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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. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm. On June 13th, 2025, I'll do a special, one-night-only live show at the Tribeca Audio Festival in New York City, joined by two of the audiobook's readers: Carrie Coon and Lili Taylor! www.thememorypalace.us/events. 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
Pale by Akira Koresuma
The Things Left Unsaid by Caleb Burhans
VIII. Juliet by Matthew Bourne
Dream House III: After Dust from Mary Ellen Child's beautiful album, Ethel.
Here I Am, Two Warships, by Spirituals
Notes
You can listen to the whole, original recording here, and an enhanced, speed corrected version, here.
One of the best places to learn about Herb's life is this documentary.
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