Best Mark Scarbrough Podcasts (2024)

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making chocolate coconut macaroons! 18:31

1h ago18:31

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Chocolate coconut macaroons. Not almond cookies. But very simple cookies loaded with coconut and almost fudgy at the center. A true treat. And we're making them in our kitchen for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK. Hey there. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published three dozen cookbooks …

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Narrow Stairs, Contorted Similes, And The On-Going Poetry Of Hell: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 100 - 117 21:22

27m ago21:22

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Dante and Virgil begin their climb from the first to the second terrace of Purgatory but as they do, they climb up in an incredibly contorted and difficult simile that swaps around emotional landscapes before landing them in the song of Jesus's beatitudes as well as the screams of hell. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the climb out in this …

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The Climb Out Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 73 - 99 28:31

1d ago28:31

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Dante and Virgil begin their exit from the terrace of pride on Mount Purgtory. To do so, they must encounter and angel who implicitly calls back Lucifer (or Satan) into the text yet who welcomes them on their way up the less-steep ascent. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we watch Virgil reassert this role as the guide and see another of the epic angels…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're talking condiments! 20:16

2d ago20:16

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Let's talk condiments. Our fridge is full. Yours should be, too. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors who have written and published three dozen cookbooks (and are working on yet another). This is our podcast about food and cooking, our passions in life. We're so happy you've joined us. Here are the segments for this ep…

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Storytelling, Moral Allegory, And The Human Paradox: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 64 - 72 18:10

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Dante the poet adds a coda to his (fake) ekphrastic poetry on the reliefs in the road bed of the terrace of pride on Mount Purgatory. He steps back and explains the very nature of the art to us: realer than real, as it were. Then he moves the passage out from its narrative base and into a moral lesson based on an allegorical (and anagogical) readin…

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More Questions Than Answers About The Reliefs In The Road Bed Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 22 - 63 27:49

8d ago27:49

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We've spent three episodes going over the reliefs in the road bed of the terrace of pride on Mount Purgatory. Now let's step back and look at the whole passage. Yes, its sweet. But also its curiously crafted problems. And the way it leaves us with more questions than answers, even though we're supposed to take away a very distinct moral lesson. Joi…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making jammy oat bar cookies! 19:35

10d ago19:35

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Hey there. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written three dozen cookbooks for seven New York publishers (not counting two knitting books for Bruce and a memoir for Mark). We're excited to share our passion about food and cooking with you. We're headed into the kitchen to make some irresistible jammy oat bar cookies. We've got a one-mi…

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Walking On Pride, Part Three: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 60 27:54

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We've come to the last four reliefs in the paving stones of the terrace of pride. We're almost on our way to the next terrace of Purgatory . . . but not quite. Dante the pilgrim has to pay attention to these final moments, the final exemplars, some of whom are stated outright in the carvings and some of whom are strangely occluded. Join me, Mark Sc…

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Walking On Pride, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 37 - 48 24:07

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We're still walking on top of the reliefs of the prideful in the road bed of the first terrace of Mount Purgatory after the gate: the terrace of pride. Here, Dante the pilgrim sees four more figures: two from the classical age and two from the Biblical age. And the classical figures seem distinctly connected to art. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we …

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making vegetable pancakes! 23:33

18d ago23:33

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Vegetable pancakes? What an easy lunch, snack, or even dinner! Mark's been cooking much more vegan fare lately, so this recipe is one that he's now made countless times: a richly stocked vegetable pancake, sort of based on Korean vegetable pancakes (yachaejeon or 야채전), but packed with more vegetables and able to withstand many substitutions, based …

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Walking On Pride, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 25 - 36 26:07

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Virgil has directed Dante the pilgrim to look down at the road bed. Dante sees figures carved into the terrace . . . and he begins to walk on pride, the way one might walk over tombs in the floor of a church. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the first four figures carved into road bed. Who are they? How is the passage crafted? And what can t…

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Art, Realism, And Dante's Sheer Audacity: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, lines 13 - 24 23:14

24d ago23:14

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The opening of PURGATORIO, Canto XII, becomes even stranger as the poet Dante claims that the art he’s about to see beneath his feet is even clearer than the actual events when they happened. All well and good, until we remember this isn’t God’s art, as Dante wants us to believe. It’s Dante’s. And audacious. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore …

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Dante's Pride Both Lanced And Swelling: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 12 20:22

