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When History Speaks, It Doesn't Always Tell The Truth: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 28 - 45
Season 1 Episode 90
The three, naked, oiled, burned, hairless Florentines revolve in front of the pilgrim, Dante, and Virgil. One of them starts to speak.
And what a spee…
4 years, 7 months ago
Brunetto Is Gone But Not Forgotten On The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XVI, Lines 1 - 27
Season 1 Episode 89
Brunetto may have run off like the winner of a foot race but he's far from gone from the text. In fact, the next canto of INFERNO, XVI, is in many wa…
4 years, 7 months ago
An Interview with Kristen Hook, A Dantista Writing Her Dissertation On Inferno, Canto X
Season 1 Episode 88
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, for this special episode of the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE. This episode is my interview with Kristen Hook, a Dantista who …
4 years, 7 months ago
Are These Really The Homosexuals Punished In Inferno, Canto XV?
Season 1 Episode 87
From the get-go of Canto XV, I've told you my assumption: These are the homosexuals punished in Inferno.
But am I right? I'm certainly standing with t…
4 years, 7 months ago
Gossip, Ambivalence, And The Strangeness of Virgil's Presence: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 100 - 124
Season 1 Episode 86
We come to the end of Inferno, Canto XV. We go out in the strangest ways. First, the pilgrim, Dante, wants a little bedroom gossip. Who are the other…
4 years, 7 months ago
A Pilgrim Walking Across Hell? Not Really. More Like A Writer: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 79 - 99
Season 1 Episode 85
Brunetto Latini has offered a history lesson on Florence and a prophecy for the pilgrim Dante's future. It's Dante's turn to respond in their back-an…
4 years, 7 months ago
Unanswered Questions and Unasked-For Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 46 - 78
Season 1 Episode 84
Brunetto Latini's got questions. Too bad the pilgrim, Dante, doesn't seem to want to answer them.
Or better, Dante only seems to want to confess to th…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Fourth Great Sinner Of Hell, Brunetto Latini: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 25 - 45
Season 1 Episode 83
Walking down the levy along the stream with his guide, Dante the pilgrim faces his former teacher, scorched on the burning sands. Or the guy the poet…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Long View Across The Burning Sands: Inferno, Canto XV, Lines 1 - 24
Season 1 Episode 82
We're walking with our pilgrim, Dante, along the embankment to a stream, heading down into the depths of the seventh circle of hell where the sins of…
4 years, 8 months ago
Dante Is On Hold. Or Perhaps I'm On Hold. Here's Why.
Season 82 Episode 1
No, Dante's not on hold. He wouldn't know the meaning of the word, given the poem he wrote. But I am. Here's a quick episode to explain what's going …
4 years, 8 months ago