
Does the pope shit in the woods? or: 🎵 Are you Experienced? 🎵
About this episode
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...
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