Nate DiMeo

the memory palace

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the memory palace

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Nate DiMeo

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Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

No Summer (Episode 127) 04.06.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music White Light by Chihei Hatekeyama Between the Trees by Akira Kosemura Clockwork Toccatta, Op. 68 from Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. End of Summer Part 3 by Hildur Gudnadottir and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe A Gathering to Lead Me When You're Gone by Brian McBride Notes While the most comprehensive and useful thing I read for this piece was  ...

Episode 126 (The 8th Story) 17.05.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music We start with  Waveland  by Norm Pikelny. Then a smidge of  N.Y.C.  from the original Broadway cast recording of Annie. The  Stars vs. Creatures  by Colleen. Wiese  by Roedelius & Arnold Kasar. Then there's some chaos built out of  Missing Piece  from the score to Broken City,  Fog Tropes  by Ingram Marshall,  Spindrift  by Colin Stetso...

Episode 125: Snakes! 25.04.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music We hear  Ferris Wheel  by Gabor Szabo from one of his better late sixties records. Herman's Malt  from Jeff Russo's score to Fargo Season 2. David Goes Hunting  from Larry Groupe's score to Straw Dogs. Double Portrait  by Double Edge from the album, U.S. Choice. A snippet of  Idea of Order at Kyson Point  from an album Brian Eno did with To...

Episode 124 (Junk Room) 06.04.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX. Music We start off with Theme de Simon from Georges Delerue. Go to Alpine Sketch from Christian Loffler's Young Alaska. Hear some of Three Dances: II Pavane arranged for the Chromos Tuba Quartet. The Plum Blossom from Yusuf Lateef's great Eastern Sounds record. Juve & Fandor by amiina. The Unquestioned Answer by Laura Spiegel. Etud...

A quick update and a bonus episode 27.03.2018

A quick update and a brief little bonus episode.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Episode 123: Outliers 12.03.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We hear  Valentine My Funny  by Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm from the album Tag Eins Tag Zwei. Notes This idea came to me a long time ago while researching an old episode. I read  an extraordinary article  from the 1890s that hung with me, particularly the notion of folks writi...

Big Block of Cheese - Bonus episode 23.02.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. This special episode was originally made for a live episode of The West Wing Weekly. To hear a live version of this story (and the rest of a particularly delightful TWWW episode), visit  thewestwingweekly.com .  Music Moonbow  by aAirial Two from scores by Marcelo Zavros:  Wipe th...

Episode 122 (Hercules) 12.02.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We start with  Facing the Obstacles , from Robert Simonson's score to The Final Member. Nice Breeze Isn't It?  by Simon Rackham The Things Left Unsaid , by Caleb Burhans. View from a Balcony  by Isorinne. 1979  by Deru. The Julianna Barwick remix of This Will Destroy You's ...

Episode 121 (The Nickel Candy Bar) 28.01.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We hit two sections from Bernard Herrmann's score to Tender is the Night: The Embrace and The Breakdown. A bit of Sambolero by Luiz Bonfa. Labyrinth II by Caitlin Aurelia Smith. Walter Meets the Beaver from Marcel Zavros' score to The Beaver. Two tracks, "1" & "2" from A...

Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habita 13.01.2018

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens':  Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet , and two from Carnival of the Animals:   Aviary and the Cuckoo in the Heart of the Woods . We hit  Juneau  from Danny Bensi and Sander Jurriaans' score to Wildlike. And  The Waltz  f...

Nate's Episode of the Year: If You Have to be a Floor 26.12.2017

  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...

Episode 119 (John C. Calhoun from the Opposite Side of the Line that Divides the Living from the Dead) 16.12.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Sad Seine by Lambert. Titan's Island by Ancient Ocean Flowering Jasmine as performed by Georgs Pelicis and Gidon Kremer Malpensa by Julia Kent Notes I first came upon the Calhoun bit while re-reading Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Ba...