27d ago20:22

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Dante is still hunched over, going along like a dumb ox, paired up with the souls on the terrace of pride. His pride has been lanced by their monologues. Until Virgil tells him to be like the damned Ulysses. And then he straightens up and heads out. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the curious opening lines to PURGATORIO, Canto XII. Dante se…

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Some News That Affects Future Episodes Of PURGATORIO 3:41

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Some personal news . . . and not the sort I ever want to share . . . about future episodes of this podcast. I hope you'll understand.By Mark Scarbrough

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're talking about internet recipes! 21:44

1M ago21:44

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Hey there. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scabrough, veteran cookbook authors with three dozen cookbooks under our belts and years writing magazine features and being columnists for those very magazines, including COOKING LIGHT, EATING WELL, and weightwatchers. This is our food and cooking podcast. We've got a one-minute cooking tip about people who …

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A Bad Boy Makes Good On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 109 - 139 34:27

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If you'd like to make a contribution to help me with hosting, licensing, streaming, editing, and royalty fees, please consider visiting this PayPal link right here. We’ve come to the end of PURGATORIO, Canto XI . . . and the end of the artist Oderisi’s monologue. He finishes up, not with more about himself, but with the tale of the third penitent w…

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Oderisi Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108 26:33

1M ago26:33

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I said we'd move on to the second half of Oderisi da Gubbio's speech . . . but there's no way we can. There are still so many unanswered questions about the way Dante cryptically inserts himself into the text, the way the art of miniaturization reflects the new style in poetry that Dante practices, and the very fact that Dante meets someone whose l…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're busting cooking myths! 21:32

1M ago21:32

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Hey there, we're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of three dozen cookbooks (NOT including those ghost-written for celebrities--now there's a story!). In this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about tasting food through the process of cooking. We're taking on some of the most …

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Proud Oderisi Confronts The Vagaries Of Artistic Fame: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108 37:55

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If you'd like to help underwrite this podcast, WALKING WITH DANTE, you can use this PayPal link right here. On Purgatory's terrace of pride, we turn from noble Omberto to an artist, a manuscript illuminator, Oderisi da Gubbio, who delivers some of the most memorable lines in all of PURGATORIO. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we work through the first …

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Proud Omberto, Humbled . . . Or Humbled Omberto, Still Proud: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 46 - 72 32:18

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We've come to the first penitent who speaks after the gate of Purgatory: Omberto Aldobrandesco. He's from a storied, titled family, a nobleman brought low. Or is he? Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we hear Omberto's side of the story, try to discern his character through his words, and ponder why Dante makes the first penitent of Purgatory proper so v…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making fudgy vegan brownies! 22:33

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Hey there. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. Together, we've written three dozen cookbooks . . . with more on the way. We've sold almost 1 1/2 million copies and tested/developed tens of thousands of recipes. This is our food and cooking podcast! In this episode, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about music and coo…

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Disorienting The Reader On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 25 - 45 31:52

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If you'd like to help out with editing, licensing, streaming, hosting, and website fees for this podcast, please consider donating at this PayPal link right here. Dante the pilgrim has heard the prayer of the prideful penitents under their boulders and now he sees them more clearly, weighed down "as if during dreams." What? It gets more confusing. …

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Dante Rewrites The Foundational Prayer Of Christianity: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 1 - 24 41:11

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Please support this podcast! Help me with streaming, hosting, licensing, and editing fees by donating whatever you can at this PayPal link right here. Dante now hears the first of the penitents of Purgatory proper. They're under their boulders, reciting the foundational of Christianity. Except they're not. They're reciting Dante's rewrite of that p…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: When to skimp or splurge at the supermarket! 19:56

2M ago19:56

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Hey there. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough and we've written three dozen cookbooks, plus more on the way. We're veteran food writers and we love sharing our passion about food and cooking with you. If you'd like to check out our latest book, THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE, with over 700 photographs for 125 recipes, click on this link right…

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When Art Envisions What Is: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 112 - 139 20:34

2M ago20:34

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Please consider supporting this podcast by donating to help me cover licensing, hosting, streaming, and editing fees, as well as royalties for the sound effects, by visiting this PayPal link right here. Virgil has prompted the pilgrim Dante to look at the penitents coming around the bend on the first terrace of Purgatory proper. But Dante can't mak…

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A Seam In The Narrative Sewn With Virgil's Murmurs: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 94 -111 25:54

