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Nate DiMeo

the memory palace

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Music

 • Yes/And plays In My Heaven, All My Faucets are Fountains

 • Two from Andrew Hewitt's score to Submarine: Jill Tate and Pamphlet

 • Plantasia by Mort Gerson

 • Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood as performed by Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble

 • Library Chant from Michael Andrews' wonderful score to Me and You and Everyone We Know

 • Takahiro Kido's 3-Sized PF

Notes

 • If you want to dive super deep into this topic, there's a 
fantastic history • done by Patrick Feaster for the National Park Service. 

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Episode 247: Babies

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Music

 • Migratory Birds by Western Skies Motel

 • Artifact 3 by Ryan Teague

 • Barcelona by Alex Kozobolis

 • Feel First Life by Jon Hopkins

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Episode 246: Last Standing

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Flashing back a decade to the recording of A Song of Myself Nate did in a hotel room in Phoenix ahead of the 2016 Presidential election. 

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A Song of Myself

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This episode was originally produced in July of 2015. 

Music

 

* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score.

* The opening loop is from Mr. Knight from Coltrane Plays the Blues, which you should own. 

* The violin piece is Occam II for Violin, a piece by Silvia Tarozzi, played by Pauline Oliveros.

* Next up is Mikuro's Blues from the mighty David S. Ware' mighty Go See the World.

* The amazing orchestral pieces is Triumph by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Nino from Fill the Heart- Shaped Cup 

* Finally, there's 13 Ghosts II by Nine Inch Nails from Ghosts I-IV

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Episode 66: White Heat/White Lights

This is a special episode commissioned by Aspen Ideas: Health and originally performed at the 2026 festival in Aspen, Colorado. 

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Music

 • The Barr Brothers play Static Orphans

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Rush, Hall, Bartlett, and Thornton

This episode was originally released in 2016 in the days after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It is re-released every year on the anniversary of the incident.

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A White Horse

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Music

 • The Barr Brothers play Static Orphans

 • Resavoir plays Facets

 • We hear Le mort de l'enfant from Hikaru Hayashi's score to The Naked Island.

 • South Seas by David Pike

 • Trust in Me from Sould Flutes

 • Flowering Jasmine from Gidon Kremer

 • Tesko Mi Je Zabrovit Tebe from Branko Mataja. 

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Episode 245: The Self-Believer, or Hasting by Musket and Sextant

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Music

 • Two (Duvet and Correspondences) from Laurie Torres' gorgeous album, Après coup.

Notes

 • I implore you to get lost in the interactive map at l
ivingnewdeal.org • . And then go out in the woods.

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Episode 244: Pathways

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Music

 • The Skydiver from the great Lalo Schiffrin's score to the quite poor, The Mask of Sheba.

 • Charlie Megira plays The Girl Who was Frightened of Ashtrays

 • Ellen's Image from the great Lalo Schiffrin's score to the quite excellent, The Fox.

 • What if... from Keegan Dewitt's score to the quite charming, Heart Beats Loud.

Notes

 • There was a very good 
article • in Cabinet Magazine by Christopher Turner about the Switzer Brothers that includes excerpts from an unpublished autobiography from Bob. 

 • I also really enjoyed 
this one • from Liz Stinson about the science and art of Day Glo. 

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Episode 243: The Brothers Switzer

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You can hear Rollercoaster and more of Hrishi's music at Hrishikesh.co. Pre-order his new album wherever you do that sort of thing!

Music

 • Halcyon and Photosynteses and Embryo by H. Takehashi

 • Intro by Library Tapes

 • The Florist Wears Knee Breeches by M. Sage

Notes

 • I found Andrew Isenberg's book, The Destruction of the Bison, An Environmental History, completely fascinating.

 • If you want to do a deep dive on Madison Grant, I'd recommend Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant by John Peter Spiro.

 • If you want to do a deep dive on the Catalina Buffalo, this 
site • is a fun place to start.

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A Story and a Song (A Memory Palace/Song Exploder Crossover Event)

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Music

Inception by radio.string.quintet.vienna

Julie With by Group Listening

Nice Breeze Isn’t It? by friend of the show, Simon Rackham

Wet by Taylor Deupree

Times Like This II by Jean Kopperud and Stephen Gosling

Broad Channel by Bing and Ruth

Cradle (with Akira) by ghost and tape

Lithosphere by Caoimhin O Raghellagh 

and by Caoimhin O Raghelagh and Thomas Bartlett

Notes

 • You can find the website I mentioned 
here • ; it’s a one-stop shop, really, for information on the 6888t. .

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Episode 207: The Six Triple Eight

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