Episodes

  • Inferno: Canto 25 - The Transforming Thieves

    Inferno: Canto 25 - The Transforming Thieves
    Sep 14 2023
    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.
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    25 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 24 - The Den of Snakes

    Inferno: Canto 24 - The Den of Snakes
    Sep 6 2021
    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.
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    18 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 23 - The Heavy Hypocrites

    Inferno: Canto 23 - The Heavy Hypocrites
    Jun 17 2021
    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.
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    22 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 22 - The Bargaining Barrators

    Inferno: Canto 22 - The Bargaining Barrators
    May 12 2021
    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.
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    16 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 21 - The Malebranche

    Inferno: Canto 21 - The Malebranche
    Mar 16 2021
    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.
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    23 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 20 - The Seditious Soothsayers

    Inferno: Canto 20 - The Seditious Soothsayers
    Dec 7 2020
    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.
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    30 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 19 - The Sycophantic Simonists

    Inferno: Canto 19 - The Sycophantic Simonists
    Sep 2 2020
    In this canto, Dante and Virgil explore the 3rd valley of the Malebolge. We'll learn about the sin of Simony and meet a former Pope who has been buried upside down for twenty years. Dante also finds a way to insult one of his greatest political enemies.
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    33 mins
  • Inferno: Canto 18 - The Belly Of Hell

    Inferno: Canto 18 - The Belly Of Hell
    Jun 17 2020
    In this episode, Dante and Virgil begin exploring the 8th circle of the Inferno: The Malebolge. The pilgrim will describe the structure of this part of hell and meet two different kinds of sinners. We'll also learn how the sinners in this part of the Inferno use fraud to exploit the sins of others.
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    21 mins