From public radio producer, Nate DiMeo, comes The Memory Palace, a finalist for the 2016 Peabody Award and one of iTunes Best Podcast of 2015. Short, surprising stories of the past, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, often a little bit of both."The most potent pieces of audio being produced today." - The AvClub <a href="http://thememorypalace.us">thememorypalace.us</a>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>

Note: there is some semi-adult language in this one.

Note: there is some semi-adult language in this one.

Episode 47 (The Rise and Fall of Rising and Falling) *NOTE: semi-adult language in this one.

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<li>A synth stab from As if it Would Have a Universal and Memorable Ending by Shane Carruth's score to his film, Upstream Color, a movie I love deeply. </li>
<li>Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by the Platters</li>
<li>The Girl Who was Frightened of Ashtrays by Charlie Megira</li>
<li>Sambolero by Luiz Bonfa. </li>
<li>Water by So Percussion</li>
<li>Divertimiento Fur Tenorsaxophon Und Kleines Ensemble (Part 4) from Carl Oesterhelt and Johannes Ender.</li>
<li>Ball by Duval Timothy</li>
<li>Piece 3 by the great Warren Ellis.</li>
<li>Chora tua Tristeza from Lalo Schiffrin</li>
<li>Growing Up from Ben Sollee's score to Maidentrip</li>
<li>(Vibraphone, Marimbaphone, Malletted Wood, Two Synthesizers) and (Two Bells) by Josiah Steinbrick</li>
<li>Main et lee from Michel Portal</li>
</ul>

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Music

A synth stab from As if it Would Have a Universal and Memorable Ending by Shane Carruth's score to his film, Upstream Color, a movie I love deeply. 
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by the Platters
The Girl Who was Frightened of Ashtrays by Charlie Megira
Sambolero by Luiz Bonfa. 
Water by So Percussion
Divertimiento Fur Tenorsaxophon Und Kleines Ensemble (Part 4) from Carl Oesterhelt and Johannes Ender.
Ball by Duval Timothy
Piece 3 by the great Warren Ellis.
Chora tua Tristeza from Lalo Schiffrin
Growing Up from Ben Sollee's score to Maidentrip
(Vibraphone, Marimbaphone, Malletted Wood, Two Synthesizers) and (Two Bells) by Josiah Steinbrick
Main et lee from Michel Portal

Episode 216: Awake

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<li>Momento Ritmico and Papete aru by Piero Umiliani</li>
<li>Opus 13 from Sven Libaek's score to The Set</li>
<li>French Doll by Larry Ashmore and David Francis</li>
<li>The wonderful Sewentuwa by Hailu Meriga</li>
<li>Wave I by Elor Saxl</li>
<li>Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura</li>
</ul>Notes<ul><li>I originally learned about the Elephantine Colossus years ago in David McCullough's Brooklyn... and How it Got That Way, which still holds up.</li></ul>

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Music

Momento Ritmico and Papete aru by Piero Umiliani
Opus 13 from Sven Libaek's score to The Set
French Doll by Larry Ashmore and David Francis
The wonderful Sewentuwa by Hailu Meriga
Wave I by Elor Saxl
Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura
Notes

I originally learned about the Elephantine Colossus years ago in David McCullough's Brooklyn... and How it Got That Way, which still holds up.

Episode 215: An Eighth Wonder

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<li>Un geant dans la mer and Triste soiree III from the score to Marie et les naufrages by the genius, Sebastian Tellier. </li>
<li>Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors.</li>
<li>Rocky Passage by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer</li>
<li>Morris Visits Dr. Pratt from John Barry's score to The Wrong Box</li>
<li>Adios Muchachos from Andre Popp</li>
<li>Moonlight in Vermont from the great Dorothy Ashby. </li>
<li>Midnight Moon by The Portland Cello Project</li>
<li>Dance PM by Hiroshi Yoshimura</li>
<li>And we hear Blind Andy Jenkins' "Floyd Collins in Sand Cave" followed by Vernon Dalhart doing the same song under the name, "The Death of Floyd Collins." We also hear Jimmy Osbourne do Andy's, "The Death of Little Kathy Fiscus."</li>
</ul>Notes<ul>
<li>I have a note in my years-long running list of possible story ideas that says, "event songs," but I could never remember why. Then I was reading Charles Hirschberg and Mark Zwonitzer's, Will You Miss me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family &amp; Their Legacy in American Music and was reminded of Andy's story (that book is great).</li>
<li>I also recommend the always-useful, Country Music USA, by Bill C. Malone for more on Andy and his era as well as Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity by Richard A. Peterson.</li>
<li>If you want more about poor Floyd Collins, you could turn to Robert K. Murray and Roger W. Bruckner's, Trapped!: The Story of Floyd Collins.
</li>
</ul>

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Music

Un geant dans la mer and Triste soiree III from the score to Marie et les naufrages by the genius, Sebastian Tellier. 
Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors.
Rocky Passage by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer
Morris Visits Dr. Pratt from John Barry's score to The Wrong Box
Adios Muchachos from Andre Popp
Moonlight in Vermont from the great Dorothy Ashby. 
Midnight Moon by The Portland Cello Project
Dance PM by Hiroshi Yoshimura
And we hear Blind Andy Jenkins' "Floyd Collins in Sand Cave" followed by Vernon Dalhart doing the same song under the name, "The Death of Floyd Collins." We also hear Jimmy Osbourne do Andy's, "The Death of Little Kathy Fiscus."
Notes

I have a note in my years-long running list of possible story ideas that says, "event songs," but I could never remember why. Then I was reading Charles Hirschberg and Mark Zwonitzer's, Will You Miss me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music and was reminded of Andy's story (that book is great).
I also recommend the always-useful, Country Music USA, by Bill C. Malone for more on Andy and his era as well as Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity by Richard A. Peterson.
If you want more about poor Floyd Collins, you could turn to Robert K. Murray and Roger W. Bruckner's, Trapped!: The Story of Floyd Collins.

Episode 214: Newsboy

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<li>Abisme by Shida Shahadi</li>
<li>Ellen’s Image from Lalo Schiffiren’s genius score to The Fox</li>
<li>Circulation by H. Takahasi</li>
<li>Liquid Spear Waltz from Michael Andrews’ score to Donnie Darko</li>
<li>A8 from a terrific record called NuNu by Clever Austin</li>
</ul>Notes<ul><li>I found a lot of insight in a terrific book called Extraordinary Beliefs by Peter Lamont. In it, there’s a smart historical, psychological exploration of why spiritualism was able to flourish despite all sorts of evidence opposing it. </li></ul>

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Music

Abisme by Shida Shahadi
Ellen’s Image from Lalo Schiffiren’s genius score to The Fox
Circulation by H. Takahasi
Liquid Spear Waltz from Michael Andrews’ score to Donnie Darko
A8 from a terrific record called NuNu by Clever Austin
Notes

I found a lot of insight in a terrific book called Extraordinary Beliefs by Peter Lamont. In it, there’s a smart historical, psychological exploration of why spiritualism was able to flourish despite all sorts of evidence opposing it.

Episode 213: The Light and the Spirits

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Music

<ul>
<li>Una Bravata from Carlo Rustichelli’s score to Amici Miei.</li>
<li>Sunshine on Fish Skin by Girls in Airports.</li>
<li>The Vienna Glass Armonica Duo performs Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Harmonium.</li>
<li>The Fellowship by John Shabason</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>The best read on Mills is a 2022 <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-thorny-problem-of-keeping-the-internets-time" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">article</a> by Nate Hopper in The New Yorker about the challenges of keeping time on the internet.</li>
</ul>

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Music
Una Bravata from Carlo Rustichelli’s score to Amici Miei.


Sunshine on Fish Skin by Girls in Airports.


The Vienna Glass Armonica Duo performs Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Harmonium.


The Fellowship by John Shabason



Notes
The best read on Mills is a 2022 article by Nate Hopper in The New Yorker about the challenges of keeping time on the internet.

Episode 212: David Mills

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Music

<ul>
<li>Je ne pas si c’est tout le monde - Theme Comedie from Vincent Delerm’s score to the film of the same, long name.</li>
<li>Forbin’s Hi Fi from Michel Colombier’s score to Colossus: The Forbin Project</li>
<li>Boo’s Lullaby by Maria Chiara Agriro and Jamie Leeming</li>
<li>Helle (Ballade) from the great Phillipe Sarde score to that picture.</li>
<li>L’Espagne pour memoire from Michel Portal’s score to Un et a la garoupe</li>
<li>The Rain Never Stops on Venus by Michael Wollney</li>
<li>Je t’ai meme pas dit by Vincent Delerm.</li>
<li>From a Dream by Oregon</li>
<li>A version of Narcisus for Clarinet and Electronics as played by Thea Musgrave.</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>Good sources if you want to know more are Peter Manseau’s book about spirit photography and the spiritualist age (Cutting intersects interestingly with that crea), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Apparitionists-Phantoms-Photography-Captured-Lincolns/dp/0544745973" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Apparitionists</a>, as well as <a href="https://dev.neaq.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Download-this-PDF-book.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this article</a> by Jerry Ryan about the history of aquariums in Boston. </li>
</ul>

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Music
Je ne pas si c’est tout le monde - Theme Comedie from Vincent Delerm’s score to the film of the same, long name.


Forbin’s Hi Fi from Michel Colombier’s score to Colossus: The Forbin Project


Boo’s Lullaby by Maria Chiara Agriro and Jamie Leeming


Helle (Ballade) from the great Phillipe Sarde score to that picture.


L’Espagne pour memoire from Michel Portal’s score to Un et a la garoupe


The Rain Never Stops on Venus by Michael Wollney


Je t’ai meme pas dit by Vincent Delerm.


From a Dream by Oregon


A version of Narcisus for Clarinet and Electronics as played by Thea Musgrave.



