Hansel and Gretel may seem like a simple fairy tale, but the real meaning hidden between its lines has nothing to do with any simplistic "moral of the story"... like a real-life Da Vinci Code — Hansel and Gretel is a literary and cultural treasure map filled with secret clues meant only for people like us to follow... clues that will lead us to a meaningful, real-life treasure that's been lost for over 200 years... along the way, we'll discover that the real villains of the story are still with us, and they're not only people you've only heard of — some of them are people you actually know... this is the podcast for people who love fairytales, and who'd love to find out what they really mean... in the Hansel and Gretel Code, we'll be reading from the 1810 manuscript version of the story and we'll be examining the many, multi-faceted clues that are packed into each of its 42 sentences... each of those clues will not only entertain the hell out of you, they're going to change the way you see the world and everyone in it... come on this trip through Hansel and Gretel's forest with me and I guarantee you're going to learn how to read fairytale clues like this for yourself.....
https://betweenthelines.xyz/hgcode-podcast
episode 20: DIY Coffin Carpentry
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
with special thanks to freesound.org for nearly all of kristo's awesome peanut gallery voices...
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