the memory palace » celebrities http://thememorypalace.us Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:59:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2008-2009 natedimeo@gmail.com (Nate DiMeo) natedimeo@gmail.com (Nate DiMeo) History Public Radio 1440 http://thememorypalace.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/the-memory-palace-for-itunes-with-tex144.jpg the memory palace » celebrities http://thememorypalace.us 144 144 http://thememorypalace.us/feed/ Back with new episodes in 2011. From award-winning public radio producer, Nate DiMeo, comes The Memory Palace. Short, surprising stories of the past, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, always super-great. For history buffs, fans of public radio shows like This American Life, Radio Lab, and whatnot, and for all admirers of things that are super-great. www.thememorypalace.us \"The best little podcast in the world\" -- Mojo Magazine history, public radio, memory, this american life, radio lab, npr, boingboing, new yorker Nate DiMeo Nate DiMeo natedimeo@gmail.com no no Plummeting Approval http://thememorypalace.us/2009/08/episode-17-plummeting-approval/ http://thememorypalace.us/2009/08/episode-17-plummeting-approval/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:41:21 +0000 admin http://thememorypalace.us/?p=325 Continue reading →]]> We roll through a couple of movie score pieces (“piano 1″ from Jon Brion’s Synecdoche, New York soundtrack, “Tissue,” from Thomas Newman’s Little Children soundtrack). Then you’ve got “Temporary Loan” by Edith Frost (from her Calling Over Time record–which is so good, by the way), “Every Day a Sunrise, a Summer,” by Telegraph Melts, and The Hold Steady covering Springsteen’s Atlantic City on a benefit album from an an international organization called WarChild that works on child soldier issues.

Accounts of Sam’s life vary pretty wildly and can be pretty tricky to sort out. One of the best accounts (it’s gotta be the most comprehensive), it seems, is Paul E. Johnson’s book, Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper.

]]> http://thememorypalace.us/2009/08/episode-17-plummeting-approval/feed/ 7 5:05 We roll through a couple of movie score pieces ("piano 1" from Jon Brion's Synecdoche, New York soundtrack, "Tissue," from Thomas Newman's Little Children soundtrack). ... We roll through a couple of movie score pieces ("piano 1" from Jon Brion's Synecdoche, New York soundtrack, "Tissue," from Thomas Newman's Little Children soundtrack). Then you've got "Temporary Loan" by Edith Frost (from her Calling Over Time record--which is so good, by the way), "Every Day a Sunrise, a Summer," by Telegraph Melts, and The Hold Steady covering Springsteen's Atlantic City on a benefit album from an an international organization called WarChild that works on child soldier issues. Accounts of Sam's life vary pretty wildly and can be pretty tricky to sort out. One of the best accounts (it's gotta be the most comprehensive), it seems, is Paul E. Johnson's book, Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper. Episodes, Music, Footnotes & Ephemera Nate DiMeo no no