Notes
Good sources if you want to know more are Peter Manseau’s book about spirit photography and the spiritualist age (Cutting intersects interestingly with that crea), The Apparitionists, as well as this article by Jerry Ryan about the history of aquariums in Boston.

Episode 211: Cutting and Ned

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This is a special holiday bonus episode, a sequel to Episode 210. You’ll want to listen to that one first. 

Music

<ul>
<li>The Parisienne by the Henri Crolla Ensemble</li>
<li>Violette… by Philippe Sarde</li>
<li>Gift by Makasuta Takagi</li>
<li>The Sammy Herman Sextet plays The Bells of St. Mary’s </li>
</ul>

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Music
The Parisienne by the Henri Crolla Ensemble


Violette… by Philippe Sarde


Gift by Makasuta Takagi


The Sammy Herman Sextet plays The Bells of St. Mary’s

Smoky and Bill, a Holiday Card

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Music

<ul>
<li>I Believe in the Night by Keith Kenniff</li>
<li>Improvisations sur les folies d’Espagne (extraits) from Marin Marais and Jordi Savall</li>
<li>Finally by Lambert</li>
<li>Voltige by Marin Lizotte</li>
<li>Violin Solo no. 1 by Peter Broderick</li>
<li>Fratres fur violin und klavier by Avro Part as played by Ursula Schloch and Marcel Worms</li>
<li>Dungen by Henrik Lindstom</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>There are plenty of places to go to read about Smoky and Bill but why would want to go anywhere else than his book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Yorkie-Doodle-Dandy-Memoir-7th/dp/0965225402" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yorkie Doodle Dandy</a>?</li>
</ul>

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Music
I Believe in the Night by Keith Kenniff


Improvisations sur les folies d’Espagne (extraits) from Marin Marais and Jordi Savall


Finally by Lambert


Voltige by Marin Lizotte


Violin Solo no. 1 by Peter Broderick


Fratres fur violin und klavier by Avro Part as played by Ursula Schloch and Marcel Worms


Dungen by Henrik Lindstom



Notes
There are plenty of places to go to read about Smoky and Bill but why would want to go anywhere else than his book, Yorkie Doodle Dandy?

Episode 210: Smoky and Bill

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Music

<ul>
<li>We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens': <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/camille-saint-sa%C3%ABns-music-for-piano-and-cello-piano/1221645418" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet</a>, and two from Carnival of the Animals:<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/pg/album/saint-saens-symphony-no.-3/id181866489" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aviary and the Cuckoo in the Heart of the Woods</a>.</li>
<li>We hit <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wildlike-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1122753801" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Juneau</a> from Danny Bensi and Sander Jurriaans' score to Wildlike.</li>
<li>And <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/5-to-7-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1319417428" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Waltz</a> from their score to 5 to 7.</li>
<li>And there's a total gem from George Mukabi called <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/mtoto-si-nguo/959802086" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dila Ni Dila</a> in there too.</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>Do yourself a favor and read Frances Hamerstrom's autobiography, My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist.</li>
<li>Do your kids a favor and Jeannine Atkins take on Frances in her book Girls Who Looked Under Rocks.</li>
<li>And then <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnq-og4Z_X0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">watch</a> Frances teach David Letterman how to cook a snake.</li>
</ul>

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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 Heart of the Woods.


We hit Juneau from Danny Bensi and Sander Jurriaans' score to Wildlike.


And The Waltz from their score to 5 to 7.


And there's a total gem from George Mukabi called Dila Ni Dila in there too.



Notes
Do yourself a favor and read Frances Hamerstrom's autobiography, My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist.


Do your kids a favor and Jeannine Atkins take on Frances in her book Girls Who Looked Under Rocks.


And then watch Frances teach David Letterman how to cook a snake.

Episode 120: The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat

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Music

<ul>
<li>Dave Pajo/Aerial M does Plastic Energy Man</li>
<li>Patricia Rossborough played To a Wild Rose</li>
<li>Mal Waldron plays Warm Canto</li>
<li>We hear Muff Gets a Share from Joel P. West’s score to Band of Robbers</li>
<li>We hear another song I absolutely love, Turned Out I Was Everyone, by Sasami</li>
<li>We finish on Popcorn and Life from Ben Sollee’s lovely score to Maidentrip.</li>
</ul>

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Music
Dave Pajo/Aerial M does Plastic Energy Man


Patricia Rossborough played To a Wild Rose


Mal Waldron plays Warm Canto


We hear Muff Gets a Share from Joel P. West’s score to Band of Robbers


We hear another song I absolutely love, Turned Out I Was Everyone, by Sasami


We finish on Popcorn and Life from Ben Sollee’s lovely score to Maidentrip.

Episode 209: Wake

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Music

<ul>
<li>The Theory by Clem Leek</li>
<li>Hiddensee by Caeys</li>
<li>The Clock Tower by Hampshire and Foat</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>If you want to know more about Gardner, I’d suggest Witness to an Era: the Life and Photographs of Alexander Gardner, by Mark Katz.</li>
<li>On Brady, Matthew Brady: Portraits of a Nation, by Robert Wilson.</li>
<li>I’d also suggest reading the New York Times’ <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/the-dead-of-antietam/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review</a> of the exhibit. It’s pretty stunning.</li>
</ul>

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Music
The Theory by Clem Leek


Hiddensee by Caeys


The Clock Tower by Hampshire and Foat



Notes
If you want to know more about Gardner, I’d suggest Witness to an Era: the Life and Photographs of Alexander Gardner, by Mark Katz.


On Brady, Matthew Brady: Portraits of a Nation, by Robert Wilson.


I’d also suggest reading the New York Times’ review of the exhibit. It’s pretty stunning.

Episode 208: In the Gallery

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Music

<ul>
<li>Inception by radio.string.quintet.vienna</li>
<li>Julie With by Group Listening</li>
<li>Nice Breeze Isn’t It? by friend of the show, Simon Rackham</li>
<li>Wet by Taylor Deupree</li>
<li>Times Like This II by Jean Kopperud and Stephen Gosling</li>
<li>Broad Channel by Bing and Ruth</li>
<li>Cradle (with Akira) by ghost and tape</li>
<li>Lithosphere by Caoimhin O Raghellagh </li>
<li>and by Caoimhin O Raghelagh and Thomas Bartlett</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>You can find the website I mentioned <a href="https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>; it’s a one-stop shop, really, for information on the 6888t. .</li>
</ul>

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Music
Inception by radio.string.quintet.vienna


Julie With by Group Listening


Nice Breeze Isn’t It? by friend of the show, Simon Rackham


Wet by Taylor Deupree


Times Like This II by Jean Kopperud and Stephen Gosling


Broad Channel by Bing and Ruth


Cradle (with Akira) by ghost and tape


Lithosphere by Caoimhin O Raghellagh 


and by Caoimhin O Raghelagh and Thomas Bartlett



Notes
You can find the website I mentioned here; it’s a one-stop shop, really, for information on the 6888t. .

Episode 207: The Six Triple Eight

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Music

<ul>
<li>Halcyon and Photosynteses and Embryo by H. Takehashi</li>
<li>Intro by Library Tapes</li>
<li>The Florist Wears Knee Breeches by M. Sage</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>I found Andrew Isenberg's book, The Destruction of the Bison, An Environmental History, completely fascinating.</li>
<li>If you want to do a deep dive on Madison Grant, I'd recommend Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant by John Peter Spiro.</li>
<li>If you want to do a deep dive on the Catalina Buffalo, this <a href="https://allaboutbison.com/bison-in-history/catalina-island-bison/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a> is a fun place to start.</li>
</ul>

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Music
Halcyon and Photosynteses and Embryo by H. Takehashi


Intro by Library Tapes


The Florist Wears Knee Breeches by M. Sage



Notes
I found Andrew Isenberg's book, The Destruction of the Bison, An Environmental History, completely fascinating.


If you want to do a deep dive on Madison Grant, I'd recommend Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant by John Peter Spiro.


If you want to do a deep dive on the Catalina Buffalo, this site is a fun place to start.

Episode 206: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American

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This episode was originally released in November, 2015.

Music 
* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score. 
* They first meet to a piece called Brouillard (<a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/brouillard-version-1/id419449862?i=419449905&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">version 1</a>) from Georges Delaure’s extraordinary score to Jules et Jim. (A <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/brouillard-version-2/id419449862?i=419449939&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">second version</a> comes in later when J.J. Audubon is living the high life in England). 
* We also hear <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/waltz/id646119150?i=646119162&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Waltz</a> by Mother Falcon. 
* I go back to the <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/please-give-original-motion-picture-score-marcelo-zarvos/albums/2929417/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marcelo Zarvos/Please Give</a> well when the Scotsman arrives at their store. Note: it’s the go-to soundtrack for “People Arriving at One’s Store With A Life Changing Proposition” here at the Memory Palace. Also: go watch <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/movie/please-give/id397089345?mt=6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Please Give.</a> 
* The <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/adoptees/id555242925?i=555243051&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">little piano piece</a> is from Nathan Johnson’s score to The Day I Saw Your Heart. 
* Lucy and John titter like plovers to Andrew Cyrille’s dope, skittering drums on <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/nuba-1/id318169158?i=318169617&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nuba 1.</a> 
* The especially sad bit, right before the end is <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/dream-3-in-the-midst-of-my-life/id1018451607?i=1018452332&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dream 3 (in the Midst of my Life)</a>, from Max Richter’s giant, From Sleep album. 
* A couple times, including the ending, we hear <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/ralph-vaughan-williams-lark/id691644405?mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“the Lark Ascending”</a> from Ralph Vaughn Willliams. It is beautiful. You should buy it.

