Seven Heads, Ten Horns: The History of the Devil

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1. S 4.7 Adieu, Adrian: Mann's Doktor Faustus, pt. 2

   <p><span>What is the secularized, capitalistic, art-world equivalent to being torn limb-from-limb by the devil? Find out in our concluding episode on Thomas Mann’s </span><em>Doktor Faustus</em><span>. </span></p><p><span>-English </span><a
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2. Project [Antichrist] 2025

   <p>Some rich people can't stop talking about the antichrist. But who cares about the antichrist anyway and where did this mythical character come from? Travis and Klaus look at Philip C Almond's Antichrist: A New Biography as well the horro
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3. Halloween Special '24: Of Books and Basements

   <p>"The only true mystery is that our very lives are governed by dead people." Kazanian, Inferno</p><p>Greetings from the Beyond. We are back for Halloween, having watched the following in preparation:</p><p>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.o
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4. It's Been A Minute Crossover Episode

   <p>Back from the dead to share that we were interviewed on <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/1210935820/its-been-a-minute-campus-protests" rel="nofollow">NPR's It's Been A Minute</a> about the devil in cinema.</p><p>We are also gearin
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5. Season 2 Bonus: Lil Nas X, Satan Shoes, and Montero

   <p>"I saw Lil Nas X's Air Max 97s dropping like lightning."</p><p><br></p><p>Clearly we had no choice on this Devil podcast but to put out our thoughts and feelings about the recent Lil Nas X scandal/marketing extravaganza/moral panic. </p>
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6. S 2, Epi 13: The Curse of Ham (Race and Demonology pt 2)

   <p>A quick look at one of the weirdest traditions from Genesis, the Curse of Ham, and how it factored into patristic demonology as well as white supremacist Christianity of the 19th century antebellum South.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to <a hr
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7. S 2, Epi 12: Augustine's many, many demons, pt. 2

   <p>This week: <em>Return of the Hippo--Augustine's Revenge!</em></p><p>A classic, super-helpful source:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520280410/augustine-of-hippo" rel="nofollow">Peter Brown, <em>Augustine: A Biography</em
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8. S 2, Epi 11: St. Augustine's many, many demons (pt. 1)

   <p>This episode we look the hippo in the eye and dive into the treacherous, chilly waters of St. Augustine's demonology. </p><p><br></p><p>Please remember to rate, review, and wait for the signs. </p><p><br></p><p>Some Augustine Sources:</p
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9. Season 2, Episode 3: The Secret Pod of Yaldabaoth

   <p>This week Travis and Klaus discuss Gnosticism and try to make sense of the confusing religious landscape of the 2nd century CE. In the course of their conversation, they explore yet another re-imagining of the book of Genesis, the role o
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10. S 4.8 Hildegard of Bingen with Dr. Beverly Mayne Kienzle

    <p>This week we interview Dr. Beverly Mayne Kienzle about the visionary preacher and medieval abbess, Hildegard of Bingen. Join us to learn more about the tone-deaf devil from the 12th century as we explore the sermons, art, and visions of
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11. History of Halloween (and the Devil) RELOADED

    <p>We're re-releasing this history of Halloween we recorded last year to keep up with the trick-or-treat vibes.</p><p><br></p><p>Please remember to leave a review--it really helps. Thanks!</p><p><br></p><p>A really useful source for this we
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12. S 4.6 Catholic Horror with Matthew J. Cressler

    <p>In observance of the spooky season we're posting our conversation with historian Matthew J. Cressler on the relationship between Catholicism and horror cinema. We explore the sub-genre of Catholic Horror through our analysis of two recen
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13. S 4.5 ‘Doktor Faustus, I presume?’ Thomas Mann pt. 1

    <p><span>This episode: we can’t leave well enough alone — another literary elaboration of the Faust legend by a member of the Mann family, Thomas Mann’s </span><em>Doktor Faustus</em><span> (1947.) We discuss: why learning is actually inter
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14. S 4.4 Klaus Mann's Mephisto

