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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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A Note on Notes:

I always prefer that the listener goes into each episode cold, not knowing what it's going to be about. So, you might want to tread carefully, as there are spoilers in the notes below. 

Music

 • L'espagne pour memoire by Michel Portal

 • Find me Tomorrow from Christophe Beck's score to Charlie Countryman

 • The old Soviet philharmonic plays some Shostakovich.

 • The London Symphony Orchestra plays The Blue Danube Waltz.

 • We hear Walt by Mother Falcon.

 • Sombolero by Luiz Bonfa

Notes

 • Like a lot of people below, say, 55, I first heard about Olga Fikotova-Connolly when reading her 
obituary • in the New York Times.

 • By far the best thing you can do if you want to know more about her is track down her out-of-print memoir, 
The Rings of Destiny • , which, despite its rather puffed-up title, is so warm and detailed and intimate. It's a delight. 

 • You might also enjoy this 
late-in-life interview • with Olga as well. 

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Episode 218: Olga

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