This show is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. This episode was originally released in November, 2015. Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score. * They first meet to a piece called Brouillard (version 1) from Georges Delaure’s extraordinary score to Jules et Jim. (A second version comes in later when J.J. Audubon is living the high life in England). * We also hear Waltz by Mother Falcon. * I go back to the Marcelo Zarvos/Please Give well when the Scotsman arrives at their store. Note: it’s the go-to soundtrack for “People Arriving at One’s Store With A Life Changing Proposition” here at the Memory Palace. Also: go watch Please Give. * The little piano piece is from Nathan Johnson’s score to The Day I Saw Your Heart. * Lucy and John titter like plovers to Andrew Cyrille’s dope, skittering drums on Nuba 1. * The especially sad bit, right before the end is Dream 3 (in the Midst of my Life), from Max Richter’s giant, From Sleep album. * A couple times, including the ending, we hear “the Lark Ascending” from Ralph Vaughn Willliams. It is beautiful. You should buy it. Notes As per usual, I read a lot about the Audubons and the Bakewells. I relied most upon the charming and smart, On the Road with John James Audubon by Mary Durant, and Carolyn DeLatte’s lovely, thoughtful book, Lucy Audubon: a Biography. * Just a quick note: there’s a very enjoyable PBS/American Masters/Nature documentary about Audubon. It’s a fun and informative watch. But, I’ll say, you come out of that thinking that things were fundamentally swell between Lucy and John in a way that I’m not entirely sure is supported by the facts. Or jibes with, you know, human nature.
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Hey, this is Nate, and before we get started, I am very excited.
I have been waiting to do this for months.
So I have a book coming out from Random House on November 19 of this year.
It is called the Memory palace.
Interestingly enough, it has a number of classic stories from the show.
It has new stories that will only appear in the book.
There are illustrations.
There are found photographs.
There's a whole section of memoir based stories that are nothing like I've ever done before, but that also feel like the memory palace and very proud of them.
And if you like the show, I think you're gonna like this book.
And if you are one of those people who wanted to share the show with other people in your life who just aren't podcast listeners, this is your chance.
It's gonna be out just in time for the holiday season.
But if you want to help me out, me, Nate DiMeo real life person if you want to support the show and help new audiences find it, if you want to.