    <p><span>Three Klauses walk into a bar…</span></p><p><span>This episode centers on literary wunderkind/prodigal son Klaus Mann’s attack on Nazi Germany (and an ex-lover, and possibly his dad, the canonical novelist Thomas Mann), in the form
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15. S 3 Dante's Inferno pt. 2 with Akash Kumar

    <p>This episode is the second installment in our series of conversations on Dante's Inferno with <a href="https://italian.berkeley.edu/people/akash-kumar/" rel="nofollow">Dr. Akash Kumar. </a></p>
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16. S 3 Faust Cycle 3 with Katherine Walker

    <p>Amazing special guest <a href="https://www.katherine-walker.com/" rel="nofollow">Dr. Katherine Walker</a> takes us through Christopher Marlowe’s <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/779/779-h/779-h.htm" rel="nofollow"><em>The Tragica
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17. S 3 Film Desk: The Satanic Rites of Dracula

    <p>Getting warmed up for Halloween with the 1973 Hammer Studios film <em>The Satanic Rites of Dracula </em>(dir. Alan Gibson)<em>, </em>starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.</p>
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18. S 3 Faust Cycle 2

    <p>Faust is back, ready to party, and hopefully get things squared away with the hosts of hell.</p>
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19. S 2 Halloween Special: Devil’s Touch, Satan’s Skin

    <p><span>To celebrate the witching season we devote our annual Halloween-horror-film episode to the 1970 folk horror classic, </span><em>The Blood on Satan’s Claw</em><span>, (dir. Piers Haggard). </span></p><p><br></p><p><span>Watch it </s
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20. S 3 Faust Cycle 1

    <p>This is the first episode of a mini-series-within-a-season devoted to the legend of Faust, a guy who was too clever for his own good and got mixed up with the wrong people--the kind who make you sign a contract in blood. The text discuss
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21. S 3 Film Desk: “I’M A FAN OF MAN!” - The Devil’s Advocate

    <p><span>This episode we close out the Summer Cinema of Sin series with The Devil’s Advocate (1997), starring Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, and Charlize Theron, directed by Taylor Hackford.</span></p>
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22. S 3 Lit Desk: Heretic of Ulysses, Buck Mulligan

    <p>To celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s <em>Ulysses</em>, 7H10H goes into the diabolical, blasphemous, and heretical elements of one of the funniest frenemies in English lit: stately, plump Buck
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23. S 3 ep 1: John Chrysostom, Secret Star of Twin Peaks

    <p>Back in the saddle for the official start of season 3.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><p><br></p><p><span>John Chrysostom, </span><a href="https://www.cuapress.org/9780813209722/homilies-on-genesis-1-17/" rel="nofollow">Homilies on Genesis
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24. S 3 Culture Desk: Station Eleven-th Heaven

    <p>Watching Station Eleven through goggles tinted as red as a cartoon devil.</p><p><br></p><p>Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaAG-SwEa7k</p>
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25. S 4.3 Beyond Black

    <p>Hilary Mantel's 2005 novel Beyond Black is the topic of discussion for this episode, continuing our series on devil-themed novels. This one's about psychics and their demons in neo-liberal Britain on the eve of Brexit.</p><p><br></p><p>-
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26. S 4.2 The Devil Rides Out!

    <p>Summer is for trashy beach novels and Dennis Wheatley's 1934 <em>The Devil Rides Out</em> definitely qualifies. We discuss problematic genre fiction, fake rituals, the rhetorical trap of being asked "do you believe in evil?" and racial d
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27. S 4.1 This Present Snarkiness

    <p>The boys are back to discuss Frank E. Peretti's 1986 Christian supernatural thriller This Present Darkness.</p>
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28. S 3 Faust Cycle 7: A Faustian Age?

    <p>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. </p>
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29. S 3 Faust Cycle 6: Goethe's Faust Pt. II--The Revenge

    <p>Klaus and Travis go the distance to close out Goethe's Faust cycle.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYusIpl7XQ5xzAh25ECYBrwLSmyC9u5Zu" rel="nofollow">One video playlist</a> for the Peter Stein 2001 production of Goe
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30. S 3 Film Desk: "First Reformed"

    <p>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 hi
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