Shownotes Transcript
The Memory Palace is a member of Radiotopia) from PRX.
This episode was originally released in July of 2016. It’s being re-released today because Nate’s on book leave for the summer and because it’s a total banger.
Notes and Reading:
- I came to this story the old fashioned way (for me): I saw Su Lin at the Field Museum and needed to know more. That led me inevitably to Vicki Croke's The Lady and the Panda) from 2006. It's a terrific read. If you have any interest at all in learning more about Ruth Harkness, that's the place to go. I've got a few quibbles here and there, but, for real, it's delightful.
- Quentin Young's (slightly strange and contested) version of events is told in Chasing the Panda) by Michael Kiefer.
- If you've got a few hundred bucks (or a library with more liberal lending policies with old books than mine), why not read Ruth's own book, The Baby Giant Panda)?
- If you're interested in zoos writ large, I'm a fan of Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos) by Elizabeth Hansen.
Music:
- We start with Hush-Maker) by Moon Ate the Dark.
- Roll on with Freudian Slippers) by Chilly Gonzales.
- Hear Bibio's Cherry Blossom Road) a couple of times.
- Hit up Nice Dream) by radio.string.quartet.vienna
- Hear Don Redman and his Orchestra play Blue Eyed Baby from Memphis).
- The centerpiece of the middle section is Snow Again) by Lambert.
- We hear a couple of pieces by Dan Romer: An Old Fashioned Man) and End of the World).
- We finish up on Lullatone's Falling Asleep With a Book on Your Chest).