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Sleeping with CelebritiesNate DiMeo of The Memory Palace Has THOUGHTS on Sports Team Names and LogosIf you love history, you already know about the lovely podcast The Memory Palace, which celebrates the quirky and intriguing elements of stuff that has happened. If you haven’t heard it, go listen. But first, hear honey-voiced host Nate DiMeo explain his complex and impassioned opinions on team names, logos, the nefarious nature of image consultants, and Utah somehow being known for Jazz.Get your copy of The Memory Palace book wherever books are sold. Listen to and learn more about Nate and The Memory Palace by visiting www.thememorypalace.us.Go to www.max...2025-05-1449 min
Kobo in ConversationNate DiMeo on shaking up the past in The Memory PalaceHost Nathan Maharaj spoke with podcaster Nate DiMeo about his book The Memory Palace, based on the podcast by the same name. In The Memory Palace, history comes in vignettes, as short stories, as jewels carefully mined from a variety of sources. Nathan and Nate talked about history as story, how Nate realized the thing that made him the best guy to sit next to at the bar was a great idea for a podcast, and the making of The Memory Palace's star-studded audiobook. Nate DiMeo on shaking up the past in The Memory Palace2025-03-1241 min
How to Be a Better HumanHow to get your sense of wonder back (w/ Nate DiMeo)How do you make sense of the present? Nate DiMeo might suggest you look at the past. Nate is the host of the podcast and book, The Memory Palace. Nate joins Chris to discuss how the past can teach us to live life in a new, rich, and complex way. Nate shares how to exercise the muscle of curiosity, how to tap into your sense of wonder to escape algorithmic filters, and urges you to seek moments of meaning in between life’s biggest plot points.Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio from THE ME...2025-02-2436 min
City Arts & LecturesNate DiMeoNate DiMeo is the creator and host of The Memory Palace, a podcast about people from America's past whose names might not be familiar, but whose lives changed the course of history. The show’s episodes take the form of short, evocative essays, rich with detail and emotion. DiMeo’s stories don’t just describe historical events - they encourage listeners to imagine how people actually felt and experienced them at the time. On January 24, 2025, Nate DiMeo talked to Gretchen Sisson in the studios of KQED about The Memory Palace podcast, and its recently published book version.2025-02-1032 min
The Bowery Boys: New York City History#448 Inside the Memory Palace with Nate DiMeoThere were very few history podcasts around back in the year 2008, but the Bowery Boys Podcast was certainly here ... and so was The Memory Palace, hosted by Nate DiMeo, presenting small, often forgotten vignettes from history in a descriptive, narrative format.In this special interview episode, Greg talks with Nate on the occasion of his new companion book "The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past" (Penguin Random House) which features many of his fable-like historical portraits, including many from New York City history -- from revolutionary amusements on Coney Island to less frequented corridors within t...2025-01-1058 min
Radio DiariesGuest Spotlight: The Memory Palace with Nate DiMeoHappy 2025! We have a slate of new stories coming soon, but we want to start the year by shouting out fellow podcaster (and friend of the show) Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace. He just put out his first book, The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past. So to celebrate, we're featuring one of our favorite episodes from The Memory Palace, "These Words, Forever." Joe also sat down with Nate to chat about his book, storytelling and the dream of having a device that could allow you to hear anything. Find Nate's book The Memory P...2025-01-0913 min
the memory palaceStories About The Memory Palace AudiobookOrder The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House.Buy the audiobook wherever you get audiobooks (like libro.fm!)The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.subs...2025-01-0224 min
the memory palaceNate on Atlas ObscuraOrder The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House.The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com. This is a special bonus episode of the podca...2024-12-0723 min
ArtscapeAuthor Nate DiMeo’s ‘Memory Palace’ conjures imaginary space via real stories
Since 2008, Providence-born writer, podcaster and public radio alum Nate DiMeo has been producing short, narrative essays through his podcast, “The Memory Palace,” featuring real-life stories pulled from lesser known corners of American history. His new book, “The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past,” features nearly 50 stories, some from the podcast, some new, and accompanied for the first time by illustrations and archival photos. Now based in Los Angeles, he’s coming back to Providence on Saturday for a reading at RiffRaff bookstore. DiMeo spoke with morning host Luis Hernandez for this week’s episode of Artscape.
