About this episode
This episode discusses the Switzer Brothers and features various musical pieces and references to articles about them.
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. Music The Skydiver from the great Lalo Schiffrin's score to the quite poor, The Mask of Sheba. Charlie Megira plays The Girl Who was Frightened of Ashtrays Ellen's Image from the great Lalo Schiffrin's score to the quite excellent, The Fox. What if... from Keegan Dewitt's score to the quite charming, Heart Beats Loud. Notes There was a very good article in Cabinet Magazine by Christopher Turner about the Switzer Brothers that includes excerpts from an unpublished autobiography from Bob. I also really enjoyed this one from Liz Stinson about the science and art of Day Glo. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Host: Nate DiMeo
Topics covered
- history
- Switzer Brothers
- art
- music
- audiobooks
Keywords
- Switzer Brothers
- Lalo Schifrin
- The Memory Palace
- Cabinet Magazine
- Day Glo
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Radiotopia, PRX, Cabinet Magazine
Products: The Memory Palace book, audiobook
Books & works: The Mask of Sheba, The Fox, Heart Beats Loud
Places: Day Glo
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