Also in the the memory palace series

episode 32 (gigantic) (00:06:54)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we hear the fascinating (and sad) story of the first elephant brought to America. And the man who loved her.

episode 31 (looking up) (00:04:29)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which people party like it's 1999 back in 1910. A postcard from the roof of the Waldorf-Astoria 90 years ago. The place to be as Halley's Comet returned and many feared ...

episode 30 (nee weinberg) (00:08:48)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we hear about a great American imposter: the serial pretender, Stanley Clifford Weyman. An average guy from Brooklyn determined to live an incredible life who ...

episode 28 (babysitting) (00:04:53)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we hear the story of Don Hornig. A 25 year old scientist asked to babysit the A-Bomb during the night before the Trinity test changed everything.

episode 26 (citius, altius, fortius, horrendius) (00:06:56)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we here the outrageous story of the third olympic marathon--the first event of the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.

you know you're sick (00:05:25)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we hear the outrageous story Dr. John R. Brinkley, perhaps the greatest and, simultaneously, worst radio pitch man of all time. Made millions in the 30's enticing ...

(the moon in the sun) (00:05:23)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we learn of a series of articles that appeared in the New York Sun in 1835 that purported to tell a true account of recent discoveries of fantastic wildlife on the ...

episode 23 (400 words for 79th street) (00:05:53)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we hear the incredible (and incredibly sad) tale of Minik Wallace, an inuit boy who, at the age of seven, was taken to Manhattan to be studied by the Museum of ...

dam! (00:03:42)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we hear about a beautiful and sort of ridiculous monument at the Hoover Dam that goes to astronomical lengths to commemorate the makers of the dam.

plummeting approval (00:05:02)
From: Nate DiMeo

in which we hear the story of Sam Patch who went from working in the mills of early 19th century Rhode Island and New Jersey to become America's first daredevil. The guy ...

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Intro and Outro

((I'd recommend using any news peg related to U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. For instance, an O.A.S. meeting, a Presidential visit, the recent coup in Honduras. Though the piece is evergreen, you could easily tie it to current news by having a news headline lede and then:
"We're going to her a story from producer Nate DiMeo ((dih-MAY-oh)) and his history podcast, The Memory Palace, that takes us the very beginning of U.S. intervention in Latin America--a time when rogue adventurers made for some very unlikely villains and heroes, depending on your perspective."

some variation on: "to hear more stories from the memory palace visit thememorypalace.us" or "to hear more history stories from Nate DiMeo ((dih-MAY-oh)) visit thememorypalace.us"