The Liminal Space Between The Eighth And Ninth Circles Of Hell: Inferno, Canto XXXI, Lines 7 - 27
We've come through the ten malebolge or evil pouches of fraud, but we're not to the ninth circle of INFERNO yet. Instead, we're walking with Dante the pilgrim and his guide Virgil in one of the strang...
14 Sep 202233min
Our Farewell To Fraud With A Host Of (Maybe Unanswered) Questions: INFERNO, Cantos XVIII, Line 1, through XXXI, Line 6
Here's our last episode on the giant eighth circle of INFERNO, the largest piece of real estate Dante creates in COMEDY.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I raise some interpretive questions, talk about why...
11 Sep 202247min
An Overview Of Fraud, The Eighth Circle Of INFERNO
We have been at fraud, in the eighth circle of hell, among the malebolge (or evil pouches) and with Dante the pilgrim and Virgil, for almost eighty-seven episodes of this podcast!How is that possible?...
7 Sep 202244min
A Review And Overview Of Fraud's Tenth Evil Pouch: Inferno, Canto XXIX, Line 1, through Canto XXXI, Line 6
Eleven episodes! That's how long it took us to get through the tenth and last of the evil pouches (the "malebolge") of fraud, Hell's vast eighth circle.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we look back over t...
4 Sep 202245min
The End Of Fraud—That Is, The Self In The Self Wishing The Self Were In The Self: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Line 130, through Canto XXXI, Line 6
We've come to the bottom of the circle of fraud and to one of the most complicated, self-aware, and modern similes in all of INFERNO. Is it connected to fraud? Or to art? Or both?Join me, Mark Scarbro...
31 Aug 202230min
The Many Pleasures Of Insults: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 104 - 129
We're nearing the bottom of the eighth circle of hell, the fundamentals of fraud--where we're treated to an insult contest between Master Adam and Sinon, the Greek who lied to the Trojans and got them...
28 Aug 202233min
The Bottom Of Hell, The Beginnings Of Western Civilization: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 91 - 103
We are almost done with the tenth of the evil pouches (the "malebolge") that make up the giant eighth circle of INFERNO, the vast landscape of hell.We've met several falsifiers and have spent some tim...
24 Aug 202217min
Behold The New Modern Man, Master Adam: INFERNO, Canto XXX, Lines 46 - 90
First, leprosy. Then rabies. And now dropsy. The medieval hospital of horrors just gets worse in the tenth of the evil pouches (the "malebolge") of fraud.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we meet one of th...
21 Aug 202246min
