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Distance

Standard Podcast [3:52m]

Published On Mar 23,2012

Tags: 19th century, art, inventors, new haven, new york lafayette, Revolutionary War

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Far Below Lake Michigan

Far Below Lake Michigan [1:18m]

Published On Dec 06,2011

Tags: 20th Century, chicago, Great Lakes, horrible deaths, Nautical, S.S. Eastland, Titanic

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This is the third episode in a series of Civil War stories I’m doing every month for Slate.com as part of its Slate Daily Podcast Music: Two pieces here. Both straight out of a favorite summer of mine, maybe 1999. … Continue reading →

What They Saw [5:50m]

Published On Nov 08,2011

Tags: 19th century, Aeronauts, civil war, High Places, Memory, Slate.com, Thaddeus Lowe, war

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Mary, Mary, and Mercy

Mary, Mary, and Mercy [4:42m]

Published On Oct 28,2011

Tags: 19th century, Halloween, horrible deaths, religion, rhode island, Vampires

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Crazy Bet

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.

crazy bet [7:52m]

Published On Sep 29,2011

Tags: 19th century, civil war, Confederacy, Elizabeth Van Lew, Espionage, Richmond, Slate.com, slavery, Union, Virginia

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Road Trip

Notes: This episode appeared originally as part of a series called “Civil War Stories” I’m doing for Slate.com. Starting in August, 2011, these episodes appear monthly as part of Slate’s Daily Podcast and then appear here as part of the … Continue reading →

Road Trip [5:11m]

Published On Aug 19,2011

Tags: 19th century, Bull Run, civil war, Manassas, Slate, Slate.com, Tourism, transportation, war

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A Stretch

Music: We’ve got three pieces (Chickens, Swamp, and Squirrels) from Orion Riegel Dommisse’s album, also, delightfully, called chickens. Windy bit is Africastle by Battles. Plucky, shuffly, stringy bit is from Alexandre Desplat’s score to The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Notes: This … Continue reading →

A Stretch [7:15m]

Published On Jul 05,2011

Tags: 19th century, architecture, buildings, hurricanes, labor, manhattan, railroads, trains

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Natural Curiosity

The Music: The “theme,” as it were, that you hear in the beginning and through a fair amount of the piece is from the opening of the score to the movie, Please Give, as is the piece at the end … Continue reading →

Natural Curiosity [6:54m]

Published On Jan 26,2011

Tags: 18th Century, 19th century, African American, bad jobs, Connecticut, Entertainment, manhattan, P.T. Barnum, philadelphia, slavery

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six scenes from the life of william james sidis, wonderful boy

The Music: Scene 1: First song is “Brand New Day” by Worm is Green. Then a little bit of Gary Numan doing “Trois Gymnopedies,” then the second Gymnopedie (lost the name of the pianist). Scene 2: is a small piece … Continue reading →

six scenes from the life of william james sidis, wonderful boy [14:22m]

Published On Jan 07,2011

Tags: 20th Century, boris sidis, Boston, languages, manhattan, math, physics, prodigies, psychology, social science, traffic, trains, transportation, william sidis

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A Brief Eulogy for a Consumer Electronics Product

Start with “the One That You Love” by Air Supply (I mean, finally, right?). Then the beginning of “If You See a Chance” by Steve Winwood. Wrapped up with “On Our Way to Fall in Love” by Yo La Tengo. … Continue reading →

Duration [1:51m]

Published On Oct 27,2010

Tags: business, consumer products, japan, music, sony, walkman

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Episode 44:
Distance

Published On Mar 23,2012

Tags: 19th century, art, inventors, new haven, new york lafayette, Revolutionary War

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The Memory Palace