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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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Bay Curious - Rising Seas and Sinking Land: The Precarious Future of Treasure Island

This is the second part of our series on Treasure Island.

Listener Gary Pilgrim was taking a drive across the Bay Bridge with his new wife when they decided to stop at Treasure Island. After taking in the sweeping views, he wondered how this manmade island came to be in the first place, and what it's future holds. We're answering Gary's questions in a two-part series exploring the island's past and future. This week: What are the plans for Treasure Island? And does climate change threaten them?

Additional Reading:

Part I: How Treasure Island Got Made — and Why

Part II: Rising Seas and Sinking Land: The Precarious Future of Treasure Island

Reported by Kevin Stark. Edited by Kat Snow. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Julie Caine, Paul Lancour, Kyana Moghadam, Suzie Racho, Ethan Lindsey and Patricia Yollin.

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the memory palace - Episode 154: Dotting I’s

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.

Help support this show and the network that makes it possible by making a donation today. Make your mark at Radiotopia.fm/donate

This episode was commissioned by the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts

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

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Bay Curious - Between Romance and War: the Making of Treasure Island

Listener Gary Pilgrim was taking a drive across the Bay Bridge with his new wife when they decided to stop at Treasure Island. After taking in the sweeping views, he wondered how this manmade island came to be in the first place, and what it's future holds. We're answering Gary's questions in a two-part series exploring the island's past and future. This week: How was Treasure Island made, and why?

Additional Reading:

How Treasure Island Got Made — and Why

Reported by Kevin Stark. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Julie Caine, Paul Lancour, Kyana Moghadam, Suzie Racho, Ethan Lindsey and Patricia Yollin.

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the memory palace - A Conversation About the Memory Palace with Robert Krulwich

It’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.