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Mementos

By: Lori Mortimer
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  • Personal stories about keepsakes as containers of memories, emotions, and human connection. Mementos is a member of Hub & Spoke Audio Collective. www.hubspokeaudio.org
    2024 Lori Mortimer/Mementos Podcast
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  • Hub & Spoke Radio Hour Episode 3: Love

    Hub & Spoke Radio Hour Episode 3: Love
    Feb 14 2024

    As the philosopher Haddaway once asked, what is love? It turns out, love can be anything that stirs the heart: passion, grief, affection, kin. The desire to consume; the poignancy of memory. Here at Hub & Spoke, we want to stretch our arms, and ears, around it all.

    This episode is hosted by Lori Mortimer and edited by Tamar Avishai. Production assistance from Nick Andersen. Music by Evalyn Parry, The Blue Dot Sessions, and a kiss of Dionne Warwick.

    Listen to the full episodes:

    • Rumble Strip, “Forrest Foster Lays Karen to Rest”
    • Mementos “Cherie’s Letters”
    • Ministry of Ideas, “Consumed”
    • The Lonely Palette, “Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Desired Moment (c. 1770)”

    You can also share the love by supporting our Valentine’s Day fundraiser: www.hubspokeaudio.org/love
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    51 mins
  • Liz's Nonni

    Liz's Nonni
    Dec 15 2021
    Season 1, Episode 8: Liz's NonniGuest: Liz SumnerLiz is the creator of I Always Wanted To, a podcast where she interviews people doing things others long to do. You can follow Liz on Twitter at @LizSumner or @alwayswantedpod. This episode written, sound designed, produced, and hosted by Lori Mortimer.Follow the show @MementosPodcast on Twitter and Instagram.Follow the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mementospodcastFollow Lori at @mortaymortay on Twitter and Instagram. www.MementosPodcast.comMusic Credits:"Palermo" by Trabant 33, licensed from  Epidemic Sound"Lovers At Dusk" licensed from  Soundstripe"Riviera Walk" licensed from Fesliyan Studios ASCAP IPI 792929876, 792929974    "Cold Days Ahead" by Rune Dale, licensed from Epidemic Sound"A Way to Tell" by Rune Dale, licensed from Epidemic Sound"Sage the Hunter" by Blue Dot Sessions                   "La Bottega Dei Sapori" by Medite, licensed from  Epidemic SoundMementos audio logo by Martin AustwickSound FX credits:486410__martineerok__wagon-cart-on-gravel, Freesound.org     Ziegen   Bidone  field recording    549882__guynoland__horses-pavement-then-cobblestone, Freesound.org486410__martineerok__wagon-cart-on-gravel, Freesound.org244292__ravelite__little-goat-bells, Freesound.org    ---------------------------------------------TRANSCRIPTMementos Season 1, Episode 8: Liz's Nonni[00:00:00] Lori: Mementos. Sometimes what you really keep is on the inside.[00:00:13] Liz: All the time or thinking about living in Italy, I pictured this gorgeous little Medieval town Cortona. And I imagined, okay, so we'll buy an old run-down villa and we'll rebuild it. And I got this belief in my head that because we didn't have Italian heritage that we would never belong, that it was pointless to try to think about moving to Italy, because since we didn't have family, we would never really be a part of the community.[00:00:55] That was really behind it was that nobody would help us because we, we weren't connected.[00:01:10] Lori: Welcome to Mementos. I'm Lori Mortimer, the host and producer of the show. On today's episode, my guest Liz is gonna tell us about how she and her husband moved to Italy and the memento that they found there that helped her overcome her worries about feeling like they would never belong.[00:01:33] Liz: My name is Liz Sumner, and I currently have a very boutique coaching practice. Uh, it's gotten small because I really like podcasting. And so now I consider myself a full-time podcaster. My podcast is called I Always Wanted To, and I interview people who are doing things that others long to do.[00:01:59] I didn't always want to live in, in Europe, but Michael, on the other hand, my husband, had lived in the south of France when he was in his twenties and he had done a lot of traveling. So it was more his original desire that we would move to Europe at some point.[00:02:20] Lori: In the early 2000s, Michael suggested Italy as a potential new home for them.[00:02:25] So the first step was for them to take a two-week vacation in 2002. On that trip, they did all the usual touristy stuff in the Italian capital cities. [00:02:36] Liz: At that point, we just could speak only, "Do you have a room?" and "I'm sorry, I don't eat tomatoes," and things like that. We didn't ever connect with anybody on that trip.[00:02:49] Lori: Liz was intrigued by the idea of moving to Italy. But at that point, she developed those major concerns about not ever feeling like they'd belong. But they kept researching on what it would take and what it would cost for such a move.[00:03:04] In 2005, they went on another trip. The plan this time was to be more intentional about connecting with local residents. They spent the entire first week in a tiny bed and breakfast in Orvieto. [00:03:19] Liz: And the people who ran it were so sweet. They also owned a restaurant. They kept inviting us to meals and bringing food home from the restaurant for us.[00:03:31] And I remember at one point Michael, trying to explain the electoral college system to them in, in our limited Italian. It was like the opposite of what I had felt, that, that, that we wouldn't connect with people. And we were so embraced by this couple. [00:03:55] Lori: On the next leg of the trip, they went full immersion.[00:03:59] Liz: [00:04:00] For 18 days, we did not see a single person who spoke English. But we managed, and it was really exciting and helped us -- helped me, certainly -- fall in love with this country. [00:04:16] Lori: Michael kept researching, and he found what he thought would be the perfect location for them: the Le Marche region in central Italy. The area has Renaissance and Medieval charm without the tourism and high sticker price. In the fall of 2010, they went back to Italy.[00:04:35] Liz: He surprised me on my birthday with a trip to Venice and a plan to rent a car and travel down to Le Marche and just look around, see what's what, ...
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    18 mins
  • Jeff's Rum Bottle

    Jeff's Rum Bottle
    Nov 24 2021

    Credits: 

    Guest: Jeff Aylswerth
    Host/Producer: Lori Mortimer

    Music: 

    Prigione Eterna - Zealots                                       

    332697__mseq__trance-gate-a-124   - Looperman         

    Aurora (Original Mix)       Alleave

    159184__symphoid__trance  - Looperman       

    396684__dbspin__party-background-chatter-real-1    -    Freesound.org    

     looperman-l-2234076-0205209-stars-lil-uzi-vert-type-melody   -      Looperman               
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    18 mins
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