Notes 
As per usual, I read a lot about the Audubons and the Bakewells. 
I relied most upon the charming and smart, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Road-With-John-James-Audubon/dp/0396077404" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On the Road with John James Audubon</a> by Mary Durant, and Carolyn DeLatte’s lovely, thoughtful book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lucy-Audubon-Biography-Southern-Series/dp/0807133817" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucy Audubon: a Biography.</a> 
* Just a quick note: there’s a very enjoyable PBS/American Masters/Nature <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/john-james-audubon-drawn-from-nature/106/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">documentary</a> about Audubon. It’s a fun and informative watch. But, I’ll say, you come out of that thinking that things were fundamentally swell between Lucy and John in a way that I’m not entirely sure is supported by the facts. Or jibes with, you know, human nature.

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This episode was originally released in November, 2015.
Music
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).
Waltz by Mother Falcon.
Marcelo Zarvos/Please Give well when the Scotsman arrives at their store. Note: it’s the go-to soundtrack for “People Arriving at One’s Store With A Life Changing Proposition” here at the Memory Palace. Also: go watch Please Give.
little piano piece is from Nathan Johnson’s score to The Day I Saw Your Heart.
Nuba 1.
Dream 3 (in the Midst of my Life), from Max Richter’s giant, From Sleep album.
“the Lark Ascending” from Ralph Vaughn Willliams. It is beautiful. You should buy it.
Notes
On the Road with John James Audubon by Mary Durant, and Carolyn DeLatte’s lovely, thoughtful book, Lucy Audubon: a Biography.
documentary about Audubon. It’s a fun and informative watch. But, I’ll say, you come out of that thinking that things were fundamentally swell between Lucy and John in a way that I’m not entirely sure is supported by the facts. Or jibes with, you know, human nature.

Episode 79: Artist in Landscape

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This episode was originally released in 2016 in the days after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It is re-released every year on the anniversary of the incident.

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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 Bar" by David Olson, reprinted in its entirety on the White Horse's <a href="http://whitehorsebar.com/history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>. 
* "Gayola: Police Professionalization and the Politics of San Francisco's Gay Bars, 1950-1968," by Christopher Agee. 
* June Thomas' <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_gay_bar.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">series</a> on the past, present, and future of the gay bar from Slate a few years back. 
* Various articles written on the occasion of the White Horse's 80th anniversary, including <a href="http://http//www.sfgate.com/lgbt/article/Oakland%C2%ADsWhite%C2%ADHorse%C2%ADgaybarturns80%C2%AD4503994.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this one</a> from SFGATE.Com 
* Michael Bronski's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/History-United-States-ReVisioning-American/dp/0807044652" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Queer History of the United States</a>. 
* <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radically-Gay-Liberation-Words-Founder/dp/0807070815/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1466054102&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=radically+gay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radically Gay</a>, a collection of Harry Hay's writing. 
* Incidentally, I watched <a href="http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Mattachine:_Radical_Roots_of_the_Gay_Movement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this interview</a> with Harry Hay from 1996 about gay life in SF in the 30's multiple times because it's amazing.

Music 
* We start with <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/water-in-your-hands/id1042354508?i=1042354575&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Water in Your Hands</a> by Tommy Guerrero. 
* Hit Anne Muller's <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/walzer-fur-robert/id773453107?i=773454900&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walzer fur Robert</a> a couple of times. 
* Gaussian Curve does <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/talk-to-the-church/id986813339?i=986813593&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talk to the Church</a>. 
* We get a loop of <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/updraught/id521024430?i=521024651&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Updraught</a> from Zoe Keating. 
* We finish on <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/transient-life-in-twilight/id732997129?i=732997132&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transient Life in Twilight</a> by James Blackshaw

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Notes and Reading:
website.
series on the past, present, and future of the gay bar from Slate a few years back.
this one from SFGATE.Com
A Queer History of the United States.
Radically Gay, a collection of Harry Hay's writing.
this interview with Harry Hay from 1996 about gay life in SF in the 30's multiple times because it's amazing.
Music
Water in Your Hands by Tommy Guerrero.
Walzer fur Robert a couple of times.
Talk to the Church.
Updraught from Zoe Keating.
Transient Life in Twilight by James Blackshaw

Episode 90: A White Horse

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Music

<ul>
<li>Pollen and Photosynteses by H. Takehashi</li>
<li>Ediacaran Moonrise by Barry Walker, Jr.</li>
<li>To the Cellar from Krzysztof Komeda’s wonderful score to The Fearless Vampire Killers.</li>
<li>Blue Sutura from Piero Piccioni’s score to Il medico della mutua. </li>
<li>3-Sized PF and Let’s Go Crazy!, both by Takahiro Kido</li>
<li>Emerald Ash by Golden Brown</li>
<li>Merry-Go-Round by Domenique Dumont</li>
<li>Aquel Senor by the mighty, Frankie Reyes</li>
<li>Tesko Me Ja Zaboravit Tebe by Banko Mataja</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>You can read the article by Katherin Parkin <a href="https://www.academia.edu/37093056/Alice_Ramsey_Driving_in_New_Directions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. </li>
</ul>

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Music
Pollen and Photosynteses by H. Takehashi


Ediacaran Moonrise by Barry Walker, Jr.


To the Cellar from Krzysztof Komeda’s wonderful score to The Fearless Vampire Killers.


Blue Sutura from Piero Piccioni’s score to Il medico della mutua. 


3-Sized PF and Let’s Go Crazy!, both by Takahiro Kido


Emerald Ash by Golden Brown


Merry-Go-Round by Domenique Dumont


Aquel Senor by the mighty, Frankie Reyes


Tesko Me Ja Zaboravit Tebe by Banko Mataja



Notes
You can read the article by Katherin Parkin here.

Episode 205: Alice Ramsay 

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Music

<ul>
<li>In My Heaven All Faucets Have Fountains by yes/and</li>
<li>A snippet of Runaway from Olafur Arnauld’s score to Gimme Shelter</li>
<li>Spectral Canon from Conlon Nancarrow from James Tenney</li>
<li>The Hourglass by Ben Crosland<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Frontier-Press-Visions-American/dp/0810125080/ref=sr_1_1?crid=B8U5JPUT0PTN&amp;keywords=the+coming+of+the+frontier+press+how+the+west&amp;qid=1671206620&amp;sprefix=the+coming+of+the+frontier+press+how+the+wes%2Caps%2C140&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.</a></li>
</ul>

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Music
In My Heaven All Faucets Have Fountains by yes/and


A snippet of Runaway from Olafur Arnauld’s score to Gimme Shelter


Spectral Canon from Conlon Nancarrow from James Tenney


The Hourglass by Ben Crosland.

Episode 204: Wolves

This episode was originally released in 2015.

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Music 
*Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score. 
*The piece opens with <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/rainfall/id723677666?i=723677844&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rainfall</a>, by David Darling and Michael Jones. 
*Her brief love story is scored by Nathan Johnson’s <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/penelopes-theme/id316242999?i=316243056&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Penelope’s Theme</a> from his score to <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-brothers-bloom/id326093887?mt=6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Brothers Bloom</a>. 
*When she lands her first gig, we start <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/chantal-martineau-valse-tordue/id307089212?i=307089264&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Garde a Vue, and roll into Le Roi de coeur</a>, from Chantal Martineau. 
* The vibraphone piece is <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/opening/id208245013?i=208245032&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Opening”</a> by Nathaniel Bartlett. 
* The recurring violin piece is called <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/geometria-del-universo/id635833667?i=635833950&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Geometria del Universo</a> by the one-named Colleen. 
* It ends on <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/romains-first-love/id285851804?i=285851977&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Romain’s First Love</a>, again by Georges Delarue, from his fantastic score to Promise at Dawn.

Notes 
* I read a lot about Mary, but by far the most useful and most thorough works I came upon were: Sharon M. Harris’ <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Mary-Walker-American-1832-1919/dp/0813546117" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Daughters-Invention-Revised-Technology/dp/0813521971/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446938356&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=mother%27s+and+daughters+of+invention" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Woman of Honor: Dr. Mary E. Walker and the Civil War,</a> in which author Mercedes Graf does a great job walking the reader through Walker’s unpublished memoir.

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This episode was originally released in 2015.
Proceeds from this episode are being donated to the Transgender Law Center. 
Music
Rainfall, by David Darling and Michael Jones.
Penelope’s Theme from his score to The Brothers Bloom.
Garde a Vue, and roll into Le Roi de coeur, from Chantal Martineau.
“Opening” by Nathaniel Bartlett.
Geometria del Universo by the one-named Colleen.
Romain’s First Love, again by Georges Delarue, from his fantastic score to Promise at Dawn.
Notes
Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical and A Woman of Honor: Dr. Mary E. Walker and the Civil War, in which author Mercedes Graf does a great job walking the reader through Walker’s unpublished memoir.
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episode 76: Mary Walker Would Wear what she Wanted

This episode was originally released in summer of 2015.

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 <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/green-arrow/id1023393307?i=1023394025" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green Arrow</a> from Yo La Tengo’s I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, which has soundtracked many crickety summer nights for me over the years. 
* The cops roll in to a loop of the very beginning of the epic <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ptah-the-el-daoud/id72562?i=72551" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ptah, the El Daoud</a>, the title track to Alice Coltrane’s album from 1970. 
* Then we have a mix of two improvisations from Charles Cohen’s “Brother I Prove You Wrong”: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cloud-hands/id997744315?i=997744317" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloud Hands</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-boy-and-the-snake-dance/id997744315?i=997744320" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Boy and the Snake Dance</a>. 
* There’s a brief dip into <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id355732904?i=355732965&amp;mt=1&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dorian</a>, by Fang Island. 
* The jaunty accordion, typewriter thing is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id640600434?i=640601070&amp;mt=1&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Biking is Better</a> on Wintergatan’s eponymous album.

