The Devil's Details: The Evolution of the Devil through Art and Literature

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What started as an exploration of the devil in their show, The Exorcist Minute, has grown into something much greater. Find all the original episodes of the show and more right here in The Devil's Details with Lester Ryan Clark and Kynan Dias.

  1. 20H AGO

    This Chapter Is For The BIRDS! • Revelation, Chapter 19

    Revelation 19 is the pivot point of the whole book: Babylon has fallen, heaven is throwing a hallelujah party (literally — it's the only time that word appears in the entire New Testament), and then Sword Mouth Jesus shows up on a white horse to finish the job. The Beast and the False Prophet get thrown into a lake of fire, and the birds — summoned by an angel standing in the sun — take care of the rest. The good birds. We are rooting for them.We dig into what's actually going on beneath the action-movie surface. The wedding of the Lamb isn't rapture theology — it's John using a classic Jewish metaphor to contrast the faithful community (clean white linen, righteous acts) against the Whore of Babylon (purple, scarlet, blood). The white horse entrance is a direct parody of the Roman triumph parade, the specific military procession where victorious generals rode into Rome with defeated enemies in chains — and John is flipping it completely. The sword coming out of Jesus's mouth isn't a literal weapon; it's truth, the only force John believed could actually bring empire down.We also spend real time on the lake of fire, which makes its first biblical appearance right here, and what that means for everything we think we know about hell — including whether our entire inherited conception of it might trace back almost entirely to this one passage.The Devil's Details show page/archiveBanana for Scale Facebook GroupConnect with Kynan on Instagram or LetterboxdConnect with Lester on Facebook, Instagram, or X --- Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more. Check out the other podcasts in the Banana for Scale family of podcasts:Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe Exorcist Minute

    43 min

  2. MAR 1

    Babylon Is Fallen... And It Can't Get Up! • Revelation, Chapter 18

    Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen — and it can't get up! Revelation 18 is a taunt song disguised as a funeral lament, and we are here for every delicious, brutal word of it. The highlight of the reading? John's exhaustive merchandise list — gold, silver, pearls, silk, cinnamon, frankincense, fine flour — culminating in "slaves and souls of men," a placement that is very much not an accident.We break down how John is copy-pasting from Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, using the same prophetic language that described the falls of ancient Babylon and Tyre to tell his community: Rome is next, and it's going to collapse from the inside. We bring in scholar James Tabor's Pompeii connection — the shipmasters watching from the harbor map almost exactly onto the eyewitness accounts of Vesuvius — and zero in on the three mourning groups (kings, merchants, shipmasters) who aren't grieving a city so much as an income stream. The phrase "in one hour" appears three times, and it doesn't mean sixty minutes — it means suddenly, completely, and without warning.We also work through what "come out of her, my people" actually means as a moral and spiritual call to refuse complicity in empire — and sit with why a first-century lament over Rome feels so uncomfortably current.The Devil's Details show page/archiveBanana for Scale Facebook GroupConnect with Kynan on Instagram or LetterboxdConnect with Lester on Facebook, Instagram, or X --- Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more. Check out the other podcasts in the Banana for Scale family of podcasts:Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe Exorcist Minute

    30 min

  3. FEB 22

    Babylon....and on....and on... • Revelation, Chapter 17

    In this episode of The Devil's Details, we dive into Revelation Chapter 17, exploring the symbolism of the Whore of Babylon and its implications for understanding empire and corruption in biblical texts. We discuss the historical context of Revelation, the significance of the beast, and various interpretations of the whore's identity, emphasizing the metaphorical language used by John to convey his message to a persecuted audience. Our conversation also touches on cultural perceptions of virginity and purity, drawing parallels to contemporary issues. We explore the symbolism in the Book of Revelation, particularly focusing on the representation of Rome as the beast and the implications of this for understanding modern political dynamics. We discuss how the coded language used by John serves as a form of resistance against oppressive empires, drawing parallels to contemporary issues of power and cruelty. Our conversation emphasizes the cyclical nature of empires and the importance of hope and resilience in the face of darkness.keywords: Revelation, Babylon, Whore of Babylon, biblical interpretation, end times, empire, symbolism, historical context, Christianity, metaphors, Revelation, Rome, symbolism, empire, resistance, hope, modern parallels, political commentary, John, beast --- Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more. Check out the other podcasts in the Banana for Scale family of podcasts:Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe Exorcist Minute

