the memory palace

Episode 239: Blank Pages

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]. 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]  Music * The Lady With the Golden Stockings from the Sun Ra Arkestra * The Sage from the Chico Hamilton Quintet * Falling in Love with a New York Pigeon by Birb * Bocherini's fourth quintet as performed by the Ensemble of St. Martin of the Fields * From a Dream by Oregon * Jaybird from the great Charlie Parr * Pool of Love by Les Baxter * And House Tuner Theme from Will Bates' gorgeous score to The Sound of Silence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

From The Memory Palace Audiobook: Fine New England Granite

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/]. Buy the audiobook wherever you get audiobooks (like libro.fm! [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780593912638]) 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/].  Audio excerpted courtesy of Random House Audio from THE MEMORY PALACE [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706914/the-memory-palace-by-nate-dimeo/9780593912638/] by Nate DiMeo, read by a full cast. Excerpt read by Nate DiMeo, © 2024 Nate DiMeo, ℗ 2024 Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Episode 238: The Crypt of Thornwell Jacobs

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]. 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]  Music * Kara-Lis Coverdale's A480 * Palimpsest from Will Bate's score to The Sound of Silence * Harriett Smith and Robert Martin Meet in the Rain from Isobel Waller Bridge's score to Emma. * The Play from Dan Romer's score to (the terrific) Station Eleven. * Cutting Branches from a Temporary Shelter from the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. * Sustainable from H. Takahashi. Notes * There's a particularly good article [https://theamericanscholar.org/a-room-for-the-ages/] by Colin Dickey about Jacobs and The Crypt in American Scholar.  * You can read all 1100 pages of Jacobs' autobiography here [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001452171], if you haven't already. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

A Teach-In for History

On Sunday, October 26th, 2025, Nate DiMeo of this here show, The Memory Palace, and his friends and colleagues at his fellow Radiotopia show, This Day, will be holding a good, old-fashioned teach-in in defense of history and museums currently targeted by the Trump Administration. Readings and lectures from sun-up to sundown on the National Mall in Washington D.C.  Learn more here.  [https://linktr.ee/historyteachin] 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]. 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]  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Episode 237: Vigil

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]. 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]  Music * On-ness by Tom Rogerson and Eno. * Etude by Joep Beving * Ebb Tide by Houston & Dorsey Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]