Notes 
I researched this one primarily through old newspapers. The easiest place to find a number of them is to read the excellent site, <a href="http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_great_monkey_hoax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Museum of Hoaxes’</a> page on this event. Also: if you’re in the Atlanta area and ever want to have yourself a day, you can see the actual monkey. It’s preserved in a jar at the Georgia Bureau of Investigations museum in Decatur Georgia.

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This episode was originally released in summer of 2015.
Music
* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score.
Green Arrow from Yo La Tengo’s I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, which has soundtracked many crickety summer nights for me over the years.
Ptah, the El Daoud, the title track to Alice Coltrane’s album from 1970.
Cloud Hands and The Boy and the Snake Dance.
Dorian, by Fang Island.
Biking is Better on Wintergatan’s eponymous album.
Notes
The Museum of Hoaxes’ page on this event. Also: if you’re in the Atlanta area and ever want to have yourself a day, you can see the actual monkey. It’s preserved in a jar at the Georgia Bureau of Investigations museum in Decatur Georgia.
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Episode 67: Every Night Ever

This episode was originally released in September of 2019.

Music

<ul>
<li>We start with the Opening of Craig Armstrong’s score to Far From the Madding Crowd.</li>
<li>Glass Houses no. 13 from Ann Southam.</li>
<li>Earring from Julia Wolf.</li>
<li>Occam II for Violin from Eliane Radigue.</li>
<li>Rearranging Furniture from Gabriel Yared’s score to By the Sea.</li>
<li>A bit of <a href="https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/come-in-movement-ii/79576724?i=79576712&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Movement II</a> from Martynov, “Come in!” by Vladimir Martynov.</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>Plenty written about the Willie D.. I found Roger Branfill-Cook’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Torpedo-Complete-History-Worlds-Revolutionary/dp/1848322151/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1F6RE40IJN4W4&amp;keywords=torpedo+the+complete+history&amp;qid=1568695412&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=Torpedo+the+comp%2Caps%2C209&amp;sr=8-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Torpedo: the Most Revolutionary Weapon in Naval History</a> to be particularly useful.</li>
<li>I also enjoyed stumbling upon this day-by-day <a href="http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/daybyday/daylog/november-11th-1943/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">breakdown</a> of F.D.R.’s Presidency.</li>
</ul>

This episode was originally released in September of 2019.
Music
We start with the Opening of Craig Armstrong’s score to Far From the Madding Crowd.


Glass Houses no. 13 from Ann Southam.


Earring from Julia Wolf.


Occam II for Violin from Eliane Radigue.


Rearranging Furniture from Gabriel Yared’s score to By the Sea.


A bit of Movement II from Martynov, “Come in!” by Vladimir Martynov.



Notes
Plenty written about the Willie D.. I found Roger Branfill-Cook’s Torpedo: the Most Revolutionary Weapon in Naval History to be particularly useful.


I also enjoyed stumbling upon this day-by-day breakdown of F.D.R.’s Presidency.

Episode 148: Safe Passage

This episode was originally released in August 2016

Note 
* Here’s a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p5X1FjyD_g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link</a> 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 <a href="http://www.vietnamwardraftlottery.com/phpnuke/modules.php?name=Stories_Archive&amp;sa=show_all" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a>, which includes a remarkable page where folks send in their personal stories of their draft experience.

Music 
* <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/elevator-song-feat.-ren-ford/id889247694?i=889247744" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elevator Song</a> by Keaton Henson (feat. Ren Ford) 
* <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/waves/id1035370994?i=1035372190" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Waves</a> by Abby Gundersen

This episode was originally released in August 2016
Note
link to watch an excerpt of the CBS news break.
site, which includes a remarkable page where folks send in their personal stories of their draft experience.
Music
Elevator Song by Keaton Henson (feat. Ren Ford)
Waves by Abby Gundersen

Episode 94: Numbers (rebroadcast)

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Music

<ul>
<li>Blithe Field does RD 1</li>
<li>O Venezia, Venuga, Venusia by Nino Rota</li>
<li>Carthage by Hayden Perdido</li>
<li>Nice Breeze, Isn’t It? from Simon Rackham</li>
<li>Mystere by amiina</li>
<li>Blithe Field also does Racing Backward</li>
<li>as well as Prelude</li>
</ul>

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Music
Blithe Field does RD 1


O Venezia, Venuga, Venusia by Nino Rota


Carthage by Hayden Perdido


Nice Breeze, Isn’t It? from Simon Rackham


Mystere by amiina


Blithe Field also does Racing Backward


as well as Prelude

Nate's episode of the year 2022: In France or in Heaven

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Music

<ul>
<li>Mongali as played by the mighty Tabu Ley Rochereu</li>
<li>2nd Season by Takahiro Kido</li>
<li>Ferde Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite: 5 Cloudburst as performed by the Detroit Symphony</li>
<li>Nero’s Nocturne by Chilly Gonzalez. Man, that guy is great. You should buy his music.</li>
<li>Opening Titles from Jeff Grace’s score to In the Valley of Violence</li>
<li>Morris Visits Dr. Pratt from John Barry’s score to The Wrong Box</li>
<li>Gift from Masakatsu Takagi’s score to The Boy and the Beast</li>
<li>Nurse Janet from Ludwig Goransson’s score to Everything, Everythin</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>My favorite resources on frontier press stuff is by Barbara Cloud, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Frontier-Press-Visions-American/dp/0810125080/ref=sr_1_1?crid=B8U5JPUT0PTN&amp;keywords=the+coming+of+the+frontier+press+how+the+west&amp;qid=1671206620&amp;sprefix=the+coming+of+the+frontier+press+how+the+wes%2Caps%2C140&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Coming of the Frontier Press, How the West was Really Won.</a>
</li>
</ul>

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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, that guy is great. You should buy his music.


Opening Titles from Jeff Grace’s score to In the Valley of Violence


Morris Visits Dr. Pratt from John Barry’s score to The Wrong Box


Gift from Masakatsu Takagi’s score to The Boy and the Beast


Nurse Janet from Ludwig Goransson’s score to Everything, Everythin



Notes
My favorite resources on frontier press stuff is by Barbara Cloud, The Coming of the Frontier Press, How the West was Really Won.

Episode 203: The News from Thar

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Music

<ul>
<li>LBS by Duval Timothy</li>
<li>My Favourites, pt. 2 by Patricia Rossborough</li>
<li>Sad Seine by Lambert </li>
<li>Vals Efter Lasse I Lyby by Lofoten Cello Duo</li>
</ul>

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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

Episode 202: Better Babies

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Music

<ul>
<li>Strength of a Young Man by Vernon Field</li>
<li>Wave I by Elori Saxl</li>
<li>Rearranging Furniture from Gabriel Yared’s score to By the Sea</li>
<li>Falling Forever and Ever by Ricky Eat Acid</li>
<li>Muff Gets a Share from Joel P West’s score to Band of Robbers</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>By far the most fun I had researching this was reading Kaori O’Conner’s Pineapple: A Global History. Really a lovely little book. </li>
</ul>

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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 score to Band of Robbers



Notes
By far the most fun I had researching this was reading Kaori O’Conner’s Pineapple: A Global History. Really a lovely little book.

Episode 201: One Fruit

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Music

<ul>
<li>Rauelsson plays Mom, in Ukraine</li>
<li>Group Listening plays Julie With</li>
<li>Richard Birkin plays Vigil II</li>
<li>Colleen plays Les Ondes Silencieueses</li>
<li>Taylor Deupree and Marcus Fischer play Bell</li>
<li>The Ensemble Rescerche plays Morton Feldman’s Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann’s Theme</li>
</ul>

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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 plays Morton Feldman’s Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann’s Theme

Episode 200: Ghost Story

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Music

<ul>
<li>Sunset Village by Group Listening</li>
<li>Winter Memory by Dark Dark Dark</li>
<li>Pretty in Plums by Shida Shihabi</li>
<li>With a little bit of The Crumbling by Valgeir Sigurossen</li>
<li>Afternoon in Paris by the incomparable John Lewis</li>
<li>Abstrutions from Max Roach</li>
<li>And Herbert’s Story from Mark Orton’s score to Nebraska</li>
</ul>

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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 Lewis


Abstrutions from Max Roach


And Herbert’s Story from Mark Orton’s score to Nebraska

Episode 199: Nee Blinky

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Music

<ul>
<li>Arrival by by Domenique Dumont</li>
<li>Bouquet by Bobby Hutcherson</li>
<li>Last Dance by No Vacation</li>
<li>Channels Passing by Paul Dresher</li>
<li>Dilo 4 by Emika</li>
<li>The Kronos Quartet plays II from Phillip Glass’ second string quartet, “Company.”</li>
</ul>

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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 quartet, “Company.”

Episode 198: Weather Conditions Above Mount Fuji

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This episode was originally released in October of 2017 and was produced with engineering assistance from Elizabeth Aubert.

Music

<ul>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mary-casio-journey-to-cassiopeia/id1252718712" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunrise Through the Dusty Nebula</a> by Hannah Peel</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/felt/id467058195" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keep</a> by Nils Frahm</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/max-richter-piano-works/id1272475615" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Horizon Variations</a> by Max Richter</li>
<li>She cycles through: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-original-mono-recordings/id868827755" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where or When</a> by Hal Kemp &amp; His Orchestra, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-essential/id828864244" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smarty (You Know it All)</a> by Fats Waller, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/over-the-rainbow/id5801740" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You</a> by Judy Garland, Hellhounds on My Trail by Robert Johnson, and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-big-apple/id262574113?i=262574760" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Big Apple</a> by Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven.</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/future-waves/id1099739016?i=1099739057" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Future Waves</a> by Uther Moads.</li>
<li>And <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nowhere-expanded/id608006339" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vapour Trail</a> by Ride, forever.</li>
</ul>

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This episode was originally released in October of 2017 and was produced with engineering assistance from Elizabeth Aubert.
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 & His Orchestra, Smarty (You Know it All) by Fats Waller, Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You by Judy Garland, Hellhounds on My Trail by Robert Johnson, and The Big Apple by Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake Seven.


