Comments on: Fifty Words Written After Learning the Arctic Bowhead Whale Can Live up to Two Hundred Years

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:03:13 +0000

I still listen to this at least once a month. Just beautiful.

By: A wolf

A wolf — Tue, 31 May 2016 13:02:38 +0000

This moved me to tears almost instantly. What a beautiful, succinct commentary on the age of passionate (and effective) conservation in the face of inevitable (and devastating) climate disruption.
Thank you.

By: Tamara Al-Kasey

Tamara Al-Kasey — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 23:08:57 +0000

What is the music in the episode?

By: Sonia

Sonia — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 06:52:24 +0000

Absolutely beautiful.

By: Off to a Good Start | Alex Weller

Off to a Good Start | Alex Weller — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:03:46 +0000

[…] that make the story resonate. For a brief intro, I recommend Episode 11 (The Brothers Booth) and Episode 50 (Fifty Words Written After Learning that the Arctic Bowhead Whale Can Live up to 200 […]

By: C.K. Cutright

C.K. Cutright — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:37:59 +0000

This was short and sweet. To those complaining of the brevity, maybe you should try to write something so precise and elegant. I doubt you could do it. I know I couldn’t. I found this page while searching for a transcript. I was introduced to this podcast when I heard these few words. I’ve spent the last several hours listening to all the podcasts I could find, and have now subscribed to it. However, I doubt many will be able to stand up to this piece.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 19:13:49 +0000

This was brief but wonderful. I had to immediately listen to it a second time.

By: Kathleen kosel

Kathleen kosel — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:46:14 +0000

Kinda like the short but memorable gettysburg address. Who remembers the other speeches?
i loved the well chosen 50 words…very haunting take on our view of earth and its lifeforms

By: Ginny

Ginny — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:56:24 +0000

Beautiful. Like a haiku. Thank you.

By: Podcast Suggestions {Earth Day Edition} -

Podcast Suggestions {Earth Day Edition} - — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:04:05 +0000

[…] Memory Palace – Lost Pigeons & The Arctic Bowhead Whale – This is a super short podcast, only about three minutes, but that’s one of the […]

By: Rae

Rae — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:48:21 +0000

This is so moving, Nate. It reminds me of this whale I’ve been hearing about whose call is at a frequency that other whales can’t understand… It is such a beautiful, lonely story…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2014/08/27/_52_blue_the_loneliest_whale_in_the_world.html

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:23:26 +0000

What a wonderful episode. I was really moved by the sadness of the shrinking population followed by happiness of the growth. Despite its short length, like a well written haiku, the limited number of words tell a story well beyond what the length would suggest.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 14:42:03 +0000

Beautiful. Tears.

By: "Little Moments of Wonder": A Conversation with Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace | US History Scene

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:49:13 +0000

[…] DiMeo tells history in stories that are touching, revealing, emotional, and small. Really small. One of them is fifty words long. Most pieces are around ten minutes, and DiMeo tries to pare down historical narratives to their […]

By: Ferule Flop

Ferule Flop — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:07:18 +0000

Poetry. Very refreshing. I hope you come up with more of these gems in the future. Like all good poems, I just keep listening to it over and over again. Again, I say very refreshing.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:49:01 +0000

As is the case in life, quality quite often is more important than quantity, and I think it takes a “special kind” of mind to feel short changed by a free service.

At the very least I wish my Writting had 1% of Nate’s sublime beauty.

Keep up the good work Memory Palace.

By: charlie

charlie — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:05:05 +0000

What’s the last sentence on the episode?

By: McWhiskers

McWhiskers — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:34:45 +0000

I had never listened to your podcasts and am still not sure what they are about. But this made me so sad because it summarizes what humans do to the world around them. I will remember it and use it as an opening quote when I write my phd… Thank you for that!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:53:09 +0000

Really great! Thank you so much!

By: Maia

Maia — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:15:27 +0000

I am truly in love with your podcast. I’ve listened for years, and this is the first time I’ve been moved to comment. Thank you for such a beautiful piece – it made my day so much better.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:27:18 +0000

Dur, now I get it. 50th episode, 50 words, nice.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:37:04 +0000

I liked the episode–it was kind of like flash fiction. I actually listened to it twice.

What was the source for the 50 words? A newspaper? A speech?

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:27:40 +0000

It’s a free podcast; be thankful this happens at all, Wesley.

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:09:17 +0000

Seems like a month well spent to me. Keep it up Nate

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:04:25 +0000

Dear Wesley,
I’m sure you’re swell, and meant no harm in what you said. BUT
I can’t help being inclined to softly pat you on the back leaving behind a sign that says
“I appreciate very little and feel I deserve everything.
Please procede to kick me.”
But my childhood is over, so I will refrain from such inclinations and instead say:
Dear Wesley,
I hope somehow you will recover from your disbelief and sensations of ridiculousness.

Kind regards,
Angela

By: chamblee54

chamblee54 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:45:57 +0000

Here is a 44 word post about this episode. http://chamblee54.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/whale-tail/

By: Whale Tail « Chamblee54

Whale Tail « Chamblee54 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:42:51 +0000

[…] Palace has a new episode, Fifty Words Written After Learning the Arctic Bowhead Whale Can Live up to Two Hundred Years. One mythical whale escaped the Nantucket whalers in 1850, and heard thousands of animals singing. . […]

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:31:57 +0000

Well… Not sure what Wesley’s problem is. I thought it was just as poignant as all the other beautifully succinct episodes of this podcast. Keep it up, Nate! 😉

By: Barron Bichon

Barron Bichon — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:27:50 +0000

Happy 50th, Nate! Anxious to hear the next 50 (even the short ones)!

By: JJT

JJT — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:31:01 +0000

You have some nerve wasting an entire month in jury duty when We, the public, demand that you release free podcasts of a certain length and “unRidiculousness”. UnCease and unDesist or we shall be forced to contact our solicitors.

And by solicitors, I mean cats wearing rumpled suits and tiny bowler hats.

By: God Almighty

God Almighty — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:02:18 +0000

Hmmm, afte reviewing the facts I have decided that Wesley is right, and I am herby debiting him an addtional minute and a half of life to him so that he won’t feel his time was shorted. In return I ask him to complain less about things he gets for free.

Now I have to go set up the incoming call system for the Super Bowl. You all be nice out there!

By: admin

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:10:44 +0000

In reply to Wesley. For real?

By: Wesley

Wesley — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:48:36 +0000

Unbelievable! I waited a month and a half, hoping to get a memory palace update and what was released on the iTunes podcast was a podcast that lasted slightly more than a minute. This is what results from a month and a half of effort? Ridiculous.