List of The Memory Palace episodes
This is a list of The Memory Palace episodes currently produced and distributed by Radiotopia and hosted by Nate DiMeo.
List of episodes
No. | Episode title | Subject | Music (song/album, musician) | Release date |
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2008 | ||||
1 | "Horrible Deaths" | Five accounts that have inspired "horrible death" headlines in newspapers. | "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" by Nina Simone[1] | 12 November 2008[1] |
2 | "Lost Pigeons" | Extinction of passenger pigeons | Live from a Shark Cage by Papa M[2] | 20 December 2008[2] |
2009 | ||||
3 | "High Societies" | In Middle Ages Europe, people often drank wine instead of contaminated water. In early 1500s Netherlands, Hieronymus Bosch's art style was influenced by ergotism. Saint Catherine of Siena started a trend of eating disorders due to her devotion to God. | The Beatles[3] Prince[3] "Swiss Ex-Lover" by Fight Bite[3] | 13 January 2009[3] |
4 | "Itty Bitty Bombs" | Bat bombs | Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 "Quasi una Fantasia" by Kronos Quartet[4] "Berlin by Overnight" by Max Richter[4] | 22 January 2009[4] |
5 | "Oh My!" | Central Park Zoo in 1932 | Young Prayer by Panda Bear[5] | 30 January 2009[5] |
6 | "The Saddest President" | Franklin Pierce | "Pastoral" by Moondog[6] | 17 February 2009[6] |
7 | "Li’l Nipper" | In 1909-1913 Pennsylvania, a "nipper" was a dangerous coal mine job intended for small boys to regulate breathable air. | "A Painting" by Growing[7] "Reminisce Over You" by Pete Rock and CL Smooth[7] | 9 March 2009[7] |
8 | "The World Within the World" | Walter Siegmeister and his views on Hollow Earth theory | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack by Jon Brion[8] "Quartet for Four Tubas" by The British Tuba Quartet[8] | 26 March 2009[8] |
9 | "Ben Franklin Death Ray" | British fear of Benjamin Franklin | "The Faire Folk" by Lightning Bolt[9] | 11 April 2009[9] |
10 | "International Brotherhood of Mothers" | Ann Jarvis, Anna Jarvis, and the creation of Mother's Day | 24 Postcards in Full Color by Max Richter[10] "Maybelle" by Ida[10] | 5 May 2009[10] |
11 | "The Brothers Booth" | Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth | "[T]wo different versions of" "Jynwythek Ylow" by Aphex Twin[11] "Opus 23" by Dustin O'Halloran[11] | 22 May 2009[11] |
12 | "These Words, Forever" | Guglielmo Marconi | "The Road is a Gray Tape," "Broken Symmetries at Y," and "A Sudden Manhattan of the Mind" by Max Richter[12] | 1 June 2009[12] |
13 | "High Above Lake Michigan" | The Ferris Wheel | "Denieres Pensees 1 & 2" by Erik Satie[13] "Rainbow" by Battles[13] "En Gallop" by Joanna Newsom[13] | 16 June 2009[13] |
14 | "The Messrs. Craft" | Ellen and William Craft | "Sunder" by Jersey Turnpike[14] "Roadrunner" by Papa M[14] "Triangles and Rhombuses" by Boards of Canada[14] "Can’t Return (for the Last Time)" by Erik Satie[14] | 6 July 2009[14] |
15 | "Presidente Walker" | William Walker | "Running Thoughts" by Deerhoof[15] "I'm Still Your Fag" by Broken Social Scene[15] "King Kong" and "Chapter" by Psapp[15] "Jupiter" by Jersey Turnpike[15] | 16 July 2009[15] |
16 | "Secret Kitty" | Acoustic Kitty | "Ptah, the El Daoud" by Alice Coltrane[16] "Phantom" and "The Book Lovers" by Broadcast[16] | 24 July 2009[16] |
17 | "Plummeting Approval" | Sam Patch | "piano 1" from the Synecdoche, New York soundtrack by Jon Brion[17] "Tissue" from the Little Children soundtrack by Thomas Newman[17] "Temporary Loan" by Edith Frost[17] "Every Day a Sunrise, a Summer" by Telegraph Melts[17] "Atlantic City" by The Hold Steady[17] | 7 August 2009[17] |
18 | "Dig Set Spike" | The Great Papago Escape | The Descent soundtrack[18] "Caledonia" by Crogmagnon[18] "Volks, Volkswagen Blue" by Gilberto Gil[18] The Great Escape soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein[18] The Fog of War soundtrack[18] "Tuba Concerto II" by James Gourlay[18] | 28 August 2009[18] |
19 | "Dam!" | The Hoover Dam | "from 553 w elm st., logan, illinois (snow)" by Max Richter[19] "triangles and rhombuses" by Boards of Canada[19] | 28 September 2009[19] |
20 | "This Ungainly Fowl" | Edgar Allan Poe | Sonna[20] | 16 October 2009[20] |
21 | "A Gas Gas Gas" | The Mad Gasser of Mattoon | The Omen soundtrack[21] "instrumental from Magical Mystery Tour"[21] The Cove soundtrack[21] | 28 October 2009[21] |
22 | "You Know You’re Sick" | John R. Brinkley | "Minor Swing" by Django Reinhardt[22] Modesty Blaise soundtrack[22] I Heart Huckabees soundtrack[22] "South American Getaway" by Burt Bacharach from the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid soundtrack[22] "Old New Bicycle" by Helvetia[22] | 19 November 2009[22] |
23 | "400 Words for 79th Street" | Minik Wallace | "Shame" by Low[23] "They Marry" and "Philosopher" by Mi and L'au[23] | 10 December 2009[23] |
2010 | ||||
24 | "The Moon in the Sun" | The Great Moon Hoax | "Saint Butt" by Six Organs of Admittance[24] "Snookered" by Dan Deacon[24] "Harmonics" by Fridge[24] | 13 January 2010[24] |
25 | "I Have Not Yet Begun to Rot" | John Paul Jones | "The martial song" from the Horatio Hornblower soundtrack[25] "Dmi We Meet Again?" from the Synecdoche, New York soundtrack by Jon Brion[25] "To Rest Near You" by Rachel's[25] "Something You Can’t Return To" from the Synecdoche, New York soundtrack by Jon Brion[25] "Song for Jesse" from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis[25] "Opus 17" by Dustin O'Halloran from the Marie Antoinette soundtrack[25] "Avril 14" by Aphex Twin from the Marie Antoinette soundtrack[25] | 31 January 2010[25] |
26 | "Citius, Altius, Fortius, Horrendius" | Thomas Hicks and the 1904 Summer Olympics | "Team" by Bon Iver[26] "Main Title to the movie version of" Meet Me in St. Louis[26] "Divino Maravillhoso" by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil[26] "Anma Arkadas" by Erkin Koray[26] "Theme" and "Symphonique #6" by Moondog[26] | 24 February 2010[26] |
27 | "The Sisters Fox" | The Fox sisters | "In California" from Have One on Me by Joanna Newsom[27] "24 Postcards in Full Color" by Max Richter[27] "Song for Jesse" from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis[27] | 12 March 2010[27] |
