the memory palace » Science 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 » Science 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 Ben Franklin Death Ray http://thememorypalace.us/2009/04/episode-9/ http://thememorypalace.us/2009/04/episode-9/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:35:35 +0000 admin http://thememorypalace.us/?p=174 Continue reading →]]> That’s The Faire Folk by Lightning Bolt. Who are among of the best things about being from Providence, Rhode Island.

I first heard about the British fear of Franklin when I interviewed a Harvard Professor named Joyce Chaplin about her book The First Scientific American for a public affairs show out here in L.A.. It’s archived: http://www.scpr.org/programs/zocalo/index.html

]]> http://thememorypalace.us/2009/04/episode-9/feed/ 14 2:21 That’s The Faire Folk by Lightning Bolt. Who are among of the best things about being from Providence, Rhode Island. I first heard about the ... That’s The Faire Folk by Lightning Bolt. Who are among of the best things about being from Providence, Rhode Island. I first heard about the British fear of Franklin when I interviewed a Harvard Professor named Joyce Chaplin about her book The First Scientific American for a public affairs show out here in L.A.. It’s archived: http://www.scpr.org/programs/zocalo/index.html Episodes, Music, Footnotes & Ephemera Nate DiMeo no no The World Within the World http://thememorypalace.us/2009/03/episode-8/ http://thememorypalace.us/2009/03/episode-8/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:14:34 +0000 admin http://thememorypalace.us/?p=168 Continue reading →]]> We’ve got three pieces from Jon Brion’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack. Since discovering it, I now worry that I’m going to get lazy and only use pieces from Jon Brion soundtracks because it turns out that they’re pretty great. The other song is Quartet for Four Tubas by some guy named P. Holmes (which sounds like a terrible hip hop name) and is played by The British Tuba Quartet. Which sounds like it would be a terrible piece of music but is actually kind of wonderful.

]]> http://thememorypalace.us/2009/03/episode-8/feed/ 1 5:21 We’ve got three pieces from Jon Brion’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack. Since discovering it, I now worry that I’m going to ... We’ve got three pieces from Jon Brion’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack. Since discovering it, I now worry that I’m going to get lazy and only use pieces from Jon Brion soundtracks because it turns out that they’re pretty great. The other song is Quartet for Four Tubas by some guy named P. Holmes (which sounds like a terrible hip hop name) and is played by The British Tuba Quartet. Which sounds like it would be a terrible piece of music but is actually kind of wonderful. Episodes, Music, Footnotes & Ephemera Nate DiMeo no no