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Amanda Holmes reads Theodore Roethke’s poem, “I Knew a Woman.” 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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Amanda Holmes reads William Ernest Henley’s poem, “Invictus.” 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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This episode was originally produced for an episode of Radiolab from WNYC, released in August of 2019.
Music
Cul-de-Sac from Krzysztof Komeda’s Knife in the Water.
[The Mistral Noir](http:// https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/the-mistral-noir/973468266?i=973468267&mt=1&app=music) by Daniel Herskedal.
[Trakors](http:// https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/tr%C3%A4kors-f%C3%A4ltinspelad/1446106006?i=1446106011&mt=1&app=music) by 1900.
Eloy by Deaf Center.
[Leaping Dance](http:// https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/leaping-dance/265055509?i=265055945&mt=1&app=music) from the Netherlands Wind Ensemble
And Facing the Obstacles from Rob Simonson’s score to the Final Member.
Notes
- This episode relied heavily on the work and research of Professor Gabriel Rosenberg of Duke, using his article, “No Scrubs: Livestock Breeding, State Power, and Eugenic Knowledge in the Early 20th Century United States” as a guide and jumping off point for other research.
Amanda Holmes reads Walter de La Mare’s poem, “The Listeners.” 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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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
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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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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This episode was commissioned by the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts
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MUSIC
Amalgamation Waltz 1839 by Joep Beveng
Now by Goldmund
Wander On from Joel P West's score to Band of Robbers.
Tomato Day by Kelpe.
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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.
Amanda Holmes reads an excerpt from Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali. 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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