The post A...2024-12-0501 min
Poured OverNate DiMeo on THE MEMORY PALACEThe Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo presents a collection of stories from history highlighting both quiet and significant moments with a personal and captivating lens. DiMeo joins us to talk about adapting his podcast into the written word, some of his favorite moments and why remembering our history is so important and more with cohost, Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo 2024-11-3044 min
the memory palaceNate DiMeo and Pablo Torre Find OutOrder The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House.The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com. This is a special bonus episode of the podca...2024-11-2547 min
the memory palaceNate and Pablo Find OutOrder The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House.The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com. This is a special bonus episode of the podca...2024-11-2545 min
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in History, WorldThe Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past by Nate DimeoPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past Author: Nate Dimeo Narrator: Ryan Reynolds, Hrishikesh Hirway, Betsy Brandt, Jad Abumrad, Nate DiMeo, Roman Mars, Kai Ryssdal, Daniel Alarcón, Carrie Coon, Rebecca Lowman, Dominic Hoffman, Robin Miles, Lili Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 19, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace. “One doesn’t often find...2024-11-1910 min
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in History, WorldThe Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past by Nate DimeoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760965to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past
Author: Nate Dimeo
Narrator: Ryan Reynolds, Hrishikesh Hirway, Betsy Brandt, Jad Abumrad, Nate DiMeo, Roman Mars, Kai Ryssdal, Daniel Alarcón, Carrie Coon, Rebecca Lowman, Dominic Hoffman, Robin Miles, Lili Taylor
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes
Release date: November 19, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace. “One doesn’t often find the w...2024-11-198h 41
This DayMemory Palace Week: The Art Of Storytelling w/ Nate DiMeo**It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**All this week, we're joined by Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace to talk about his new book, his long-running podcast, and the art of history storytelling.Be sure to get your copy of Nate's new book "The Memory Palace" now! Sign up for our newsletter! Get your hands on This Day merch!Find out more at t...2024-11-1723 minThis DayMemory Palace Week: The Art Of Storytelling w/ Nate DiMeo**It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**All this week, we're joined by Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace to talk about his new book, his long-running podcast, and the art of history storytelling.Be sure to get your copy of Nate's new book "The Memory Palace" now! Sign up for our newsletter! Get your hands on This Day merch!Find out more at t...2024-11-1723 min
The Atlas Obscura PodcastNate DiMeo’s Personal Memory PalaceNate DiMeo, host and creator of The Memory Palace podcast, walks us through some of the rooms in his own personal memory palace. We visit his grandfather’s old nightclub outside Providence, a beloved family home, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Visible Storage Unit, and a one-of-a-kind collection of glass flowers at Harvard University. Preorder a copy of Nate’s new book, The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past.Check out the Memory Palace podcast, and listen to the episodes Nate made while he was Artist-in-Residence at the Met.
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This DayMemory Palace Week: Hercules Posey and George Washington (1797) w/ Nate DiMeo**It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**All this week, we're joined by Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace to talk about his new book, his long-running podcast, and the art of history storytelling.Today: Jody, Niki, Kellie and Nate discuss the story of Hercules Posey, a man enslaved by George Washington, how it complicates Washington's legacy, and how the missing pieces of Posey's story can still add...2024-11-1225 minThis DayMemory Palace Week: Hercules Posey and George Washington (1797) w/ Nate DiMeo**It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**All this week, we're joined by Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace to talk about his new book, his long-running podcast, and the art of history storytelling.Today: Jody, Niki, Kellie and Nate discuss the story of Hercules Posey, a man enslaved by George Washington, how it complicates Washington's legacy, and how the missing pieces of Posey's story can still add...2024-11-1225 min
the memory palaceEpisode 212: David MillsThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.
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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2024-02-1112 min
the memory palaceNate's episode of the year 2022: In France or in HeavenThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.
A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first.
Music
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 Backward2022-12-2622 min
the memory palaceEpisode 124: Junk RoomThe Memory Palace is a member of Radiotopia from PRX.
This episode was originally released in the spring of 2018. It’s being re-released today because Nate’s on book leave for the summer.
Music
We start off with Theme de Simon from Georges Delerue.
Go to Alpine Sketch from 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 Answe...2022-07-2114 min
the memory palaceEpisode 91: Natural HabitatThe Memory Palace is a member of Radiotopia from PRX.
This episode was originally released in July of 2016. It’s being re-released today because Nate’s on book leave for the summer and because it’s a total banger.
Notes and Reading:
* I came to this story the old fashioned way (for me): I saw Su Lin at the Field Museum and needed to know more. That led me inevitably to Vicki Croke's The Lady and the Panda from 2006. It's a terrific read. If you have any interest at all in learning more about Ruth H...2022-07-0927 min
the memory palaceNate's Favorite Episode of 2021: Betty RobinsonThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show and independent media, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate.
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...2021-12-2727 min
the memory palaceThe WheelIn a terrible summer often filled with stories about monuments to terrible men, here is a story about an American hero. Build monuments to Robert Smalls.
Originally released on February 10th, 2016.
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Music
* Julia Rovinsky plays Phillip Glass’ Metamorphosis I, from her album Dusk.
* There’s an excerpt from Paul Drescher’s “Casa Vecchia,” from the Mirrors: Other Fire album.
* There’s a chunk of Jose Gonzalez’ “Instrumental” from his Stay in the Shade EP.
* “Manny Returns Home” from Bernard Hermann’s score to The W...2020-08-0720 min
the memory palaceEpisode 167: A Brief Eulogy for a Minor League Baseball TeamThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the intention. So, if you don't want any spoilers or anything, you can click play without reading ahead.
Music
Adrift by Yameneko
Lagrimas Negras by Antonio Maria Romeau
Rainfall by Michael Jones and David Darling
The Big Ocean by Ben Sollee
Learn a...2020-07-2212 min
the memory palaceEpisode 166: The Silent RoomThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the intention. So, if you don't want any spoilers or anything, you can click play without reading ahead.
Music
Peri Banu vid Sjon (VERSION) by Dungen
In a Landscape by John Cage
Quartet for Four Percussionists IV: Fast by John Cage
Dream by J...2020-07-0418 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 11: One Sings, the Other Doesn'tOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by culture writer, Rachel Syme and exchange postcards over that chronicle our lives during a decade of social change and our opinions about Agnes Vardas One Sings the Other Doesn’t!
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Stuff We Talked About
The Great2020-06-1847 minthe memory palaceA White HorseThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm
Notes and Reading:
* Most of the specific history of the White Horse was learned from “Sanctuary: the Inside Story of the Nation’s Second Oldest Gay Bar” by David Olson, reprinted in its entirety on the White Horse’s website.
* “Gayola: Police Professionalization and the Politics of San Francisco’s Gay Bars, 1950-1968,” by Christopher Agee.
* June Thomas’ series on the past, present, and future of the gay bar from Slate a few yea...2020-06-1212 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 10: The VerdictOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times as we drink too many Jameson’s and try to redeem ourselves by winning One Big Case and talk Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict!
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Stuff We Talked About
The Movies of Lynn She...2020-06-1150 minthe memory palaceEpisode 165: A ParkThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the intention. So, if you don't want any spoilers or anything, you can click play without reading ahead.
Music
We hear Armellodie by Chilly Gonzales
And All Now Vibe by Tara Jane O'Neil
Notes
The Lavender Scare by David K. Johnson
T...2020-06-0508 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 9: DaisiesOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by Tony-winning director Rachel Chavkin to watch the proto-punk, cult-classic of the Czech new wave, Daisies! Join them as trample on a trifle (or a row of lettuce? or possibly ignore a “keep off the grass” sign? They’ll sort it out while serving insane, Instagram-worthy looks)!
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www.smal...2020-05-2834 minthe memory palaceEpisode 164: Dora SalterThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the intention. So, if you don't want any spoilers or anything, you can click play without reading ahead.
Music
Illusion Perdida by Juan Bautista Guido y Su Orquesta Tipico
Manny Returns Home and Fingerprints from Bernard Herrmann's score to The Wrong Man.
Niggun for Solo B...2020-05-2616 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 8: DuneOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are by one of their favorite actors, Natasha Lyonne! Join them as their consciousnesses are expanded by the spice melange of the desert planet, Arakis, and evolve over the course of 4,000 years into weird, floating blobs that can bend space-time in David Lynch’s Dune!
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Subscribe to You Must Remember This and The Memory Palace, while you’re...2020-05-2142 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 7: AmadeusOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by producer, Stacey Sher! Join them as tease up our hair like Howard Jones on our way to buy some Aquanet at the Galleria but take the wrong exit off the 405 and wind up in 18th Century Vienna with Wolfie and the gang in the director’s cut of Amadeus!
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...2020-05-1429 minthe memory palaceEpisode 163: FredsThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the intention. So, if you don't want any spoilers or anything, you can click play without reading ahead.
