Forrest and Lina have a love/hate relationship with Dan Brown's books, and they'd like to tell you all about it. Join The Dan Brown Code for a brutally honest journey through the best-selling author's canon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Lost Symbol, Pt. 4 (Chapters 33-42)
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On this Very Special Episode of the Dan Brown Code, Forrest and Lina are joined by longtime listener (and friend) Chris to discuss chapters 33-42 of The Lost Symbol. Robert Langdon revisits his Batman Origin story, the true finance bro-nature of our villain is revealed, and innuendos abound even in the Year of the Monk. Also, Chris absolutely schoo…
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The Lost Symbol, Pt. 3 (Chapters 21-32)
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(Recorded April 2020) We're back, baby! In this ancient episode from early pandemic days, Forrest and Lina explore the (pretty dull) rising action of The Lost Symbol. In this section, Robert Langdon is lost in the flashback sauce (as well as the Sub Basement Basement), Mal'Akh takes advantage of the fact that Katherine does not know her brother, an…
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After a long (unplanned) hiatus, the Dan Brown Code is back! Look out for a new episode in your feed next week. Thank you so much for the continued support! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Lost Symbol, Pt. 2 (Chapters 9-20)
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Gone is Hot Girl Summer, and here to stay is Monk Girl Fall. In this rerecording of a Lost Episode of the Lost Symbol pick up just as things are getting exciting. In this section, Robert Langdon meets Edna Mode’s tether, our villain continues to allude vaguely to his motivations while being objectively attractive, and DB slips comfortably into his …
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The Lost Symbol, Pt. 1 (Chapters 1-20)
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CW: Transphobia and racial slursIt’s summertime* let’s party**!!! Gone is the curse of Digital Fortress. In this episode, Forrest and Lina jump into The Lost Symbol. This book has everything: men in robes, secret societies, and sexy sexy villains. We’re back to describing women skin and running after our father figures. We’re making cryptic phone c…
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Disclosure (The Motion Picture)
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CW: Sexual assault, workplace sexual violence. This upload goes out to @chrisispoopin, an angel who deserves the return of his *favorite* podcast. In this episode, Forrest and Lina discuss the film Disclosure (1994), a film as old and as timeless as Lina herself. In a film that orbits wokeness without ever touching it, we find ourselves asking the …
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Digital Fortress, Pt. 6 (Chapters 106-Epilogue)
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After yet another instance of technical sabotage from the NSA, who will stop at nothing to prevent us from revealing their secrets. Forrest and Lina return to the inescapable purgatory that is Digital Fortress. I wish I could tell you what happens in this episode, but unfortunately I read this section maybe 3 months ago and we recorded the episode …
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By absolutely no demand, here is a mini episode in which Forrest and Lina watch the very bizarre and very cinephilic music video for “Don’t Lose My Number” by Phil Collins. The last episode of Digifort will be on its way shortly. Follow us @DanBrownCodePod. Follow Lina at @LinaJemili and Forrest at @WishboneUlysses. Art by @omarjemili on IG. You ca…
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Digital Fortress, Pt. 5.5 (Chapters 91-105)
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In this episode, Forrest and Lina get back to the action in Chapters 91-105 of The Book That Never Ends. Things are moving quickly, like how a person is technically moving quickly whey they’re frantically skidding down a steep hill with little to no traction. Dan brown leans heavily on the bait-and-switch gunshot, Susan doesn’t even try to be the p…
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Digital Fortress, Pt. 5 (Chapters 81-90)
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Remember when we said the last episode was delayed? Lol. While the intro says that this is Chapters 81-100, Forrest and Lina have had mercy on you and cut it in half. Strathmore is caught in his own web of lies, Greg Hale predicts our current political crisis, and Lina is frustrated to the point of throwing objects by wordplay, Also, we get a behin…
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Digital Fortress, Pt. 4 (Chapters 61-80)
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Lina is in ~*~Law School Finals~*~ so this episode is very much delayed, but in her defense Dan Brown doesn’t pay her bills (yet ;) ). In this episode, Forrest and Lina parachute down into Chapters 61-80 of Digital Fortress. Susan is the sidekick and bargaining chip in her own story; Dan Brown “doesn’t see color”; and sexual violence its threatened…
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Digital Fortress, Pt. 3 (Chapters 41-60
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In this episode, Forrest and Lina strap into Chapters 41-60 of Digital Fortress. This section is much like a carnival ride in that it’s grotesque, it’s shoddily constructed, and while it may have seemed exciting when we were younger, it’s just nauseating now. We are graced by the presence of an actual Chad; Dan Brown’s avatar lectures a child punk …
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Digital Fortress, Pt. 2 (Chapter 21-40)
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In this episode, Forrest and Lina get back to the action in Chapters 21-40 of Digital Fortress. Dan Brown has finished his heavy exposition dump, and we made the mistake of walking into the bathroom after him. Susan lets a sexy eugenicist down easy, Becker is on a mad dash to show off how many languages he can speak, and a sex workers is (almost) h…
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Digital Fortress, Pt. 1 (Chapters 1-20)
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In this episode, Forrest and Lina bust into Digital Fortress, Dan Brown’s first experiment in putting a lot of sentences together in a row. The latent Mary Sue misogyny is wilding, but the plot so far is very, very tame. Unbounded by his promise to stick to the facts, the Brownster treats us to garbage cryptography that can’t possibly make any sens…
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The Da Vinci Code (The Motion Picture)