28 | "Babysitting" | Donald Hornig and the security of the Manhattan Project | "Swisher" by Quickspace[28] "Another Sunday" by Tara Jane O'Neil[28] "In Dark Trees" from Another Green World by Brian Eno[28] "Feedback Annie" by Tara Jane O'Neil and Daniel Littleton[28] "Faire" by Akira Kosemura[28] | 1 April 2010[28] |
29 | "OMG!!! JKP!!" | James K. Polk | "Battle of the Species" by Antibalas[29] | 14 April 2010[29] |
30 | "Nee Weinberg" | Stanley Clifford Weyman | Title sequence from the Tokyo Story soundtrack[30] "The Bunker" by Beirut[30] "a polka from an odd little record" by Federal Music Society[30] Title sequence from the Shoot the Piano Player soundtrack[30] "April" and "Grassland" by Akira Kosumura[30] "Blues for Elvin" by John Coltrane[30] "a little snippet" and "something else" from the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack[30] | 11 May 2010[30] |
31 | "Looking Up" | Halley's Comet in 1910 | "Harrlemstrat 74, apt" from the Modesty Blaise soundtrack[31] "Bubble Bath" by Seely[31] "Last Days of Disco" by Yo La Tengo[31] | 15 June 2010[31] |
32 | "Gigantic" | Hachaliah Bailey and his elephant Old Bet | "I Want Her Back" from the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack[32] "Bees" by Animal Collective[32] "IKEA" from the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack[32] "Marriage" by Akira Kosemura[32] "Over the Ocean" by Low[32] | 3 July 2010[32] |
33 | "Lost Lobsters" | The history of lobsters as food | "Everybody Daylight" by Brightblack Morning Light[33] "the Pills Won’t Help You Now" by The Chemical Brothers[33] "South American Getaway" by the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid soundtrack[33] "I’m Not Going" from the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack[33] | 25 August 2010[33] |
34 | "Soldier Frum" | John Frum | "Vendevel" by Braids[34] "Something" from the Synecdoche, New York soundtrack[34] "Friends" by Mychael Danna & Rob Simonson[34] | 19 September 2010[34] |
35 | "A Brief Eulogy for a Consumer Electronics Product" | The Sony Walkman | "The One That You Love" by Air Supply[35] "If You See a Chance" by Steve Winwood[35] "On Our Way to Fall in Love" by Yo La Tengo[35] | 27 October 2010[35] |
2011 | ||||
36 | "six scenes from the life of william james sidis, wonderful boy" | William James Sidis | "Brand New Day" by Worm is Green[36] "Trois Gymnopedies" by Gary Numan[36] "Gymnopedie" by "(lost the name of the pianist)"[36] "a small piece" from the Please Give soundtrack[36] "a piece" from the Une Parisienne soundtrack[36] "Gymnopedie 2"[36] "My Wave, Your Shore" from an Angel Olsen EP[36] "Drop" by Akira Kosemura[36] "something" from the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack[36] "a piece" from the You Me and Everyone We Know (sic) soundtrack by Michael Andrews[36] "Nag Champa" by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Nino[36] | 7 January 2011[36] |
37 | "Natural Curiosity" | Joice Heth | "opening of the score to the movie" from the Please Give soundtrack[37] "Le Chat Noir" and "Quiet Drive" from the Kings Go Forth soundtrack[37] "The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX" by Sotto Voce[37] | 26 January 2011[37] |
38 | "A Stretch" | Architect Bradford Gilbert and the construction of the Tower Building | "Chickens," "Swamp," and "Squirrels" from Chickens by Orion Riegel Dommisse[38] "Africastle" by Battles[38] Fantastic Mr. Fox soundtrack by Alexandre Desplat[38] | 5 July 2011[38] |
39 | "Road Trip" | Tourists spectate the First Battle of Bull Run of the American Civil War. | "In the Devil’s Territory" by Surfjan Stevens[39] "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" by Nina Simone[39] | 19 August 2011[39] |
40 | "Crazy Bet" | Elizabeth Van Lew | N/A[40] | 29 September 2011[40] |
41 | "Mary, Mary, and Mercy" | Mercy Brown vampire incident | N/A[41] | 28 October 2011[41] |
42 | "What They Saw" | 1913 Gettysburg reunion and Thaddeus S. C. Lowe | "Another Sunday" by Tara Jane O'Neil[42] "Every Day a Sunrise, a Summer Every Year" by Telegraph Melts[42] | 8 November 2011[42] |
43 | "Far Below Lake Michigan" | SS Eastland | N/A[43] | 6 December 2011[43] |
2012 | ||||
44 | "Distance" | Samuel Morse | N/A[44] | 23 March 2012[44] |
* | "Re-up" | "Dig Set Spike", "Nee Weinberg", and "These Words, Forever" | N/A[45] | 11 July 2012[45] |
45 | "Heard, Once" | Jenny Lind and her tour of America | "A Girl’s Tool-Box" by Tattle-Tale[46] "Bible Silver Corner" by Rodan[46] "Some version of Debussy’s Sarabande II (or II. Sarabande, I don’t know how those things go)"[46] "Arm Drawing" from the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack[46] "The opening theme" from the Please Give soundtrack[46] "Old New Bicycle" by Helvetia[46] "a snippet of Beatles in there that I don’t know if anyone else will actually be able to hear"[46] | 25 July 2012[46] |
46 | "After Party" | The Donner Party | "Happy Land" from The Proposition soundtrack[47] "Becalmed" from Brian Eno's Another Green World[47] "Charu’s Theme" from the Charulata and The Darjeeling Limited soundtracks[47] "Five Moods for Two Bassoons" by "Dong-Yun Kwon & someone else"[47] "Malice Afterthought" by Calexico from The Guard soundtrack[47] "Wolkenschatten, op. 136: I Tranquillo" by Gebreuder Ohrentaub from the album Four Brothers[47] | 14 September 2012[47] |
47 | "The Rise and Fall of Rising and Falling" | Roger Babson | N/A[48] | 15 October 2012[48] |
48 | "Picture a Box" | Henry Box Brown | "We Write Threnodies, We Write with Explosions" by Storm and Stress[49] "Improv in E Minor" and "Unknown Tango" by John Fahey[49] "JD002" by Ryuichi Sakamoto from the Derrida soundtrack and "a tiny tone from swiped from somewhere else on that soundtrack that gets used over and over again throughout this episode"[49] "Time Hole" by Jonny Greenwood from The Master soundtrack[49] "a piece from the Lincoln score"[49] "a thing" by Ryuichi Sakamoto from the Babel soundtrack[49] "Prizewinning" by Julianna Barwick[49] | 20 November 2012[49] |
49 | "Dreamland" | Dreamland | "6 Ghosts I" by Nine Inch Nails[50] "Ashley" by Yo La Tengo from the Junebug soundtrack[50] | 14 December 2012[50] |
2013 | ||||
50 | "Fifty Words Written After Learning the Arctic Bowhead Whale Can Live up to Two Hundred Years" | The bowhead whale | N/A[51] | 29 January 2013[51] |