Music
We hear a couple from Alabaster DePlume’s To Cy & Lee album, Whisky Story Time and Not My Ask.
Bibio’s CAPEL BETHANIA.
The Sage, by the C...2020-05-0916 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 6: Eyes of Laura MarsOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by screenwriter, Michael Green! Join them as they gyrate in front of the flaming wreckage of an overturned Cadillac El Dorado in late seventies Manhattan/watch Eyes of Laura Mars!
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We hope you’ll join us in donating to The...2020-05-0747 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 5: CasinoOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by Lindsey Weber of Who? Weekly, making the five-hour drive to Vegas in a tight 45 minutes on pandemic-emptied streets while talking about Martin Scorsese’s Casino!
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We hope you’ll join us in donating to The Art-House America Campaign...2020-04-3044 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 4: 3 WomenOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by the creator of Mrs. America, Dahvi Waller. Join us at a western-themed cop-bar out by a shooting range and dirt-bike track as we make some cryptic, erotic mosaics and talk Robert Altman’s 3 Women!
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We hope you’ll join...2020-04-2341 minthe memory palaceEpisode 162: A Strange LandThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the intention. So, if you don't want any spoilers or anything, you can click play without reading ahead.
Music
Ruth and Sylvie from Daniel Hart’s score to Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
The Walk from Bernard Hermann’s score to Tender is the Night
Reflect...2020-04-2116 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 3: The Grapes of WrathOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by comedy writer, Megan Amram. Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, they’ll be there talking about 1940’s The Grapes of Wrath.
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We hope you’ll join us in dona...2020-04-1650 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 2: From Here to EternityOn this episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by movie critic and Unspooled co-host, Amy Nicholson to talk about 1953’s From Here to Eternity. Is the movie history’s great kiss between a man and a woman or a man and a bugle?
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We hope you’ll join us...2020-04-0840 minthe memory palaceEpisode 161: Stories to Wash Hands ByThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
20 stories, each 20 seconds, to accompany you in the proper washing of hands.
Stay safe, be well, wash your hands.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2020-04-0417 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallEpisode 1: Cast AwayOn this premiere episode of It’s the Pictures That Got Small, Karina Longworth and Nate DiMeo are joined by writer/director Rian Johnson to talk about Cast Away. A movie that Nate and Karina missed when it came out and accidentally dismissed as being the goofy movie with the volleyball.
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Movies Discussed in this Episode:
Cast...2020-04-0246 min
It's the Pictures that Got SmallAn Announcement! A New Podcast! A Placeholder!From Nate DiMeo, the creator of The Memory Palace, and Karina Longworth, creator of You Must Remember This, comes a new movie podcast. Each episode, Karina and Nate reach out from their quarantines to a guest who’ll pick a movie they’ve heard is great but never found the time to watch. They’ll watch it, break it down, even play a game or two. All while raising money to support independent movie theaters, film societies, and other places that make us love going out to the movies.
Join them and watch the best of the big sc...2020-03-3000 minthe memory palaceEpisode 160: Wong Kim ArkThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the intention. So, if you don't want any spoilers or anything, you can click play without reading ahead.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2020-03-2008 minthe memory palaceNate's Favorite Episode of 2019The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia.
Music
First up is Requiem from Nico Muhly’s score to How to Talk to Girls at Parties.
November by Colleen.
Edward Hong’s arrangement of Sleep from the Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble.
The solo version of Broad Channel by Bing & Ruth
Won’t Be a Thing to Become by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
Notes
Here’s Shane DuBay and Carl Fuldner’s study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, including Fuldner’s r...2019-12-2611 minthe memory palaceA Conversation About the Memory Palace with Robert KrulwichIt’s Radiotopia fundraiser time! Once a year, we reach out to ask our listeners to donate to the network that makes this show possible. Make your mark by making a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate today!
Here’s a very special episode of The Memory Palace in which Nate talks to CERTIFIED RADIO LEGEND, Robert Krulwich, of Radiolab and beyond, about the origins of the show and what makes The Memory Palace tick.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2019-12-0939 minthe memory palaceNate's Episode of the Year for 2018Each year for the last three years, Nate picks his personal favorite. Here’s 2018. See you in 2019.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2018-12-1820 minthe memory palaceNate's Episode of the Year: If You Have to be a Floor
Show Notes
Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the sixth episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Elizabeth Aubert. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Special thanks to Jimmy LaValle and Mark...2017-12-2614 minthe memory palaceTwo Small Sculptures (The Met Residency Episode 8)Show Notes
Nate DiMeo was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He produced 8 episodes inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the eigth episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Elizabeth Aubert. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Artwork Discussed
Hiawatha, Edmonia Lewis, 1868.
