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- Episode 243: The Brothers Switzer
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- A Story and a Song (A Memory Palace/Song Exploder Crossover Event)
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- Episode 242: The Handwriter
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- Episode 122: Hercules
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- Episode 241: Stay Gold
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- Episode 240: Islanders
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- Pinch hitting!
With Nate surprisingly sidelined, his friends and fellow Radiotopians at This Day save (This) day. Here's the show description: In our new series "50 Weeks That Shaped America," we're headed to January 1920 and the first night of Prohibiti…
- Public Domain Theater 2026
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- Nate's Favorite Episode of the Year: Emma and the Trail
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- Episode 239: Blank Pages
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- From The Memory Palace Audiobook: Fine New England Granite
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- Episode 238: The Crypt of Thornwell Jacobs
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- A Teach-In for History
On Sunday, October 26th, 2025, Nate DiMeo of this here show, The Memory Palace, and his friends and colleagues at his fellow Radiotopia show, This Day, will be holding a good, old-fashioned teach-in in defense of history and museums curren…
- Episode 237: Vigil
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- Episode 133: Antidisestablishmentarianism
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- Episode 236: The Times
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- Summer Reading: Two Transcendent Poems About Public Transportation
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- Episode 235: The Girls, their Teachers, their Parents
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- Episode 234: Looking for Parking, Late Winter, 1996
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- Episode 233: Nan + Warren
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- A White Horse
.The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. 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. Le…
- Episode 232: Oh, Herbert Morrison
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- Episode 231: On Dexter Avenue
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- Episode 230: Helen Hulick Takes the Stand
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- Episode 229: Teammates
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- Episode 228: Free Time
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- Episode 227: A Brief Note Written After Learning the National Parks Service Removed the word Transgender from Stonewall'
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- Episode 176: The Air and the Sea and the Land
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- Episode 226: A Wild One
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- Episode 225: Emma and the Trail
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- Stories About The Memory Palace Audiobook
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- Episode 224: Two Postcards
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- Nate on Atlas Obscura
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- Nate DiMeo and Pablo Torre Find Out
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- Sutro and the Tides
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- Episode 150: Late One Night
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- Episode 222: Ferminia Sarras
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- Episode 221: Ken Allen
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- Episode 220: The Zipper
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- Episode 219: Lost Jobs
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 an…
- A White Horse
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 an…
- Episode 218: Olga
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. 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 spoile…
- Hazel, Mark, and a One-Time Juliet
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Traffico from Carlo Rustichelli's score to Divorzio All'Italiana and Una Braveta, from his score to Amici Miei. Tema Grottesco from Giovanni Fusco's score to L'avventura. Gl…
- Episode 216: Awake
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music A synth stab from As if it Would Have a Universal and Memorable Ending by Shane Carruth's score to his film, Upstream Color, a movie I love deeply. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes b…
- Episode 215: An Eighth Wonder
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Momento Ritmico and Papete aru by Piero Umiliani Opus 13 from Sven Libaek's score to The Set French Doll by Larry Ashmore and David Francis The wonderful Sewentuwa by Hailu…
- Episode 214: Newsboy
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Un geant dans la mer and Triste soiree III from the score to Marie et les naufrages by the genius, Sebastian Tellier. Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors. Roc…
- Episode 213: The Light and the Spirits
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Abisme by Shida Shahadi Ellen’s Image from Lalo Schiffiren’s genius score to The Fox Circulation by H. Takahasi Liquid Spear Waltz from Michael Andrews’ score to Donnie Dark…
- Episode 212: David Mills
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Una Bravata from Carlo Rustichelli’s score to Amici Miei. Sunshine on Fish Skin by Girls in Airports. The Vienna Glass Armonica Duo performs Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Harmon…
- Episode 211: Cutting and Ned
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Music Je ne pas si c’est tout le monde - Theme Comedie from Vincent Delerm’s score to the film of the same, long name. Forbin’s Hi Fi from Michel Colombier’s score to Colossus: Th…
- Smoky and Bill, a Holiday Card
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. This is a special holiday bonus episode, a sequel to Episode 210. You’ll want to listen to that one first. Music The Parisienne by the Henri Crolla Ensemble Violette… by Philippe…