51 | "Giants in Those Days" | The Cardiff Giant | "Music for this one comes largely from various Marcelo Zarvos": the Beastly soundtrack,[52] The Beaver soundtrack,[52] and the Please Give soundtrack[52] "something" by Jon Brion from the ParaNorman soundtrack[52] "L.S.D. Partie" by Roland Vincent[52] "Free Man" by The Ethiopians[52] | 7 March 2013[52] |
52 | "Six Stories" | Six stories on lifting technology, Elisha Otis, and his legacy | "Bluing" by Miles Davis[53] "a piece" by Marcelo Zarvos from The Beaver soundtrack[53] "Weekends Were Difficult" by Thomas Newman from the Little Children soundtrack[53] "Fear" by Russell Garcia from The Time Machine soundtrack[53] "A couple" by Jon Brion from the I Heart Huckabees soundtrack[53] "Church Jazz" by Nina Simone[53] "It's Not Up to Us" by Byard Lancaster[53] | 1 April 2013[53] |
53 | "Guinea Pigs" | Animals in space | "Music with Children: Playing the Recorder" by Grace Nash[54][55] | 8 May 2013[54] |
54 | "Origin Stories" | Nate DiMeo | N/A[56] | 28 June 2013[56] |
55 | "O, How We Danced" | Dance marathons | "Imaginary Foxtrot" by Eric Parking[57] "We Found Love (In a Hopeless Place)" by Rihanna[57] "Snookered" by Dan Deacon[57] "We Danced" by Pavement[57] "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen[57] | 30 July 2013[57] |
56 | "The Rush of the River and the Roar of the Falls" | Frozen Niagara Falls | "To Here Knows When" by My Bloody Valentine[58] "Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar, Bucla Music Box 100, HP Model 236 Oscillator, Electric Guitars, and Computer – Part One" by Keith Fullerton Whitman[58] | 20 September 2013[58] |
57 | "I'm Still Alive" | Premature burials | N/A[59] | 31 October 2013[59] |
58 | "Shadowboxing" | John L. Sullivan | N/A[60] | 17 December 2013[60] |
2014 | ||||
59 | "Harriet Quimby" | Harriet Quimby | "Snowglobe" by Owel[61] | 30 January 2014[62] |
60 | "400,000 Stars" | The Harvard Computers | 23 March 2014[63] | |
61 | "The Glowing Orbs" | John Glenn | 7 June 2014[64] | |
62 | We've Forgotten James Powell | James Powell | “Blue Sands” by the Chico Hamilton | 17 July 2014[65] |
63 | Other Bodies | Jane Froman | 16 October 2014[66] | |
2015 | ||||
64 | The 7th Story | The Incredible Tale of a 1909 Fight to the Death Inside a Moving Elevator | 14 January 2015 | |
65 | Two Dimensional Projectile Motion Problems | William Leonard Hunt, the inventor of the human cannonball, and Rossa Matilda Richter, the first human cannonball. | 16 March 2015 | |
(11) | The Brothers Booth: Special Platinum Edition | Edwin Booth | "“Jynwythek Ylow" by Aphex Twin and covered by Alarm Will Sound,
"Opus 23" by Dustin O’Halloran[67] |
8 April 2015 |
(4) | Itty Bitty Bombs: Special Platinum Edition | Bat bomb | "String Quartet no. 2. Opus 64 'Quasi una Fantasia'" by Henryk Gorecki covered by the Kronos Quartet,
“Berlin by Overnight” by Max Richter[68] |
16 April 2015 |
(V) | Forgotten Things: A Failed Pilot | Newsreels | 8 May 2015 | |
(13) | High Above Lake Michigan: Special Platinum Edition | Ferris wheel | "Avant-dernières Pensées 1 & 2" by Erik Satie,
"Rainbow" by Battles, "En Gallop" by Joanna Newsom[69] |
27 May 2015 |
66 | The Pirate Queen | Eugenia Kelly | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Les Marionettes" by Zbigniew Preisner, "Just Saying" by Jamie XX, "Organ Track" by Nicolai Dunger, "Watusi Bounce" by Bo Diddly, "To a Wild Rose" by Patricia Rossborough, "Six Solos for the Beginning Tuba Player" by Scott Watson, "Library Chant" by Mike Andrews[70] |
21 June 2015 |
67 | Every Night Ever | Martian Monkey | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Green Arrow" by Yo La Tengo, "Ptah, the El Daoud" by Alice Coltrane, “Brother I Prove You Wrong” by Charles Cohen, "Dorian" by Fang Island, "Biking is Better" by Wintergatan[71] |
29 June 2015 |
68 | White Heat, White Lights | Cumberland Hotel | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth, "Mr. Knight" by John Coltrane, "Occam II" by Pauline Oliveros, "Mikuro's Blues" by David S. Ware, "Triumph" by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, "13 Ghosts II" by Nine Inch Nails[72] | 6 July 2015 |
69 | Charlie: God of Rain | Charles Hatfield | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Prologue from the Birth soundtrack", by Alexandre Desplat, "Opus 30" by Dustin O’Hallaran, "Love" by Matthew Herbert, |
13 July 2015 |
70 | Developments in the Design and Manufacture of American Menswear 1840-1860, a Fable | North American fur trade | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Mort D’Eurydice" by Pierre Favre, "Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar, Buchla Music Box 100 (etc.)…Pt. 2" by Keith Fullerton Whitman, "3-Sized PF" by Takahiro Kido, "Arioso" by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson[74] |
20 July 2015 |
71 | Zulu Charlie Romeo | Anita Corsini and Mkano | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"A Nice Day" by The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet, "Ohnono/Kiwembo" by Andrew Bird, "Hay Tantos Muertos" by Marissa Nadler, "Hymn of Silence" by Silencio, "The Day I Saw Your Heart" by Nathan Johnson.[75] |
27 July 2015 |
72 | Run-of-the-River | Celilo Falls | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Mr. Reincarnation" by Alexander Desplat, "Lost Fur, Reprise" by Carter Burwell, "Remembrance" by Charles Ives, "Another Lifetime" by Alexandre Desplat, "Kierling/Doubt" by Max Richters[76] |
3 August 2015 |
73 | Notes on an Imagined Plaque to be Added to the Statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Upon Hearing that the Memphis City Council has Voted to Move it and the Exhumed Remains of General Forrest and his Wife, Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest, from their Current Location in a Park Downtown, to the Nearby Elmwood Cemetery | Nathan Bedford Forrest monument | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Sandra's Theme" by Heather McIntosh, "Largo for Clarinet, Violin and Piano" by Charles Ives, "Runaway" by Olafur Arnalds.[77] |
13 August 2015 |
74 | Craning | Launch of Apollo 11 | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Dance of the Diaper Fairy" and "Snowbound" by Per Storby Jutbring[78] |
20 August 2015 |
