Seven Heads, Ten Horns: The History of the Devil

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**Seven Heads, Ten Horns: The History of the Devil**

A history podcast that explores the origins, development, and continuing influence of the Devil in Western cultures.

Latest Episodes:

S 4.1 This Present Snarkiness Jun 11, 2023

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The boys are back to discuss Frank E. Peretti's 1986 Christian supernatural thriller This Present Darkness.

S 3 Faust Cycle 7: A Faustian Age? Apr 22, 2023

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Back to discuss the historical Faust, "Faustian science," Sylvia Federici, Sycorax and Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest, Martin Heidegger's anti-Semitism, The Devil's Miner, and the future of the podcast.

S 3 Faust Cycle 6: Goethe's Faust Pt. II--The Revenge Feb 28, 2023

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Klaus and Travis go the distance to close out Goethe's Faust cycle.

One video playlist for the Peter Stein 2001 production of Goethe's Faust II.

S 3 Film Desk: "First Reformed" Jan 15, 2023

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In this first episode of 2023 we discuss the 2017 film "First Reformed," written and directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried. A Protestant minister experiences personal and planetary crisis, making sense of his rage and despair with apocalyptic scripture and radical environmentalism.

As is always the case when we do a film episode, there are spoilers. So go check out the film first if you want the best listening experience.

S 3 Dante's Inferno pt. 2 with Akash Kumar Dec 23, 2022

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This episode is the second installment in our series of conversations on Dante's Inferno with Dr. Akash Kumar.

S 3 Dante's Inferno pt. 1 with Akash Kumar Dec 17, 2022

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This week we are blessed to be joined by Dr. Akash Kumar for a lively discussion of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century Divine Comedy, and, of course, the Inferno in particular, with all its demons, mythological monsters, personal enemies of Dante, and other tragic figures.

Digital Dante

Akash Kumar, "Teddy Roosevelt, Dante, and the Man in the Arena"

Interactive (hilarious) map of Dante's hell

S 3 Faust Cycle 6: Goethe pt. 3 Dec 09, 2022

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This episode we finish up Faust 1!

Faust 1 (German text)

Faust 1 (English translation)

Faust 1 (video of performance dir. by Peter Stein, 2000 with English subtitles)

S 3 Faust Cycle 5: Goethe pt. 2 Nov 22, 2022

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Scenes discussed from Faust 1: Studierzimmer (study) - Hexenküche (witches' kitchen.)

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Faust 1 (German text)

Faust 1 (English translation)

Faust 1 on the stage (Peter Stein, 2000) (no subtitles but better video quality)

Faust 1 (same version, with English subtitles)

S 3 Faust Cycle 4: Goethe pt. 1 Nov 13, 2022

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Part 4 of our Faust series brings us to Goethe (1749-1832) and the way he reinvented the legend for his own time, or, in as he has Faust say, “take what you have inherited from your forefathers and make it your own.” In this episode, Klaus introduces the work, the author, and the first few scenes.

Faust 1 (German text)

Faust 1 (English translation)

Faust 1 on the stage (Peter Stein, 2000) (no subtitles but better video quality)

Faust 1 (same version, with English subtitles)

S 3 Halloween! City of the Dead Oct 28, 2022

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Celebrating Halloween this year with the seasonally atmospheric 1960 film City of the Dead (released as Horror Hotel in the USA) starring Christopher Lee and Venetia Stevenson, directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.

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