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The Bloodbath That Was, Is, And Will Be Florence: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 58 - 93
The Bloodbath That Was, Is, And Will Be Florence: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 58 - 93

Season 1 Episode 31

In the last passage, Ciacco the glutton seemed to have come to a halt in his conversation. But our pilgrim has not had enough. He prompts this damned…

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The Curious Case Of Ciacco: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 34 - 57
The Curious Case Of Ciacco: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 34 - 57

Season 1 Episode 30

In the third circle of hell, our pilgrim finds an emblematic glutton, Ciacco. This strange soul offers us a few problems. He mixes gluttony with anot…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Wide Awake With Cereberus: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 33
Wide Awake With Cereberus: INFERNO, Canto VI, Lines 1 - 33

Season 1 Episode 29

Our pilgrim wakes up in the weather of the third circle of hell: hail, rain, and snow, making the ground a rancid swamp.

But wait, wakes up? How'd he …

5 years, 3 months ago

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A Very Short Hiatus
A Very Short Hiatus

Season 1

Thank you so much for all you've done to make this podcast a success so far. I hope you're enjoying in the walk. I'm so glad many of you have connect…

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The Case For Francesca: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142
The Case For Francesca: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142

Season 1 Episode 28

Francesca has long been a subject of fierce debate. By the mid-nineteenth century, she had been turned into an almost Byronic hero.

Maybe the truth of…

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The Case Against Francesca: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142
The Case Against Francesca: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 88 - 142

Season 1 Episode 27

Dante, our pilgrim, calls the two who are light on the winds of lust to float down to him. When they arrive, he gets more than he bargained for. Fran…

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Damning Lust, Then Confusing It With Love: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 52 - 87
Damning Lust, Then Confusing It With Love: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 52 - 87

Season 1 Episode 26

The pilgrim, Dante, has just asked his guide who is tossed in lust's whirlwind.

Virgil answers with a list of the "greats" out on the wind: figures fr…

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The Lush Poetry Of The Lustful: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 25 - 51
The Lush Poetry Of The Lustful: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 25 - 51

Season 1 Episode 25

Our pilgrim, Dante, turns from Minos to discover the hellish hurricane that's the punishment of lustful.

It's hard to miss the lush language in this p…

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An Interpolated Episode: An Introduction to the Seven Deadly Sins
An Interpolated Episode: An Introduction to the Seven Deadly Sins

Season 1 Episode 24

Seven deadly sins: They almost seem like a cliché these days. But here they are: lust, gluttony, sloth, avarice, anger, pride, and envy.

It wasn't alw…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Minos, The Connoisseur Of Sin: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 24
Minos, The Connoisseur Of Sin: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 24

Season 1 Episode 23

We've walked to the second circle of hell, where the winds of lust howl. But not yet. First, we must meet a connoisseur of sin: Minos. He determines …

5 years, 4 months ago

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