Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm.The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com. Order Eliza McGraw's wonderful new book, Astride: Women, Horses and a Partnership that Changed America. This episode originally aired in February of 2021. Music
Unsayable by Brambles.
Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina
A Nearer Sun by the Westerlies
Duet, a Steve Reich composition, performed by Daniel Hope.
Reading a Wave by Arp
April by Kanazu Tomoyuki
Latent Sonata by Brian McBride
NotesThe oral history mentioned in this episode is available through the Smithsonian Instittion’’s archives.
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Episode 226: A Wild One
Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm.The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com. Order Eliza McGraw's wonderful new book, Astride: Women, Horses and a Partnership that Changed America. MusicHallogallo from Neu!, basically one of the best songs there is. NotesThere is a lot written about Bessie, including some wonderful children's books. The best thing I read about her was in Ann Farrar (a journalist and biker herself)'s book Hear Me Roar: Women, Motorcycles, and the Rapture of the Road.
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Episode 225: Emma and the Trail
Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm.The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com. Music
Sincerely Yours by LLLL
Across the Other Side by Infinite Scale
Sunset by Resavoir
Mammoth by Golden Brown
Unassigned by Vernon Spring
Swimming by Explosions in the Sky
Pure (Ride the World) by The Brendan Eder Ensemble
Le Tunnel by Sylvain Chauveau
Floating Away by Lullatone
NotesThere's a ton written about Emma Rowena Gatewood but so much of it, including this story, owes a huge debt to Ben Montgomery's book, Grandma Gatewood's Walk, which excavated the story of her life with her husband. Besides that, it is wonderfully written. Totally recommend it.
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Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House.The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. I have recently launched a newsletter. You can subscribe to it at thememorypalacepodcast.substack.com. Music
Berceuse by Felix Rosch.
Low Tide by Johnny Nash
Ultraviolet by James Heather
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