About this episode
This episode explores themes related to Hercules and features various musical pieces.
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. This episode originally dropped in 2018. We start with Facing the Obstacles , from Robert Simonson's score to The Final Member. Nice Breeze Isn't It? by Simon Rackham The Things Left Unsaid , by Caleb Burhans. View from a Balcony by Isorinne. 1979 by Deru. The Julianna Barwick remix of This Will Destroy You's The Puritan. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Host: Nate DiMeo
Topics covered
- Hercules
- music
- history
- obstacles
- storytelling
Keywords
- Hercules
- music
- history
- storytelling
- obstacles
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Radiotopia, PRX
Books & works: The Memory Palace, The Final Member, Nice Breeze Isn't It?, The Things Left Unsaid, View from a Balcony, 1979, The Puritan, This Will Destroy You
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