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A note on shownotes. In a perfect world, you go into each episode of the Memory Palace knowing nothing about what's coming. It's pretentious, sure, but that's the intention. So, if you don't want any spoilers or anything, you can click play without reading ahead.
Music
Philharmonics (Piano Sessions), from Agnes Obel.
Pre-Barok by Mica Levi and Oliver Coates.
Space in Between by Federico Albanese.
Warm Canto by Mal Waldron.
Blink by Hiroshi Yoshimura.
Notes
There are two lovely books I relied on heavily for this story: Something to Prove: A Biography of Ann Lowe, Forgotten Designer by Julia Dockery Smith.
And Rosemary Read's The Threads of Time, Fabric of History.
Episode 75 (The Ballad of Captain Dwight)
Episode 74 (Craning)
Episode 73 (Notes on an Imagined Plaque to be Added to the Statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Upon Hearing that the Memphis City Counci has Voted to Move it and the Exhumed Remains of General
Episode 72 (Run-of-the-River)
Episode 71 (Zulu Charlie Romeo)
Episode 70 (Developments in the Design and Manufacture of American Menswear 1840-1860, a Fable)
Episode 69 (Charlie: God of Rain)
Episode 68 (White Heat, White Lights)
Episode 67 (Every Night Ever)
Episode 66 (The Pirate Queen)
HIgh Above Lake Michigan: Special Platinum Edition
Forgotten Things: A Failed Pilot
Itty Bitty Bombs: Special Platinum Edition
The Brothers Booth Schmancy Platinum Remaster Edition
Episode 65 (Two-Dimensional Projectile Motion Problems)
Episode 64 (The 7th Story)
Episode 63 (Other Bodies)
Episode 62 (We've Forgotten James Powell)
Episode 61 (The Glowing Orbs)
Episode 60 (400,000 Stars)
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