# The Memory Palace: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American

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Podcast: [Song Exploder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830)
Published: 2026-04-15T15:05:00+00:00
Episode link: https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_530850c9-bdd7-4650-9f83-c34e09345782&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder
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## Resource

Today, we're sharing an episode of Nate DiMeo's wonderful podcast, The Memory Palace, which helped inspire both Song Exploder, and a song on my upcoming album. So today, I want to present a kind of two-part story. The first part: "The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American," from The Memory Palace. And in the second half of the episode, I’ll tell you how it ended up unexpectedly unlocking a song that I’d been trying to figure out. For more episodes of The Memory Palace, visit thememorypalace.us. To pre-order my album visit keeledscales.com. To get tickets to one of my shows on tour, visit hrishikesh.co .

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