75 | The Ballad of Captain Dwight | Edward Dwight | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"There’s Branches" by Keith Kenniff, "The Big Ocean" by Ben Sollee, "Then End of the World" by Dan Romer, "The Sage" by the Chico Hamilton Quintet, "Brand New Day" by Worm is Green, "The Light" by The Album Leaf, "Charlie Countryman" by Christophe Beck, "Ghosts I" by Nine Inch Nails,. |
28 August 2015 |
76 | Mary Walker Would Wear What She Wanted | Mary Edwards Walker | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Rainfall" by David Darling and Michael Jones, "Penelope’s Theme" by Nathan Johnson, "Garde a Vue" and "Le Roi de coeur" by Chantal Martineau, “Opening” by Nathaniel Bartlett, "Geometria del Universo" by Colleen, "Romain’s First Love" by Georges Delarue[80] |
19 October 2015 |
77 | Butterflies | Thomas Midgley Jr. | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
“Adultere bourgeoise” by Paul Misraki, “Night Time Talk” by Stephen J. Anderson, "For the Trees" by Matmos, "P" by Frank Durr, "Fragment II" by Library Tapes.[81] |
27 October 2015 |
78 | no. 116,842 | Margaret E. Knight | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears" by A Winged Victory for the Sullen, "Occam II for Violin" by Silvia Tarrozi, "Eloy" by Deaf Center, "Call" by Julianna Barwick.[82] |
5 November 2015 |
79 | Artist in Landscape | J.J. Audubon | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Brouillard (version 1)" by Georges Delaure, "Waltz" by Mother Falcon, "Please Give" by Marcelo Zarvos, "The Day I Saw Your Heart" by Nathan Johnson, "Nuba 1" by Andrew Cyrille, "Dream 3 (in the Midst of my Life)" by Max Richter, “The Lark Ascending” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. |
12 November 2015 |
80 | Shore Leave | S.S. El Estero | "Harlaamstrat 74" by John Dankworth,
"Andromeda" by Chris McGregor, "Sito" by Pierre Favre and the European Chamber Ensemble, "Green Groves of Erin", Edgar Meyer and Mark O’Connor, |
19 November 2015 |
M.0 | Gallery 742 | Arabella Huntington | Score by Jimmy LaValle | 17 December 2015 |
2016 | ||||
81 | Below, from Above | Working in a caisson to build the Brooklyn Bridge | "Wien" by Labradford,
"Piano 3" by Jon Brion from the Synecdoche, New York score, "Metamorphosis" by Vladimir Ussachevsky, "Fast Pasture" by Todd Reynolds, "Fog Tropes" by Ingram Marshall, "Fragment I" by Library Tapes, "Berceuse" by Alexandra Stréliski |
27 January 2016 |
82 | The Wheel | Robert Smalls | "Metamorphosis I" by Philip Glass performed by Julia Rovinsky,
"Casa Vecchia" by Paul Dresher, "Instrumental" by José González, "Manny Returns Home" by Bernard Hermann from The Wrong Man score, "Mad Rush" by Philip Glass, "Quiet Fan for SK" by P.G. Six, "Particles of the Universe (Heartbeats)" by Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin from the Beasts of the Southern Wild score |
10 February 2016 |
83 | Overland | George Fred Tilton seeks help | "Lacrymae" by Melodium,
"Every Mournful Breath" by Slow Meadow, "Meeting the Neighbors" by Marcelo Zarvos from the Please Give score, "Music for Pieces of Wood" by Steve Reich performed by Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble, "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin, "Frost Trees" by Lalo Schifrin from The Fox score, "Wien" by Labradford |
24 February 2016 |
84 | Homesteading | Settlers of Ross, North Dakota | "I. Permafrost" by Jerseyturnpike,
"This is Home" by Joel P. West from the Short Term 12 score |
9 March 2016 |
85 | AKA Leo | Jackie the lion | "You" by Nils Frahm
"Krolock on the Sledge" by Krzysztof Komeda from The Fearless Vampire Killers score, "Jett Rink Theme" by Dimitri Tiomkin from the Giant score, "Bandshell" by Thomas Newman from the Little Children score, "Opening" by Nathaniel Bartlett, "Meet the Neighbors" by Marcelo Zarvos from the Please Give score |
25 March 2016 |
86 | Finishing Hold | Sam Sheppard, wrestler | "Runaway" by Ólafur Arnalds,
"Debut" by Christopher Ferreira, "Saturday Evening" from Tomasz Bednarczyk, "China Gates" by John Adams, "Wasser-Wunder" by Tibor Szemző, "Invidia" by Deadmau5, "Watching it Unfold" by Lawrence English |
8 April 2016 |
87 | Victory | Charlie Faust | "Portrait Gallery" by Luke Howard,
"Dorval" by Julia Kent, "Gloving It" by Moondog, "Denmark" by The Portland Cello Project, "Afternoon in Paris" by John Lewis and Sacha Distel, "Eine Kleine Gamelan Music" by The Gamelan Son of Lion, "P" by Labradford |
23 April 2016 |
88 | Open Road | Green Book | "Foreign Fields" by Kacy Hill,
"Sun Will Set" by Zoë Keating, "Long Gone" by Sonny Thompson |
19 May 2016 |
89 | Family Snapshot | Charles Duke | "The Homeless Wanderer" by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou,
"To the Right the Enemy, to the Left the Sea" by Simon Rackham, "Stellify" by Francesco Albanese |
3 June 2016 |
90 | A White Horse | White Horse Inn | "Water in Your Hands" by Tommy Guerrero,
"Walzer fur Robert" by Anne Muller, "Talk to the Church" by Gaussian Curve, "Updraught" by Zoë Keating, "Transient Life in Twilight" by James Blackshaw |
16 June 2016 |
91 | Natural Habitat | Ruth Harkness | "Hush-Maker" by Moon Ate the Dark,
"Freudian Slippers" by Chilly Gonzales, "Cherry Blossom Road" by Bibio, "Nice Dream" by radio.string.quartet.vienna, "Blue Eyed Baby from Memphis" by Don Redman and his Orchestra, "Snow Again" by Lambert, "An Old Fashioned Man" and "End of the World" by Dan Romer, "Falling Asleep With a Book on Your Chest" by Lullatone |
2 July 2016 |
92 | Oil, Water | Cuyahoga River fires | "Lacrymae" by Melodium,
"Fables" by Girls in Airports, "Sunflower River Blues" by John Fahey |
14 July 2016 |
93 | Local Channels | Florence Chadwick | "Solitude" by Janis Crunch,
"Like a Bell to a Southerly Wind" by Chequerboard, "Modular Body #7" by Machinefabriek, "After Catalunya" by Ephemetry and Richard J. Birkin, "The Old Favourite" by The Gloaming |
30 July 2016 |
94 | Numbers | Draft lottery broadcast | "Elevator Song" by Keaton Henson,
"Waves" by Abby Gundersen |
26 August 2016 |
95 | Haunting | Washington Phillips | "Lots of Washington Phillips' music",[84]
"As Old Roads" by Goldmund, "Don’t Worry" by Zoë Keating, "1979" by Deru |
16 September 2016 |
96 | Canali | Percival Lowell monitors canals on Mars | "X-Ray" by Youth Lagoon,
"September" by Giles Lamb, "Red Dawn" by Enzo |
30 September 2016 |
M1 | The Met Residency Episode 1: Recent Acquisition | Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze (1851),