Future Waves by Uther Moads.


And Vapour Trail by Ride, forever.

Episode 115: A Brief Eulogy for a Commercial Radio Station

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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

<ul>
<li>We start off with <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chair-de-poule-ep/996680109" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Theme de Simon</a> from Georges Delerue.</li>
<li>Go to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/young-alaska/1069608127" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alpine Sketch</a> from Christian Loffler’s Young Alaska.</li>
<li>Hear some of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chromos-tuba-quartet-plays-the-music-of-john-stevens/1183009081" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Three Dances: II Pavane</a> arranged for the Chromos Tuba Quartet.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rudy-van-gelder-remasters-eastern-sounds/164748971" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plum Blossom</a> from Yusuf Lateef’s great Eastern Sounds record.</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/fant%C3%B4mas/1170209335" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Juve &amp; Fandor</a> by amiina.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-unquestioned-answer/1320234252?i=1320234267" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unquestioned Answer</a> by Laura Spiegel.</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/etude/1186905179?i=1186905274" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Etude</a> by Joep Beving.</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/amber/723677666" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rainfall</a> by David Darling and Michael Jones.</li>
</ul>

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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 Christian Loffler’s Young Alaska.


Hear some of Three Dances: II Pavane arranged for the Chromos Tuba Quartet.


The Plum Blossom from Yusuf Lateef’s great Eastern Sounds record.


Juve & Fandor by amiina.


The Unquestioned Answer by Laura Spiegel.


Etude by Joep Beving.


Rainfall by David Darling and Michael Jones.

Episode 124: Junk Room

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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): I saw Su Lin at the Field Museum and needed to know more. That led me inevitably to Vicki Croke's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Panda-Adventures-American-Explorer/dp/0375759700" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lady and the Panda</a> from 2006. It's a terrific read. If you have any interest at all in learning more about Ruth Harkness, that's the place to go. I've got a few quibbles here and there, but, for real, it's delightful. 
* Quentin Young's (slightly strange and contested) version of events is told in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Panda-unlikely-adventurers-mythical/dp/146819609X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1467356056&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=chasing+the+panda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chasing the Panda</a> by Michael Kiefer. 
* If you've got a few hundred bucks (or a library with more liberal lending policies with old books than mine), why not read Ruth's own book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Panda-unlikely-adventurers-mythical/dp/146819609X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1467356056&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=chasing+the+panda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Baby Giant Panda</a>? 
* If you're interested in zoos writ large, I'm a fan of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691117705/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687502&amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_i=1560986891&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_r=RQ4CEGAQR1QYPG2PGXQB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos</a> by Elizabeth Hansen.

Music: 
* We start with <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hush-maker/id997104082?i=997104093" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hush-Maker</a> by Moon Ate the Dark. 
* Roll on with <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/freudian-slippers/id967092918?i=967092923" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freudian Slippers</a> by Chilly Gonzales. 
* Hear Bibio's <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cherry-blossom-road/id1047331605?i=1047331611" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cherry Blossom Road</a> a couple of times. 
* Hit up <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nice-dream/id473169798?i=473169970" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nice Dream</a> by radio.string.quartet.vienna 
* Hear Don Redman and his Orchestra play <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/blue-eyed-baby-from-memphis/id990700105?i=990700633" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blue Eyed Baby from Memphis</a>. 
* The centerpiece of the middle section is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/snow-again/id845107118?i=845107140" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snow Again</a> by Lambert. 
* We hear a couple of pieces by Dan Romer: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/an-old-fashioned-man/id1059435153?i=1059435843" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Old Fashioned Man</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/end-of-the-world/id539534975?i=539535295" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">End of the World</a>. 
* We finish up on Lullatone's <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/falling-asleep-book-on-your/id820410573?i=820412904" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Falling Asleep With a Book on Your Chest</a>.

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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:
The Lady and the Panda from 2006. It's a terrific read. If you have any interest at all in learning more about Ruth Harkness, that's the place to go. I've got a few quibbles here and there, but, for real, it's delightful.
Chasing the Panda by Michael Kiefer.
The Baby Giant Panda?
Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos by Elizabeth Hansen.
Music:
Hush-Maker by Moon Ate the Dark.
Freudian Slippers by Chilly Gonzales.
Cherry Blossom Road a couple of times.
Nice Dream by radio.string.quartet.vienna
Blue Eyed Baby from Memphis.
Snow Again by Lambert.
An Old Fashioned Man and End of the World.
Falling Asleep With a Book on Your Chest.

Episode 91: Natural Habitat

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Music

<ul>
<li>Arrival by Dominique Dumont</li>
<li>Bouquet by Bobby Hutcherson off of his phenomenal album, Happenings. </li>
<li>Wrench and Numbers from Jeff Russo’s score to Fargo, the FX show.</li>
<li>Melodrames telegraphies (in B flat Major 7th), part 1 by Brian McBride</li>
<li>Kembang Andyani from the Gamelan Orchestra</li>
</ul>

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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 7th), part 1 by Brian McBride


Kembang Andyani from the Gamelan Orchestra

Episode 197: Kiddo

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This episode originally appeared in the winter of 2019.

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Music

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/still-space/1449899756?i=1449899757&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Still Space</a> by Satoshi Ashikawa.</li>
</ul>

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This episode originally appeared in the winter of 2019.
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Music
Still Space by Satoshi Ashikawa.

Episode 152: Let it Snow 

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Music

<ul>
<li>Blithe Field does RD 1</li>
<li>O Venezia, Venuga, Venusia by Nino Rota</li>
<li>Carthage by Hayden Perdido</li>
<li>Nice Breeze, Isn’t It? from Simon Rackham </li>
<li>Mystere by amiina</li>
<li>Blithe Field also does Racing Backward</li>
<li>as well as Prelude</li>
</ul>

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Music
Blithe Field does RD 1


O Venezia, Venuga, Venusia by Nino Rota


Carthage by Hayden Perdido


Nice Breeze, Isn’t It? from Simon Rackham 


Mystere by amiina


Blithe Field also does Racing Backward


as well as Prelude

Episode 196: In France or in Heaven

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Music

<ul>
<li>The Return by Library Tapes</li>
<li>Erased Duet by Valgeir Sigurdossen</li>
<li>3-sized PF by Takahiro Kido</li>
<li>Vals Efter Lasser I Lyby by Lofoton Cello Duo</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>Totally recommend Bruce Levine’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thaddeus-Stevens-Revolutionary-Fighter-Justice-ebook/dp/B08BZW6Y6Z/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=thaddeus+stevens+civil+war+revolutionary%2C+fighter+for+racial+justice&amp;qid=1651276880&amp;sprefix=thaddeus+steve%2Caps%2C142&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice. </a></li>
<li>I encourage you to check out the <a href="https://www.thaddeusstevenssociety.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thaddeus Stevens Society</a>.</li>
</ul>

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Music
The Return by Library Tapes


Erased Duet by Valgeir Sigurdossen


3-sized PF by Takahiro Kido


Vals Efter Lasser I Lyby by Lofoton Cello Duo



Notes
Totally recommend Bruce Levine’s Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice. 


I encourage you to check out the Thaddeus Stevens Society.

Episode 195: A New Bronze Man

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Music

<ul>
<li>Dance PM from Horishi Yoshimura</li>
<li>Amor - C.B. Rework by Clark</li>
<li>Here’s What You’re Missin by Bing and Ruth</li>
<li>Meredith Monk’s Ellis Island as played by Bruce Brubaker</li>
<li>Alto Paraiso by Aukai</li>
<li>Opening from Nathaniel Bartlett</li>
<li>Rivers That you Cannot See by North Americans</li>
<li>First of the Tide by Erland Cooper featuring Benge</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>The episode old episode I mention in the credits as a companion to this one is <a href="https://thememorypalace.us/butterflies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</li>
<li>Most of the biographical details in this were found in the <a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/6201/chapter/16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">official biography</a> written for the National Academy of Sciences by his Uranium-hunting colleague, George Tilton, and a terrific, entertaining oral history<a href="http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/32/1/OH_Patterson.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> interview.</a></li>
<li>Also, if you’ve left episode in the mode where you’d just like to know some more, I came across this old Mental Floss <a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94569/clair-patterson-scientist-who-determined-age-earth-and-then-saved-it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">article</a> by Lucas Reilly that I thought did a particularly good job of weaving a lot of the back story (some of which I’d covered before in the Midgely episode linked above) into Patterson’s story. Just wanted to shine a light on it.</li>
</ul>

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Music
Dance PM from Horishi Yoshimura


Amor - C.B. Rework by Clark


Here’s What You’re Missin by Bing and Ruth


Meredith Monk’s Ellis Island as played by Bruce Brubaker


Alto Paraiso by Aukai


Opening from Nathaniel Bartlett


Rivers That you Cannot See by North Americans


First of the Tide by Erland Cooper featuring Benge



Notes
The episode old episode I mention in the credits as a companion to this one is here.


Most of the biographical details in this were found in the official biography written for the National Academy of Sciences by his Uranium-hunting colleague, George Tilton, and a terrific, entertaining oral history interview.


Also, if you’ve left episode in the mode where you’d just like to know some more, I came across this old Mental Floss article by Lucas Reilly that I thought did a particularly good job of weaving a lot of the back story (some of which I’d covered before in the Midgely episode linked above) into Patterson’s story. Just wanted to shine a light on it.

