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Ennobled
Yay, You’re back!!! Masterful , rich, storytelling, reminding us to appreciate how we effect one another and the world and the rich history behind what we may deem ordinary. Thank you for bringing so many to light and creating wonder.
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The best!
This is my absolute favorite podcast. Nate tells such lovely stories about the footnotes in history. It’s 100% poetry in podcast form. It’s unlike anything else that I’ve ever heard
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My favorite
This is my favorite podcast. Nate is a gifted storyteller, with a wonderful voice and delivery. I frequently (and happily) re-listen to each episode to make sure I didn’t miss anything, so subtle are the nuances in some of his beautiful sentences. The episodes are short — I wish they were longer but their brevity is part of the charm. I learn something new with every episode, and and many times after listening I will go down the Internet rabbit hole to read more about these forgotten pieces of our history.
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Great Gatsby
I came across this podcast last week. I looked back at your episodes and found the reading of the Great Gatsby. I had never read it. Very good story and the audio was very well done. Keep up the good work and thanks for the book.
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Favorite
The episodes are interesting, well written, and delivered with a calm, mellow tone. Perfect for a commute to/from work and helps prevent some of the stress and anxiety of traffic. Always a great listen.
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One of my favorites!
Every time I see an episode pop up in my feed, I’m excited to be taken away to another time and place. This show is right up there with This American Life! Thank you, Nate!
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A historically based meditation
Beyond being beautifully produced and presented, this show caused me to rethink how I framed about the value of history. Nate brings a sense of empathy and reflection to stories from our past in a way that, for me at least, opens the door to contemplate what it’s like to be a human through the lens of those who have done it before. There is not a podcast I would recommend more highly.
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The best podcast ever made?
Just wow. Over the years I have been subscribed this show has made me laugh, cry, and drop my jaw in awe. Somehow Nate packs more life and history in ten minutes than most documentaries give you in 90. He makes history feel like it’s right there around you. He connects you with just the right details, scores it with the perfect tracks, and always creates the perfect atmosphere to highlight the emotions in the story. I cannot recommend enough. I wish I could give him a standing ovation.
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Nate’s storytelling is amazing
I have listened to every episode at least twice. I am sorry it took me this long to review. I have started sharing them with my nine year old son & he loves it, too.
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Can’t miss a second!
This is the only podcast that demands a rewind if my mind wanders or I’m interrupted, if only for a second, because every second matters. Nate’s writing is tight, his stories, phrases and words are carefully, skillfully and lovingly crafted and his voice “is like butter”! I’ve been a podcast fan since before any advertisers and only RSS feeds and the Memory Palace was and is my all time favorite hands down. Thank you Nate et al. for your talent, dedication and heart work!
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Superbly talented storytelling
Love love love this podcast. Nate has a way of finding the tiniest of historical bits maybe we’ve never heard about or maybe we have some or all, but finding the other not as well known details that make someone human or a moment more colorful or powerful and he reaches down into your soul w/ his words and brightens your imagination w/ his descriptions. I often listen to these in quieter moments as his voice is softer and this isn’t a podcast panel show. I have plenty of those. But I learn, I’m lifted, I’m enchanted. For those who don’t like stories from history that are about social issues - got news for you, history has certainly been ugly in many periods, but there’s so much love and humor and light in much of the stories he brings to life. And I really love he finds a lot of stories about women who’ve been forgotten in history. Nate - you are truly a gift to us all.
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Lovely and oft-overlooked stories
So, I do learn things while listening to The Memory Palace - all kinds of things - but that’s not really a good description of the show. It’s *stories*, told not just to convey what happened, but in a way that takes you on a bit of a journey, and conveys emotions, overtones, the multi-layered chords of complex circumstances and contrasting feelings. They’re really lovely.
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Storytelling magic
I look forward to new episodes of The Memory Palace like no other podcast. Nate writes and narrates these stories with deep insight and genuine grace, casting warm light into all kinds of surprising little corners of history. This is beautiful work.
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Listen - now!
Bringing humanity to history - utterly unique and enthralling. I love this podcast!
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Use to like it but don't anymore
I really liked the podcast and was listening to the first casts but starter to just go with the most recent ones. I listen to a few and I couldn’t help but notice the passive interjection of race into them. He chose to inject race into the stories. Technically that could be considered racist which would be defining a person by the color of their skin. It does not effect the story at all, other than pushing a social issue he may want to take which is fine. But I don’t have to listen which is fine too. I thought I would give it one more and then started the white horse and right out of the starting gate ( a horse reference) it was about a social issue. Sorry I wish him success but not my cup of tea.
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Middle of the night…
Thank you for the gift of your story telling in the middle of the night… The story about the young woman on the island recovering from drugs and facing island people’s judgements … I hope she makes it as a nurse… she’ll be a great one… She will care deeply about the people who will come under her care and impel them on their way to healing … and the healer will be on her path to healing… Hope she makes it on her tough but rewarding path!!!!!Gratitude, x7, for the many stories I’ve heard by you and your team!!!! You’re the Ken Burns of radio … Thank you so much Mr. Nate Dimeo!!!!!Cheryl ( retired nurse)…
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Beautiful
Nate’s podcast just fills me in a way I don’t know how to describe, but thank god for that filling❤️❤️❤️
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One of my favs
I’ve been a listener for a few years now and recently went back and re-listened to all the old episodes. So many gems. Always beautifully told even when the subject matter is heavy. You can hear (and feel) the time and care out into each episode. Thanks Nate. Excited for the book
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Lovely show. Iconic.
Simple, compelling human stories, beautifully told. Definitely one of the best of the best. This podcast has been among my favorites for many, many years.
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The xibe
In love with this. Every episode a gem.
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