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Help support this podcast by donating at this PayPal link right here. Having seen the intaglios, Dante is still in wonder as the first penitents round the bend. Virgil spots them first . . . and murmurs to Dante. Murmurs? It’s a loaded verb in a passage about Dante’s theory of art. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we take on this short passage in PURGA…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making a spicy pork dipping sauce for vegetables 20:21

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Hey there. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. Together, we've written three dozen cookbooks (working on #37 right now) and we've sold almost 1.5 million copies of our books. We're delighted you're joining us for our adventures in food and cooking. In this episode, we offer a simplified version of more traditional Cantonese dish: a spicy pork …

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The Moral Crux Of Justice And Compassion In The Last Intaglio: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 70 - 93 27:54

2M ago27:54

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Please consider helping to support WALKING WITH DANTE. You can help me cover streaming, licensing, royalty, hosting, and editing fees by donating whatever you can at this PayPal link right here. Dante goes on to find the last intaglio or relief carving in the austere, too-steep, marble wall of the first terrace of Purgatory. Here, he finds a scene …

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Realism And Its Discontents: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 46 - 69 26:30

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After the intaglio about the annunciation, Dante moves beyond Virgil (or is prodded to move beyond his guide) to discover a second sequence, this time from the story of King David and his journey with the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem. The scene is so realistic that it causes a sensory confusion in our pilgrim. Problem is, his amazement at the…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making an easy, warm, comfy granola! 22:00

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Hey there! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written three dozen cookbooks (and counting) and sold almost 1.5 million copies. This is our podcast about food and cooking, two of the greatest passions in our life. In this episode, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about saving back small amounts of tomato paste …

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Art, Creativity, And The False Promise Of The New: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 28 - 45 30:47

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Please donate to help support this walk with Dante. You can help me cover licensing, hosting, streaming, editing, and royalty fees by visiting this PayPal link right here. Dante the pilgrim and (shockingly!) Virgil have made it to the first terrace of Purgatory proper, although they (and we?) are still not sure exactly what's going on. All we know …

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The Post-Gate Letdown: PURGATORIO, Canto X, Lines 1 - 27 26:31

2M ago26:31

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If you'd like to help support this podcast, please consider donating to cover hosting, licensing, and streaming fees by using this PayPal link right here. Dante and Virgil have come through the dramatic gate of Purgatory proper and entered a wildly open space, edging out to the void. This stark emptiness provides an existential contrast to all of t…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making soft chocolate tahini cookies! 18:10

2M ago18:10

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Hey there. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of three dozen cookbooks, including our latest: THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE. (You can find a copy here.) We love to share our passion for food and cooking with you. On this episode of our podcast, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about fried eggs. We're in the kitchen with an easy an…

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The First Terrace Of Purgatory Proper: A Read-Through of PURGATORIO, Cantos X - XII 30:34

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If you'd like help support this podcast by underwriting its hosting, streaming, royalty, website, and editing fees, please consider donating at this PAYPAL link right here. I hope you're ready for the climb. We've come through the gate of PURGATORY to find ourselves on the first terrace of those actually getting rid of their sins. In this episode o…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: Let's talk about fixing other people's cookbooks! 26:56

3M ago26:56

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As veteran cookbook authors, we've been called in to fix and even write other people's cookbooks. From stuffed spleen to diets with no plan, we've seen the works in our twenty-five years in this business. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written and published three dozen cookbooks under our own names. We've also developed tens of thou…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: Kat Ashmore, Author Of BIG BITES 22:55

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Hey there! We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of over three dozen cookbooks and tens of thousands of recipes. Back in the day, we were contributing editors at Eating Well and Cooking Light--and we have the longest-running column on weightwatchers.com. We're still writing cookbooks! And we'd love to share our passion for food and cooki…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making a sour green cilantro curry! 20:06

3M ago20:06

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Hey there! We're Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. Together, we've written over three dozen cookbooks and sold almost 1.5 million copies of them. We've developed tens of thousands of original recipes. And we love to share our passion for food and cooking with you. Our latest cookbook is THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BOOK, with over 700 photos, one f…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: Tessa Kiros, Author of NOW AND THEN 28:29

3M ago28:29

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We've got a packed show with travel, memoir, recipes, food tips, the whole works. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've got three dozen published titles under our (ever widening) belts. We've sold nearly one and a half million books in our career. And we're still ready to talk more about food. On this episode of CO…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: Let's talk about 2024 food trends! 20:14

