The Revenge of the Grimms, or: An Episode That’s Best Served Cold

About this episode

This episode explores the Grimms' obsession with revenge and unravels the mystery of the stepmother switcheroo.

In this episode we dish on the Grimm’s secret obsession with revenge, and solve the mystery of the stepmother switcheroo once and for all PART 1 [04:32] - In which we learn that the Grimms are running a blue light special on sexual reassignment surgery PART 2 [11:54] - In which we read a troubling bible story, repeat a cliché that’s anything but woke, and come across more famous last words that aren’t last words PART 3 [21:16] - In which we peek into someone’s diary and find plenty of insults, grudges, hearsay, vulgarity, and petty peevish gossip  PART 4 [32:28] - In which we find the Grimms in Latin class, congratulating themselves on being the class clowns PART 5 [41:29] - In which we find a bag full of jelly donuts, visit a gigantic, romantic library, and finally put a bow on these last 4 episodes of politics as usual *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 *   *Librivox recording of Hänsel und Gretel (auf Deutsch) read by Stephan Gambke * *Librivox recording of Hansel and Gretel (in…

People in this episode

Host: Curtis Cates, MD

Topics covered

• Grimm Brothers
• revenge
• fairytales
• cultural analysis
• literary criticism

Keywords

• Grimm Brothers
• revenge
• fairytales
• cultural analysis
• literary criticism
• Hänsel und Gretel
• Hansel and Gretel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: freesound.org, betweenthelines.xyz

Books & works: Grimm’s, Hänsel und Gretel, Hansel and Gretel

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