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This week (or more like last week because I was a full week late) Forrest and Lina watch the Major Motion Picture, The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou, all of whom can catch these hands. In fact, they watch the Director’s Cut, which is an extra 27 minutes of absolutely nothing. For that, Forrest can ca…
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The Da Vinci Code, Pt. 5 (Chapters 81-Epilogue)
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In this episode, Forrest and Lina are finally free from the tyranny of the best-selling novel of all time as the plot is (disappointingly) revealed and then quickly wrapped up. Robert Langdon gets to play house with another pretty-but-not-too-pretty, smart-but-not-too-smart European woman, Dan Brown Dan-splains all the wrong things, and Silas final…
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The Da Vinci Code, Pt. 4 (Chapters 61-80)
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In this penultimate dive into the best-selling novel of all time (again, wow), Forrest and Lina read chapters 61-80 of The Da Vinci Code. Robert Langdon has gone full red string-on-cork board bananas, Silas is losing his religion in the corner, and we are treated to some incredible badassery on Leigh Teabing's part despite how creepy he is. Also, S…
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The Da Vinci Code, Pt. 3 (Chapters 41-60)
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This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 41-60 of the Da Vinci Code. After just about half of the book, we’re finally getting to the meat of the plot, and by meat we mean lies upon lies upon conjecture upon lies. Robert and Sophie are apparently in a series of escape rooms, Dan Brown has apparently eloped with his thesaurus, and apparently bio-ess…
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The Da Vinci Code Pt. 2 (Chapters 21-40)
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In this hot mess of a podcast, Forrest and Lina delve into Chapters 21-40 of the best selling novel of all time (!!!). Robert and Vitt-- I mean, Sophie are on a mad dash through the seedier parts of Paris to decode the meaning of a mysterious symbol, we get treated to an incredible backstory build-up, and Sister Sandrine does what she came here to …
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The Da Vinci Code Pt. 1 (Chapters 1-20)
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After much anticipation, Forrest and Lina dive into the bestselling book of all time (maybe), The Da Vinci Code. Robert Langdon is whisked away on yet another symbol-based crime adventure with a plot eerily similar to his last symbol-based crime adventure. Art is destroyed, more police officers are compared to animals, and Langdon breaks the greate…
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Angels and Demons (The Motion Picture)
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This episode, Lina and Forrest unpack the Major Motion Picture, Angels and Demons (starring the inimitable Thomas Hanks). Some movies are so bad they're good; this is not the case with Angels and Demons. This movie is full of Nordic people for no reason, and director Ron Howard has successfully scrubbed any trace of daddy issues from the plot. Howe…
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Angels and Demons Pt. 7 (Chapters 121-136)
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At long last, Angels and Demons comes to a painful close. Robert Langdon can finally tell us if it hurt when he fell from heaven, the Hassassin has his claim to the title of "Drama Queen" challenged by none other than the Camerlengo, and Mortati is truly too old for this shit. Also, Forrest and Lina are forced to read the worst words ever written i…
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Angels and Demons Pt. 6 (Chapters 101-120)
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CW for this episode: Sexual Violence, Ableism This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 101-120 of Angels and Demons. Robert Langdon is on his own now, and is the definition of failing upward as he bungles every one of his attempted rescues. The Hassassin is gross beyond all reason, Dan Brown apparently despises people with disabilities, and Fake N…
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Angels and Demons Pt. 5 (Chapters 81-100)
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CW for this episode: Sexual Violence This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 81-100 of Angels and Demons. We’re still in a race against the clock, as our heroes zip through rome to save the third cardinal from certain doom. Sylvie and the Hassassin are back in a big way, a good man is lost too soon, and Forrest is personally attacked through time…
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Angels and Demons Pt. 4 (Chapters 61-80)
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This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 61-80 of Angels and Demons. The book has gotten very fast-paced, very fun, and very, very gross. Vittoria and Robert manage to flirt in front of corpses, a lot of smart things are flatteringly misattributed to Winston Churchill, and Lina is forced to put down the book several times because of gore. Also, Da…
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Angels and Demons Pt. 3 (Chapters 41-60)
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This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 41-60 of Angels and Demons. This time, we're treated to some heart-stopping actions scenes in... a glorified library. As our heroes flirt in thinning oxygen and explain very basic scientific concepts to one another, the clock is ticking for the assassin to finish being as extra as possible. Also, Dan Brown …
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Angels and Demons Pt. 2 (Chapters 21-40)
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This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 21-40 of Angels and Demons. We're whisked away on a whirlwind trip to the Vatican, where more symbol-based crime and plenty of suspicious clergymen await. Robert Langdon continues to be clueless, Vittoria is single and ready to mingle (despite having recently suffered a tragedy), and we get introduced to th…
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Angels and Demons Pt. 1 (Chapters 1-20)
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This week, Forrest and Lina read chapters 1-20 of Angels and Demons we meet our hero, the erudite, hyper-relatable, approachably sexy Robert Langdon, who happens to be the dumbest Harvard professor on earth. Join us as we’re whisked away to a world of intrigue, symbol-based crime, and casual sexism. You can follow The Dan Brown Code at @danbrowncod…
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Join us for the first episode of The Dan Brown Code next Tuesday, January 30th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.The Dan Brown Code által
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