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt (1868), Dance in a Subterranean Longhouse at Clearlake, California by Jules Tavernier (1878) |
"Prelude for a Single Snowflake Under Streetlight, Falling Like a Star," "The View from a Foggy Window, or Your Head in the Clouds with a Fever," and "Origami Guitar" by Lullatone,
"Entering Darwin," "On the Atlantic Ocean," "Popcorn and Life," "Shut up World," and "Turning Sixteen" from Ben Sollee, "Wien" by Labradford |
6 October 2016 |
M2 | The Met Residency Episode 2: One Bottle, Any Bottle | Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) by John Singer Sargent (1883-1884),
Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck by Frank Duveneck (1891), Pocket bottle (1815-1840)[85] |
"Pools of Grey" by Jeff Eden Fair and Starr Parodi,
"Ruth & Sylvie" by Daniel Hart, "Lost in Space" by Max Richter, "Wien" by Labradford |
6 October 2016 |
97 | In Line | Literacy tests | "Holding Pattern" by Loscil,
"Secrets you Could Sift" by Mr. Maps, "Requiem on Frankfort Ave" by Eluvium |
14 October 2016 |
98 | Under our Feet | Waterhouse Hawkins' dinosaur models | "Lighthouse Version" and "Leather and Lace" by amiina,
"Mountain Path" by WMD, "Prelude for Piano and Malaria" by Worrytrain, "Manny Returns Home" by Bernard Herrmann from The Wrong Man score, "Krolock on Sledge" by Krzysztof Komeda from The Fearless Vampire Killers score |
28 October 2016 |
99, M3 | Full Circle (The Met Residency Episode 3) | Panoramic View of the Gardens of Versailles by John Vanderlyn (1818—19) | "Falling Asleep with a Book on Your Chest" and "Brass Practice" by Lullatone,
"Moonbow" by aAirial, "L’approche Du Nuage," "Pauvre Simon," and "The Tunnel" by Sylvain Chauveau, "So Long to Scream" by Joshua Moshier from the Good Enough score |
21 November 2016 |
100 | Peregrinar | 1966 farmworker march, from Delano to Sacramento, led by Cesar Chavez and others; part of the Delano grape strike | "Affinity" by Gavin Luke,
"Little Dume" by Christian Naujoks, "Call" by Julianna Barwick |
30 November 2016 |
101 | Promise | Hazel Scott | "Charlie Countryman" by Christophe Beck and DeadMono from the Charlie Countryman score,
"Prelude for HS" by Håkon Stene, "Tezeta (Nostalgia)" by Mulatu Astatke, "The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. Le Cygne" by Camille Saint-Saëns, "Danza Primitiva" by Piero Umiliani, "Lale’s Theme" by Warren Ellis rounds it out with from the Mustang score, Two "Hazel Scott pieces"[86] |
19 December 2016 |
2017 | ||||
102 | The Presidency of William Henry Harrison, or Back in the Saddle | William Henry Harrison | "And Grace" by David Darling,
"Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. Suite II: The Wind" by Robert Farnon, "Niggun for Solo Bassoon" by Philippe Hersant, "Neon Lights" by Kraftwerk, "The Gentle Softness" by Lalo Schifrin from the Enter The Dragon score, "Origami Tulips" by Lullatone |
19 January 2017 |
103 | The Rose of Long Island | Julia Gardiner Tyler | "Six Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Minor" by Franz Liszt,
"Yes But" by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans from the Christine score, "The Gentle Softness" by Lalo Schifrin from the Enter The Dragon score, "Dispute" by Yann Tiersen, "Missing Pieces" by Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, and Leopold Ross from the Broken City score |
4 February 2017 |
104, M4 | A Portrait (The Met Residency Episode 4) | Portrait of William Duguid by Prince Demah Barnes (1773),
Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade (1500-1800)[87] |
"Kyu" and "Nijuichi" by Sylvain Chauveau from the Umarete Wa Mita Keredo score,
"Moonbow" by aAirial, "Gisella" by K. Leimer, "Here’s What You’re Missin" and "And Then it Rained" by Bing & Ruth |
15 February 2017 |
105 | Amok | The Central Park Zoo Escape Hoax | "Yes But" and "Back to Work" by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans from the Christine score | 27 February 2017 |
106 | A Washington Monument | An alternative Washington Monument | "Expectation," "Drifting," and "Katrina Outtake" by Matthew Robert Cooper from the Some Days Are Better Than Others score | 16 March 2017 |
107 | Roots and Branches and Wind-Borne Seeds | Ynes Mexia | "Jimmy V" by Mary Lattimore,
"Lullaby" by Frantz Casseus, "Drifting" by Matthew Robert Cooper, "A Fool Persists" by Infinite Body, "Open Window – For Piano" by Yuichiro Fujimoto, "Pale" by Akira Kosemura, "Friday Night Fever" by Gareth Dickson |
31 March 2017 |
108, M5 | Temple (The Met Residency Episode 5) | The Temple of Dendur[88] | "As Much as Possible" by Bing & Ruth,
"Parcel" by Melanie Velarde, "Field Hymn" by Syrinx, "Wawa by the Ocean" by Mary Lattimore, "Turning 16" and "Trading Flags" by Ben Sollee |
17 April 2017 |
109 | The Year Hank Greenberg Hit 58 Home Runs | American anti-Semitism in 1938 | "Pound for Pound" by The Bad Plus,
"Go to Waltz" by Mother Falcon, "Into the Light" by Marisa Anderson, "With Everything that Breathes" by Greg Haines, "Day One Four" by F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm, "Nuba" by Andrew Cyrille, Jimmy Lyons, and Jeanne Lee, "Mikuro’s Blues" by Davis S. Ware |
11 May 2017 |
110 | Lost Camels | The U.S. Camel Corps | "Ryland" by Julian Lage,
"Where or When" by The Flamingos, "Salon Salloon" by Chilly Gonzales, "Small Memory" by Jon Hopkins |
26 May 2017 |
M6 | If You Have to be a Floor (The Met Residency Episode 6) | The Alexandria ballroom [89] | "Ceiling Gazing" by Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle,
"California Dawn" and "Mountain Path" by WMD, "Retune" by The Range |
9 June 2017 |
111 | Cipher, or Greenhow Girls | Rose O'Neal Greenhow and her daughter, Little Rose | "Marnie" by Bernard Hermann from the Marnie score,
"Don’t Worry" by Zoe Keating, "Debut" by Christopher Ferreira, "El cascabel de plata" by Federico Durand, "Technology" by Gareth Dickson, "Longest Road" by Gaussian Curve, "Troubles" by Sylvain Chauveau, "Composicion en Rojo" by Bernardo Bonezzi |
10 June 2017 |
112 | The Taking of Tom Sawyer's Island | Yippies invade Disneyland | "Ain’t Nobody High Raga" by Max Ochs,
"Frog’s Eyes" by Evan Ziporyn, "Cooped up at Home with a Fever and a Tape Loop" by Lullatone, "Medieval Waters" by Carter Burwell from the In Bruges score, "Frost Trees" by Lalo Schifrin from The Fox score |
