Month: December 2019

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the memory palace - Nate’s Favorite Episode of 2019

The 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 remarkable photographs.
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Read Me a Poem - “Forgotten As If You Never Were” by Mahmoud Darwish

Amanda Holmes reads Mahmoud Darwish’s poem “Forgotten As If You Never Were.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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Read Me a Poem - “Trouble with Math in a One-Room Country School” by Jane Kenyon

Amanda Holmes reads Jane Kenyon’s poem “Trouble with Math in a One-Room Country School.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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