Episode 17 - The Process ends, and the Rebirth is spreading.
The person goes through the second part of the transformation, and discovers all the different...
12:55
Episode 17 - The Process ends, and the Rebirth is spreading.
The person goes through the second part of the transformation, and discovers all the different...
12:55
Episode 16 - Rebirth, and doubts.
As the person has been on a long journey through knowledge, he starts to doubt the relevance and...
12:46
Episode 14 - The House of Dante, and Growing Inside.
As the person visits the House of Dante in Florence, something is changing deeper in within him....
11:13
Episode 9 - Starting the Journey. And a big surprise.
As he opens the book (they symbol of knowledge), the person has an immediate connection he never...
07:36
Episode 8 - Day five in the Square, Warm Sunshine and Opening the Book
The preparation has ended, and the person is opening the book, symbolic of knowledge and history...
09:56
Episode 48 - Scholasticism, and the endeavour of blending the Greek and Christian Tradition.
In this episode we'll discuss the question: "Why are the Greek Gods in the same Universe as the...
05:22
Episode 47 - The Myth of Europa, and King Minos. How Europe got its name!
More of the Greek Myths, and the origins of the name of Europe as a continent. For...
06:17
Episode 45 - Dante travels through the center of the Earth, and escapes the Inferno. Canto 32-34.
In the last part of the Inferno, Dante and Virgil meet Lucifer in the center of the planet, half...
12:51
After seeing the "falsifiers" in the last part of Circle 8, Dante encounters the Well of Giants,...
05:20
Episode 43 - Lower Part of the Inferno, Canto 9-28. The scenes get more graphic.
In this episode we give a broader overview of the Lower Inferno from the City of Dis, down...
10:00
Episode 40 - The Treasures of the Ancient World
A quick review of the last 40 episodes, and reflections on why and how the Ancient World is a...
04:54
Episode 38 - Canto 5 and 6, Inferno
In this episode (Part 1 of 2 from Upper Hell), we are going through the rings of Lust, and of...
05:44
Episode 39 - Canto 7 and 8, at the gate of City of Dis, in the Inferno.
After presenting three more of the deadly sins - avarice, sloth and wrath, Dante and Virgil...
05:55
In this iconic Canto of the first book, Dante and Virgil passes through the gate of Inferno,...
08:23
Episode 37 - Canto 4, and reflections on the scope of the Comedy.
In this episode we continue the journey through the first book, and reflect on the framing of...
04:39
The opening poem of the Comedy is in some ways a metaphor for the whole work of three Volumes,...
08:22
We continue our journey from the beginning of the Comedy, and in this episode we look at Canto 2...
06:38
Episode 33 - Limbo, Purgatory, and a question from a listener!
After the last episode where Dante meets Aristotle in Limbo, of Inferno - a listener asked if...
06:04
Episode 32 - Dante on Aristotle, and our new Newsletter!
Exciting news! We now have a monthy newsletter for the Ancient World Podcast, welcome to...
03:20
Episode 28 - Canto XVIII. Dante in the Sphere of Jupiter.
In this episode we look at one of the most beautiful passages in the Paradise, where the Pilgrim...
04:27