25 episodes

The poem is allegorical, with multiple meanings. Each episode will cover a canto at a time, summarizing and interpreting the poem based on dozens of commentaries. Check the website for further reading.

Dante's History Mallon Khan

    • History
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The poem is allegorical, with multiple meanings. Each episode will cover a canto at a time, summarizing and interpreting the poem based on dozens of commentaries. Check the website for further reading.

    Inferno: Canto 25 - The Transforming Thieves

    Inferno: Canto 25 - The Transforming Thieves

    In this canto, Dante and Virgil continue to observe the thieves that reside in the seventh ditch of the 8th circle of the inferno, aka The Malebolge. Virgil will tell him about us about the raging centaur that terrorizes the inhabitants here and Dante will witness a couple of grotesque transformations.

    • 24 min
    Inferno: Canto 24 - The Den of Snakes

    Inferno: Canto 24 - The Den of Snakes

    In this canto, Dante and Virgil finally make it out of the sixth subring of the 8th circle. As they cross the next bolgia, a disgruntled voice draws them down to take a closer look. They discover the seventh subring is full of snakes and thieves. Our travelers speak with one of these thieves, a political opponent of Dante's, who tells them about his greatest crime and offers the pilgrim a discouraging prophecy.

    • 17 min
    Inferno: Canto 23 - The Heavy Hypocrites

    Inferno: Canto 23 - The Heavy Hypocrites

    In this canto our travelers venture into the sixth bolgia of the 8th circle and walk with a procession of miserable monks who've been forced to wear heavy cloaks. We'll meet two of these sad hypocrites and learn why some of them have been crucified to the ground.

    • 21 min
    Inferno: Canto 22 - The Bargaining Barrators

    Inferno: Canto 22 - The Bargaining Barrators

    In this canto, our travelers are joined by the Malebranche who may be leading them into a trap. The demonic escorts also catch an escaped barrator who identifies a few others sinners that bartered for a positions of power and are now submerged under the boiling black pitch. The barrator then tries to trick the demons with a bargain that sounds too good to be true.

    • 16 min
    Inferno: Canto 21 - The Malebranche

    Inferno: Canto 21 - The Malebranche

    In this canto, our travelers meet the Malebranche; winged demons that patrol the 5th bolgia of the Circle of Fraud. We'll also learn about the sinners here and what the sin of barratry has to with sailing ships.

    • 22 min
    Inferno: Canto 20 - The Seditious Soothsayers

    Inferno: Canto 20 - The Seditious Soothsayers

    In this canto, Virgil and the pilgrim examine the fourth ditch of the 8th circle and the group of sinners who abused the gift of prophecy. We'll learn about a few ancient prophets and Dante will have Virgil make a correction to his own work.

    • 29 min

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If you’re interested in History this is definitely worth a listen. Mallon gives a lot of insight into Dante’s life as well as state of Italian and European history at the time.

The audio is crystal clear plus the background music and sounds really makes the podcast enjoyable.

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