the memory palace

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Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-memory-palace-true-short-stories-of-the-past-nate-dimeo/21177599?aid=104031&ean=9780593446157&listref=the-memory-palace], on Amazon.com [https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Palace-True-Short-Stories/dp/0593446151/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2V0F26SE7NXOK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cVcVaSRdE1SHACXHUKK2i67fcu7-A7k56oz9oFgDbN6ExsV05S3NVUmI7uBQlUHPoAV-1HPHPicOHoC91my5Kq3Pew1T4laTHxuvQskEqvk.7o0IJSJX2y427RDZ-4buTctWApDOnWbTWz2BYNFEiuY&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+memory+palace+nate+dimeo&qid=1725295830&sprefix=the+memory+palace+nate%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1], on Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-memory-palace-nate-dimeo/1144923750;jsessionid=E1BEADC12BFE3909624259EAFB9E5232.prodny_store02-atgap18?ean=9780593446157], or directly from Random House [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706914/the-memory-palace-by-nate-dimeo/]. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593912638-the-memory-palace?srsltid=AfmBOorHk6JapF8lbs9kq2VxJQ2NKnXC6kdEFFqjL5f9ljDExUzymq_8]. On June 13th, 2025, I'll do a special, one-night-only live show at the Tribeca Audio Festival in New York City, joined by two of the audiobook's readers: Carrie Coon and Lili Taylor! www.thememorypalace.us/events [https://thememorypalace.us/event/]. The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia [http://radiotopia.fm/] from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. [http://radiotopia.fm/donate] I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com [https://thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com/].  Music * Pale by Akira Koresuma * The Things Left Unsaid by Caleb Burhans * VIII. Juliet by Matthew Bourne * Dream House III: After Dust from Mary Ellen Child's beautiful album, Ethel. * Here I Am, Two Warships, by Spirituals Notes * You can listen to the whole, original recording here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm36oLQzbQ0], and an enhanced, speed corrected version, here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm36oLQzbQ0&t=618s].  * One of the best places to learn about Herb's life is this documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gs3DteAjDs&t=15s].  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-memory-palace-true-short-stories-of-the-past-nate-dimeo/21177599?aid=104031&ean=9780593446157&listref=the-memory-palace], on Amazon.com [https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Palace-True-Short-Stories/dp/0593446151/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2V0F26SE7NXOK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cVcVaSRdE1SHACXHUKK2i67fcu7-A7k56oz9oFgDbN6ExsV05S3NVUmI7uBQlUHPoAV-1HPHPicOHoC91my5Kq3Pew1T4laTHxuvQskEqvk.7o0IJSJX2y427RDZ-4buTctWApDOnWbTWz2BYNFEiuY&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+memory+palace+nate+dimeo&qid=1725295830&sprefix=the+memory+palace+nate%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1], on Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-memory-palace-nate-dimeo/1144923750;jsessionid=E1BEADC12BFE3909624259EAFB9E5232.prodny_store02-atgap18?ean=9780593446157], or directly from Random House [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706914/the-memory-palace-by-nate-dimeo/]. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593912638-the-memory-palace?srsltid=AfmBOorHk6JapF8lbs9kq2VxJQ2NKnXC6kdEFFqjL5f9ljDExUzymq_8]. During mid-May, 2025, I'm doing a Midwestern book tour, with stops in Minneapolis, Cincinatti, Indianapolis, and Chicago. Find out more at www.thememorypalace.us/events [https://thememorypalace.us/event/]. The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia [http://radiotopia.fm/] from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. [http://radiotopia.fm/donate] I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com [https://thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com/].  Music * That Moment by Antonymes * Nocturne by Sololi * Watching it Unfold by Lawrence English Notes * You can access the self-produced history of the Sophie Bibb Chapter of the UDC here.   * The Alabama Encyclopedia site [https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/lost-cause-ideology/] does a nice job with some of this stuff.  * You might want to check out Caroline Janney's book, Burying the Dead but Not the Past: Ladies' Mermorial Associations and the Lost Cause.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-memory-palace-true-short-stories-of-the-past-nate-dimeo/21177599?aid=104031&ean=9780593446157&listref=the-memory-palace], on Amazon.com [https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Palace-True-Short-Stories/dp/0593446151/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2V0F26SE7NXOK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cVcVaSRdE1SHACXHUKK2i67fcu7-A7k56oz9oFgDbN6ExsV05S3NVUmI7uBQlUHPoAV-1HPHPicOHoC91my5Kq3Pew1T4laTHxuvQskEqvk.7o0IJSJX2y427RDZ-4buTctWApDOnWbTWz2BYNFEiuY&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+memory+palace+nate+dimeo&qid=1725295830&sprefix=the+memory+palace+nate%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1], on Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-memory-palace-nate-dimeo/1144923750;jsessionid=E1BEADC12BFE3909624259EAFB9E5232.prodny_store02-atgap18?ean=9780593446157], or directly from Random House [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706914/the-memory-palace-by-nate-dimeo/]. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593912638-the-memory-palace?srsltid=AfmBOorHk6JapF8lbs9kq2VxJQ2NKnXC6kdEFFqjL5f9ljDExUzymq_8]. During mid-April, 2025, I'm doing a southern book tour, with stops in San Antonio, Houston, Gainesville, Montgomery, New Orleans, and Oxford. Find out more at www.thememorypalace.us/events [https://thememorypalace.us/event/]. The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia [http://radiotopia.fm/] from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. [http://radiotopia.fm/donate] I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com [https://thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com/].  Music * Hallway Rug and a bit of Watering Plants by Omni Gardens * Dripping Icicles from Lalo Schiffrin's great score to The Fox. * Girl Talk by the Howard Roberts Quartet * Jules et Therese from the score to Jules et Jim * Franz Waxman's main title theme to Woman of the Year * Your Love from the legend, Frankie Knuckles * Then we go back and forth between Joe Morello's Timeless and Lara Downes playing Leonard Bernstein's Big Stuff. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-memory-palace-true-short-stories-of-the-past-nate-dimeo/21177599?aid=104031&ean=9780593446157&listref=the-memory-palace], on Amazon.com [https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Palace-True-Short-Stories/dp/0593446151/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2V0F26SE7NXOK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cVcVaSRdE1SHACXHUKK2i67fcu7-A7k56oz9oFgDbN6ExsV05S3NVUmI7uBQlUHPoAV-1HPHPicOHoC91my5Kq3Pew1T4laTHxuvQskEqvk.7o0IJSJX2y427RDZ-4buTctWApDOnWbTWz2BYNFEiuY&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+memory+palace+nate+dimeo&qid=1725295830&sprefix=the+memory+palace+nate%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1], on Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-memory-palace-nate-dimeo/1144923750;jsessionid=E1BEADC12BFE3909624259EAFB9E5232.prodny_store02-atgap18?ean=9780593446157], or directly from Random House [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706914/the-memory-palace-by-nate-dimeo/]. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593912638-the-memory-palace?srsltid=AfmBOorHk6JapF8lbs9kq2VxJQ2NKnXC6kdEFFqjL5f9ljDExUzymq_8]. During mid-April, 2025, I'm doing a southern book tour, with stops in San Antonio, Houston, Gainesville, Montgomery, New Orleans, and Oxford. Find out more at www.thememorypalace.us/events [https://thememorypalace.us/event/]. The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia [http://radiotopia.fm/] from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. [http://radiotopia.fm/donate] I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com [https://thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com/].  Music * La Copla from Atahualpa Yupanqui * Yes, Brick by Brick and Waende by Caeys * Space in Between by Federico Albanese * Kieke by Shida Shihabi Notes * My favorite work on Mays is James Hirsch's glorious biography, Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend. I also recommend John Klima's Willie's Boys, about the Black Baron's 1948 season. * If you're looking to get more context for the city during those years, I'd recommend Diane McWhorter's history, Carry Me Home.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]