summer Season.     <strong>Music</strong> * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * There's <a...
August 28, 201520min 49sec17.6 MB
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Episode 9 of the 2015 Summer Season.                     <strong>Music</strong> * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * There're...
August 20, 201510min 37sec7.8 MB
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August 13, 201513min 33sec10.62 MB
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Episode 7 of the 2015 Summer Season.                     <strong>Music</strong> * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * First up...
August 3, 201511min 10sec8.32 MB
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Episode 6 of the 2015 Summer Season.               <strong>Music</strong> * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * First up, <a...
July 27, 201512min 22sec9.48 MB
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Episode 5 of the 2015 Summer Season.               <strong>Music</strong> * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * The main mountain theme is <a...
July 20, 201511min 25sec8.57 MB
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Episode 4 of the 2015 Summer Season.          <strong>Music</strong>   * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * Charlie on the ladder is scored with the...
July 13, 201516min 51sec13.78 MB
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Episode 3 of the Summer Season.    <strong>Music</strong>   * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score. * The opening loop is from Mr. Knight from <a...
July 6, 20159min 23sec6.62 MB
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<strong>Music</strong>   * 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 <a...
June 29, 201511min 15sec8.41 MB
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<strong>The music:</strong>   *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 <a...
June 21, 201519min 21sec16.18 MB
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A remixed, hi-fi version of an old low-fi episode
May 27, 20157min 16sec4.59 MB
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A special video episode.
May 7, 20152min 30sec40.34 MB
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An old-favorite, now way-better sounding. NEW SEASON starts June 21st
April 16, 20156min 3sec3.42 MB
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An old-favorite, now way-better sounding. NEW SEASON starts June 21st
April 9, 20158min 11sec5.47 MB
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March 16, 201513min 23sec10.45 MB
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Episode 64.
January 15, 201512min 57sec10.1 MB
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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...
October 16, 201414min 56sec12.01 MB
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If you enjoy this story, please tell a friend about The Memory Palace.   Thank you kindly.     The music pulled from "Blue Sands" by the Chico Hamilton Trio. 
July 17, 20145min 59sec3.41 MB
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June 8, 20148min 18sec5.64 MB
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March 23, 201410min 32sec7.72 MB
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January 31, 20146min 14sec3.66 MB
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December 17, 201310min 56sec8.11 MB
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October 31, 20139min 17sec6.53 MB
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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...
September 20, 20136min 25sec3.84 MB
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July 30, 20137min 19sec4.63 MB
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June 29, 201313min 1sec10.16 MB
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May 8, 20136min 56sec4.27 MB
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April 1, 201313min 21sec10.49 MB
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March 7, 201312min 48sec9.96 MB
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January 29, 20133min 57sec1.47 MB
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December 14, 20126min 55sec4.31 MB
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November 20, 201214min 47sec11.87 MB
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October 15, 201210min 14sec7.44 MB
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September 14, 201214min 46sec11.85 MB
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July 26, 201210min 39sec7.89 MB
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March 25, 20125min 35sec3.03 MB
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December 6, 20113min 47sec1.24 MB
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November 8, 20118min5.29 MB
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October 28, 20117min 12sec4.52 MB
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September 29, 201110min 22sec7.55 MB
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August 23, 20117min 17sec4.6 MB
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July 6, 20119min 36sec6.83 MB
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January 27, 20119min 23sec6.62 MB
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January 7, 201116min 52sec13.79 MB
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October 27, 20104min 21sec1.78 MB
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September 20, 201010min 13sec7.41 MB
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August 25, 20108min 6sec5.38 MB
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July 3, 20109min 39sec6.87 MB
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June 15, 20107min 1sec4.34 MB
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May 11, 201011min 21sec8.56 MB
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April 14, 20104min 39sec2.06 MB
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April 1, 20107min 37sec4.98 MB
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March 13, 201012min 15sec9.43 MB
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February 25, 20109min 25sec6.65 MB
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February 1, 20109min 35sec6.8 MB
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January 15, 20107min 53sec5.17 MB
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December 11, 20098min 23sec5.65 MB
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November 20, 20097min 56sec5.3 MB
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October 28, 20098min 15sec5.54 MB
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October 16, 20097min 5sec4.41 MB
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September 28, 20096min 12sec3.56 MB
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August 28, 20097min 32sec4.83 MB
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August 7, 20097min 34sec4.88 MB
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July 24, 20096min 25sec3.77 MB
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July 16, 20098min 10sec5.44 MB
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July 6, 20098min 28sec5.74 MB
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June 16, 20096min 55sec4.25 MB
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June 1, 20095min 47sec3.15 MB
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May 22, 20097min 46sec5.07 MB
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May 10, 20096min 47sec4.12 MB
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April 11, 20094min 51sec2.26 MB
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March 26, 20097min 51sec5.14 MB
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March 9, 20094min 41sec2.1 MB
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February 17, 20095min 40sec3.05 MB
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January 30, 20093min 57sec1.4 MB
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January 22, 20095min 24sec2.79 MB
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December 20, 20085min 23sec2.78 MB
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Episode 96 (Canali)

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September 30, 201613min 23sec

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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 searching for Canals and Mars and reading article by article through the years, watching the debates, seeing conjecture reported as news, and then watching it all unravel. * For more on Lowell, I recommend Percival Lowell: the Culture and Science of Boston Brahmin, by David Strauss.

Music * This one features two appearances by X-Ray, by Youth Lagoon. * One from September, by Giles Lamb. * And a long one by Red Dawn, by Enzo.

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