Episode 120: The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

Radiotopia, Publicradio, History, Natedimeo

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

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

Music

We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens': Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet, and two from Carnival of the Animals:Aviary and the Cuckoo in the Heart of the Woods.
We hit Juneau from Danny Bensi and Sander Jurriaans' score to Wildlike.
And The Waltz from their score to 5 to 7.
And there's a total gem from George Mukabi called Dila Ni Dila in there too.

Notes

Do yourself a favor and read Frances Hamerstrom's autobiography, My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist.
Do your kids a favor and Jeannine Atkins take on Frances in her book Girls Who Looked Under Rocks.
And then watch Frances teach David Letterman how to cook a snake.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I wanted to let you in on something before I played. If you're a long-time
0:04.5	listener you may have noticed a slower pace of episodes this year and that is because
0:08.6	I've been finishing a Memory Palace book that will be out in the world right around this time next year.
0:17.1	You can believe me that I will keep you posted on the official date and the all important
0:21.4	I am told pre-sale date and about live shows
0:25.0	live shows that I'll be cooking up for the latter part of
0:27.8	2024 to coincide with all of this.
0:30.1	This book is going to feature new stories exclusive to the book that I am really proud of and a lot of favorite stories including one we're about to listen to.
0:39.0	If you like the show you will like it, and I think it's going to be pretty beautiful.
0:42.0	I am proud of what I have done here.
0:45.0	But it has been a lot of work and it has taken a lot of time.
0:48.0	It is a lot of stories and there are just a ton of moving parts that I am literally now as I am approaching
0:55.7	deadline day in a few weeks just constantly rejiggering and stacking and all the
1:00.5	stuff. It's going to be done very soon like in a handful of weeks and all of
1:03.7	this to say A thanks for your patience and your continued support of the show. B get
1:10.5	excited about the book. I am. C there's going to be a new story in a couple weeks, but D, this one is an old favorite of mine.
1:18.0	I'm putting in the feed right now because I just had the great pleasure of emailing back and forth with the daughter of the subject of the story as part of the book writing process.
1:28.0	And it has really been lovely and meaningful to me.
1:31.0	And she's also very kindly offered me something that I have never gotten before, which is a fact check from a blood relative.
1:38.0	And if you stick around to the end of the story, I will set the record straight in the credits.
1:44.9	So here is the Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin, highlights of a study of counts, behavior, turnover,
1:51.0	movement, and habitat.
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