{"podcast":{"title":"The Two Cities Podcast","slug":"the-two-cities-podcast-7107336","podcast_index_feed_id":7107336,"rss_url":"https://thetwocitiespodcastpodcast.podomatic.com/rss2.xml","website_url":"https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast","image_url":"https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/56/b8/3e/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast/1400x1400_17252332.png","author":"Theo Howard","episode_count":15,"summary":"\"Two loves have built two cities: the love of self even to the despising of God, the city of the earth; the love of God even to the despising of self, the city of God.\" Following St. Augustine's City of God, this podcast views history and contemporary events in light of the deepest meaning of history: the ongoing war between the City of God (the Catholic Church) and the Earthly City until Christ comes again. To support my channel and to access premium content please consider joining my Locals (the Beletage): https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336"},"episode":{"title":"INFERNO: A Journey Through Modern Hell in Search of Eternal Truth | Augustine Virgil","slug":"inferno-a-journey-through-modern-hell-in-search-of-eternal-truth-augustine-virgil","published_at":"2025-12-08T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/inferno-a-journey-through-modern-hell-in-search-of-eternal-truth-augustine-virgil","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336","url":"https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast/episodes/2025-12-07T22_00_00-08_00","audio_url":"https://www.podomatic.com/e/podcasts/thetwocitiespodcastpodcast/episodes/2025-12-07T22_00_00-08_00.mp3","summary":"An exclusive first interview with the author of Inferno: A Journey Through Modern Hell in Search of Eternal Truth, Augustine Virgil I am joined by Augustine Virgil (Fourth Eclogue Substack - https://goodvirgil.substack.com/) for a first look at his new book on the modern media hellscape, published by Stabat Mater Press. https://stabatmaterpress.com/products/inferno?pr_prod_strat=collection_fallback&pr_rec_id=b97929cc9&pr_rec_pid=9939468845341&pr_ref_pid=9938877972765&pr_seq=uniform We explore the outer rings of the infernal landscape; the quasi liturgical and religious nature of false political movements; the discordian officially-approved conspiracy sphre; the Neo-Nietzschean ‘land of sun and steel’; and the gnostic spheres of the light magicians and the perfecti. LA COMMEDIA MODERNA is a full length trilogy that is to be published by independent Traditional Catholic publisher Stabat Mater Press, with the INFERNO released on the 8th of December 2025, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It will then be followed by the two sequels: PURGATORIO and PARADISO. To support my research and channel, and to access premium content please consider joining either my Locals or Substack (the Beletage): https://thetwocitiespodcast.locals.com https://substack.com/@thetwocitiespodcast?","meta_description":"An exclusive first interview with the author of Inferno: A Journey Through Modern Hell in Search of Eternal Truth, Augustine Virgil I am joined by Augusti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6114,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/episodes/inferno-a-journey-through-modern-hell-in-search-of-eternal-truth-augustine-virgil/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-cities-podcast-7107336/inferno-a-journey-through-modern-hell-in-search-of-eternal-truth-augustine-virgil.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}