Podcast
Memory Motel
Hosted by Terence Mickey · EN
Memory Motel is a narrative podcast that finds the drama in what we want to remember or forget. Featured in Wired, The Guardian, IndieWire, The A.V. Club, Salon, the podcasts Criminal and Sampler, among other venues. Created and hosted by Terence Mickey, a writer and Moth storyteller.
10episodes
Episodes
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#04: Message In A Bottle
Sep 25, 202100:38:34Tap to summarizeOne day Paula receives a mysterious message in a bottle that leads to a memory she'd long forgotten.
Transcribe →#03: The Hidden Flaw in The Golden Rule
Sep 11, 202100:21:38Tap to summarizeIn Morocco, Ed Gavagan finds the hidden flaw in the Golden Rule.
Transcribe →#02: Who Knew Her
Sep 11, 202100:23:43Tap to summarizeWhen Nick Flynn decided to interview his mother's ex-boyfriends, he discovered that a memory central to his childhood was false.
Transcribe →#01: Song Of Increase
Sep 11, 202100:31:16Tap to summarizeWhen Jacqueline Freeman became a beekeeper, she needed guidance, and she found help in the most unexpected and obvious places.
Transcribe →#11: The Ideal Hostage
Sep 11, 202100:29:44Tap to summarizeIn 1973, a bank robbery captivated Sweden and led to the first diagnosis of Stockholm Syndrome. In "The Ideal Hostage," Kristen Enmark returns to the scene of the crime to cast off the stigma of a syndrome that never made sense to her.
Transcribe →#10: Not By Accident
Sep 11, 202100:20:28Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →#09: The Right to Oblivion - Part 3
Sep 11, 202100:25:18Tap to summarizeIn Part 3 of "The Right to Oblivion," despite Eric's desire to forget, his past relationship with Chris returns to threaten him.
Transcribe →#08: The Right to Oblivion - Part 2
Sep 11, 202100:20:40Tap to summarizeIn Part 2 of "The Right to Oblivion," Viktor Mayer-Schönberger reveals what's at stake when we undo forgetting, and Frank Ahearn shows us how the internet can forget our past if we're willing to use deception.
Transcribe →#07: The Right to Oblivion - Part 1
Sep 11, 202100:29:02Tap to summarizeIf forgetting helps us forgive, how will the internet's relentless memory impact our ability to accept other people's past crimes and mistakes when we want parts of our life to be forgotten? In Part 1 of "The Right to Oblivion," when Evan Ratliff tries to erase his digital footprint and disappear for a Wired story, he realizes the fake identity he's created to mislead the people who want to find him has become part of his real life in unexpected ways.
Transcribe →#06: The Wonder Years
Sep 11, 202100:21:32Tap to summarize"The Wonder Years," is not only a TV show but a time machine, and for Titi Nguyen, the series brought her back to a childhood she never had.
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