Bonus Ep 83 - The Decameron 2: First Day (Patreon)

patrons, here is your second bonus episode for March 2025 and your second in our book club series on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. we're back and we're talking Day One. as you know, 10 young men and women have fled the Black Death in Florence for a nearby villa where they will tell stories to pass the time. Pampinea is made the queen for the day and she decrees that there is no set topic o we get a host of stories about bad priests, good Jews, Saladin, horny old men, and more! we cover 5 of the stories.