LoLT: The Lost Tomb of Genghis Khan and Two New Books

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Melissa & Dave

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5.0 • 559 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode, we get excited about two books: Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran and Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi. Then Dave delves into the mystery of Mongol warrior Genghis Khan’s lost tomb. Links Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran Michelle Moran’s website Maria by Maria von Trapp on Internet Archive Podcast: Theater: Act One, Scene I, Lights Up Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi Paolo Bacigalupi’s website Burial place of Genghis Khan Why Genghis Khan’s Tomb Can’t Be Found Podcast — Mongolia: Under the Eternal Blue Sky The Mongol’s Coffin by E. Chris Ambrose Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want to make friends with other (lovely) listeners? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, before we start a programming note, when we planned our schedule for this season, Mel and I had penciled in taking next week off.
0:08.2	Because we're going to see Duran Duran in Croatia.
0:11.1	Yeah, in the ruins of a Roman arena.
0:14.6	In Pula, Croatia. Teenage Me is freaking out right now.
0:19.1	So we're going to do that.
0:20.4	And then a few weeks ago, some friends of ours, Arnold and Jamila, they live in Paris,
0:25.6	they got in touch with us and they said, we're going to be traveling.
0:29.5	Would you like to use our apartment during the Olympics?
0:34.7	And Dave and I kind of looked at each other for a long, quiet while. Like, is this real?
0:42.4	And who would say no to that?
0:45.8	Friends, we did not say no to that. We said yes to that. We said an enthusiastic yes to that once I got
0:52.9	over the shock. Right. So surprising absolutely
0:56.1	everybody, we are going to be in Paris in two weeks for the Olympics. In the meantime, we're
1:02.9	going to share a classic, strong sense of place episode next week, and then a very popular
1:07.7	episode of the Library of Lost Time on August 9th.
1:11.5	We'll be back the following week, August 16th, with our new episode about Norway.
1:17.0	I expect that we'll have a lot to share with you when we get back, but for now, the Library of Lost Time.
1:23.8	Coming up, the true story of everyone's favorite singing nun.
1:28.5	A dark historical fantasy set in the Italian Renaissance.
1:32.4	Plus our distraction of the week. I'm Mel.
1:35.1	I'm Dave. This is the Library of Lost Time.
1:40.2	Anyone who's listened to our Strong Sense of Place episode about the theater knows that I love musicals.
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