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A vivid collection of surprising true stories that brings to life long forgotten icons heroes who never got their due and ordinary people who never made it to the history books from the creator of the popular podcast The Memory Palace. Book the memory palace sydney What was Dreamland Brooklyn s most popular attraction like before it burned down Whatever happened to Shipwreck Kelly What were the glistening orbs John Glenn saw from his capsule on his first trip to space For than a decade Nate DiMeo has brought the big and small of American history to life in The Memory Palace a podcast of crystalline short stories that are all completely true In this beautifully designed collection where DiMeo takes advantage of the visual form of a book by creating striking juxtapositions between images and text he gathers the best of the show and adds brand new stories exclusive to the book which especially take their inspiration from photographs and the emergence of photography The collection adds up to a unique take on the past that asks what gets to count as history in the first place draws deep meaning from forgotten lives and often dives into past crazes and the sometimes humorous and sometimes devastating fact that what or who is popular in one moment can become a barely remembered curiosity in the next He resurrects stories that deserve to be memorialized like that of the Surfmen of the Outer Banks who saved countless sailors lives and the workers who risked theirs daily to dig the base of the Brooklyn Bridge Each one of these poignant vivid stories brings the past completely alive with the potential to shift our perspectives on the world today and to send readers out searching for all of the hidden stories it contains just beyond the surface The Memory Palace True Short Stories of the PastNate DiMeo is an American podcaster screenwriter and author based out of Los Angeles and the host of his award winning podcast The Memory Palace He is also the co author of Pawnee the Greatest Town in America and a finalist for the 2012 Thurber Prize for American Humor After spending a decade on public radio featured on programs ranging from NPRs All Things Considered and Morning Edition to Marketplace DiMeo decided to found his own his podcast centered around lesser known historical narratives Since 2008 the podcast The Memory Palace has been received with critical acclaim and was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2016 Nate DiMeo is an American podcaster screenwriter and author based out of Los Angeles and the host of his award winning podcast The Memory Palace He is also the co author of Pawnee the Greatest Town in America and a finalist for the 2012 Thurber Prize for American Humor After spending a decade on public radio featured on programs ranging from NPR s All Things Considered and Morning Edition to Marketplace DiMeo decided to found his own his podcast centered around lesser known historical narratives Since 2008 the podcast The Memory Palace has been received with critical acclaim and was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2016 site_link a wonderful recreation of nate dimeo s magical podcast i ve been a faithful listener since 2014 one of three of the first podcasts i ever started and the only one to persist i have heard book updates on episodes here and there and finally here it is i recommend listening but this book delivers as well. The memory palace book review many thanks to random house publishing group and netgalley for the advance reader copy this title is set for release on 19 nov 2024 Nonfiction A true pleasure for fans of the podcast or anyone interested in small histories you ve never heard And as a RI and Providence transplant I greatly enjoyed the unexpected and beautiful note to this small city and the people who live in it Nonfiction