40 episodes
The Divine House Reads the Divine Comedy the Divine Duo
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Two very serious housemates read Dante very seriously.
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Purgatorio VI: Are French Fries Thicc?
Slangquiz: should “thicc” be a word used to describe french fries? Sordello and Virgil are from Mantua, and the Empire and the Church are tearing apart Italy. But more importantly, is the letter “O” that shape because your mouth looks like an “O” when you say “O?” “Listeners,” we love you.
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Purgatorio V: Dante Learns the Water Cycle
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation: catching up with Guido's son and other murder victims.
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Purgatorio IV: Living Under a Rock (Literally)
The late repentant are kind of boring, but Belacqua lazes around under a boulder like the lazy purgatorial baller that he is. Dante continues to be obsessed with geography.
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Purgatorio III: Free Solo'ing Mount Purgatory
Does Alex Honnold have a shadow? You tell me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI
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Purgatorio II: An Angel Does Not Row Row Row Its Boat
The second canto tends to confuse us (cf: Inferno Canto 2, when we couldn't figure out who was talking). That's true here too! Good we're consistent. Don't rock this boat!!
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Purgatorio I: An Old, Cranky Man Tells Dante to Bathe
WE'RE BACK! Here with Virg and Pilg in PURG!
Disclaimer: neither of us knows what prime numbers are.
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Musa & Sinclair translations side-by-side reader
Since last fall (I took a very long break) I’ve been reading the Sinclair, Musa, and Mandelbaum translations side by side, one canto at a time. Meanwhile, every few days, I’ve been searching terms like “Dante Alighieri,” “Dante canto,” and “Dante Purgatorio” to find every Dante-focused podcast in the Apple Podcasts library. (“Dante’s History,” “Walking With Dante,” “Alessia’s Divine Comedy,” Mark Vernon’s Dante podcast, and the Leeds Dante podcast are all great.) It wasn’t until yesterday that I finally got the idea to search “Dante Divine,” and that’s how I found your podcast! I’m only 5 minutes into the first episode, but you’ve already stated that you’re reading the Musa and Sinclair translations, so I feel like this is perfect for me. I’m already at Purgatorio 22, but I’ll be sure to keep listening!