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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
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Episode 210: Bill and Smoky
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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 120: The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat
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Music
We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens': Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet, and two from Carnival of the Animals:Aviary and the Cuckoo in the 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 209: Wake
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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 208: In the Gallery
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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 207: The Six Triple Eight
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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 206: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American
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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.
Customer Reviews
Wonderful Podcast
The Memory Palace is one of my my all-time favorite podcasts, each episode is a work of art
My new favorite podcast!
I ran the gamut of murder mystery podcasts, and soon tired of the same formula. This podcast cover so many interesting topics! I find the podcasters voice and cadence very soothing. Love your work!
National Treasure
Every episode is a masterpiece and this show as a whole as a national treasure.