Freddie Mercury of Queen, 1982 Tour at the Various Locations in Oakland, California Photo by Steve Jennings / WireImage via Getty Images As midnight reached West London and Friday night passed into the first minutes of Saturday, November 23, 1991, […]
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
Credits: This episode was written, narrated and produced by Karina Longworth. Featuring special guest Maggie Siff as the voice of Polly Platt. Research and production assistant: Lindsey D. Schoenholtz. Social media, transcription and additional research: Brendan Whalen. Transcription and additional
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Roe. Brown. Obergefell. Dobbs. These Supreme Court decisions are the ones that make headlines, and eventually history books. But today, the vast majority of the Court’s work actually happens out of the public eye,
Who was Simon Fraser? Winston Churchill, in a letter to Stalin, referred to Lord Lovat aka Simon Fraser as “the handsomest man who ever cut a throat.” The Fifteenth Lord Lovat, Simon Fraser, was a professional soldier with a long
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
Credits: This episode was written, narrated and produced by Karina Longworth. Featuring special guests: Maggie Siff as the voice of Polly Platt. Research and production assistant: Lindsey D. Schoenholtz. Social media, transcription and additional research: Brendan Whalen. Transcription and additional
A Marxist revolution, a Cold War proxy battle, and a dream of a Black utopia. In 1983, Ronald Reagan ordered the U.S. military to invade the island of Grenada. Forty years later, many Americans don’t remember why — or that
The Union forces consisted of approximately 100,000 troops from the Army of the Potomac (AoP), led by General George Meade, and an additional 15,000 soldiers from the independent IX Corps, commanded by General Ambrose Burnside. Both Meade and Burnside reported
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
