There were very few history podcasts around back in the year 2008, but the Bowery Boys Podcast was certainly here … and so was the Memory Palace, hosted by Nate DiMeo, presenting small, often forgotten vignettes from history in a descriptive narrative format.
In this special interview episode, Greg talks with Nate on the occasion of his new companion book The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past which features many of his fable-like historical portraits, including many from New York City history — from revolutionary amusements on Coney Island to less frequented corridors within the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
And Greg and Nate go deep on the relationship between history and memory, on the reliability of memory to help us relive the past and how our own experiences can help fill in the gaps within histories that seem lost to us today.
Featuring a couple of elephants, the Wallendas, Parks and Recreation, the X-Men, a very large painting of Versailles, and the big secret about the monster hiding in your closet right now.
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Some selected episodes of the memory palace, including a couple personal favorites: