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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 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 NotesIf you want to dive super deep into this topic, there's a fantastic history done by Patrick Feaster for the National Park Service. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm. 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 Migratory Birds by Western Skies Motel Artifact 3 by Ryan Teague Barcelona by Alex Kozobolis Feel First Life by Jon Hopkins Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm. 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. 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 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm. 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 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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This is a special episode commissioned by Aspen Ideas: Health and originally performed at the 2026 festival in Aspen, Colorado. Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm. 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. MusicThe Barr Brothers play Static Orphans Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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