The Hansel and Gretel Code

In E. 25 we hit a fairytale fashion show, get a new urge to go chasing rabbits, and then we say hello to the numen

Part 1 [02:11] - In which we watch Hansel trying to make enough coin to keep everyone’s shit together

Part 2 [16:24] - In which we hit a fashion show of fairytale couture and end up giving three cheers for the designer

Part 3 [22:24] - In which we discover one helluva a new urge, but then resist the urge to go, uh, chasing rabbits

Part 4 [32:35] - In which we say hello to the numen

*transcripts and links for episode 25 are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*German Fairytale text read by Jürgen Lexow *

*Librivox Fairytale reading (auf Deutsch) by Stephan Gambke*

*Librivox Fairytale reading (English) by Bob Neufeld*

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In episode 24 we take a whole lotta measurements, mix apples and oranges and oreos, and eventually have to flip a coin

Part 1 [01:58] - In which we flip a coin and come up with a new definition for AI

Part 2 [25:49] - In which we dabble a bit in astrology and alchemy, and end up tossing our moon rocks into a pond

Part 3 [32:41] - In which we say a few prayers, make a few comparisons, and see how music from the 60s measures up to music from the 80s

*transcripts and links for episode 24 are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*Fairytale reading by Bob Neufeld*

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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In episode 23 we bring back some moon rocks and get a lesson in Alchemy 101 

Part 1 [05:01] - In which we turn on the projector and watch some home movies of a moon landing, and then we find out that our intuition is on a mission: to Chicago

Part 2 [23:13] - In which we get a lesson in Alchemy 101, and…um…phew…!

*transcripts and links for each episode are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*German Fairytale text read by Jürgen Lexow *

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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In E.022 we have a Medieval Mr. Rogers Moment as Hansel gets himself ready to make some real magic

Part 1 [06:59] - In which we watch the little brother escape all conscious control; we send Penn and Teller up the tree, and then we get ready for some real magic when the Grimms hand us a Grimoire

Part 2 [20:08] - In which the Grimms give us a Medieval Mr. Rogers moment, and then invite us to a limbo party of biblical proportion

*transcripts and links for all episodes of The Hansel and Gretel Code are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*German Fairytale text read by Jürgen Lexow *

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*German Fairytale text read by Jürgen Lexow *

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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In E. 021 we find out that the left hand knows exactly what the right hand is up to

Part 1 [07:20]: In which we hear about the Yin and Yang of Hansel and Gretel, and spend a few sleepless nights trying to figure out what GRACE has to do with insomnia 

Part 2 [20:23]: In which we find out that the Grimms put out a contract on the first Frau Holzhacker

 Part 3 [32:32]: In which we turn on the waterworks and raise a few feminist hackles 

Part 4 [39:54]: In which we partner up and make a very bold prediction

*transcripts and links for episode 21 are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*German Fairytale text read by Jürgen Lexow *

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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In episode 20 we break out the philologic toolbox and end up with a casket of real fairytale gold

Part 1 [04:54] - In which we find Socrates moonlighting as a Taxi Driver

Part 2 [14:30] - In which we go metal detecting in a library and find that our breadcrumb trail is leading us on a detour to Italy

Part 3 [29:29] - In which we take a little cruise on a very famous ship, tune into a medieval comedy central, and find a couple of grown men calling each other names

Part 4 [40:42] - In which we go on a wild goose chase across Germany and end up in JUST the right corner of JUST the right library, where we find just the right sentence on just the right page in just the right book on just the right shelf... and holy kamoly... we find honest-to-god REAL FAIRYTALE GOLD

*transcripts and links for episode 20 are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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In episode 19 we attend one of those dinner theater thingy-s where we catch a show, and get served a heaping portion of steak tartare with a side of blood sausage

Part 1 [05:23] - In which we find out that there are a helluva lot of cannibals among us — and not ALL of them are zombies

Part 2 [15:37] - In which we board the Time Machine and get ourselves invited to the world’s first toga party

Part 3 [39:03] - In which we discover a family that’s even more dysfunctional than the Holzhackers, find a terrific alternative to facebook and the metaverse, and then hear about a bonus episode we can’t refuse

*transcripts and links for episode 19 are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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In episode 18 we take a close look at the bearded lady, visit one of Al Capone’s favorite hangouts, and find the historic typo responsible for everyone’s bad conscience

Part 1 [06:17] - In which we join a mob, walk through some celebrity’s split-level house, and then finally get to see the bearded lady, up close and personal

Part 2 [23:33] - In which we inspect the Vatican’s nuclear arsenal, throw around some Mardi Gras beads, and run into the big Catch-22 of Western Culturel

Part 3 [38:35] - In which we hold our first dead poet, podcast poetry slam, and then listen in as a couple of guys in the outfit get an assignment from the big boss

Part 4 [1:09:08] - In which we take a little trip on the time machine to read somebody else’s mail, and end up learning how a typo made an awful lotta people confuse Frau Holzhacker with St. Teresa

*transcripts and links for episode 18 are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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In episode 17 we hit the jackpot by dumpster diving, get ourselves one helluva fancy box, and then attend not one, but 3 barbecues, one of which is guaranteed to give us all goose bumps

Part 1 [08:24] - In which we find that the gingerbread in our story is not only missing a key ingredient: Selbstwertgefühl, it had a weird, bitter substitute baked into it: Selbstverliebtheit

Part 2 [17:12] - In which somebody roasts the most famous goose in history and the story goes viral

Part 3 [36:31] - In which we get invited to a bris - with a barbecue celebration to follow — but we have to drive through a busy construction zone in order to get there

*transcripts and links for episode 17 are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

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In episode 16 we meet the Real Housewives of Casa Holzhacker, as well as a few Holzhacker, um, blood relatives

Part 1 [02:21] - In which we spend a little quality time with, the, uh, FAMILY...

Part 2 [07:17] - In which we get awfully serious about comedy... by chopping onions...???

Part 3 [18:09] - In which we zig and zag our way through a dense, dark thicket of devilish doubts and arrive at the other end with a completely clear conscience...

*transcripts and links for all episodes of The Hansel and Gretel Code are available at: betweenthelines.xyz

*Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen*

*German Fairytale text read by Jürgen Lexow *

*Music and Sound credits for this episode are SUPER-extensive and can be found on the website @ betweenthelines.xyz

*special thanks to freesound.org for nearly all of kristo's awesome peanut gallery voices...

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