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The Unreal Season: "Who Knew Her?"

Sep 12th, 2020 23m 42s

Produced and edited by Terence Mickey.Music composed by Greg Herzenach https://gregherzenach.bandcamp.comInterviewee - Nick Flynn, author of "This Is The Night Our House Will Catch Fire:" http://nickflynn.org/bookspine.htmExcerpts from "B

The Unreal Season: "Song Of Increase"

Sep 9th, 2020 31m 16s

When Jacqueline Freeman became a beekeeper, she needed guidance. She found it in one of the most unexpected and obvious places.Produced and edited by Terence MickeyMusic composed by Greg HerzenachSponsor: https://www.winkpuzzles.com

Welcome back to Memory Motel: The "Unreal Season"

Sep 3rd, 2020 2m 53s

Since Season Two has not materialized, and the world is now a different place since the promise of Season Two, we have a season ready for you but not a real season in the traditional sense, whatever that means anyway, but an "unreal season," on

Happy Valentine's Day!

Feb 14th, 2017 36m 56s

Happy Valentine's Day! While we work on Season 2, we'd like to share two of our favorite love stories with you.

#14: Message in a Bottle

Jan 24th, 2017 38m 28s

One day Paula receives a mysterious message in a bottle.

#13 The Ideal Hostage

Dec 6th, 2016 29m 39s

In 1973, a bank robbery captivated Sweden and led to the conception of "Stockholm Syndrome." In "The Ideal Hostage," Kristin Enmark, the woman first diagnosed with "Stockholm Syndrome," goes back to that bank to cast off the stigma of a syndrom

#12: A Little Bit of Grace

Nov 8th, 2016 22m 43s

At 13, author Leigh Stein had a brief Internet friendship that she would never forget.

#11: Palimpsest

Oct 24th, 2016 24m 16s

In the early 1950's, renowned dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham produced a series of solo dances, one of which was called "Changeling." Merce never taught it to any one else, and when the performances stopped less than ten years later,

#10 Not By Accident

Oct 11th, 2016 20m 25s

To celebrate LGBT History Month, Terence interviewed Eric Marcus, author of “Making Gay History,” on why he’s revisiting old tapes from the late 1980’s and listening to voices from the past today.

#09: The Right to Oblivion- Part Three

Sep 12th, 2016 25m 14s

Despite Eric’s desire to forget, his past relationship with Chris threatens to return.

#08: The Right to Oblivion- Part Two

Sep 7th, 2016 20m 36s

If forgetting helps us forgive, how will the internet's relentless memory impact our ability to accept other people's past crimes and mistakes? In Right to Oblivion: Part 2, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger reveals what's at stake when we undo forgetti

#07: The Right to Oblivion- Part One

Aug 30th, 2016 28m 58s

Evan Ratliff has always had a fascination with fake deaths. In his pursuit of a story for WIRED, Evan attempts to leave his old life behind and adopt a new identity and presence online. The challenge is to see if he could be found. Through this

#06: The Wonder Years

Jun 29th, 2016 21m 29s

"The Wonder Years" married the bewilderment of a child with the nostalgia of an adult; and for a generation, the TV show created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens is a time machine back to the sixties, youth and innocence. In today's episode, we

#5.5: Extended Stay - The Bike Incident

Jun 21st, 2016 13m 27s

For this Extended Stay, "The Bike Incident," we continue the discussion of law and memory from episode #05 - "Court of Memory" - with another story of eyewitness misidentification that steered Caroline Sarnoff’s criminal justice career toward r

#05: Court of Memory

Jun 7th, 2016 36m 52s

In our daily lives, we often accept that our memories are poor. We move on if our memories don’t exactly match up with another person’s, agreeing to disagree. But that’s not an option in court. And yet memory is as fragile and poor there as it

#04: Letters to the Dead

May 17th, 2016 30m 43s

When we choose who to remember with our obituaries, what cultural landscape do we create? In "Letters to the Dead," we explore the New York Times Obituary Desk, Iceland’s obsession with death, and a renegade obituarist who finds the extraordina

#3.5: Extended Stay - The Bigger Picture

May 12th, 2016 24m 25s

Our exploration of memory and psychedelics that began in "Glass-Bottom Boat" continues in this bonus episode. What role might psychedelics play in your journey to find meaning out of the life you’ve lived and have left?

#03: Glass-Bottom Boat

Apr 26th, 2016 22m 58s

In "Glass-Bottom Boat," Jim McDermott returns to the memory of his first psychedelic experience in which he found himself back in an era he thought he’d missed: the sixties.

#02: Everything In Its Right Place

Apr 4th, 2016 32m 35s

Since objects hold our memories, both joyful and heartbreaking, how do we decide what to throw out and what to keep? To explore memory's relationship to objects, we consider The Museum of Broken Relationships, The Significant Object Project and

#01: Eyes of Another

Mar 13th, 2016 29m 6s

Premiere episode: Autobiographical memories are one of the best ways to bond with another, but what if one person desperately wants to remember, and the other person desperately wants to forget? That's Rachel Stephenson's story.

Memory Motel Trailer #1

Feb 2nd, 2016 1m 51s

Memory Motel is a sonic love letter to memory and what's revealed about ourselves, our wants and desires, when we go back to find meaning in what's been lived. Show launch: 3/15/16.

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