Dante's History

Mallon Khan
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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.

  1. Inferno: Canto 28 - The Sowers of Discord

    09/17/2025

    Inferno: Canto 28 - The Sowers of Discord

    The pilgrim and his guide enter the ninth bolgia and encounter the sowers of discord, those who sought to create division. He will meet a controversial religious leader and a few other disfigured souls and begin to learn how those who divide from within can be worse than an outside threat.

    34 min
  2. Inferno: Canto 27 - The Phony Holy

    07/30/2025

    Inferno: Canto 27 - The Phony Holy

    Dante and Virgil are in the 8th bolgia where they meet a former warlord turned friar who broke his vows to help a contested pope defeat his enemies. Though he was promised absolution, he would be the cause of his own damnation.

    24 min
  3. Inferno: Canto 26 - The False Flames

    04/20/2025

    Inferno: Canto 26 - The False Flames

    In this canto, Dante and Virgil climb out of the pit of the thieves and approach the eighth ditch of the 8th circle of the Inferno, where fire itself becomes the instrument of punishment. Here, Dante will behold flickering tongues of flame that speak without mouths — and one mysterious double flame that burns unlike the others. What it reveals offers both wonder and caution.

    26 min
  4. Inferno: Canto 25 - The Transforming Thieves

    09/14/2023

    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.

    25 min
  5. Inferno: Canto 24 - The Den of Snakes

    09/06/2021

    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.

    18 min
  6. Inferno: Canto 23 - The Heavy Hypocrites

    06/17/2021

    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.

    22 min
  7. Inferno: Canto 22 - The Bargaining Barrators

    05/12/2021

    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
  8. Inferno: Canto 21 - The Malebranche

    03/16/2021

    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.

    23 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    Mallon Khan
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mallon Khan
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    Dante's History