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The Bust Up Between the Emperor and the Pope, or: it’s déjà vu all over the news, again

The Hansel and Gretel Code·Curtis Cates, MD·31 May 2026·1h 36m

About this episode

The emperor and the pope walk into a barber shop and make the current news cycle spin yet another fancy tale of déjà vu Part 1 [03:18] In which the Grimms use a simple case of fairytale déjà vu to revisit an old, personal grudge Part 2 [17:51] In which we get a depressing surge of will power, followed by a Grimm little bible verse — one that has nothing at all to do with Pulp Fiction, or any other Hollywood film. I swear to god! Part 3 [29:08] In which we catch a replay of some famous super bowl moments, star in a one-word history re-enactment, and find the news déjà vu-streaming all over, again Part 4 [1:12:01] In which we read a brief editorial from the 14th century, write a little op-ed of our own, and finally decide to call a Grimmism a Grimmism *Music and Sound credits for this episode (45) 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 German Fairytale text (manuscript version) 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* *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!