3 July 2017 |
113 | Elmer McCurdy Rides Again and Again | Elmer McCurdy, corpse on a journey | "Moonlight" by Masayoshi Fujita,
"Piece 3" and "Lala’s Theme" by Warren Ellis, "Paranoid" and "Credits 2" by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans from the Christine score, "Junkman’s Song" by Stark Reality |
18 July 2017 |
M7 | A Scavenger Hunt (The Met Residency Episode 7) | An exploration of visible storage at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art) | "The music in this piece was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore."[90] | 7 August 2017 |
n/a | "Relics": A Special Bonus Episode | Frederick Tudor creates the ice trade at Fresh Pond | 9 August 2017 | |
(61) | Orbes Cintilantes -- A special summer episode | 21 August 2017 | ||
M8 | Two Small Sculptures (The Met Residency Episode 8) | Hiawatha by Edmonia Lewis (1868)[91]
Minnehaha by Edmonia Lewis (1868)[92] |
"L’oree Du Bois" by Sylvain Chauveau | 5 September 2017 |
114 | Sometimes the Rain Just Doesn't Stop | Great Miami hurricane of 1926 | "Memory as Mist" by C. Diab,
"Low Sudden" by Daniel Lanois and Rocco DeLuca, "Beyond Romance" by Lubomyr Melnyk |
15 September 2017 |
115 | A Brief Eulogy for a Commercial Radio Station | A favorite radio station stops broadcasting | "Sunrise Through the Dusty Nebula" by Hannah Peel,
"Keep" by Nils Frahm, "Horizon Variations" by Max Richter, "She cycles through: Where or When" by Hal Kemp, "Smarty (You Know it All)" by Fats Waller, "Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You" by Judy Garland, "Hellhounds on My Trail" by Robert Johnson, "The Big Apple" by Tommy Dorsey, "Future Waves" by Uther Moads, "Vapour Trail" by Ride |
4 October 2017 |
116 | Hoover | Herbert Hoover | "Afkald" by Bremer/McCoy,
"Peace" by Oliver Coates, "Day One Four" by F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm, "Displacement" by Rafael Anton Irisarri |
22 October 2017 |
117 | Elizabeth | Elizabeth Hughes survives diabetes | "Up Niek Mountain" by Peter Broderick,
"El cascabel de plata" by Federico Durand, "imgs /R" by Kara-Lis Coverdale, "Dissolving Clouds" by Biosphere, "Nebula" by Julianna Barwick, "Only in the Dark" by Ben Lukas Boysen |
6 November 2017 |
118 | On the Shores of Assawompset | Princess Wootonekanuske (Charlotte L. Mitchell), the last descendant of Massasoit | "Schreza Infida" by Musica Seqenza,
"Lluvia de Estrellas" by Frederico Durand, "The Boy in the Gap" by The Martin Hayes Quintet, "Provenance" by East Forest, "Madame Ovary" by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans from the Christine score, "Three Dances: II. Pavan" by Anthony Holborne |
19 November 2017 |
119 | John C. Calhoun from the Opposite Side of the Line that Divides the Living from the Dead | Motivations of mediums | "Sad Seine" by Lambert,
"Titan’s Island" by Ancient Ocean, "Flowering Jasmine" by Georgs Pelecis and Gidon Kremer, "Malpensa" by Julia Kent |
15 December 2017 |
2018 | ||||
120 | The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat | Frances Hamerstrom | "Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet," "Carnival of the Animals: X. Aviary," and "Carnival of the Animals: IX. The Cuckoo in the Heart of the Woods" by Camille Saint-Saëns,
"Juneau" by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans from the Wildlike score, "The Waltz" by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans from the 5 to 7 score, "Dila Ni Dila" by George Mukabi |
12 January 2018 |
121 | The Nickel Candy Bar | Otto Schnering and Doug Davis promote Baby Ruth bars | "The Embrace" and "The Breakdown" by Bernard Herrmann from the Tender is the Night score,
"Sambolero" by Luiz Bonfa, "Labyrinth II" by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, "Walter Meets the Beaver" by Marcelo Zarvos from The Beaver score, "1" and "2" by AAESPO, "Last Days of Summer" by Maria Avos, "Time Times Three" by Palm |
27 January 2018 |
122 | Hercules | George Washington's enslaved cook Hercules | "Facing the Obstacles" by Robert Simonson from The Final Member score,
"Nice Breeze Isn’t It?" by Simon Rackham, "The Things Left Unsaid" by Caleb Burhans, "View from a Balcony" by Isorinne, "1979" by Deru, "This Will Destroy You (Julianna Barwick remix)" by The Puritan |
12 February 2018 |
n/a | Big Block of Cheese | Colonel Thomas S. Meacham gives Andrew Jackson a big block of cheese | "Moonbow" by aAirial,
"Wipe the Slate Clean" by Marcelo Zarvos from The Beaver score, "Awkward Ride" by Marcelo Zarvos from the Please Give score, "Justine and Sami" by Nathan Johnson from The Day I Saw Your Heart score |
23 February 2018 |
123 | Outliers | Carnival sideshow performers | "Valentine My Funny" by Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm | 12 March 2018 |
n/a | A brief little bonus episode | The Young Are At The Gates by Lavinia Dock | 27 March 2018 | |
124 | Junk Room | National Statuary Hall | "Theme de Simon" by Georges Delerue,
"Alpine Sketch" by Christian Loffler, "Three Dances: II Pavan" by Anthony Holborne, "The Plum Blossom" by Yusuf Lateef, "Juve & Fandor" by amiina, "The Unquestioned Answer" by Laurie Spiegel, "Etude" by Joep Beving, "Rainfall" by David Darling and Michael Jones |
5 April 2018 |
125 | Snakes! | Exotic animals, off-label hoe usage, and keeping secrets in Springfield, Missouri | "Ferris Wheel" by Gábor Szabó,
"Herman’s Malt" by Jeff Russo from the Fargo Season 2 score, "David Goes Hunting" by Larry Groupe from the Straw Dogs score, "Double Portrait" by David Borden, "Idea of Order at Kyson Point" by Brian Eno and Tom Rogerson, "Bicycles and Flasks" by Dan Romer, "Il Tamoure dei Bambini" by Piero Umiliani from the Le Isole Dell’amore score, "A Naga Swaram-Snake Charmers Melody" from the album Folk Music of India,[93] "Completely Gone" by Ludwig Göransson from the Everything, Everything score |
25 April 2018 |
126 | The 8th Story | Betty Lou Oliver's record fall | "Waveland" by Noam Pikelny,
"N.Y.C." by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin from the Annie score, "The Stars vs. Creatures" by Colleen, "Wiese" by Roedelius and Arnold Kasar, "Missing Piece" by Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, and Leopold Ross from the Broken City score, "Fog Tropes" by Ingram Marshall, "Spindrift" by Colin Stetson, "Longing for a Frozen Sky" by Ernst Reijseger, "Wake" by Aaron Martin and Machinefabriek, "Galaxies Like Grains of Sand" by Hampshire & Foat, "Minuet for Cheap Piano" by A Winged Victory for the Sullen |