4M ago20:14

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Welcome! We're Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors with three dozen cookbooks to our names (plus two knitting books for Bruce and a memoir from Mark). If you'd like to check out our latest, THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE, click this link right here. We're talking about food trends for 2024, gleaned from reading Whole Food…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: Rose Wilde, author of BREAD AND ROSES! 29:04

4M ago29:04

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Welcome to our kitchen! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. Even after thirty-six cookbooks--including our latest, THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE--we're excited to have Rose Wilde with us in this episode. She's the owner of the bakery Red Bread in Los Angeles and she's got a gorgeous new cookbook out: BREAD AND ROSES.…

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Screeching And Singing Into Purgatory Proper: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 130 - 145 37:39

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Help support the work of the podcast by donating to help me cover licensing, royalty, hosting, streaming, and editing fees associated with our walk. You can do so by visiting this PayPal link here. Dante and Virgil finally walk through the gate into Purgatory . . . in one of the most complex endings of any canto in all of COMEDY. There's tragedy an…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: Our Holiday Food Survival Guide 16:10

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Welcome to our kitchen! We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written three dozen books, sold way over one million copies, and spent many years thinking about food and cooking. In this episode, we've got a holiday food survival guide to help us eat to our content and not our discontent. We're using some of the guid…

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Of Keys, Gates, And Letters On The Forehead: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 106 - 129 28:47

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Help keep WALKING WITH DANTE sponsor-free. To help me cover licensing, hosting, streaming, and editing fees, please consider donating through this PayPal link here. Does Dante walk up the steps to the gate of Purgatory? Not without Virgil's help. And then we get a close view of the angel's ashy robes. And then we hear about letters on the forehead.…

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Three Steps Up To The Gate And Into An Interpretive Quagmire: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 94 - 105 29:14

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Please consider donating to WALKING WITH DANTE to help me cover the costs of streaming, editing, royalties, hosting, and web domains for this podcast. You can do so by visiting this PayPal link right here. We've made it to the steps into Purgatory. In other words, we've made it to an interpretive quagmire. Seven hundred years of scholarship sit on …

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: We're making an easy homemade version of chili crisp! 21:45

4M ago21:45

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Welcome! We're veteran authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough with over three dozen cookbooks to our names (plus knitting books and a memoir from Mark). Our latest is THE LOOK & COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE, packed with photos, one for every step. You can find it here. In this episode of our food and cooking podcast, we're back in the kitchen, making a …

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The Forbidding Angel At The Gate: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 79 - 93 22:35

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Please help me cover the costs of streaming, editing, hosting, and producing this podcast by visiting this PayPal link right here. Dante seemed so full of confidence when he learned that his dream was indeed only a dream and that Lucy had in fact carried him to the gate of Purgatory. But that was before he faced the angel guardian at the gate, whos…

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Brace Yourself For The Gate Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 64 - 78 20:43

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Help me cover the costs for this podcast: its hosting, licensing, streaming, and royalty fees. (Those sound effects require royalties!) You can donate using this PayPal link right here. Dante undergoes a total transformation: from the scared guy who burned up in his dream to the fully confident pilgrim who walks right up to the gate of Purgatory. I…

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WELCOME TO OUR KITCHEN: Nik Sharma, Author Of VEG-TABLE 27:45

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Welcome! We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors with over three dozen books to our names (not counting knitting books from Bruce and a memoir from Mark) and near 1.5 million copies sold. We love to talk about food and cooking. We're glad you've joined us. We're also happy to have Nik Sharma on the podcast this week. He's …

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Lucy, Virgil, The Christian Reality, The Classical Texture: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 43 - 63 23:15

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Help keep WALKING WITH DANTE sponsor-free. Please support this work by donating to cover hosting, streaming, editing, licensing, and other fees associated with this podcast. To do so, please visit this Paypal link right here. Dante awakens in stark terror. But he's beside his constant companion, Virgil. And he's a long way up the mountain, looking …

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A Dream Of Classical Sex And Sorrows: PURGATORIO, Canto IX, Lines 13 - 42 31:24

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Help keep WALKING WITH DANTE sponsor-free! Please donate to help me cover hosting, streaming, licensing, royalty, and research fees. You can do so at this PayPal link here. Dante dreams his way to the gate of Purgatory using three classical images that explain his sexual rapture in the presence of divine love but also give his journey a texture of …

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