Nate DiMeo (born 1974) is an American podcaster, screenwriter, and author based out of Los Angeles, and the host of his award-winning podcast, The Memory Palace.[1] He is also the author (although the fictional character Leslie Knope is listed as the author on the book's cover)[2] of Pawnee: the Greatest Town in America and a finalist for the 2012 Thurber Prize for American Humor.[3] After spending a decade on public radio, featured on programs ranging from NPR's All Things Considered and Morning Edition, to Marketplace, DiMeo decided to found his own his podcast centered around lesser-known historical narratives. Since 2008, The Memory Palace[1] has been received with critical acclaim and was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2016,[4] and was profiled in The New Yorker[5] in 2018.