the memory palace

episode 25 (I have not yet begun to rot)

Published on January 31, 2010 in Uncategorized. 6 Comments Tags: 18th Century, 19th century, 20th Century, Ben Franklin, civil war, horace porter, horrible deaths, john paul jones, medal of honor, navy, new jersey, paris, Revolutionary War, teddy roosevelt, war.

I have not yet begun to rot

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episode 24 (the moon in the sun)

Published on January 13, 2010 in Uncategorized. 4 Comments Tags: 19th century, aliens, astronomy, journalism, new york, newspapers, sir john herschel, sir william herschel, the moon, the sun, uranus, yale.

the moon in the sun

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episode 23 (400 words for 79th street)

Published on December 10, 2009 in Uncategorized. 7 Comments Tags: 19th century, 20th Century, anthropology, arctic exploration, burials, Families, fathers, greenland, inuits, manhattan, north pole, robert peary, sons.

400 words for 79th street

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episode 22 (you know you’re sick)

Published on November 19, 2009 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments Tags: 20th Century, border, G-Men, horrible deaths, kansas, Mexico, misguided science, Quacks, Radio, texas.

You Know You're Sick

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episode 21 (a gas gas gas)

Published on October 28, 2009 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments Tags: 20th Century, illinois, terror.

A gas gas gas

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episode 20 (this ungainly fowl)

Published on October 16, 2009 in Uncategorized. 5 Comments Tags: 19th century, baltimore, booze, horrible deaths, maryland, poe, writers.

this ungainly fowl

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episode 19 (dam!)

Published on September 28, 2009 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments Tags: 20th Century, colorado river, depression, FDR, herbert hoover, hoover dam, horrible deaths, labor, monuments, presidents, WPA.

dam! image

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episode 18 (dig set spike)

Published on August 28, 2009 in Uncategorized. 9 Comments Tags: 20th Century, Arizona, Cartography, Nautical, P.O.W., Southwest, Submarines, war, WWII.

dig set spike image

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episode 17 (plummeting approval)

Published on August 7, 2009 in Uncategorized. 7 Comments Tags: 19th century, celebrities, daredevils, labor, mills, new jersey, new york, niagara falls, rhode island, rochester.

plummeting approval

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episode 16 (secret kitty)

Published on July 24, 2009 in Uncategorized. 6 Comments Tags: 20th Century, animals, c.i.a., cold war, G-Men, Soviet Union.

secret kitty

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