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the memory palace

the memory palace

Written by: Nate DiMeo
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  • Episode 249: The Case of The Box
    Oct 15 2026

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    Music

    • A couple from Quincy Jones' score to The Mirage: Turtle's Last Leap and Boobie Baby.
    • The Jeweler from Bernard Hermann's score to The Day the Earth Stood Still.
    • Topsy from the might Chico Hamilton Quintet.
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    10 mins
  • Episode 125: Snakes!
    Oct 1 2026

    This episode was originally released in April of 2018.


    The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate.

    Music

    • We hear Ferris Wheel by Gabor Szabo from one of his better late sixties records.
    • Herman's Malt from Jeff Russo's score to Fargo Season 2.
    • David Goes Hunting from Larry Groupe's score to Straw Dogs.
    • Double Portrait by Double Edge from the album, U.S. Choice.
    • A snippet of Idea of Order at Kyson Point from an album Brian Eno did with Tom Rogerson.
    • Bicycles and Flasks by Dan Romer.
    • A bit of Il Tamoure dei Bambini from Piero Umiliani's score to Le Isole Dell'amore
    • A Naga Swaram-Snake Charmers Melody from Folk Music of India
    • Finishes out on Completely Gone from Ludwig Goransson's score to Everything Everything.
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    15 mins
  • Episode 248: The Last Game
    Sep 17 2026

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    Music

    • Why, Buzzardman, Why? by the great Alabastar DePlume.
    • Plantwood (Day) by Lynn Avery and Cole Pulice
    • Shut Up World (Extended) from Ben Sollee's gorgeous score to a movie called Maidentrip.

    Notes

    • I really enjoyed reading Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville.
    • If you're ever researching old baseball stuff, you want to head over to the site maintained by the fine folks at the Society for Baseball Research. There, you can read about Frank Howard, for instance.
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    17 mins
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