17 May 2018 |
127 | No Summer | Year Without a Summer | "White Light" by Chihei Hatakeyama,
"Between the Trees" by Akira Kosemura, "Clockwork toccata, Op. 68" by Fulvio Caldini, "End of Summer Part 3" by Hildur Gudnadottir and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, "A Gathering to Lead Me When You’re Gone" by Brian McBride |
3 June 2018 |
128 | Patience | Clara Bashop searches for her daughter Patience | "Drunken Aviator" by Ida
"Back to Paris" by Cyril Morin |
3 July 2018 |
129 | Uplift | Balloonfest '86 | "The Bundt Diaries" by Ludwig Göransson from the Everything, Everything score,
"Kola (Lighthouse Version)" by Amiina, "Snow Canon" by Group Listening, "The Morning After" by the Chico Hamilton Quintet, "Geometria del Universo" by Colleen, "Bug’s Walk" by Per Störby Jutbring, "Touch Me & Die" by Kara-Lis Coverdale, "The Last Tears of a Deceased" by Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou |
26 July 2018 |
130 | Independence Hall 2: The Legend of Walter Knott | Walter Knott copies Independence Hall | "Penguins" by Michael Hurley,
"Hit Lullaby (the 1st)" by Loren Connors, "Hear Gentle Threat" by Chilly Gonzales, "Equality Under the Law" by John Williams from the Lincoln score, "The Lady with the Golden Stockings" by Sun Ra and the Arkestra, "Maggi’s Flute – Lifting Off" by Joanna Brouk, "In an 18th Century Drawing Room" by Raymond Scott, "Evelop" from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith |
21 August 2018 |
131 | Lost Locusts | Rocky Mountain Locusts | "The music on this one comes from High Aura’d, a project from my old friend, John Kolodij. The main drone piece is All the Spirits that Dance. The beginning and end were composed specifically for this episode."[94] | 11 September 2018 |
132 | Ida Lewis | Ida Lewis works | "Waltz" by Alexander Bălănescu from the Angels & Insects score,
"Serenade for Alto Sax and Strings: Movement IV" and "Serenade for Alto Sax and Strings: Movement II" by David Liptak, "Violin Solo no. 1" by Peter Broderick, "Zucht 2" by Machienfabrik, "Origami Tulips" by Lullatone, "Unseen Forces" by Justin Walter, "Midnight Moon" from Annalisa Tornfelt and Gideon Freudmann, "Ida Lupino" by Paul Bley, "Lost Fur (Reprise)" by Carter Burwell from the Where the Wild Things Are score |
25 September 2018 |
133 | Antidisestablishmentarianism | Gloria Lockerman | "Voluntary No. 4 in B-flat Minor" by Thomas Adams,
"Nero’s Nocturne" by Chilly Gonzales, "The Stars vs. Creatures" by Colleen, "Abide with Me" by Thelonious Monk, "Walzer fur Robert" by Anne Muller, "Evening at Eight" by Keith Kenniff, "Berceuse" by Alexandra Stréliski |
12 October 2018 |
134 | The Dress in the Closet | Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris | "Easter" and "The Attachment" by Michael Price,
"DNA" by Akira Kosemura, "Piano & Violoncello 1" by Irena and Voltech Havel, "Zucht 2" by Machinefabriek, "The Walk" by Bernard Herrmann from the Tender is the Night score, "Rendez-vous" by Alessandro Cicognini from The Indiscretion of an American Wife score |
27 October 2018 |
n/a | 2018 Fundraiser Bonus Episode! | Origins of The Memory Palace; Episode 12 replay | 27 November 2018 | |
135 | Revolutions | Washing Machines | "King Kandy" by Lightning Bolt,
"Blues to Elvin" from the album Coltrane Plays the Blues, "Everything is an Illusion" by Kaada, "Rolling" by Collectress, "The Dog" by Group Listening |
5 December 2018 |
2019 | ||||
136 | Ten Fingers, Ten Toes | Birth defects and teratology | "Only in the Dark" by Ben Lukas Boysen,
"Dream House III: After Dust" by Mary Ellen Childs and ETHEL, "Cello Gonzales" by Chilly Gonzales |
16 January 2019 |
137 | Swans | Edward Luckmeyer throws a dinner party at Delmonico's | "Sarah in Bath" by Krzysztof Komeda from The Fearless Vampire Killers score,
"Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K617a" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Mr. Death Angel Flanders" by John Barry from the Boom! score, "Imaginary Building" by Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska |
6 February 2019 |
138 | Sixty Starlings | Shakespeare enthusiast Eugene Schieffelin introduces an invasive species to the Americas | "Blink" by Hiroshi Yoshimura,
"Hoppipolla" by Sigur Ros arranged by Bjöllukór Tónlistarskóli Reykjanesbæjar, "Love Token" by Elena Kats-Chernin, "Maggi’s Flute – Lifting Off" by Joanna Brouk |
8 March 2019 |
139 | 1,347 Birds | Historical trends in atmospheric black carbon | "Requiem" by Nico Muhly from the How to Talk to Girls at Parties score,
"November" by Colleen, "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre arranged by Edward Hong, "Broad Channel" by Bing & Ruth, "Won’t Be a Thing to Become" by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld |
23 March 2019 |
140 | Jackie Mitchell | Jackie Mitchell pitches | "Chez Thomas" by Georges Delerue,
"The Graceful Ghost" by William Bolcom, "Ballet Edude II" by Krzysztof Komeda, "A Single Petal on a Rose" by Duke Ellington, "Concerto no. 5 en la mineur: Allegro ma non molto" by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, "Philharmonics (Piano Sessions)" by Agnes Obel, "Penelope’s Theme" by Nathan Johnson from The Brothers Bloom score, "Sneeuwland" by Oskar Schuster, "Judith" by Jacob David |
9 April 2019 |
141 | This Story Climbed Mount Washington | Mount Washington Cog Railway | "Hills in the Rain" by Simon Rackham,
"Narkopop 1" by Gas, "Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise" by Ferde Grofé, "Trying Something Again, Again" by Lullatone, "Jaybird" by Charlie Parr |
3 May 2019 |
142 | Private Robinson on Pawnee Rock | Along the Santa Fe Trail | "Concierto Para Piano Y Orquesta En Sol Mayor – Adagio Assai" by Maurice Ravel | 19 May 2019 |
143 | The Only One | Ann Elizabeth Hodges gets hit by a rock | "Baracolle" and "Ice World" by Saloli,
"Something Wild in the City" by Morton Feldman, "Moonbird" by Roger Webb, "Claire de Lune" by Claude Debussy performed by Harry Kalahiki, "Peripheral" by Eartheater, "The Hostess" by E Ruscha V |
8 June 2019 |
144 | Nature, Naturally | George Melendez Wright says national parks should be wild | "Duet for Ghosts" by Ed Harcourt,
