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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…
5 years, 2 months ago
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
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
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…
5 years, 3 months ago
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…
5 years, 3 months ago
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…
5 years, 3 months ago
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…
5 years, 3 months ago
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…
5 years, 3 months ago
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
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