the memory palace

Episode 106 (A Washington Monument)

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Music

  • We hear three pieces of Matthew Robert Cooper's score to Some Days Are Better Than Others: Expectation, Drifting, and Katrina Outtake.

    • Notes

    • If you want the story of the construction of the actual Washington Monument, you could check out John Steele Gordon's book.
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