"Pomeriggio Zenzero" from Paulo Conte, "Thankful" by Bill Frisell, "6th Study for Player Piano" by Ingo Metzmacher |
21 June 2019 |
145 | Stories about the St. Louis | The St. Louis is turned away | "On-ness" by Tom Rogerson and Brian Eno,
"My Mamma Pinned a Rose on Me" by Esmerine, "Eloy" by Deaf Center, "Saturday Evening" by Tomasz Bednarczyk, "Solitary Living" by The Flashbulb, "A Minor" by Kid606 |
19 July 2019 |
146 | Two Memorials, Last Week of July, 2019 | Viola Liuzzo and Emmett Till | "Absence" by Matti Bye | 8 August 2019 |
147 | Shipwreck Kelly | Shipwreck Kelly | "Vaggvisa" by Henrik Lindstrand,
"Kestrel" by Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, "Ljuva mekaniska jag" by 1900, "When it’s Time to Go" by Buddy Fo, "Come in!, Movement II" by Vladimir Martynov, "Making Love in the Apartment" by Krzysztof Komeda from the Rosemary’s Baby score, "The Mistral Noir" by Daniel Herskedal |
5 September 2019 |
148 | Safe Passage | The Willie D. launches a torpedo | "Opening" by Craig Armstrong from the Far From the Madding Crowd score,
"Glass Houses no. 13" by Ann Southam, "Earring" by Julia Wolfe, "Occam II for Violin" by Éliane Radigue, "Rearranging Furniture" by Gabriel Yared from the By the Sea score, "Come in!, Movement II" by Vladimir Martynov |
19 September 2019 |
149 | Dance by the Ocean | The Bayocean sails to Bayocean | "The Dane" by Nils Frahm,
"Reading a Wave" by Arp, "Hallelujah Junction" by John Adams, "Reperages Pour Piano" by Umitaro Abe, "Such Owls as You" by Brambles |
3 October 2019 |
150 | Late One Night | Bobby Pickett sings "Monster Mash" | "666" by Jerry Goldsmith from The Omen score,
"Fremd" by Lambert, "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Selections by Leonard Bernstein from the Rebel Without a Cause score, "Hit Denmark" by The Portland Cello Project, "On the Green Tape" by Musette |
21 October 2019 |
151 | The Story of Maria Barberi | Maria Barberi | "Inside River, Pt. 1" by Akira Kosemura,
"Sonata for Solo Cello 1: Dialogo" by Ligeti, "All the Land Ablaze" by Laura Cannell, "Frost Trees" by Lalo Schifrin from The Fox score, "Finding the Flag" by Georges Delerue from The Day of the Dolphin score |
1 November 2019 |
152 | Let it Snow | A school shooting in the holiday season | "Still Space" by Satoshi Ashikawa | 14 November 2019 |
153 | Dinner at Jefferson's | Behind the scenes at Monticello | "Waveland" by Noam Pikelny | 5 December 2019 |
n/a | A Conversation About the Memory Palace with Robert Krulwich | Nate DiMeo before The Memory Palace | 9 December 2019 | |
154 | Dotting I's | George Eastman | "An Amalgamation Waltz 1839" by Joep Beving,
"Now" by Goldmund, "Wander On" by Joel P. West from the Band of Robbers score, "Tomato Day" by Kelpe |
13 December 2019 |
2020 | ||||
155 | Lost Bulls | "Better Sires-Better Stock" campaign by the USDA's Bureau of Animal Industry | "Cul-de-Sac" by Krzysztof Komeda from the Knife in the Water score,
"The Mistral Noir" by Daniel Herskedal, "Träkors (Fältinspelad)" by 1900, "Eloy" by Deaf Center, "Leaping Dance" by Kevin Volans, "Facing the Obstacles" by Rob Simonsen from The Final Member score |
4 January 2020 |
156 | That's How it Goes Whenever it Snows | Snowball fights on the Boston Common | "Artifices" by Chapelier Fou,
"Equality Under the Law" by John Williams from the Lincoln score, "I Can See Your Tracks" by Laura Veirs, "Bone Collector" by Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge, "Increase" by David Lang, "Serenade for Alto Saxophone and Strings: IV Stella’s Dance" by David Liptak, "Woody’n You" by Johnny Griffin, "Last Days of Summer" by Maria Avos |
19 January 2020 |
157 | The House of Lowe | Designer Ann Lowe | "Philharmonics (Piano Sessions)" by 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 |
10 February 2020 |
158 | Life's Work | Pauline Newman organizes | "Field of Reeds" by Leo Svirsky,
"Stellify" by Federico Albanese, "Opening" by Nathaniel Bartlett, "Turning 16" by Ben Sollee |
24 February 2020 |
159 | The Newest News | Moses Yale Beach gets the news via air courier | "The Icelandic Society of Phallogy" by Rob Simonsen from The Final Member score,
"Every Day a Sunrise, A Summer" by The Telegraph Melts |
08 March 2020 |
160 | Wong Kim Ark | A man tries to return to the country of his birth | "For Johann" by Vikingur Olaffson,
"Futo" by Shida Shahab |
19 March 2020 |
161 | Stories to Wash Hands By | Twenty twenty-second stories | 03 April 2020 | |
162 | A Strange Land | Isaac Israel Hayes explores the Arctic | "Ruth and Sylvie" by Daniel Hart from the score to Ain't Them Bodies Saints,
"The Walk" by Bernard Herrmann from the score to Tender Is the Night, "Reflector" by Bing & Ruth, "Requiem" by Nico Muhly from the score to How to Talk to Girls at Parties, "Under Siege" by Warren Ellis from the score to Mustang, "Spaces in Time" by Per Nørgård, "Theme de l’eau" by Hikaru Hayashi from the score to The Naked Island, "Bus Ride" by Daniel BensI and Saunder Jurriaans from the score to Wildlike, "Single Petal from a Rose" by Duke Ellington |
20 April 2020 |
163 | Freds | Talking birds | "Whisky Story Time" and "Not My Ask" by Alabaster DePlume,
"CAPEL BETHANIA" by Bibio, "The Sage" by The Chico Hamilton Quintet, "The Last Tears of a Deceased" by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, "Too Small for Eyes" by Mothers |
10 May 2020 |
164 | Dora Salter | A woman of power | "Illusion Perdida" by Juan Bautista Guido y Su Orquesta Tipico,
"Manny Returns Home" and "Fingerprints" by Bernard Herrmann from the score to The Wrong Man, "Niggun for Solo Bassoon" by Phillipe Hersant, "Rearranging Furniture" by Gabriel Yared, "Viona's Lullaby" by Peter Sandberg |
26 May 2020 |
165 | A Park | Uses of Lafayette Square | "Armellodie" by Chilly Gonzales,
"And All Now Vibe" by Tara Jane O'Neil |
05 June 2020 |
166 | The Silent Room | Two composers take inspiration from unfamiliar sounds | "Peri Banu vid sjön (Version)" by Dungen,
"In a Landscape" by John Cage, "Quartet for Four Percussionists IV: Fast" by John Cage, "Dream" by John Cage, "Completely Gone" by Ludwig Göransson, "The Introduction" and "Chi c'e per Farmi i Ricci?" from The Girl of the Golden West by Giacomo Puccini, "L'approche Du Nuage" by Sylvain Chauveau |
03 July 2020 |
See also
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