Annie Schneiderman Valliere

I truly appreciate your work. Higher than all others (never written a message like this before.

Thank you for what you do and give to others.

David Andrew Connelly

Thank you Nate and the Memory Palace Team.

“That’s no problem, Ma’am.” said the crewman, who got asked this a lot. “We’ve got another set we can put on.”

“Yes, but what happens if they all let go?”

At this, the seasoned railroader tipped his hat, and said “Well, ma’m…that depends on what kind of life you’ve led.”

https://vimeo.com/5099949

How about a piece on Peter Singer who wrote Animal Liberation, or Jeremy Bentham who wrote,
“The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer?”

ALOHA

This reminded me of Laura Ingalls account of this in the famous book On the Banks of Plum Creek. So wild.

Self-made men really never are.

I loved this story. I listened to it twice. But, for the life of me, I cannot understand why it’s called “The 8th Story”. Did Ms. Oliver not fall from the 80th?

The suspense is killing,
Mrs. Braatz

Googling “Fran prairie chicken” was easy enough to the Wikipedia article and more. Curious
than her husband’s full name was mentioned only once in the podcast and hers, not once–an unintentional omission, I’m sure.

I came across her granddaughter’s website about Fran Hamerstrom’s personally organized post World War II effort organizing friends and colleagues to send 3000 articles of shoes and clothing to people in need in 13 countries. The granddaughter’s book (1000 tracings) was inspired by finding a box full of letters from war torn Europe containing tracings of feet so proper sizes shoes could be sent to face the brutal winter following the war.

Clear, Fran Hamerstrom was even larger and more compassionate in life than even this artful podcast was able to convey.

Worth a look: http://tracings.litajudge.com/stories1.html

Hi, Nate here. For the record, neither I nor anyone in my family has diabetes. I very much appreciate your concern and thoughtful response, but wanted to clarify.

I have many memory palace episodes which vie to be my favorite, but this one is the most important to me. I am going to share it far and wide.

Really well done, thank you 🙂

“A Brief Eulogy for a Commercial Radio Station,” is extraordinary.

Clive

Thanks for putting a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye.

…. as Roman would say… “You beautiful bastard.”

Best,

Kevin-John Black

Another mixture of sadness and beauty. Well done, sir. Well done.

I would like to purchase a copy of the Portuguese translation for a friend of mine in the US, where could I get it?

I hope you’d publish the Memory Palace in English as well, I know a lot of people who still don’t do podcast, but who I know will appreciate the stories.

Best,

In any case, it’s a great program. I loved the one in rhyme, about McGurdy, but I have liked many others as well, including The Fresh Pond piece. (I used to live in Cambridge.)

I hope someone gives you a lot of money and you become a big star.

I especially enjoyed the happy coincidence that I listened to this episode on Aug 8 (8-8) which is Infinity Day. A day made to celebrate Art, Philosophy, Science and Life. Well played, indeed.

Thank you. For this episode and for your entire podcast.

https://www.amazon.com/American-Ballads-New-Selected-Poems/dp/1449034624/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1500478528&sr=1-1&keywords=Thornburg+American+Ballads

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Do you know at all if this song is based on Elmer McCurdy? If not, apparently this is more common than one might expect.

I recall seeing a Disney film as a kid, One Little Indian, that had camels in the southwest as a plot element (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Little_Indian_(film)) so thanks for providing a historical narrative of exotic animals, early immigration, and a reminder that truth is often behind what at first appears to be folklore.

Heads up that, when the Nazi’s held their rally at Madison Square Garden, MSG was located at 8th avenue and 50th street. The current Garden was opened at its current location at 33rd street in 1968. The Mighty Atom would have been looking for a bat and ladder at a hardware store a handful of blocks uptown.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_(1925) )

Yep. I misspoke in an earlier version of the episode. Fixed now.

And “…lest he be drowned and deified” made me laugh so hard on my way to work.

Thanks Nate. You’re really amazing.

I’m *so* glad I didn’t skip over this episode. This is the best story Nate has told all year. It’s perfect Memory Palace: a beautiful story, made more beautiful by the music and soothing voice and callbacks to things earlier in the story.

Don’t skip over this episode.

Beautiful. Can’t wait to visit the MET someday to listen to these again.

“Cling like nettles”? Like burrs, maybe – the nettles I’m familiar with sting, but don’t cling.

At the Un-National Monument along the Canadian Border

This is the field where the battle did not happen,
where the unknown soldier did not die.
This is the field where grass joined hands,
where no monument stands,
and the only heroic thing is the sky.

Birds fly here without any sound,
unfolding their wings across the open.
No people killed—or were killed—on this ground
hallowed by neglect and an air so tame
that people celebrate it by forgetting its name.

I know it best as put to music by John Gorka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBgCeHqPIs0

Superb!

How about an unsolicited and possibly unwanted story idea?!?…

The ice industry on the late 19th – early 20 century was very important in the development of the country. It allowed for urbanization and expansion of cities. It’s scale was massive and now almost forgotten. I would love to hear a story bringing to life a small part of that industry.

With great affection

For shame!

Longtime Chicagoan here. I was disappointed to hear the episode end where it did, though the entire thing was lovely. I actually shed a tear – I love this city so much. Chicago had a ferris wheel at Navy Pier from 1995 – 2015 and we have a brand new one as of 2016. I know it’s not the same, but I think it was worth mentioning. I still remember my first time riding. Just because we’ve gone ever higher, with skyscrapers and such, doesn’t mean there isn’t something uniquely thrilling about being in/on a ferris wheel!

Last week I was so thrilled to hear your voice on Karina Longworth’s podcast last from a years back. Your storytelling style voice are just terrific. I really hope you get a chance to do a live show in the Philadelphia area sometime soon.

I am a history and literacy teacher in alternative education. I have for many years been using audio clips from oral histories and radio documentaries in class and would like to use some of your work.

I wonder if you have ever released transcripts of your shows (Weak readers often benefit from listening and reading along.)

Although I thoroughly appreciate the problems it might cause, I would be happy to pay for the priviledge.

Peace,
Godbless,
and Thanks for your good work;

pat