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
Naming Names Among The Grifters: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 76 - 93
Our nameless barrator has been ripped open--but he's still able to do what grifters do best: sell out his fellow grifters.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we look at a passage from the fifth of the malebo...
9 Feb 202227min
The Demons Take Their Pound Of Flesh: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 40 - 75
Mange-Dog has pulled a political grifter up onto the shore of the boiling pitch and the demons are about to let him have it. But not before Virgil, prompted by our pilgrim Dante, asks him a few questi...
6 Feb 202234min
Strolling Down The Avenue With The Demons: Inferno, Canto XXII, Lines 13 - 39
Dante, our pilgrim, and Virgil, his guide, have fallen in with a pack of nasty demons who are on the prowl for any barrators who stick up from the boiling pitch in the fifth evil pouch in the circle o...
2 Feb 202223min
Mile-High Poetics In The Service Of Rank Vulgarity: Inferno, Canto XXI, Line 127 - Canto XXII, Line 12
Evil Tail has mustered his regiment of insane demons. They're ready to start out, leading our pilgrim, Dante, and his guide, Virgil, along the cliff to the next available bridge.Yet our pilgrim has so...
30 Jan 202221min
