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- 40 - Purgatorio VI: Are French Fries Thicc?Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 47min
- 39 - Purgatorio V: Dante Learns the Water CycleMon, 31 Jul 2023 - 30min
- 38 - Purgatorio IV: Living Under a Rock (Literally)Mon, 24 Jul 2023 - 33min
- 37 - Purgatorio III: Free Solo'ing Mount PurgatoryMon, 17 Jul 2023 - 36min
- 36 - Purgatorio II: An Angel Does Not Row Row Row Its BoatMon, 10 Jul 2023 - 35min
- 35 - Purgatorio I: An Old, Cranky Man Tells Dante to BatheSun, 30 Jan 2022 - 55min
- 34 - Canto XXXIV: Today, SatanThu, 30 Sep 2021 - 1h 03min
- 33 - Canto XXIII: My Poet-Idol Visited Ptolomea And All I Got Was This Lousy Ice VisorTue, 28 Sep 2021 - 58min
- 32 - Canto XXXII: Ice Skating With Frozen HeadsMon, 27 Sep 2021 - 40min
- 31 - Canto XXXI: Dante and Virgil Get Picked Up Like Stuart LittleSun, 26 Sep 2021 - 47min
- 30 - Canto XXX: Real (Bloated) Housewives of the Malebolge
Why is lying worse than killing thousands of people? Also: Zeus gets pregnant (in his thicc thigh); we want to go on vacation to Siena to see this fountain that tempts a lute-person; Potiphar's wife cuts tomatoes; Master Adamo and Sinon get into a little tiff to rival the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Dante rubbernecks; Virgil loses his patience. Besties!!
Sat, 25 Sep 2021 - 55min - 29 - Canto XXIX: The Bolgia of the Quacks
Virgil scolds Dante for staring at Bertran de Born's head for too long. "The circle of liiiiiife..." Jeez, the tenth bolgia is really bad, as the Alchemist sinners are... never mind, the complexities of parking garage ventilation are more interesting! And trucking! Out, damn spot! We end by discussing why fraud is such a bad sin in Dante's world, and good vs. bad alchemists.
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 - 49min - 28 - Canto XXVIII: Gore, Schism, and Own-Horn-TootingThu, 15 Jul 2021 - 37min
- 27 - Canto XXVII: Boniface VIII is Back, Betches
"Now was the flame erect..." Ulysses and Diomedes burn in a sexy, quivering flame-tip. Phalaris, the florist of Florence, tortures people in a Big Brazen Bull. Not hot! Six Flags is scary! Next year, we are dressing up as The Eagle of Polenta, The Lion of the White Lair and/or Pope Boniface VIII for Halloween. BONYFACE TALKS! What is the living wage in Hell? OMG, Carson from Downton Abbey plays Boniface VIII in a TV show! Did we forget that Boniface's bony face was up the butt of another simonist way back in Canto 19? Yes, listeners, we did.
Wed, 07 Jul 2021 - 51min - 26 - Canto XXVI: Ulysses Was the Original Captain Jack SparrowThu, 13 May 2021 - 51min
- 25 - Canto XXV: Snake Penises, and a Lot More
Listeners, this canto is *gross* and contains much discussion of sexual assault, in the context of centaurs and snake penises splitting in two. We also cancel the F-word and ask to speak to the manager of Hell. But even if you don't listen, look at this link we found while we were recording it: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/relative-of-penis-snake-amphibian-named-after-donald-trump/. It's a nice way to commemorate Trump being voted out of office.
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 - 1h 04min - 24 - Canto XXIV: Bradley Cooper Doesn't Wear a Snake
ELECTION NIGHT, and the FBI is listening to our podcast, so we have to be careful. Too bad Dante has decided to give naked thieves snake-belts before they disintegrate into ashes. We are bored of Virgil, so we cast Bradley Cooper to play him. (Hot!) Also, the bolgias are kind of like collapsible coffee cups, and speaking of vessels, Jesus definitely had a Kleen Kanteen. OK, off to chill with Hillary Clinton, who is at an all-expenses-paid resort in the Bahamas with Ares, god of war. Good luck, America! It wasn't us.
