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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my favorite subgenres of historical factory is made

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<v Speaker 2>up of these moments when groups of people, whole societies.

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<v Speaker 3>Even, aren't kind of out of their heads.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mean the way that people used to think

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<v Speaker 2>that shoulder.

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<v Speaker 3>Pad it look really good. I mean actually altered perceptions

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<v Speaker 3>that man over there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a clip from a podcast called The Memory Palace.

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<v Speaker 1>For fifteen years or so, Nate Demeyo has written, produced,

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<v Speaker 1>and hosted it short narrative essays about lost moments, forgotten figures,

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<v Speaker 1>and strange facts from the past. As he says, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the space between the story of our lives and those

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<v Speaker 1>lives as we live them. And now Matt has authored

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<v Speaker 1>his first solo book with highlighted stories from the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Critics have compared the anecdotes to the late Paul Harvey's

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<v Speaker 1>Rest of the Story feature because often the endings to

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<v Speaker 1>these stories are ironic and surprising. I invite you to

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<v Speaker 1>check out the book The Memory Palace, True Short Stories

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<v Speaker 1>of the Past by Nate DeMeo, and you also might

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<v Speaker 1>want to download the podcast. It's fascinating and fun. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan Rich with the book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio