The Check's in the Mail, or: Wake the F*** Up!

About this episode

In this episode, the host explores themes of imposter syndrome, the Illuminati, and the deeper meanings behind the fairytale 'Hansel and Gretel'.

In Ep.37 we smell something fishy, meet a member of the Illuminati, and discover the source of the famous imposter syndrome  Part 1 [07:37] - In which we're told: the check's in the mail Part 2 [26:59] - In which we hear a dead German poet talking poetry, and a dead German philosopher talking smack... we have reason to mention the Illuminati, and a Facebook group that pre-dates Facebook. Hell, we even have time for a little poetry corner Part 3 [59:32] - In which we find out that instead of a bedtime story, Hansel and Gretel is more like the Book of Job: a wake-up call of biblical proportion *transcripts and links for each episode are available at: betweenthelines.xyz *Chapter Titles read by Anna Jacobsen * *Original German Fairytale text read by Jürgen Lexow * *English translation of the manuscript read by Nicole Warner * * Music and Sound credits for this episode (36) 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…

People in this episode

Host: Curtis Cates, MD

Topics covered

• imposter syndrome
• Illuminati
• poetry
• German philosophy
• fairytales
• cultural critique

Keywords

• imposter syndrome
• Illuminati
• poetry
• German philosophy
• Hansel and Gretel
• Book of Job
• cultural critique

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Illuminati, freesound.org, betweenthelines.xyz, ko-fi.com

Books & works: Hansel and Gretel, Book of Job

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