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 - 48min - 23 - Canto XXIII: Turns Out Bad Booty Is...Bad 🙄Thu, 22 Apr 2021 - 52min
- 22 - Canto XXII: Deep-Fried Devils Coming Right UpTue, 09 Mar 2021 - 40min
- 21 - Canto XXI: Bad Booty Bugles His A-Hole
Dante is a COY BOY! He doesn't tell us what he's up to... But it turns out there are some infrastructure problems in hell. The devil Malecoda is like "I'll send you guys with my guys. Don't worry. You can trust me, I'm totally trustworthy." And we're like NO GUYS! Don't do it, this guy's name is literally BAD BOOTY. He has BAD in the NAME! and also, he uses that bad booty of his to bugle a lot, if you catch our drift. Farting. That's right. There is a lot of farting.
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 - 37min - 20 - Canto XX: People Cry Into Buttcracks (Their Own)
Where in Dante's Inferno would we put Donald Trump? Hard to say without SPOILERS. Well, in any case, he probably wouldn't be with Tiresias, Michael Scot (not from the Office...we THINK) and the other seers in the fourth Bad Bulge, which is wet with the tears they are crying into their own butts. Oops!
Another spoiler: We are pedants. Not sure yet where we'll end up. Stay tuned!!
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 - 49min - 19 - Canto XIX: Simonists All the Way Down
We finally get to the part where people are buried upside down! Dante throws a lot of shade at the church, and Boniface VIII makes another appearance. (A subplot we LOVE.) In this case, his bony face is about to get shoved up the butt of another simonist, aka someone who sells clerical privileges for £££. Also in store this time: Constantine! forgery! the harlot bride of someone! she-bears! and also, a special hug from Virgil.
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 - 46min - 18 - Canto XVIII: Pickles 'n' BulgesMon, 01 Feb 2021 - 37min
- 17 - Canto XVII: Geryon, and Lots of Gift IdeasMon, 01 Feb 2021 - 1h 06min
- 16 - Canto XVI: Below the Belt
DISCLAIMER: We do not own the trademarks to Goldfish®. Bypassingly, in this episode Dante runs into some of his political heroes, who are flayed, possibly because they were gay, which is NOT something we support! (the flaying) Things end with a loud waterfall. Also Virgil takes off Dante's belt. No, really.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 - 30min - 15 - Canto XV: OMG Brunetto Latini
The title says it all. OMG. Brunetto Latini, aka Dante's teacher whom we misnamed in the first episode, is HERE! It's a cute reunion, but Virgil gets his toga in a twist because *he* is Dante's teacher now. We conclude that Virgil is annoying, and Purgatory is probably the only place in the afterlife where sex would be fun.
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 - 22min - 14 - Canto XIV: An Old Man With a Lot of Body FluidsTue, 08 Dec 2020 - 31min
- 13 - Canto XIII: This One Is Just Straight-Up Sad and Upsetting
CONTENT WARNING: This is Dante's canto about suicide. There are also trees. [FOR U.S. LISTENERS: If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.] [FOR U.K. LISTENERS: When life is difficult, Samaritans are here – day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at jo@samaritans.org, or visit www.samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.]
Mon, 23 Nov 2020 - 59min - 12 - Canto XII: Bovine Sex Toys, Hot Centaurs, Hot Tyrants (Boiling in Blood)
Welcome to the SEVENTH CIRCLE folks! Not gonna lie, we forgot which canto we were on. But no matter! The Minotaur is what's up, and Jesus did some serious infrastructural damage on his most recent tourist trip. Also: centaurs who may or may not be played by Pierce Brosnan; Hammurabi's Code; sparkling anthropotaurs; a river of boiling blood. Whose blood is it? Unclear.
FYI: Trent is NOT the same as Trieste. We are ignorant. We are so, so unqualified to make this podcast. If you haven't realized that by now, we don't know what to tell you.
Tue, 10 Nov 2020 - 44min - 11 - Canto XI: Hell Smells, But At Least It's Organized
Virgil gives a VERY UNCLEAR roadmap of hell and we encounter some BAD SMELLS. And yes, listeners, Dante does call Virgil "the sun that shines to clear a misty vision." He's such a little fanboy. It's cute but annoying.
Also featured: Pope Anastasius (no relation to Anastasia...we THINK); a circa-2003 Razor cellphone; a cold, stinky vale and lots of SCREE; make sure you bring a whistle when you go hiking in the mountains! We are very confused about the architectural structure of hell, but the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is wild.
