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the memory palace - Episode 215: An Eighth Wonder

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.

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.
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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Grief Is for People’ is Sloane Crosley’s memoir about losing a close friend

Editor's note: This episode contains a discussion of suicide.

Early in today's episode, writer Sloane Crosley tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe something that troubled her when paging through the self-help books she was gifted after a big loss. There was no chapter for how to grieve a close friend – partners, siblings, parents, sure. But while not everyone has those relationships, she says, friendships are universal. Her new memoir, Grief Is for People, chronicles how she's coped with losing one of the most important people in her life.


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The Indicator from Planet Money - Can an old law bring down grocery prices?

Since 2020, grocery prices have shot up. If you're looking to save a buck, it's often more affordable to shop for groceries at a big retailer like Walmart. But some smaller grocers say those low prices are the result of an unfair playing field—and they're looking to a little-used antitrust law from the 1930s as a solution. Today, we consider the Robinson-Patman Act and whether reviving it could bring consumers some relief.

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Grocery delivery wars (Apple / Spotify)
Feeling inflation in the grocery store (Apple / Spotify)

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Pod Save America - Has Optimism Become Cringe? (with Chris Hayes)

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, host of All In and Why Is This Happening?, joins Jon Lovett to talk about why Trump’s rhetoric on immigration and crime is so dangerous, why being optimistic about America has fallen so far out of the mainstream, and the disconnect between what’s actually happening in politics and how people feel about it. 

For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.

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Cato Daily Podcast - The High Cost of Mandatory Parking

If markets demand parking, it will largely be provided. In so many cases, however, it's governments setting the rules for how much parking must be provided for new housing or commercial ventures. Requiring all that parking raises costs and make lots of unique development unaffordable. Author M. Nolan Gray explains why markets are generally far better at setting the right mix.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Israel Pile-On

Today's podcast takes up the question of the Biden administration's problematic response to the tragic strike on a food aid convoy in Gaza—something for which Israel took immediate responsibility and for which it apologized wholeheartedly at the highest levels with little effect on the condemnations that continue to pour on its head. Meanwhile, Biden's polling continues to suggest a loss in November with no changes in strategy from Biden or his people. Give a listen.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Legend of Bigfoot (Encore)

Long before Europeans arrived in North America, native people told stories of large hairy men who lived in the woods. 

For the last several centuries, periodic reports of such creatures have appeared all over the United States and Canada. 

In the late '60s and early '70s, photos and movies started to appear that seemed to provide evidence of these creatures…..seemed.

Learn more about the legend of Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Wuhan’ analyzes China’s management and response to the COVID-19 pandemic

It's been four years since the world went into lockdown mode as COVID-19 rapidly spread across the globe. But a new book by political scientist Dali Yang dives into the information about, and mitigation of, the disease in its earliest days in China. In today's episode, Yang speaks with Here & Now's Scott Tong about the research that went into Wuhan, the way local governments and medical officials abstained from disclosing crucial intelligence in the early days, and the strict lockdown that followed.


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The Indicator from Planet Money - The Indicator Quiz: Labor Edition

The sun is shining, birds are singing, and...our allergies are going NUTS. That can only mean one thing: It's time for The Indicator Quiz! The show where we bring a lucky listener on to test their econ knowledge. Today's quiz focuses on questions related to labor. Play along with us and see how you do! Are you interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Email us your name and phone number at indicator@npr.org and put "Indicator Quiz" in the subject line.

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