Episode summary: The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia. Music First up is Requiem from Nico Muhly’s score to How to Talk to Girls at Parties. November by Colleen. Edward Hong’s arrangement of Sleep from the Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble. The solo version of Broad Channel by Bing...

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Episode summary: In this episode, I talk about my thoughts on the Apple Event today and their upcoming services: Apple News+, Apple Arcade, Apple TV+ and the new Apple Card. Links and Show Notes - Apple Keynote Event, March 2019 - Apple News+ - Apple Arcade - Apple TV+ - Apple Card You can find all...

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Episode summary: There’s an industry of people working to eliminate bad police behavior. They’re not activists or protestors. They’re insurers.

Episode summary: The Soviet Union faces a series of funerals for elderly heads of state; meanwhile the nation falls in love with a “citizen diplomat” from America, a young girl. Popular daytime TV host Phil Donahue agrees to co-host a spacebridge with Vladimir Pozner, a multi-lingual Soviet known fo...

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Episode summary: Debt: we live in a culture of credit with a dramatic surge in private borrowing due to wage stagnation over several decades. Many people will now be indebted until death. Johnna Montgomerie,Reader in International Political Economy King’s College London, tells Laurie Taylor why she...

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Episode summary: In 1998, Patty McCord joined a new company called Netflix. Her title was chief talent officer. And over the next ten years as Netflix grew (and grew), she and CEO Reed Hastings built a new kind of workplace. They threw out all the usual rules — no more expense authorization forms or...

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Because this episode originally came from my huffduffer stream, rather than the original podcast page, my script is not picking up any of the relevant details. One to think about for the future. Maybe I need to ensure that when I huffduff something, I always add a descripti...

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Episode summary: Falling space debris sparks an adventure across continents - and underpants dangling from a tree push a woman into a downward spiral. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about The Descent. The King and I Produced by Natalie Kestecher Skylab Featuring Stan...

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Episode summary: We take the wider European view this week, catching up with the latest developments in Italy and France. A year on from the Italian elections, who is up and who is down in the coalition between the League and Five Star? What is China up to in Italy? Has Macron really got his mojo ba...

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Episode summary: At the start of another momentous week, David catches up with Helen to explore some of the long term implications of the Brexit crisis. Is lasting damage being done to constitutional government in the UK? Can the Brexiteers still have their cake and eat it? And is the story of There...

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