Name: Dante's History
Address: US

Dante's History is a podcast that deconstructs the 700-year old poem "The Divine Comedy" to discover the hidden history within.

The poem is allegorical, with multiple meanings. Each episode will cover one canto at a time, summarizing and interpreting the poem based on dozens of commentaries and interpretations.

INFERNO: Canto 15 - The Uncivil Servants

THE UNCIVIL SERVANTS In this canto, Dante meets the man who taught him how to speak and write-- a politician and fellow exile who has...

INFERNO: Canto 14 - The Burning Blasphemers

THE BURNING BLASPHEMERS In this canto, Dante and Virgil continue across the middle ring of the 7th Circle of hell, where they encounter...

INFERNO: Canto 13 - Forest of the Suicides

FOREST OF THE SUICIDES In this canto, Dante and his guide enter a dark forest of mangled trees and speak with a damned poet who took...

INFERNO: Canto 12 - The Bloody Tyrants

THE BLOODY TYRANTS In this canto, the pilgrim and his guide will be confronted by The Infamy of Crete. And the leader of thousands of...

INFERNO: Canto 11 - The Shape of Hell

THE SHAPE OF HELL In this canto, the pilgrim and his guide are forced to take a short break. Virgil uses the opportunity to describe...

INFERNO: Canto 10 - The Soulless Nobles

THE SOULLESS NOBLES In this canto our duo walk among the tombs of the city of the dead where they meet two once feuding aristocrats...

INFERNO: Canto 9 - The Faithless Furies

THE FAITHLESS FURIES In this canto, while Dante and Virgil wait for help to get them into the City of Dis, the pilgrim is threatened by...

INFERNO: Canto 8 - The River of Wrath

THE RIVER OF WRATH In this canto, Dante and Virgil travel through the Stygian marsh where they meet another demon ferryman and another...

INFERNO: Canto 7 - The Fools of Fortune

THE FOOLS OF FORTUNE In this canto, the pilgrim and his guide encounter the demon Plutus, god of wealth. Here in the Forth Circle they...

INFERNO: Canto 6 - The Gluttonous Hog

THE GLUTTONOUS HOG In this canto, the pilgrim and his guide enter the Circle of the Gluttons and encounter the hound of hell. We meet...