"boing boing"'s david pescovitz called "the memory palace" "terrific," "excellent," and "one of my favorite podcasts." while guest blogging for "boing boing", douglas rushkoff described "the memory palace" as "highly textured historical narratives about stuff we might not know or remember." "boing boing"'s mark frauenfelder called "the memory palace" one of his "favorite podcasts of 2012" comparing it to paul harvey's radio program "the rest of the story".