Episode 194: Small Sample

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Music

<ul>
<li>Starts with Christope Beck and DeadMono’s theme to <a href="https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/en-us/details/820725095?country=us&amp;mediaType=apple_music&amp;term=charlie+countryman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlie Countryman</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://itun.es/us/EdoKW?i=814801167" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prelude for HS</a> by Hakon Stene.</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tezeta-nostalgia/id78928362?i=78928247" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tezeta (Nostalgia)</a> from Malatu Astatke, from Ethiopiques vol. 4, one of my favorite pieces of music in the world.</li>
<li>Marian Lapansky plays Camille Saint-Saens <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/carnival-of-the-animals-xiii-le-cygne-the-swan/id363001754?i=363001773" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Le Sygne.”</a></li>
<li>Which fights with Piero Umiliani’s <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/danza-primitiva/id307300727?i=307300733" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Danza Primitiva</a>.</li>
<li>Warren Ellis rounds it out with his <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lales-theme/id1004767745?i=1004767761" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lale’s Theme</a> from his terrific score to Mustang (which you should totally see).</li>
<li>The Hazel Scott pieces can be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G_RztlV2q8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G_RztlV2q8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>I first heard about Hazel Scott while reading <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rad-American-Women-Trailblazers-Visionaries/dp/0872866831/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1482088436&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=rad+american+women" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rad American Women from A to Z </a>to my daughter. It’s a wonderful book. You should buy it for any kid in your life.</li>
<li>I read a lot about Hazel, but Karen Chilton’s biography, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hazel-Scott-Pioneering-Journey-Hollywood/dp/0472034472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1482088571&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=hazel+scott+biography" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hazel Scott: A Pioneering Jazz Pianist from Cafe Society to HUAC</a> was essential.</li>
</ul>

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Music
Starts with Christope Beck and DeadMono’s theme to Charlie Countryman.


Prelude for HS by Hakon Stene.


Tezeta (Nostalgia) from Malatu Astatke, from Ethiopiques vol. 4, one of my favorite pieces of music in the world.


Marian Lapansky plays Camille Saint-Saens “Le Sygne.”


Which fights with Piero Umiliani’s Danza Primitiva.


Warren Ellis rounds it out with his Lale’s Theme from his terrific score to Mustang (which you should totally see).


The Hazel Scott pieces can be found here and here.



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 kid in your life.


I read a lot about Hazel, but Karen Chilton’s biography, Hazel Scott: A Pioneering Jazz Pianist from Cafe Society to HUAC was essential.

Episode 101: Promise

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Music

<ul>
<li>Fragment I by Library Tapes</li>
<li>Don’t Forget to Breathe Eh by Kelpe</li>
<li>Here I Am, Two Warships by Spirituals</li>
<li>Elfe by Dario Lessing</li>
<li>Jahrzeit from American Contemporary Music Ensemble</li>
<li>Alarm Will Sound’s version of Jynweythek ylow</li>
<li>2400 by Martyn Hynes</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>I found a couple of books particularly useful if you want to learn more about Barbara Johns. Richard Kluger’s classic Simple Justice and a really lovely book for younger readers called The Girl From the Tar Paper School by Teri Kanefield.</li>
</ul>

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Music
Fragment I by Library Tapes


Don’t Forget to Breathe Eh by Kelpe


Here I Am, Two Warships by Spirituals


Elfe by Dario Lessing


Jahrzeit from American Contemporary Music Ensemble


Alarm Will Sound’s version of Jynweythek ylow


2400 by Martyn Hynes



Notes
I found a couple of books particularly useful if you want to learn more about Barbara Johns. Richard Kluger’s classic Simple Justice and a really lovely book for younger readers called The Girl From the Tar Paper School by Teri Kanefield.

Episode 193: Classmates (Making Trouble)

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Music

<ul>
<li>Romantic Lullaby by Simon Rackham </li>
<li>Happy Whistler by Group Listening. </li>
<li>The Return by Library Tapes</li>
</ul>

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Music
Romantic Lullaby by Simon Rackham 


Happy Whistler by Group Listening. 


The Return by Library Tapes

Episode 192: Combinations

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Music

<ul>
<li>Time Beat by Ray Cathode</li>
<li>Rabbits of the Void by Tomaga</li>
<li>Weightless by the Neil Cowley Trio</li>
<li>Scenes from the Poet’s Dreams I: Racing Through the Stars by The Lark Quartet</li>
<li>Switchcraft by Chilly Gonzalez</li>
<li>Sky Breaking, Clouds Falling by Mason Lindahl</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>There’s a ton written about The Crash at Crush but the one I’d recommend is Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America’s Deadliest Publicity Stunt, by Mike Cox</li>
</ul>

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Music
Time Beat by Ray Cathode


Rabbits of the Void by Tomaga


Weightless by the Neil Cowley Trio


Scenes from the Poet’s Dreams I: Racing Through the Stars by The Lark Quartet


Switchcraft by Chilly Gonzalez


Sky Breaking, Clouds Falling by Mason Lindahl



Notes
There’s a ton written about The Crash at Crush but the one I’d recommend is Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America’s Deadliest Publicity Stunt, by Mike Cox

Episode 191: Crash

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This episode was originally released as Episode 184: Betty Robinson in July of 2021.

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Music

<ul>
<li>Pollen by H.Takahashi and, later, Photosynthese.</li>
<li>The New York Herald Tribune by Martial Solal</li>
<li>Trying Something Again, Again by Lullatone</li>
<li>Wiffle Ball from Joel P. West’s score for Short Term 12</li>
<li>The title theme to Cani Arrabbiati</li>
<li>Increase by David Lang and Alarm Will Sound</li>
<li>Nijuichi by Sylvain Chaveau</li>
<li>Occam II for Violin by Eliane Radigue</li>
<li>Drunken Aviator by the (great, truly) Ida.</li>
<li>Eyes Closed and Travelling by Peter Broderick</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>If you are looking to read more about Betty, I’d suggest Rosanne Montillo’s terrific book, Fire on the Track.</li>
</ul>

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This episode was originally released as Episode 184: Betty Robinson in July of 2021.
A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first.
Music
Pollen by H.Takahashi and, later, Photosynthese.


The New York Herald Tribune by Martial Solal


Trying Something Again, Again by Lullatone


Wiffle Ball from Joel P. West’s score for Short Term 12


The title theme to Cani Arrabbiati


Increase by David Lang and Alarm Will Sound


Nijuichi by Sylvain Chaveau


Occam II for Violin by Eliane Radigue


Drunken Aviator by the (great, truly) Ida.


Eyes Closed and Travelling by Peter Broderick



Notes
If you are looking to read more about Betty, I’d suggest Rosanne Montillo’s terrific book, Fire on the Track.

Nate's Favorite Episode of 2021: Betty Robinson

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Music

<ul>
<li>How to be Invisible, by Thruppence.</li>
<li>Motion by Peter Sandberg.</li>
<li>Art Blakey’s magical, Come out and See Me Tonight</li>
<li>And, of course, So What, from Kind of Blue</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>I relied a lot on this extensive <a href="https://amhistory.si.edu/jazz/Cobb-Jimmy/Jimmy_Cobb_Transcript.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oral history interview</a> from The Smithsonian.</li>
</ul>

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Music
How to be Invisible, by Thruppence.


Motion by Peter Sandberg.


Art Blakey’s magical, Come out and See Me Tonight


And, of course, So What, from Kind of Blue



Notes
I relied a lot on this extensive oral history interview from The Smithsonian.

Episode 190: The Ride

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Music

<ul>
<li>Midnight Moon from Annalisa Tornfelt and Gideon Fraudmann’s album, Spring Breakup: Songs for Alaska.</li>
<li>A couple of numbers from Marcelo Zarvos’ wonderful score to the wonderful, Please Give.</li>
<li>A remarkable piece of music called Spectacle of Ritual by Kali Malone</li>
<li>And another called Pauvre Simon from Sylvain Chauveau</li>
</ul>

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Music
Midnight Moon from Annalisa Tornfelt and Gideon Fraudmann’s album, Spring Breakup: Songs for Alaska.


A couple of numbers from Marcelo Zarvos’ wonderful score to the wonderful, Please Give.


A remarkable piece of music called Spectacle of Ritual by Kali Malone


And another called Pauvre Simon from Sylvain Chauveau

Episode 189: New England Granite

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Music

<ul>
<li>Feminist from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrian’s score to Christine.</li>
<li>Under Siege from the great Warren Ellis’ score to Mustang</li>
<li>Warm Canto from Mal Waldren</li>
<li>M is for Man, Music, Mozart: the Eisenstein Song from Louis Andriessen’s De Stijl album.</li>
<li>The them to Le Doulo from Paul Misraki</li>
<li>Manny Returns Home from Bernard Hermann’s score to the Wrong Man</li>
</ul>

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Music
Feminist from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrian’s score to Christine.


Under Siege from the great Warren Ellis’ score to Mustang


Warm Canto from Mal Waldren


M is for Man, Music, Mozart: the Eisenstein Song from Louis Andriessen’s De Stijl album.


The them to Le Doulo from Paul Misraki


Manny Returns Home from Bernard Hermann’s score to the Wrong Man

Episode 188: Spirits

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Music

<ul>
<li>By the Ash Tree and Semolina by Slow Meadow</li>
<li>Opals by Catching Flies</li>
<li>Mechanical Fair by Ola Kvernberg and the Trondheim Singers</li>
<li>La Copla by the great Atahualpa Yupanqui</li>
<li>Holm Sound by Erland Cooper </li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>You can find the original recordings, photos, and film clips taken on the 1935 expedition and after in the remarkable <a href="https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online library</a> of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. </li>
<li>Of the many books on the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, the one I enjoyed and relied upon most here is Phillip Hoose’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Race-Save-Lord-God-Bird/dp/1250073715" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Race to Save the Good Lord Bird</a>. </li>
</ul>

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Music
By the Ash Tree and Semolina by Slow Meadow


Opals by Catching Flies


Mechanical Fair by Ola Kvernberg and the Trondheim Singers


La Copla by the great Atahualpa Yupanqui


Holm Sound by Erland Cooper 



Notes
You can find the original recordings, photos, and film clips taken on the 1935 expedition and after in the remarkable online library of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 


Of the many books on the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, the one I enjoyed and relied upon most here is Phillip Hoose’s The Race to Save the Good Lord Bird.