    50 min

  4. FEB 15

    The Slightly-More-Than-Halftime-Show! • Revelation, Chapter 16

    In this episode of The Devil's Details, it's our Slightly-More-Than-Halftime-Show! We drink our fill of these seven bowls of wrath, discussing the significance of each judgment and its implications for those who reject God. We explore the themes of Revelation, focusing on the unholy trinity, the final judgment, and the consequences of Empire. We discuss the significance of Armageddon, the moral decay of society, and the metaphorical implications of plagues and disasters. We emphasize the need for vigilance and the dangers of complacency in the face of impending doom, drawing parallels to contemporary issues such as climate change and political corruption. --- Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more. Check out the other podcasts in the Banana for Scale family of podcasts:Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe Exorcist Minute

    1h 6m

  5. FEB 8

    Can I Get Seven Bowls Of Wrath To Go? • Revelation, Chapter 15

    This is a SHORT chapter! - We got more sevens here! What is this, Vegas? - The last of the plagues! - The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven - Were cherubim ever meant to be angels? - A callback to Egypt? - Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously - This is a tough read....and we read Paradise Lost! - ...and more! --- Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more. Check out the other podcasts in the Banana for Scale family of podcasts:Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe Exorcist Minute

    36 min

  6. FEB 1

    90's CE Was A Good Year For Wine! • Revelation, Chapter 14

    PSA: Even Hell has laws about drinking and driving - Seven heads, ten horns, and really good legs! - Excuse me, where are your grapes of wrath? - All the popular scholars wear leather jackets - A Dickens of a coincidence....or not? - Greek was not.....or would not have been....his first language. - It would have all been Greek to me - If you die in Revelation, you die for real - someone like the Son of Man? - Louis is the best Ghostbuster - "Might Is Right" is in fact, wrong. - ...and more! --- Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more. Check out the other podcasts in the Banana for Scale family of podcasts:Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe Exorcist Minute

    1h 4m

  7. JAN 25

    William Blake? More like William CAKE! • The Paintings of William Blake

    Fire up your Google Image search! - BAZAM! - Blake's bodacious badonkadonk - What's the deal with this woman clothed with the sun? - "Your father was a hosier!" - The first paralysis demons? - Milton and Blake: the peanut butter and chocolate of the devil - Blake was a Red Hat? (kinda) - The Ghost of a Flea and Voice Of The Devil - Callback to Thomas Butts - Seven Heads, Ten Horns, and One Whole Bakery - You can see his Great Red Dragon! - He's got butts on his butt! - ...and more! --- Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more. Check out the other podcasts in the Banana for Scale family of podcasts:Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe Exorcist Minute

    1h 12m

  8. JAN 18

    Get Your Kicks On Route 666! • Revelation, Chapter 13

    We take the scenic route today! Look at that beautiful shoreline! - Taking bus 666 to Hel, Poland - We learn why hotels don't have a 666th floor! - Callback to the Monster Energy Drink Controversy (not that I drink too much Monster Energy Drink - that's ANOTHER controversy!) - isn't a lion's mouth ALSO a leopard's mouth? - TOO MANY BEASTS! - Two Beasts or NOT two Beasts? - Cumber Benny - Wait for chapter 17....religious people HATE it! - ....and more!  --- Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more. Check out the other podcasts in the Banana for Scale family of podcasts:Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe Exorcist Minute

    1h 60m
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What started as an exploration of the devil in their show, The Exorcist Minute, has grown into something much greater. Find all the original episodes of the show and more right here in The Devil's Details with Lester Ryan Clark and Kynan Dias.

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