The Divine House Reads the Divine Comedy Podcast
1) 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” t...Show More
2) Purgatorio V: Dante Learns the Water Cycle
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation: catching up with Guido's son and other murder victims.
3) 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.
4) Purgatorio III: Free Solo'ing Mount Purgatory
Does Alex Honnold have a shadow? You tell me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI
5) 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!!
6) 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.
7) Canto XXXIV: Today, Satan
It's the deepest circle of Hell, and it turns out that Lucifer isn't really in charge. Or is he? ...Time to go to The Upside-Down.
8) Canto XXIII: My Poet-Idol Visited Ptolomea And All I Got Was This Lousy Ice Visor
That's right: Specialty sports headwear made from human tears! Also, Princess Elsa's hypothetical trip to Caïna, Elaine's Mushu fanfic, and the biggest dis in the Inferno—so far.
Canto XXIII: My Poet-Idol Visited Ptolomea And All I Got Was This Lousy Ice Visor
58:51 | Sep 28th, 2021
9) Canto XXXII: Ice Skating With Frozen Heads
Before curb-stomping, there was head-chomping: an icy lake, "orifice vibes," Dante's Moleskine notebook, nom nom—ciabatta! Listeners, this one is a wild ride.
10) Canto XXXI: Dante and Virgil Get Picked Up Like Stuart Little
Giants, folks! Also: the whales were Gaea's bath bombs; Lucy's FaceID doesn't work; Elaine's professor has Insights; we hypothesize that Antaeus would give a lot of shit to flight attendants, but actu...Show More