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Episode summary: Judges now want us to know they’re human. But maybe we’d be better off if we didn’t know.
Episode summary: The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts. Music We start off with a touch of Hills in the Rain, by Simon Rackham. Go to a bit of Narkopop 1 by Gas. Then gaze in wonder to Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise, as perf...
Episode summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most destructive riots in London’s history, which reached their peak on 7th June 1780 as troops fired on the crowd outside the Bank of England. The leader was Lord George Gordon, head of the Protestant Association, who objected to the relaxing of...
Episode summary: An extra episode with Adam Tooze to catch up on the latest in the US/China trade wars. What’s really at stake and what does Trump want? Is this about economics or security? What does it say about the future of capitalism? And where does Joe Biden fit in? With Helen Thompson.
Episode summary: The New Yorker’s marquee investigative journalist, Jane Mayer has been a thorn in the side of three presidents, two Supreme Court justices, and, most recently, Fox News. She tells Alec stories from her investigations into Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas, and talks about what drew her...
Episode summary: What kind of person makes a neutral referee? It’s not the kind of person you think.
Episode summary: At the beginning of April, during the Hearsay International Audio Arts Festival, a little marquee in the main square of Kilfinane, a small mountain village, saw a steady stream of visitors enter. They would put on a pair of headphones, listen for a few minutes, and come out beaming...
Episode summary: This month, we asked the Radiotopians about their guilty pleasures — the things they secretly enjoy but would rather not tell anyone about (except for all of you, of course). In this episode you’ll hear: Joe Richman, Manoush Zomorodi, Jen Poyant, Jonathan Mitchell, Phoebe Judge, Lau...
Episode summary: This past fall, two hundred people gathered at The Explorer’s Club in New York City. The building was once a clubhouse for famed naturalists and explorers. Now it’s an archive of ephemera and rarities from pioneering expeditions around the globe. But this latest gathering was held t...
Episode summary: Dave Morin’s love for the internet began when he was a geeky kid in Montana. By his early 20s, it had led him to Apple and then to Facebook, where he became employee number 29. He helped the company innovate, pursuing a deeply-held mission: letting people be themselves and share the...