Episode 187: The Woods

This episode was originally released in October, 2014.

The music in this one: “<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/an-ending-a-beginning/id720797189?i=720797235" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Ending, A Beginning</a>” by Dustin O’Halloran. “<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-am-piano/id492790550?i=492790555" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I am Piano</a>” 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 “<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ill-never-be-the-same/id285656820?i=285656914" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’ll Never be the Same</a>.” My version’s on a collection called “<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cant-get-out-of-this-mood/id285656820" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can’t get out of this Mood</a>.” There are also a couple of other Jane things that I found on You Tube. The plane crash stuff is scored by a piece of Claudia Serne and Leopold Ross’ soundtrack for “Broken City,” called “<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/missing-pieces/id907915709?i=907915743" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Missing Pieces</a>.” Then there’s a sound by The Caretaker called “Stairway to the Stars.”

I read a lot about Jane for this but nothing was as useful as Ilene Stone’s lovely book,<a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780826214584-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> “Jane Froman: Missouri’s First Lady of Song.”</a>

This episode was originally released in October, 2014.
The music in this one: “An Ending, A Beginning” by Dustin O’Halloran. “I am Piano” by Peter Broderick. Two songs from the soundtrack to “With a Song in my Heart”: American Medley, and That Old Feeling. The one at the end is “I’ll Never be the Same.” My version’s on a collection called “Can’t get out of this Mood.” There are also a couple of other Jane things that I found on You Tube. The plane crash stuff is scored by a piece of Claudia Serne and Leopold Ross’ soundtrack for “Broken City,” called “Missing Pieces.” Then there’s a sound by The Caretaker called “Stairway to the Stars.”
I read a lot about Jane for this but nothing was as useful as Ilene Stone’s lovely book, “Jane Froman: Missouri’s First Lady of Song.”

Episode 63: Other Bodies

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Music

<ul>
<li>Mother's Love by The Vernon Spring</li>
<li>Avinu Malkenu by Lofoten Cello Duo</li>
<li>Vakenatt by Daniel Herskedal</li>
<li>Computer Love by Balenescu Quartet</li>
<li>Sunshine on Fish Skin by Girls in Airports</li>
<li>Cabiria e el ragioniere from Nino Rota's score to Nights of Cabiria</li>
</ul>

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Music
Mother's Love by The Vernon Spring


Avinu Malkenu by Lofoten Cello Duo


Vakenatt by Daniel Herskedal


Computer Love by Balenescu Quartet


Sunshine on Fish Skin by Girls in Airports


Cabiria e el ragioniere from Nino Rota's score to Nights of Cabiria

Episode 186: Shining

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Music

<ul>
<li>Honesty by Thrupence</li>
<li>El Noi de la Mare, Eldegard by Lofoten Cello Duo</li>
<li>2400 by Martyn Hyne</li>
<li>White Light by Chihei Hatekeyama</li>
<li>Valse Efter Valle I Lybe by Lofoten Cello Duo</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>There's obviously nearly-infinite amounts to read about Jane Addams. I found <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Jane-Addams-Struggle-Democracy/dp/0226446999/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=citizen+jane+addams&amp;qid=1630708155&amp;sr=8-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy</a> by Louise Knight particularly useful.</li>
</ul>

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Music
Honesty by Thrupence


El Noi de la Mare, Eldegard by Lofoten Cello Duo


2400 by Martyn Hyne


White Light by Chihei Hatekeyama


Valse Efter Valle I Lybe by Lofoten Cello Duo



Notes
There's obviously nearly-infinite amounts to read about Jane Addams. I found Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy by Louise Knight particularly useful.

Episode 185: The Life and Works of a Monumental Figure

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In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts.This is part 2.

Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at <a href="http://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com</a>

The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at <a href="http://jencorace.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jencorace.com</a>.

Back with the third and final part on August 19th. Back with new episodes of The Memory Palace in September.

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In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts.This is part 2.
Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com
The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at jencorace.com.
Back with the third and final part on August 19th. Back with new episodes of The Memory Palace in September.

The final three chapters of The Great Gatsby

Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, part 3

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In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts.This is part 2.

Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at <a href="http://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com</a>

The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at <a href="http://jencorace.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jencorace.com</a>.

Back with the third and final part on August 19th. Back with new episodes of The Memory Palace in September.

Chapters 4, 5, & 6 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. 

Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, Part 2

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In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts. 

Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at <a href="http://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com</a>

The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at <a href="http://jencorace.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jencorace.com</a>.

Back with part two on August 12th.

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. 
In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts. 
Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com
The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at jencorace.com.
Back with part two on August 12th.

Part one of a three part, full reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, Part 1

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Music

<ul>
<li>Pollen by H.Takahashi and, later, Photosynthese.</li>
<li>The New York Herald Tribune by Martial Solal</li>
<li>Trying Something Again, Again by Lullatone</li>
<li>Wiffle Ball from Joel P. West’s score for Short Term 12</li>
<li>The title theme to Cani Arrabbiati</li>
<li>Increase by David Lang and Alarm Will Sound</li>
<li>Nijuichi by Sylvain Chaveau</li>
<li>Occam II for Violin by Eliane Radigue</li>
<li>Drunken Aviator by the (great, truly) Ida.</li>
<li>Eyes Closed and Travelling by Peter Broderick</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>If you are looking to read more about Betty, I’d suggest Rosanne Montillo’s terrific book, Fire on the Track. </li>
</ul>

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Music
Pollen by H.Takahashi and, later, Photosynthese.


The New York Herald Tribune by Martial Solal


Trying Something Again, Again by Lullatone


Wiffle Ball from Joel P. West’s score for Short Term 12


The title theme to Cani Arrabbiati


Increase by David Lang and Alarm Will Sound


Nijuichi by Sylvain Chaveau


Occam II for Violin by Eliane Radigue


Drunken Aviator by the (great, truly) Ida.


Eyes Closed and Travelling by Peter Broderick



Notes
If you are looking to read more about Betty, I’d suggest Rosanne Montillo’s terrific book, Fire on the Track.

Episode 184: Betty Robinson

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Music

<ul>
<li>Wasser by H.Takahashi</li>
</ul>

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Music
Wasser by H.Takahashi

Episode 183: Goblins

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Music:

<ul>
<li>Flowering Jasmine as performed by Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Batica.</li>
<li>Kaspburger by Clogs</li>
<li><h1>20 (Lichen) by Berndan Eder Ensemble</h1></li>
<li>Fall Again by Duval Timothy, Lil Silva and Melanie Faye.</li>
<li>Wurzer by H.Takahashi</li>
<li>Bone Collector by Julian Lage and Chris Etheridge</li>
<li>Titan’s Island by Ancient Oceans</li>
</ul>

Notes:

<ul>
<li>My favorite account (among many) of Richard Etheridge and the story of the Pea Island Surfmen is <a href="https://www.powells.com/book/fire-on-the-beach-9780195154849" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fire on the Beach</a> by David Wright and David Zoby.</li>
</ul>

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Music:
Flowering Jasmine as performed by Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Batica.


Kaspburger by Clogs


20 (Lichen) by Berndan Eder Ensemble


Fall Again by Duval Timothy, Lil Silva and Melanie Faye.


Wurzer by H.Takahashi


Bone Collector by Julian Lage and Chris Etheridge


Titan’s Island by Ancient Oceans



Notes:
My favorite account (among many) of Richard Etheridge and the story of the Pea Island Surfmen is Fire on the Beach by David Wright and David Zoby.

Episode 182: The Surfmen

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Music:

<ul>
<li>Suite from A Hatful of Rain from the GOAT, Bernard Herrmann</li>
<li>Sexfaldur from amiina</li>
<li>Piano 1 from Emily Sprague</li>
<li>Earring from Julia Wolfe and Lisa Moore</li>
<li>The Squirrel, from Herrmann’s score to The Three Worlds of Gulliver</li>
<li>All in Circles by Shida Shinabi</li>
<li>Them by Nils Frahm</li>
</ul>

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Music:
Suite from A Hatful of Rain from the GOAT, Bernard Herrmann


Sexfaldur from amiina


Piano 1 from Emily Sprague


Earring from Julia Wolfe and Lisa Moore


The Squirrel, from Herrmann’s score to The Three Worlds of Gulliver


All in Circles by Shida Shinabi


Them by Nils Frahm

Episode 181: The Adventures of Pearl

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Music:

<ul>
<li>Rosee by Piano Novel</li>
<li>Eyes Closed and Traveling by Peter Broderick</li>
<li>Future Waves by Uther Moads</li>
<li>Go Home by h. hunt</li>
<li>Juneau from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrians score to Wildlike </li>
</ul>

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Music:
Rosee by Piano Novel


Eyes Closed and Traveling by Peter Broderick


Future Waves by Uther Moads


Go Home by h. hunt


Juneau from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrians score to Wildlike

Episode 180: Tracks

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Music:

<ul>
<li>Individuation by Eluvium</li>
<li>Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina</li>
<li>Seeming by Helios</li>
<li>Portrait Gallery by Luke Howard</li>
<li>Disillusionment for the Emotional Type by You’ll Never Get to Heaven</li>
<li>Clouds by Hiroshi Yoshimura</li>
</ul>

Notes:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/leviathan-the-history-of-whaling-in-america/9780393331578?aid=1293" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leviathan</a>: the History of Whaling in America by Eric Jay Dolan was super useful and very readable.</li>
<li>You can find the study on Sperm Whale adaptation in the North Pacific <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0030" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. </li>
</ul>

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Music:
Individuation by Eluvium


Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina


Seeming by Helios


Portrait Gallery by Luke Howard


Disillusionment for the Emotional Type by You’ll Never Get to Heaven


Clouds by Hiroshi Yoshimura



Notes:
Leviathan: the History of Whaling in America by Eric Jay Dolan was super useful and very readable.


