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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Danny Fitzpatrick https://storage.buzzsprout.com/19r5c097oa1f87xir7o5w7xo6bti?.jpg Dante in a Year Dante’s Inferno Commentary, Canto 1 Dante’s Inferno Commentary, Canto 1 In which we delve into the Comedy anew, seeking to explore its poetic, imaginative, and spiritual depths.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-10225379 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0500 457 full false Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 7 Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 7 In which Beatrice describes the perfect justice of the Crucifixion.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-10225375 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0500 434 full false Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 6 Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 6 In which Justinian recounts the course of the imperial eagle.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-10225164 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0500 436 full false Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 5 Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 5 In which Beatrice discusses whether or not anything else can be offered in place of a broken bow.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-10224580 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0500 424 full false Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 4 Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 4 In which Beatrice explains failure in vows.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-10221379 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 18:00:00 -0500 417 full false Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 3 Dante’s Paradiso, Canto 3 In which Dante meets Piccarda and Constance.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-10214631 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:00:00 -0500 426 full false Paradiso, Canto 1 Paradiso, Canto 1 In which Beatrice gazes at the Sun and explains to Dante that to soar Heavenward is simply to fulfill the instinct of his nature.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-10202768 Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:00:00 -0500 431 full false Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 33 Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 33 The end of Purgatorio! In which Dante drinks the waters of Eunoe and prepares to ascend with Beatrice to the stars.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-10123078 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500 434 full false Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 26 Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 26 In which the lustful purge their sin in the flames of love.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-9856825 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 19:00:00 -0500 398 full false Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 22 Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 22 In which Vergil and Statius discuss the latter’s conversion and the finer points of the poetic arts.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-9574969 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:00:00 -0500 475 full false Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 19 Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 19 In which Dante and Vergil ascend to the terrace of avarice.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-9574764 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:00:00 -0500 451 full false Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 16 Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 16 We’ve reached the halfway mark, where the wrathful purge their sin in the fog.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-9365120 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:00:00 -0400 509 full false Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 15 Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 15 In which Dante and Vergil discuss the nature of the good and Dante has a vision.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-9190187 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:00:00 -0400 557 full false Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 12 Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto 12 In which more scenes of pride unfold in miraculous images at the pilgrims’ feet and the P of pride is wiped by an angel’s wing from Dante’s brow.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8914152 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:00:00 -0400 568 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 34 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 34 We’ve reached the end of Inferno, where Dante and Vergil use Satan as a stair to reach the other side of the world.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8780276 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:00:00 -0400 462 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 27 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 27 In which we find the roots of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock!

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8765717 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0400 491 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 26 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 26 In which Ulysses describes his journey beyond the end of the world to the mountain of Purgatory, where his cleverness meets its end.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8748556 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0400 458 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 25 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 25 In which the serpents cause sinners to metamorphose.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8727667 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 21:00:00 -0400 484 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 24 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 24 In which Dante and Vergil descend into a pit of snakes, wherein they meet Vanni Fucci, a Tuscan who prophesies ill fortune for Dante.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8710614 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:00:00 -0400 484 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 23 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 23 In which Dante and Vergil flee the Malebranche devils and find themselves among the hypocrites.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8688642 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0400 504 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 22 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 22 In which the Malebranche hook a barrator from the pitch, only to be fooled by his scheme.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8670600 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0400 584 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 21 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 21 In which we watch a band of devils hurl a sinner into boiling pitch. Then the leader of the devils commands his crew to escort Dante and Vergil further along.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8647681 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0400 442 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 20 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 20 In which the diviners walk backward with their heads twisted around. Among them we meet Michael Scott.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8628497 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0400 448 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 19 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 19 Dante and Vergil go down into the bulge of simony.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8608114 Fri, 28 May 2021 22:00:00 -0400 448 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 18 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 18 In which Dante and Vergil make their way into the pit and begin to encounter all sorts of deceivers. 

