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Three Big Bad Giants With Not Much At Stake Except The Nature Of Comedy Itself: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 82 - 111
Season 1 Episode 194
We've walked by one giant, Nimrod, a mighty hunter, with his horn (like Roland). But there are more. Three, at least. Ephialtes, Briareus, and Antaeu…
3 years, 9 months ago
Nimrod, A Mighty Hunter, A Mighty Problem: INFERNO, Canto XXXI, Lines 46 - 81
Season 1 Episode 193
Dante the pilgrim thought he saw towers in the gap between the eighth and ninth circles of hell. But no, they were giants. Who were "entowered" in th…
3 years, 10 months ago
Towers? No, Giants! No, Towers! Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 28 - 45
Season 1 Episode 192
Virgil has promised Dante the pilgrim clarity if they press on toward the ring of towers ahead. But then maybe they don't need to, since Virgil expla…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Liminal Space Between The Eighth And Ninth Circles Of Hell: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 7 - 27
Season 1 Episode 191
We've come through the ten malebolge or evil pouches of fraud, but we're not to the ninth circle of INFERNO yet. Instead, we're walking with Dante th…
3 years, 10 months ago
Our Farewell To Fraud With A Host Of (Maybe Unanswered) Questions: INFERNO, Cantos XVIII, Line 1, through XXXI, Line 6
Season 1 Episode 190
Here's our last episode on the giant eighth circle of INFERNO, the largest piece of real estate Dante creates in COMEDY.
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as …
3 years, 10 months ago
An Overview Of Fraud, The Eighth Circle Of INFERNO
Season 1 Episode 189
We have been at fraud, in the eighth circle of hell, among the malebolge (or evil pouches) and with Dante the pilgrim and Virgil, for almost eighty-s…
3 years, 10 months ago
A Review And Overview Of Fraud's Tenth Evil Pouch: Inferno, Canto XXIX, Line 1, through Canto XXXI, Line 6
Season 1 Episode 188
Eleven episodes! That's how long it took us to get through the tenth and last of the evil pouches (the "malebolge") of fraud, Hell's vast eighth circ…
3 years, 10 months ago
The End Of Fraud—That Is, The Self In The Self Wishing The Self Were In The Self: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Line 130, through Canto XXXI, Line 6
Season 1 Episode 187
We've come to the bottom of the circle of fraud and to one of the most complicated, self-aware, and modern similes in all of INFERNO. Is it connected…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Many Pleasures Of Insults: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 104 - 129
Season 1 Episode 186
We're nearing the bottom of the eighth circle of hell, the fundamentals of fraud--where we're treated to an insult contest between Master Adam and Si…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Bottom Of Hell, The Beginnings Of Western Civilization: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 91 - 103
Season 1 Episode 185
We are almost done with the tenth of the evil pouches (the "malebolge") that make up the giant eighth circle of INFERNO, the vast landscape of hell.
W…
3 years, 10 months ago