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- Leave Nothing Unsaid: Keeping Family Memories Alive After Loss
When a fire took her home, Anne Albertson learned what a fire takes, and what it can’t.
They were safe, and she is grateful. But the hardest part came after: learning to be grateful and heartbroken at the same time.
In this episode of The Memory Project, Andrew Laffoon, CEO and Co-founder of Mixbook, sits down with Anne for an honest conversation about loss. Anne calls this a hard story to tell but she tells it with humor, grace, and the belief that even after loss, life keeps moving forward. They talk about what survives when the objects are gone, how a family rebuilds one small detail at a time, and why the memory Anne holds closest has no object attached to it at all.
If you are carrying a loss of your own, press play. Then call someone you love, and leave nothing unsaid.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction: What Grief Does to Memory
1:18 The Morning of the Fire
3:24 The Farm, and Four Generations in One House
5:57 What Survived
7:58 What Couldn't Be Replaced
10:40 Why She Photographs Everything Now
12:07 Nine Months Later: Insurance, Inventory, and a Cabin
14:25 Rebuilding on the Same Footprint
14:56 This Wasn't Her First Time Starting Over
17:00 Why the Objects Mattered
19:39 What No One Can Take From You
20:02 Her Advice: Take Pictures, Leave Nothing Unsaid
20:53 "It's Never Too Late"
23:24 Her Most Meaningful Memory
25:25 Closing Reflections
Presented by Mixbook
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27 min - How Memory Shapes You: What a Core Memory Really Is
What if memory isn’t just something you have, but the very thing you’re made of?
In this episode of The Memory Project, host Andrew Laffoon sits down with cognitive psychologist and Palo Alto University provost Dr. Christie Chung to explore how memories don’t just record your life — they shape who you become.
Memory isn’t a filing cabinet. It’s an ongoing personal narrative, and every time you revisit it, you rewrite it. Dr. Chung breaks down the science behind why emotional moments stick, what “core memories” actually are (and why the concept is more complicated than it sounds), and how nostalgia can be less about the past and more about building your future.
You’ll also learn why family traditions matter more than you think, how storytelling is hardwired into the brain, and how to use your memories — painful ones included — to give your life more meaning and direction.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction: What If Memory Is What You're Made Of
0:43 Is "Core Memory" Real? What Inside Out Invented
3:27 How Memory Builds Your Sense of Self
5:22 Trauma, Crucible Moments, and Redemptive Stories
7:11 Why Photo Books Change What You Remember
10:14 Rose and Thorn: A Family Memory Ritual
12:01 Is Nostalgia Bad for You?
13:19 The Positivity Effect in Aging, and What It Misses
15:51 How Nostalgia Helps You Imagine the Future
18:11 Dr. Chung's Most Meaningful Memory
21:47 Memory as Storytelling
25:09 Core Memories and Neural Networks
26:25 How to Keep Your Memory Sharp as You Age
29:20 Closing Takeaways
Presented by Mixbook
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31 min - How Memory Actually Works
You remember it perfectly. The problem is that you rewrote it the last time you told the story.
Cognitive psychologist Dr. Christie Chung, provost at Palo Alto University, joins Mixbook CEO and co-founder Andrew Laffoon to explain what your brain actually does when you remember. Memories aren't recordings. You reconstruct them every time you bring them up, which means they change, and that turns out to be a feature, not a flaw.
In this episode:
- Why long-term memory has no limit, and what does hold you back
- Why photos, music and smells unlock memories nothing else can reach
- Flashbulb memories, and why even 9/11 memories shift over time
- What Alzheimer's takes first, and why older memories hold on longest
- The memory palace, and a two-second habit change that builds new connections
Memory isn't a perfect record of your life. It's the story you keep telling, and you get a say in how it's told.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction: The Memory You'd Bet Money On
0:57 Is Memory a Recording? Why Memories Are Reconstructed
2:20 How Rehearsal Strengthens Memory
4:53 Nostalgia and Imagining the Future
7:09 Why We Forget, and Which Cues Bring Memories Back
9:31 Flashbulb Memories: Are They Really Photographs?
12:05 Memory as Story: Why Our Past Gets Reframed
14:48 Is Memory Limitless? How Neural Connections Grow It
23:12 The Memory Palace Technique
24:47 The File Drawer Analogy
26:26 Is Technology Changing How We Remember?
28:38 Alzheimer's and Memory: What Goes First
32:18 Why Older Adults Retell the Same Stories
33:59 How a Memory Scientist Handles Her Own Memories
37:03 Key Takeaways and What's Next
Presented by Mixbook
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39 min - Welcome to The Memory Project
On The Memory Project, Mixbook CEO and co-founder Andrew Laffoon talks with psychologists, researchers, and storytellers who study how memory works and the role it plays in our lives. Each episode pairs research with real stories, exploring how memory shapes identity, how families hold onto what matters, and how we navigate loss, milestones, and everything in between.
You'll leave each episode with something you can use: a new way to think about memory, ideas for capturing and remembering important moments, or a reason to call someone today. The Memory Project is part of Mixbook's ongoing work to understand, preserve, and celebrate the memories that make us who we are. Subscribe to The Memory Project so you never miss an episode.
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Presented by Mixbook
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About The Memory Project
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On The Memory Project, Mixbook CEO and co-founder Andrew Laffoon talks with psychologists, researchers, and storytellers who study how memory works and the role it plays in our lives. Each episode pairs research with real stories, exploring how memory shapes identity, how families hold onto what matters, and how we navigate loss, milestones, and everything in between.
You'll leave each episode with something you can use: a new way to think about memory, ideas for capturing and remembering important moments, or a reason to call someone today. The Memory Project is part of Mixbook's ongoing work to understand, preserve, and celebrate the memories that make us who we are.