Episode 182: The Surfmen
the memory palace
Nate DiMeo
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show and independent media, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate.
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Music:
Flowering Jasmine as performed by Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Batica.
Kaspburger by Clogs
20 (Lichen) by Berndan Eder Ensemble
Fall Again by Duval Timothy, Lil Silva and Melanie Faye.
Wurzer by H.Takahashi
Bone Collector by Julian Lage and Chris Etheridge
Titan’s Island by Ancient Oceans
Notes:
- My favorite account (among many) of Richard Etheridge and the story of the Pea Island Surfmen is Fire on the Beach by David Wright and David Zoby.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Lila Day, the co-host and creator of The Stoop. |
| 0:06.7 | I'm Nate Dimaio, the host of The Memory Palace. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Benjamin Walker, the host of The Theory of Everything. |
| 0:13.2 | If Radiotopia was a place, it would look like a bay of crystal clear water with people |
| 0:18.6 | waiting and frallicking around. |
| 0:21.3 | It would be a bar or a coffee shop with lots of light, music is just right, and there's |
| 0:26.5 | plenty of room. |
| 0:27.5 | There's tables, cozy nooks. |
| 0:29.3 | This place where we all get to do our own thing, but in community where there appears. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm part of Radiotopia because I enjoy being part of a collective that really listens |
| 0:39.0 | to creatives and has a mission to put story forward. |
| 0:43.2 | I'm part of Radiotopia because it is a home for great audio producers, coming up with |
| 0:49.0 | what the future should sound like. |
| 0:51.2 | Donate today at Radiotopia.fm. |
| 0:53.9 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:01.5 | This is The Memory Palace. |
| 1:02.5 | I'm Nate Dimaio. |
| 1:05.2 | You should never turn your back into sea. |
| 1:08.0 | The waves, despite certain patterns and preclivenes, depend on topography and geography, and at |
| 1:13.4 | atmospheric conditions are unpredictable. |
| 1:16.0 | Their size and behavior can shift abruptly with little to no warning. |
| 1:19.2 | If you are knocked down by a wave, the advice for anyone from the novice to the strongest |
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