Episode summary: Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about leaving places behind. From zip wiring over the Iron Curtain, to reflecting on lost connections with your country of origin and a poem remembering the thousands of people lost to the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Zip Wi...

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Episode summary: How more people would solve (some of) America’s problems.

Episode summary: The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independent podcasts from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show no...

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Episode summary: Short documentaries and adventures in sound about quiz shows and queries for an uncertain future. Presented by Josie Long. Google Oracle Produced by Annina Lehmann The $64,000 Question Produced by Jodie Taylor from Fat Rat Films The Interview Featuring Laura Barton Production team:...

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Episode summary: David talks to the American historian Jill Lepore about the damage new technology can do to democracy, from the 1960s to the present. Who first tried to manipulate the minds of the electorate? Where did the money come from? What happened when the same technology was applied to fight...

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Episode summary: What had Mary Midgley so incredibly angry in the 1980’s, and what did she do about it?

Episode summary: Our episode with Justin Townes Earle was scheduled to run next month. But after we heard about Earle’s passing over the weekend, we decided to put it out sooner. It’s a deeply sad conversation in some places. Especially given his passing. However, it’s also incredibly soulful, funny...

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Episode summary: The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independent podcasts from PRX. A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show no...

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Episode summary: There have been many waves of panic and resistance to new people moving into the public sphere and needing accommodation. And a focus of that panic has often been… public bathrooms. The debate about trans bathroom access became a big national story a little over five years ago after...

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Episode summary: This week we talk about the politics of incompetence: when does it matter and when can politicians get away with it. Have repeated u-turns during the pandemic damaged the government? Has Nicola Sturgeon had a better crisis than Boris Johnson or is it just competence theatre? Is the...

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