About this episode
Nate DiMeo introduces a new tradition with the first annual Public Domain Theater, reading the first Nancy Drew mystery.
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. Starting off the year with a new tradition: the first annual Public Domain Theater, in which Nate reads an important work of American literature that entered the public domain on January 1st of a given year. First up, the first Nancy Drew mystery, The Secret of the Old Clock. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Host: Nate DiMeo
Topics covered
- public domain
- American literature
- Nancy Drew
- audiobook
- podcast tradition
Keywords
- Public Domain Theater
- Nate DiMeo
- Nancy Drew
- The Secret of the Old Clock
- audiobook
- American literature
- Radiotopia
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Radiotopia, PRX, Random House, Bookshop.org, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Libro.fm
Books & works: The Secret of the Old Clock, The Memory Palace
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