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Mon, 09 Nov 2020 - 24min - 10 - Canto X: Impious Fools (Florentine Politicians, But Also Us)
The only thing of note that happens in this episode is that we get into a snitty little quarrel about the pronunciation of IMPIOUS. Also some guys speak to Dante while half-submerged in their own graves. (Are those graves on fire? Please. Don’t waste our time with these qubibles. OF COURSE THEY ARE, you impious twit. Have you learned NOTHING from Virgil’s tour so far? If it can be on fire, it is.)
Mon, 26 Oct 2020 - 20min - 9 - Canto IX: All in Dis Together
Literally, we are all together in Dis, the city in Hell where everyone is hanging out in graves that are also on fire (fun!). Dante gets chatty with the sinners as per usual. Virgil talks about getting imprisoned by his own fanfic. The Furies are chilling and flailing. Finally Virgil pulls a Karen and calls the manager, aka....Hercules. (?!?)
This episode is also where we update you on some of the things we promised we would look up, but never did because we are SLOTHFUL. We get into a digression on Theseus being a Dick, Athena being "mixed up," things Being Cake, whether Judas had free will, and whether Jesus was thinking about sex constantly. We'll never know!
We also cannot remember the word PHARISEES for the entire episode; what loserly HERETICS we are. Nothing new here.
Thu, 22 Oct 2020 - 45min - 8 - Canto VIII: Dante Gets Smooched on a Speedboat
To quote ourselves in this episode, "We are not cool." In fact, as it turns out, Dante has gotten more action while in Hell than we have for all of lockdown! This is good for public health but bad for the morale of the Divine House.
Dante continues to suck up to Virgil, meanwhile someone is crossing the river Styx REALLY fast, and it turns out his name is essentially Phlegm. (Phlegyas.) We run into Filippo Argenti, and approach the city of Dis, where Virgil has serious connections... or does he?
Also: Scented candles. TGV trains. Chianti. Our dating lives. Really, it doesn't get less cool than this.
Mon, 19 Oct 2020 - 16min - 7 - Canto VII: Fortune Clucking SucksThu, 24 Sep 2020 - 25min
- 6 - Canto VI: Ciacco TacoMon, 21 Sep 2020 - 26min
- 5 - Canto V: Sexy, Sexy Books, So Sexy
OK, make sure you sacrifice to the gods properly or you might have to have your in-house inventor create a mechanical cow so your wife can have sex with a giant bull inside it! And you might end up with a huge-ass tail. Literally a huge ass-tail. With which you condemn souls in the circles of hell. <-- This is a fact-check to our analysis of Minos, because guess what, it WAS his fault that his wife had sex with a bull! It was NOT HER FAULT. What the hell.
But no, dear listeners, this is actually a canto très tragique... doomed lovers, endless winds, SEXY BOOKS. Strap yourselves in.
Mon, 14 Sep 2020 - 31min - 4 - Canto IV: The Dead Poets' Society (Literally)
So we knew that Dante is obsessed with Virgil. But he really goes over the edge in this one. He even has some *secret convos* with his dead idols, including Homer, Horace, Lucan... also Orpheus is somehow hanging out with Seneca, and Dante shows some surprising cross-faith appreciation for Avicenna and Averroes. But mainly he fanboys. And we fangirl accordingly.
Mon, 17 Aug 2020 - 41min - 3 - Canto III: Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter HereSat, 18 Jul 2020 - 36min
- 2 - Canto II: Some Ladies Are Looking Out for Dante (Nice!)Sun, 12 Jul 2020 - 23min
- 1 - Canto I: Dante Gets Attacked By Vicious Animals & Rescued By His Idol
Hello and welcome to the Divine House Reads the Divine Comedy.
Gracious listeners, in this episode we embark upon a journey to the low-fi Inferno. What even is this poem? Who was Dante Alighieri? What is the Divine House? WHAT IS DIVINITY?!
These are some of the questions that we will discuss VERY deeply in this VERY serious podcast. Just two innocent grad students grappling with a 700-year-old medieval Italian text. No preparation needed. On our end or on yours!
See you on the other side.
Fri, 10 Jul 2020 - 56min
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