Minnehaha, Edmonia Lewis, 1868.
Music2017-09-0511 minthe memory palaceA Scavenger Hunt (The Met Residency Episode 7)Show Notes
Nate DiMeo was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He produced eight pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the eighth episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Elizabeth Aubert. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This episode was produced in collaboration with composer, Mary Lattimo...2017-08-0715 minthe memory palaceIf You Have to be a Floor (The Met Residency Episode 6)Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the sixth episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Elizabeth Aubert. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Special thanks to Jimmy LaValle and Mark Kozelek.
The Art Dis...2017-06-0912 minthe memory palaceEpisode 108, Met Residency #5: TempleNate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the fifth episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Elyssa Dudley and research Assistance from Andrea Milne. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Art Discussed * The Temple of Dend...2017-04-1819 minthe memory palaceEpisode 104, Met Residency #4 (A Portrait)Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the second episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Elyssa Dudley and research Assistance from Andrea Milne. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Special thanks to Amelia Peck at Th...2017-02-1512 minthe memory palaceNate's Episode of the Year: Local ChannelsThe Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm
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Notes * Much of what I read about Florence was pulled from old newspaper articles. * The biography in Notable American Women: Volume 5 does a nice, thorough job with Florence story. * I first stumbled on Florence Chadwick in a photo in a restaurant in Santa Barbara and was struck by, as the photo suggested, she went on a world tour, swimming local channels.
Music * First up is Solitude, from (delightfully...2016-12-3018 minthe memory palaceEpisode 99, Met Residency #3 (Full Circle)Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the second episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Kathy Tu and research Assistance from Andrea Milne. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Art Discussed * John Vanderlyn's Panoramic Vi...2016-11-2115 minthe memory palaceThe Met Residency Episode M2: One Bottle, Any BottleNate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the second episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Kathy Tu. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager of Concerts & Lectures, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
* Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), John Singer Sargent, 1883-1884 * Tomb Effigy of...2016-10-0608 minthe memory palaceThe Met Residency Episode 1: Recent AcqusitionNate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the first episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Kathy Tu and research assistance from Andrea Milne. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager of Concerts & Lectures, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Art Discussed If you ca...2016-10-0614 minthe memory palaceEpisode (M): Gallery 742A special episode of the Memory Palace commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to coincide with the opening of Rockefeller-Worsham Dressing Room in Gallery 742 of The American Wing and with Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age, an exhibition open now through May 1st, 2016.
This piece is ideally consumed on site, in Gallery 742 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Written and Produced by Nate DiMeo of [The Memory Palace.](thememorypalace.us)
Musical score by Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf.
Executive Producer, Limor Tomer, General Manager of Concerts & Lectures, The Metropolitan M...2015-12-1711 min
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NerdetteMemory Palace's Nate DiMeo on history, Parks and Recreation and pop musicWe picked the brain of one of our favorite podcasters: The Memory Palace's Nate DiMeo. Nate talks about bringing history to life, writing for Parks and Recreation and what we can learn from pop music. Oh, and SPACE. Plus a potentially shocking Simpsons-related nerd confession. http://nerdettepodcast.com2014-08-2800 minNerdetteMemory Palace's Nate DiMeo on history, Parks and Recreation and pop musicWe picked the brain of one of our favorite podcasters: The Memory Palace's Nate DiMeo. Nate talks about bringing history to life, writing for Parks and Recreation and what we can learn from pop music. Oh, and SPACE. Plus a potentially shocking Simpsons-related nerd confession. http://nerdettepodcast.com2014-08-2800 min
Whale CaveNate DiMeo, Jean VillepiqueOn the sixth episode of Whale Cave, Memory Palace producer Nate DiMeo talks about his high school band Time & Space with its classic tunes like "Wide Butt;" Up All Night actress Jean Villepique tells a story about a scandalous European trip with her freshman year madrigal band; and Matt Price admits that he had a crush on a girl who played Frenchie. Featured music: March Fourth Marching Band.2012-10-0100 minthe memory palaceEpisode 37 (Natural Curiosity)If you enjoy this story, do tell someone about The Memory Palace.
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