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Let's Walk Out To See The Stars: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 127 - 139
Season 1 Episode 218
Can you believe we got here? The final lines of the first canticle of Dante's masterwork, COMEDY.
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we climb out of hell to…
3 years, 3 months ago
Despite All The Ribbing And Drubbing, Virgil Remains Virgil To The End: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 94 - 126
Season 1 Episode 217
We've come beyond Satan and are standing in a giant, empty, baronial hall, waiting to get out of hell.
But not before our pilgrim, Dante, gets some an…
3 years, 3 months ago
More About Up, Down, And Spin: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93
Season 1 Episode 216
There's much more to be said about this problem of up, down, and spin after Dante the pilgim and Virgil pass the center of the earth.
Join me, Mark Sc…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Way Down Is The Way Up: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 70 - 93
Season 1 Episode 215
We've seen it all. Now we just have to get out. And to do that, we have to make a big turnaround on Virgil's shoulders. Right at Satan's butt.
Join me…
3 years, 4 months ago
Noshing On The Worst Sinners In Hell: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 46 - 69
Season 1 Episode 214
We've come to our last moments in hell. Here, our pilgrim Dante sees the three worst sinners in human history: Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius.
Wa…
3 years, 4 months ago
A Brief History Of Satan (Up Until Dante's Vision)
Season 1 Episode 213
Dante the pilgrim has seen the final vision of INFERNO: Satan, looked in the ice sheet of Cocytus.
Perhaps it's wise to step back and think about whe…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Three Faces Of Interpretation . . . Or Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 28 - 45
Season 1 Episode 212
We're about to get a good look at Satan, closer and closer, until we can see the color of his faces. Yes, faces. Three of them. Some trinitarian perv…
3 years, 4 months ago
An Overview Of The Seven Direct Addresses To The Reader In INFERNO
Season 1 Episode 211
This episode is an interpolated one in the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE. We've just gone beyond the last of the seven direct addresses to the reader in…
3 years, 4 months ago
Behold Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 1 - 27
Season 1 Episode 210
We've come to the final revelation of INFERNO, to its climax: the vision of Satan himself, called "Dis" by Virgil (after his own king of the underwor…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Zombie Apocalypse: INFERNO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 118 - 157
Season 1 Episode 209
We've come to the last sinner who speaks in INFERNO. And his story is as wild as it gets. He claims that once someone violates the guest/host relatio…
3 years, 4 months ago