You can find the study on Sperm Whale adaptation in the North Pacific here.

Episode 179: Keyhole

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Music:

<ul>
<li>Wiegenfield, S. 198 as played Khatia Buniastihivilli</li>
<li>Van McCoy sings Mr. DJ</li>
<li>Vier Stucke fur Xylophon</li>
<li>Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo</li>
<li>Calvary by Quicksilver Messenger Service</li>
<li>Tizita by Tijist Ejigu</li>
<li>Violin Solo no. 1 by Peter Broderick</li>
<li>Two Aquerelles 1. Slow</li>
<li>The Hustle by Van McCoy</li>
<li>Coffee Beans by Moondog</li>
<li>Dogs of Straw from Larry Groupe's score to Straw Dogs</li>
<li>Flowering Jasmine by George Pelecis</li>
<li>Visit Croatia by Alabaster DePlume</li>
<li>Absence by Matti Bye</li>
</ul>

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Music:
Wiegenfield, S. 198 as played Khatia Buniastihivilli


Van McCoy sings Mr. DJ


Vier Stucke fur Xylophon


Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo


Calvary by Quicksilver Messenger Service


Tizita by Tijist Ejigu


Violin Solo no. 1 by Peter Broderick


Two Aquerelles 1. Slow


The Hustle by Van McCoy


Coffee Beans by Moondog


Dogs of Straw from Larry Groupe's score to Straw Dogs


Flowering Jasmine by George Pelecis


Visit Croatia by Alabaster DePlume


Absence by Matti Bye

Episode 178: Crossfade

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This episode was originally released in 2015. Sometimes you’re working on an episode (and when I say “you’re” I mean, “I’m,”) working on an episode and you realize it’s just all wrong. That there’s a good episode in there but you need to take a few days and go at it again. Because you (and, again, “you”=”I”) think it, and you (this time I mean you, the listener) deserve better. And you put out a re-run. It’s a good one, though.

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This episode was originally released in 2015. Sometimes you’re working on an episode (and when I say “you’re” I mean, “I’m,”) working on an episode and you realize it’s just all wrong. That there’s a good episode in there but you need to take a few days and go at it again. Because you (and, again, “you”=”I”) think it, and you (this time I mean you, the listener) deserve better. And you put out a re-run. It’s a good one, though.

Episode 77: Butterflies

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Music

<ul>
<li>The Last Days of Summer by Maria Avnos.</li>
<li>Broad Channel (Solo Piano) by Bing &amp; Ruth</li>
<li>Homesickness (v. 1) by the phenomenal Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOWyq6FxBM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here</a> she is with Steve Harvey.</li>
</ul>

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Music
The Last Days of Summer by Maria Avnos.


Broad Channel (Solo Piano) by Bing & Ruth


Homesickness (v. 1) by the phenomenal Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou



Notes
Here she is with Steve Harvey.

Episode 177: A Brief Eulogy for Carla Wallenda

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Music

<ul>
<li>Unsayable by Brambles.</li>
<li>Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina</li>
<li>A Nearer Sun by the Westerlies</li>
<li>Duet, a Steve Reich composition, performed by Daniel Hope.</li>
<li>Reading a Wave by Arp</li>
<li>April by Kanazu Tomoyuki</li>
<li>Latent Sonata by Brian McBride</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>The oral history mentioned in this episode is available through the <a href="https://siarchives.si.edu/gsearch/Listen%2Bto%2BLouis%2BR.%2BPurnell%2Btalk%2Babout%2Bthe%2Bexciting%2Bfirst%2Bduties%2Bhe%2Bhad%2Bat%2Bthe%2BNASM%252C%2BLouis%2BR.%2BPurnell%2BOral%2BHistory%252C%2BSmithsonian%2BI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smithsonian Instittion’’s archives. </a>
</li>
</ul>

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Music
Unsayable by Brambles.


Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina


A Nearer Sun by the Westerlies


Duet, a Steve Reich composition, performed by Daniel Hope.


Reading a Wave by Arp


April by Kanazu Tomoyuki


Latent Sonata by Brian McBride



Notes
The oral history mentioned in this episode is available through the Smithsonian Instittion’’s archives.

Episode 176: The Air and the Sea and the Land

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Music

<ul>
<li>Metaphysical Waltz by Shirley Meyer Blankenship</li>
<li>...morphs into Jock O'Hazeldean by Cynthia Boener</li>
<li>There's Dominique Dumont's La bataille de neige</li>
<li>The Squimp from the Chico Hamilton Quintet</li>
<li>Fruit of Dreams by Les Baxter</li>
<li>Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>Best place to go if you want to learn a lot about Todd Storz is The Birth of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HDZKWJE?storeType=ebooks&amp;pf_rd_p=ff19365d-01e5-4459-b73c-6b518e3c89f3&amp;pf_rd_r=4F093D2HNFQ5JHDQ0RAY&amp;pd_rd_wg=X5Dnt&amp;pd_rd_i=B00HDZKWJE&amp;ref_=dbs_t_def_rwt_wigo_rtpb_recs_wigo_5&amp;pd_rd_w=NLKoJ&amp;pd_rd_r=96ed9c7d-0bc7-4756-8cb8-703dbad5c04a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Top 40 Radio: The Storz' Stations Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s </a>by Richard Fatherly and David MacFarland.</li>
<li>For a loving history of the whole era, you'd probably enjoy Ben Fong Torres' <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hits-Just-Keep-Coming-History-ebook/dp/B0033E14H8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=top+40+ben+fong&amp;qid=1613008910&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio</a></li>
</ul>

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Music
Metaphysical Waltz by Shirley Meyer Blankenship


...morphs into Jock O'Hazeldean by Cynthia Boener


There's Dominique Dumont's La bataille de neige


The Squimp from the Chico Hamilton Quintet


Fruit of Dreams by Les Baxter


Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett



Notes
Best place to go if you want to learn a lot about Todd Storz is The Birth of Top 40 Radio: The Storz' Stations Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s by Richard Fatherly and David MacFarland.


For a loving history of the whole era, you'd probably enjoy Ben Fong Torres' The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio

Episode 175: One Hundred Percent a Diner

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Music

<ul>
<li>Sarah in Bath from Komeda's great score to The Fearless Vampire Killers</li>
<li>David Goes Hunting from Larry Groupe's great score to Straw Dogs</li>
<li>When It's Time to Go by Buddy Fo and His Group (great name for a backing band, btw)</li>
<li>Completely Gone from Ludwig Gorannson's score to Everything, Everything</li>
<li>Peri Banu vid sjon (Version) by DUNGEN</li>
<li>Debut by Christopher Ferreira</li>
</ul>

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Music
Sarah in Bath from Komeda's great score to The Fearless Vampire Killers


David Goes Hunting from Larry Groupe's great score to Straw Dogs


When It's Time to Go by Buddy Fo and His Group (great name for a backing band, btw)


Completely Gone from Ludwig Gorannson's score to Everything, Everything


Peri Banu vid sjon (Version) by DUNGEN


Debut by Christopher Ferreira

Episode 174: The Stone

This piece was originally released in February, 2017.

<ul>
<li>This piece has two selections from Saunder Jurriens and Danny Bensi’s score to Christine, <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/christine-original-motion-picture-score/id1172624698?mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yes But</a> and <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/back-to-work/id1172624698?i=1172625323&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Back to Work</a>.</li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>This very good article in <a href="http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_central_park_zoo_escape/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Museum of Hoaxes</a> gives a nice overview and links out to the original article.</li>
<li>Hampton Sides <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Ice-Terrible-Voyage-Jeannette/dp/0307946916" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Kingdom of Ice</a> has a nice telling of the story with a lot of background on the editor of the Herald.</li>
</ul>

This piece was originally released in February, 2017.
This piece has two selections from Saunder Jurriens and Danny Bensi’s score to Christine, Yes But and Back to Work.
Notes
This very good article in the Museum of Hoaxes gives a nice overview and links out to the original article.


Hampton Sides In the Kingdom of Ice has a nice telling of the story with a lot of background on the editor of the Herald.

(originally released in February, 2017)

Episode 105: Amok

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Music

<ul>
<li>Waltz for Sky by Muriel Botsdorp</li>
<li>A Gathering to Lead me When You're Gone by Brian McBride</li>
<li><h1>20 (Lichen) by Brendan Eder Ensemble</h1></li>
<li>Electronium Movie Score by Raymond Scott</li>
<li>Someday We'll Linger in the Sun by Gaelynn Lea</li>
<li><h1>32 (Harp) by Nearly Oratorio</h1></li>
</ul>

Notes

<ul>
<li>By far the most fun and helpful thing I read for this episode was Michael O'Malley's, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Watch-History-American-Time/dp/1560986727" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keeping Watch: A History of American Time.</a>
</li>
</ul>

﻿

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Music
Waltz for Sky by Muriel Botsdorp


A Gathering to Lead me When You're Gone by Brian McBride


20 (Lichen) by Brendan Eder Ensemble


Electronium Movie Score by Raymond Scott


Someday We'll Linger in the Sun by Gaelynn Lea


32 (Harp) by Nearly Oratorio



Notes
By far the most fun and helpful thing I read for this episode was Michael O'Malley's, Keeping Watch: A History of American Time.