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This episode is part of my on-going collaboration with Slate.com. Once a month, for a stretch, I’ll be producing a Civil War-themed podcast as part of the series.
Published On Sep 29,2011 | Posted In Episodes | Music, Footnotes & Ephemera | Uncategorized >>
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I’ll be doing a new, monthly series for Slate.com of Civil War stories. Same memory palace flavor (or flava, depending). Each will roughly correspond to an event that took place a hundred fifty years ago to the month. That’s the … Continue reading
Published On Aug 05,2011 | Posted In Uncategorized >>
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Proud to report that the memory palace will be, albeit briefly, in the mix of Slate’s fine podcasts. Three episodes will roll out on three mondays here in March. Do check out their other podcasts. I am a particular fan … Continue reading
Published On Mar 07,2011 | Posted In Uncategorized >>
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While listening to an interview on one of my local public radio stations with Bill Bryson about his new book on the history of (a very specific type of) “private life,” I was reminded of one of my favorite little … Continue reading
Published On Nov 20,2010 | Posted In Uncategorized >>
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I’ve gotten a lot of emails asking why the podcast assembly line has slowed here at the Palace. First, it’s awfully heartening to know that people care enough to have noticed. Really. Anyway, the podcast is still up and running, … Continue reading
Published On Nov 20,2010 | Posted In Uncategorized >>
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My favorite moment in the (underrated) James Bond movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (the one with the so-much-worse-than-Sean-Connery-it’s-bananas-but-better-in-hindsight-than-Moonraker-era-Roger-Moore, George Lazenby) is the scene after Bond has lost his Double O status and has to clear out his desk.* As … Continue reading
Published On Nov 07,2010 | Posted In Uncategorized >>
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I’ve been re-reading Tender is The Night and A: holds up, and B: there’s this passage from when Rosemary and Abe and Dick are walking around the WWI battlefields in France (in 1925; the book came out in 1934) that … Continue reading
Published On Nov 04,2010 | Posted In Uncategorized >>
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Published On Dec 06,2011
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