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8589519 Tue, 25 May 2021 22:00:00 -0400 448 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 17 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 17 Dante and Vergil descend into the pit of fraud on the back of the monster Geryon.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8566311 Fri, 21 May 2021 22:00:00 -0400 460 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 16 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 16 Dante and Vergil meet Jacopo Rusticucci and then come to the edge of the pit of fraud, where they await the monster Geryon.

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]]> Dante and Vergil meet Jacopo Rusticucci and then come to the edge of the pit of fraud, where they await the monster Geryon.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8546218 Tue, 18 May 2021 21:00:00 -0400 454 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 15 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 15 In which Dante converses with Brunetto Latini.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8523316 Fri, 14 May 2021 22:00:00 -0400 432 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 14 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 14 Dante and Vergil pass into the third ring of the seventh circle of Hell.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8504167 Tue, 11 May 2021 21:00:00 -0400 495 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 13 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 13 Dante and Vergil pass into the wood of suicides.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8475213 Thu, 06 May 2021 22:00:00 -0400 510 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 12 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 12 Today Dante and Vergil descend past the Minotaur into lower Hell. They come to a river of boiling blood filled with the souls of those who were violent toward others. The river is patrolled by centaurs, one of whom guides Dante and Vergil to a place where they can cross.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8454894 Mon, 03 May 2021 23:00:00 -0400 504 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 11 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 11 Dante and Vergil discuss the structure of Hell.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8432499 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:00:00 -0400 410 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 10 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 10 Today we meet Farinata, a Florentine who reveals to Dante the fact that those in Hell cannot see the present but only the future.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8418784 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:00:00 -0400 596 full false Dr. Frank Ambrosio interviews Danny Fitzpatrick and Timothy Schmalz Dr. Frank Ambrosio interviews Danny Fitzpatrick and Timothy Schmalz In this second bonus episode, Dr. Frank Ambrosio of Georgetown University interviews Danny Fitzpatrick and Timothy Schmalz.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8385460 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:00:00 -0400 3655 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 9 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 9 An angel arrives and lets Vergil and Dante into the city of Dis, though only after the peril of the Furies and Medusa.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8385200 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:00:00 -0400 439 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 8 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 8 Phlegyas bears Dante and Vergil across the swamp of Styx. Then fallen angels bar the gates of Dis against our heroes.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8367373 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:00:00 -0400 502 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 7 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 7 Here Dante and Vergil watch the hoarders and the squanderers and then descend into the swamp of acedia.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8344359 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:00:00 -0400 411 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 6 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 6 Here we meet Cerberus and then Ciacco in the circle of the gluttons.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8324192 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:00:00 -0400 413 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 5 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 5 Into Hell itself, where we meet Paolo and Francesca in the circle of lust.

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]]> Into Hell itself, where we meet Paolo and Francesca in the circle of lust.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8300420 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 20:00:00 -0400 465 full false Bonus Episode 1 Bonus Episode 1 Today we have an interview with me and renowned sculptor Timothy Schmalz, hosted by Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson!

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8300322 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 20:00:00 -0400 4277 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 4 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 4 Today we journey with Dante and Vergil in Limbo, where Dante is crowned one of the six greatest poets of all time. Then on into Hell proper!

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8279071 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 22:00:00 -0400 498 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 3 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 3 We’re back for Canto 3, wherein Dante passes through the famous gate of Hell and begins his journey.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8258130 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:00:00 -0400 468 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 2 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 2 Welcome back! In this episode we hear Canto 2 of Dante’s Inferno.

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]]> Danny Fitzpatrick Buzzsprout-8236830 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:00:00 -0400 489 full false Dante’s Inferno, Canto 1 Dante’s Inferno, Canto 1 In this first episode, we introduce the show and dive right into Dante’s Inferno, Canto 1, the awe-inspiring opening to the Divine Comedy.

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]]> In this first episode, we introduce the show and dive right into Dante’s Inferno, Canto 1, the awe-inspiring opening to the Divine Comedy.

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