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Apr 2024
13m 13s

Episode 215: An Eighth Wonder

NATE DIMEO
About this episode

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

Music

  • Momento Ritmico and Papete aru by Piero Umiliani
  • Opus 13 from Sven Libaek's score to The Set
  • French Doll by Larry Ashmore and David Francis
  • The wonderful Sewentuwa by Hailu Meriga
  • Wave I by Elor Saxl
  • Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura

Notes

  • I originally learned about the Elephantine Colossus years ago in David McCullough's Brooklyn... and How it Got That Way, which still holds up.
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