The Hansel and Gretel Code

The Grimms Meet a Bond Villain, or Game of Dominos

May 10, 2025·1h 2m
Episode Description from the Publisher

The Grimm brothers challenge Goldfinger to a high stakes game of dominos. Nobody wins but somebody orders a pineapple pizza and history starts repeating itself. Dominos fall, Richie Havens sings, and the Grimm boys show their true color(s)PART 1 [03:51] In which we quote some experts, and boldly go where none of them have gone beforePART 2 [08:17] In which we start counting dominos, while the Grimms become migrant workers and ex-patsPART 3 [20:53] In which we name a few more falling dominos, and make a necessary political comparison because history just keeps repeating itselfPART 4 [33:23] In which we watch the final seven dominos fall and, after a leak, see them go viralPART 5 [41:29] In which we find the brothers locked into an epic battle with a Bond villain, armed only with a feather pen and invisible ink*transcripts and links for each episode are available at: betweenthelines.xyz*Chapter Titles, 1819 version, and Grimms’ Preface material read by Anna Jacobsen**Music and Sound credits for this episode (41) 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…If you'd like to support the show, support your own Intuition, and eventually help speed up the production process you can buy me a coffee or a beer @ ko-fi.com Thanks! 

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