''The Memory Palace'' is a monthly historical

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosin ...

hosted by Nate DiMeo that debuted in 2008. The program features historical narratives concerning such subjects as the Cardiff Giant and the

CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...

project Acoustic Kitty. It is currently distributed online by

Radiotopia Radiotopia is a podcast network founded by '' 99% Invisible'' host Roman Mars and run by the Public Radio Exchange. The network is organized as a collective of some two dozen shows whose producers have complete artistic control over their work. ...

History

In 2009,

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) in the state of Arizona is a museum in the Old Town district of downtown Scottsdale, Arizona. The museum is dedicated to exhibiting modern works of art, design and architecture. The Museum has four ...

commissioned a version of the episode "A Brief Eulogy for a Consumer Electronics Product" for its ''Rewind Remix Replay'' exhibit. In July 2011, design podcast ''

99% Invisible ''99% Invisible'' is a radio show and podcast produced and created by Roman Mars that focuses on design. It began as a collaborative project between San Francisco public radio station KALW and the American Institute of Architects in San Francisco ...

'' commissioned the episode "A Stretch". In August 2011, '' Slate'' commissioned a series of "Civil War Stories" in conjunction with their ''Slate Daily Podcast''. In July 2012,

Maximum Fun Maximum Fun is an independent podcast and radio show production organization founded and run by Jesse Thorn. The organization originated with Thorn's college radio show '' The Sound of Young America'' which continued in an adapted format and wit ...

began supporting ''The Memory Palace''. The two parted ways in early 2015. The podcast joined

in June 2015.

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'''s

Roman Mars Roman Mars is an American radio producer. He is the host and producer of '' 99% Invisible'', a KALW radio show and podcast, and a founder of the podcast collective Radiotopia, which he describes as efforts "to broaden the radio landscape ndmak ...

described ''The Memory Palace'' as "sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, and often a wonderful mix of both." ''

The A.V. Club ''The A.V. Club'' is an American online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. ''The A.V. Club'' was cre ...

'' called ''The Memory Palace'' a "brisk and sadly infrequent podcast" whose episodes feature "a kind of precious, deadpan delivery similar to ''

This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internatio ...

'', but more humorous, backed by a surprisingly evocative and effective musical score." ''

Boing Boing ''Boing Boing'' is a website, first established as a zine in 1988, later becoming a group blog. Common topics and themes include technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, Disney, and left-wing politics. It twic ...

'''s

David Pescovitz David Pescovitz is partner and co-editor of Boing Boing, a technology and culture Web magazine. In 2018 Grammy Awards, 2018 he won a Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package for co-producing ''The Voyager Golden Record, Voya ...

called ''The Memory Palace'' "terrific," "excellent," and "one of my favorite podcasts." While guest blogging for ''Boing Boing'',

Douglas Rushkoff Douglas Mark Rushkoff (born February 18, 1961) is an American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture and his advocacy of open sourc ...

described ''The Memory Palace'' as "highly textured historical narratives about stuff we might not know or remember." ''Boing Boing'''s

Mark Frauenfelder Mark Frauenfelder (born November 22, 1960) is a blogger, illustrator, and journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the magazine '' MAKE'' and is co-owner of the collaborative weblog ''Boing Boing''. Along with his wife, Carla Sinclair, he founded the ...

called ''The Memory Palace'' one of his "favorite podcasts of 2012" comparing it to

Paul Harvey Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009) was an American radio broadcaster for ABC News Radio. He broadcast ''News and Comment'' on mornings and mid-days on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays and also his famous '' The Rest ...

's radio program ''

The Rest of the Story ''The Rest of the Story'' was a Monday-through-Friday radio program originally hosted by Paul Harvey. Beginning as a part of his newscasts during the Second World War and then premiering as its own series on the ABC Radio Networks ABC Radio may re ...

''. The show was nominated for the 2015 Peabody Awards.

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