Episode 118 (On the Shores of Assawompset) 20.11.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Musica Seqenza play Schreza Infida Frederico Durand plas Lluvia de Estrellas The Martin Hayes Quintet plays The Boy in the Gap East Forest by Provenance There's a bit of Madame Ovary from Bensi and Jurriaans and Christine It finishes on Three Dances: II. Pavane from Chromo T...

Episode 117 (Elizabeth) 07.11.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Up Niek Mountain by Peter Broderick El cascabel de plata by Federico Durand We hear just a little bit of imgs/ r by Kara-Lis Coverdale Dissolving Clouds by Biosphere Nebula by Julianna Barwick Only in the Dark by Ben Lukas Boysen Notes Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, & t...

Episode 116 (Hoover) 23.10.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Afkald  by Bremer/McCoy Peace  by Oliver Coates. Day One Four  by F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm Displacement  by Rafael Anton Irisarri Notes Some sources for this one were The Glory and the Dream by William Manchester. Herbert Hoover: A Life by Glen Jeansonne Herbert Hoover in t...

Episode 115 (A Brief Eulogy for a Commercial Radio Station) 04.10.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Sunrise Through the Dusty Nebula  by Hannah Peel Keep  by Nils Frahm Horizon Variations  by Max Richter She cycles through:  Where or When  by Hal Kemp & His Orchestra,  Smarty (You Know it All)  by Fats Waller,  Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You  by Judy Garland, Hel...

Sometimes the Rain Just Doesn't Stop 15.09.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. SPOILERS AHEAD Music Memory as Mist  by C. Diab Low Sudden  by Daniel Lanois and Rocco DaLuca Beyond Romance  by Lubomyr Melnyk Notes By far the most comprehensive resource I found was Florida's Hurricane History by Jay Barnes. If you're looking to learn more, I'd definitely start...

Two Small Sculptures (The Met Residency Episode 8) 05.09.2017

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 El...

Orbes Cintilantes - A special summer episode 21.08.2017

In lieu of your standard end-of-summer re-run, here is a very special re-run. No! Wait! I mean it. It's pretty cool. Here's the thing:  Todavia , a new literary publisher in Brazil has just put out a book of Memory Palace stories translated into Brazilian Portuguese. (Purchasable world-wide through  this site , if you happen to be interested), This very special re-run has all sorts of Brazil-relat...

"Relics": A Special Bonus Episode 09.08.2017

This special, bonus episode was commissioned by Freepoint Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It's intended to be listened to while walking around Fresh Pond, across the street from the hotel, though it can be enjoyed anywhere.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Scavenger Hunt (The Met Residency Episode 7) 07.08.2017

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...

Episode 113 (Elmer McCurdy Rides Again and Again) 19.07.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. SPOILERS AHEAD Music We start with Moonlight by  Masayoshi Fujita . We hear a couple from Warren Ellis:  Piece 3  and  Lala's Theme . We hear Paranoid and Credits 2 from the score to  Christine . And Junkman's Song by  Stark Reality . Notes There's a succinct, well-written telling...

Episode 112 (The Taking of Tom Sawyer's Island) 03.07.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.  Music Max Och's  Ain't Nobody High Raga . Frog's Eyes  by Evan Ziporyn Cooped up at Home with a Fever and a Tape Loop , by Lullatone Medieval Waters , from Carter Burwell's score to In Bruges. Frost Trees , from Lalo Schifrin's score to The Fox Notes By far my favorite and the mo...

A White Horse, re-released on the second anniversary of the shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. 12.06.2017

This piece was originally released a few days after the shooting deaths of 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It is re-released here on the second anniversary of the event.  If you are so moved, please donate to any of these charities: Equality Florida . Human Rights Campaign. Everytown for Gun Safety .   Trans Lifeline Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Episode 111 (Cipher, or Greenhow Girls) 10.06.2017

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. This episode was produced as part out or "Doing Time" series, where each show across the network tackles the same theme. Go listen to the other contributions  at Radiotopia.fm . Notes The most comprehensive book about Rose has to be Ann Blackman's  Wild Rose: The True Story of a Co...

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