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EPISODE · Feb 17, 2026 · 1H 28M

Dostoyevsky meets Frau Holzhacker, or: Creativity’s a bitch, man

from The Hansel and Gretel Code

The kids make their way back home, anachronisms abound, and cultures shift as Norman Mailer, Marshall McLuhan, and Ben Johnson kick off our wholly irreverent proceedings...Part 1 [06:35] - In which we put the hermetic seal of approval on the Light of the Silvery Moon.Part 2 [19:57] - In which we do some dream work, and get creative with pizza dough and a bowl of alphabet soup. Then, somebody turns on the light and totally spoils the romantic mood.Part 3 [50:45] - In which we run into a coupla’ few anachronisms: Dostoyevsky meets Jesse Helms, Mad Libs goes Medieval, and Pope Leo meets Rod Blagojevich, the ex-governor of Illinois.Part 4 [1:11:22] - In which Steven Pinker fixes everything, Frau Holzhacker tells the truth, and Billy Graham does some preaching to the choir. We also decide we’re not workaholics, and get ourselves ready to hit the fast forward button.*Music and Sound credits for this episode (44) are — as usual — 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...*Chapter Titles, and extra material (auf Deutsch) read by Anna Jacobsen**Original Fairytale text (manuscript version auf Deutsch) read by Jürgen Lexow * *English translation of the original manuscript version read by Nicole Warner***Librivox recording of Hänsel und Gretel (final version auf Deutsch) read by Stephan Gambke***Librivox recording of Hansel and Gretel (final version in English) read by Deborah Knight**check out John Giannini’s excellent book on Jungian Typology - Compass of the SoulThe Scientific Method - wiki pageThe Carmina Burana - wiki pageThe Gospel According to the Mark of Silver - wiki page

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