Virgil Humiliated, Virgil Adored: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 127 - 148
We come to the end of Canto XXIII and the sixth of the evil pouches, the malebolge, that make up the subsets of fraud in the eighth circle of INFERNO. Virgil has already seen something that has left h...
9 Mars 202233min
Virgil Gawks: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 109 - 126
We finally arrive at a moment that even our guide Virgil cannot believe.Why is he caught slack-jawed?The answer is more complicated than you might think.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we find that the s...
6 Mars 202233min
Welcome To The Synod Of The Hypocrites: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 82 - 108
Dante, our pilgrim, has slowed down to talk to two of the hypocrites, who are walking along in their gilded lead capes. But he gets more than he bargained for. He meets some guys who caused much of th...
2 Mars 202224min
The Lead Weight Of Hypocrisy: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 58 - 81
Dante the pilgrim and his guide, Virgil, have come down to the bottom of the sixth evil pouch to escape the demons from the fifth. Here, they find a group of guys in cowls or capes that look sort of l...
27 Feb 202228min
A Review And Reading Of The Entire Fifth Evil Pouch Of Fraud: Inferno, Canto XXI, Line 1 - Canto XXIII, Line 57
We've been through the circle of barratry, of political grift--and now it's time to look back over this vast landscape of text in Dante's INFERNO.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I read the entire passage...
23 Feb 202233min
What You Read Determines What You See: Inferno, Canto XXIII, Lines 4 - 57
Dante the pilgrim and his guide Virgil appear to have escaped the nasty demons in the fifth pouch of fraud, down in the eighth circle of Inferno.But they'd better get a move on! The demons are coming ...
20 Feb 202237min
Grifters 1, Demons 0: Inferno, Canto XXII, Line 118 - Canto XXIII, Line 3
Our nameless grifter has proposed a game for the demons: Let's see how many more of my damned ilk I can call out of the boiling pitch for you to torment. The demons back off, he gets ready, and he lea...
16 Feb 202231min
The Game Is On: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 94 - 117
Our nameless barrator has a plan for escape. He's been maimed by the demons but he's not finished yet!Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we settle into high-stakes gamesmanship in the fifth of the malebolge...
13 Feb 202222min
