Nate's Episode of the Year: Local Channels

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

Radiotopia, Publicradio, History, Natedimeo

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm

SPOILERS BELOW

Notes * Much of what I read about Florence was pulled from old newspaper articles. * The biography in Notable American Women: Volume 5 does a nice, thorough job with Florence story. * I first stumbled on Florence Chadwick in a photo in a restaurant in Santa Barbara and was struck by, as the photo suggested, she went on a world tour, swimming local channels.

Music * First up is Solitude, from (delightfully named) Janis Crunch. * Then we’ve got Like a Bell to a Southerly Wind, by Chequerboard. * Modular Body #7 by Machinefabriek. * After Catalunya by Ephemetry and Richard J. Birkin. * Finishing up on The Old Favourite by The Gloaming.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey folks, this is Nate. As we put this ridiculous here to bed, I've got a lot of thoughts.
0:05.7	And I won't burden you with them all, but I do want to take a second here at the end of 2016 to thank you.
0:11.3	It is an extraordinary thing that I get to do for a living.
0:14.4	And I am neither being self-deprecating or fishing for compliments.
0:20.3	When I say, I kind of can't believe that anyone listens to this thing.
0:24.5	I mean, I think I'm good at the weird thing that I do.
0:28.8	Don't get me wrong, but the idea that folks like you are listening to them,
0:32.4	and at least occasionally connecting with them, is continually surprising and heartening.
0:37.7	And so thank you for listening this year.
0:40.1	I look forward to telling you more stories next year. Come what may.
0:43.6	A special thanks to those who have written in or stopped by to say hello after a live show,
0:48.1	or supported what I do by donating to radiotopia.fm.
0:52.8	This can be a lonely gig. I write these things. I worry over them until they feel
0:58.1	right to me, until they're getting it something, or reaching for something that moves me,
1:03.2	and then I send them out into the world. It can only hope that they move you in some way.
1:09.6	In that spirit, in what I think might be an annual thing, here is the story that I did this year
1:15.6	that has stayed the most with me. I'm not sure if it's the best one,
1:20.2	but there are things in this story which feel right to me. There are things I've been trying to get.
1:24.8	My head around in my own life that are embedded in this story of Florence Chadwick's life.
1:31.3	I could go on and on, but this is already too self-indulgent and you've got your own life to
1:35.2	lead out there. So I will wrap up and just say that I feel like this one embodies
1:40.2	the whole project of the memory palace in a way.
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