Episode 101: Promise

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

Radiotopia, Publicradio, History, Natedimeo

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.

This episode was originally released in December of 2016

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 notes first.

Music

Starts with Christope Beck and DeadMono’s theme to Charlie Countryman.
Prelude for HS by Hakon Stene.
Tezeta (Nostalgia) from Malatu Astatke, from Ethiopiques vol. 4, one of my favorite pieces of music in the world.
Marian Lapansky plays Camille Saint-Saens “Le Sygne.”
Which fights with Piero Umiliani’s Danza Primitiva.
Warren Ellis rounds it out with his Lale’s Theme from his terrific score to Mustang (which you should totally see).
The Hazel Scott pieces can be found here and here.

Notes

I first heard about Hazel Scott while reading Rad American Women from A to Z to my daughter. It’s a wonderful book. You should buy it for any kid in your life.
I read a lot about Hazel, but Karen Chilton’s biography, Hazel Scott: A Pioneering Jazz Pianist from Cafe Society to HUAC was essential.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Before we get started, I wanted to thank each and every one of you who has donated at
0:06.6	radiotopia.fm to support the memory palace and the other independent greater-owned
0:11.8	podcasts in the radiotopia family.
0:15.4	One of my favorite things about this annual fundraiser is getting to hear from donors.
0:19.9	You hear a lot from me, but there is nothing like getting a note from someone who has decided
0:23.6	to share a little bit of what they have to help keep the show going.
0:27.2	You get the loveliest note from a listener on the first day of the fundraiser.
0:31.4	I'm talking about how much you love the show and how good it felt even though he couldn't
0:35.5	afford to give as much as you wanted to.
0:38.4	To know he was able to give the memory palace a boost.
0:40.8	And you know he really did.
0:44.6	So thank you to Brent.
0:48.1	Thank everybody out there.
0:49.1	It was Kitchie Riverding during this fundraiser.
0:52.0	We are trying to get a thousand donors.
0:55.1	And if you want to be one of them, you want to be like Brent.
0:57.9	Head over to radiotopia.fm.
0:59.4	Thank you for listening and thank you so much for keeping the show strong.
1:09.2	This is the memory palace.
1:10.5	I'm Nate Demet.
1:14.7	One afternoon Hazel's mom was at work and her grandmother was singing her a little song
1:18.3	together to nap.
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