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Does the pope shit in the woods? or: 🎵 Are you Experienced? 🎵

The Hansel and Gretel Code·Curtis Cates, MD·21 October 2025·1h 56m

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we finally get the bottom-line scoop on Gretel’s crying jags, and answer the 2 burning questions of Western Culture and Civilization over a couple of hot pastrami on ciabatas PART 1 [03:24] In which we find a deep and abiding connection between The Stooges and mysticism, and ask the burning question of Western Culture and Civilization: Is it okay to wear socks with sandals? PART 2 [21:49] In which we figure out exactly why ayahuasca tourism is booming PART 3 [39:59] In which we start filling in Gretel’s backstory over a couple of hot pastrami sandwiches, and can’t help but notice that somebody is constantly mopping the floors PART 4 [58:38] In which we do some Provençal provenance proofing, make a gratuitous reference to Taxicab Confessions, and ask that other major question of Western Culture and Civilization: Does the pope shit in the woods? PART 5 [1:16:42] In which we learn that a mystic is a mystic is a mystic, and realize that a cynic is a cynic is a cynic PART 6 [1:31:25] In which we combine ciabata and cardiology in a zen koan and end up with the definitive definition of grace *transcripts and links for each episode are available at: betweenthelines.xyz *Chapter Titles, and extra material (auf Deutsch) read by Anna Jacobsen* *Original German Fairytale text (manuscript version) read by Jürgen Lexow *  *English translation of the 1819 snippet read by Nicole Warner*  *Laboratorio Artigianale di Fandonie recording of Nennillo e Nennella (in Neapolitan dialect) read by Domenico D'Agostino* **Librivox recording of Nennello and Nennella (in English) read by Joy Chan* *Music and Sound credits for this episode (43) 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... *got a question… or just wanna say hi…? Talk to me… Wanna support the show, support your own Intuition, and eventually help speed up the production process...? Buy me a coffee or a beer @ ko-fi.com Thanks!