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Diogenes' Lamp
Please join hosts Tom, Basil, and other friends of the pod, navigate Hellenic history, culture and other niche and forgotten historical events, all while being constantly reminded of the depravity, uprightness, and incompetence of men. Good laughs are always welcome.
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Episodes
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EP. 43: The Battle of Athens
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we will take a look at what is known as the Battle of Athens. Buckle up. Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre…
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EP. 42: Demobilization Anxieties, & Bloody Sunday
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll take a look at the conflicting decisions that the KKE-EAM-ELAS had to decide on, the machinations and competing…
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EP. 41: Withdrawal & Liberation
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll take a look at a day that probably felt like (for many at that time) like it would never arrive: the Nazi withdrawal of…
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Ep. 40: The Popov Mission, Soviet Interests, & The Caserta Agreement
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, well take a stroll to the Greek Mountains of Thessaly for a drinking party, shoot over to Caserta Italy for negotiations on…
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Ep. 39: More Government in the Mountains, The SB's & The Lebanon Conference
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, well introduce ourselves to the Old Man of Democracy, George Papandreou Senior, re-visit the lovely men of the Security…
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Guest Speaker Series Ep.18: Defense & Deterrence In the Eastern Mediterranean with Polity21
Konstantino’s Article "Even Dead He Would Win": The Iran War and the Resurrection of the Joint Defence Area Doctrine"…
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Ep. 38: The Government in the Mountains (PEEA) & The Middle East Mutiny
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll zoom in on EAM'S next big move, the Government in the mountains (the PEEA), and what is known as the Middle East…
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Ep. 37: Civil War, the SOE & the Plaka Agreement
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll zoom in on the hierarchical structure British intelligence/resistance operations inside of occupied Greece, take a look…
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Ep. 36: The First Round of the Greek Civil War
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we take a look at what is considered the start of the first round of the civil war. We'll zoom in on the actions of ELAS…
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Ep. 35: Bella Ciao, & the End of Italian Rule in Greece
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we continue our red march to civil war, and take one last look at the Spaghetti Eaters, the Makaronades...the Italians. We'll…
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Ep. 34: A Dead Welshman, Operation Animals, & the Cairo Delegation
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we continue our red march to civil war, Myers and the SOE do their best to stop the Ahndartes from killing each other and to…
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Guest Speaker Series Ep.17: From Epirus to Mani: The Politics & Realities of Self Preservation & Collaboration in the Civil War
Hey everyone For Todays episode, I was able to get onto the pod, Dr. Spyros Tsoutsoumpis who is a professor at the University of Manchester, and an author of…
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Ep. 33: More Turning Points: Zervas, ELAS, and the Security Battalions
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll continue the doomed march towards the first round of the civil war, touch base with those bloody Britts in London and…
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Ep. 32: Turning Points: Zervas, ELAS, and the SOE
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, we'll touch on several important events that will change the trajectory and momentum, not just for the AHndartes, but for the…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 16: European Civil War in the 20th Century
Hello Everyone! For today's episode I was able to get onto the pod, once again, Dr. Dale Pappas. This episode is going to serve as a way to help the listeners…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 15: Where Greece is Mentioned in the Epstein Files
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring back onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 14: Reflecting on the Imia Crisis with Polity21
Konstantino’s Article The Imia Crisis 30 Years On: The Perils of Self-Abnegation…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 13: The Ethnic Politics of Soccer in the Land Down Under
Hey everyone! For today’s episode, from all the way down under, I was able to get on the pod Terry Stravridis. Terry, is a Greek-Australian & Historian, who…
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Ep. 31: Into the Frying Pan: Midas 6i4, & the Prequel to Harling
Hey Everyone! On today's episode, Dustin (From NoneTaken Podcast) and I, will take a look at another operation, that while doesn't have nearly as much…
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Ep. 30: The SOE, The Foreign Office, & The Ahndartiko
Hey Everyone! On today's Dustin episode, Dustin and I will drill down a bit on factors that helped accelerate the growth of the Ahndartiko going into 1943, and…
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Ep. 29: The SOE, Organizing Guerillas, & Gorgopotamos, Part 2
Hey Everyone! Today we'll continue to follow the movements and challenges that SOE Operatives and Ahndartes will face on their way to accomplishing their final…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 12: Polytheism, Hellenism, & the Diaspora
Hey Everyone For today’s episode I had on the pod Angelo from Hearth of Hellenism, and we talked about Polytheism, specifically speaking we talked about…
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Ep. 28: The SOE, Organizing Guerillas, & Gorgopotamos, Part 1
Hey Everyone! On todays episode we are going to revisit our friends in the SOE, who are hard at work trying to get the guerilla groups of the left right and…
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Ep. 27: Getting to Know Aris Velouchiotis & Napoleon Zervas
Hey Everyone! On todays episode we will get a closer look at the lives of TWO people who are a big part of our story going forward. Thanasis Kalaras, (AKA Aris…
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Ep. 26: Introducing the Andartiko Alphabet Soup: EAM, ELAS EDES, & Others
Hey Everyone! Today we (our guest co-host Dustin, and myself included) will get a brief introduction to the alphabet soup of acronyms that is the Greek…
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Ep. 25: SOE, MI6, & The British
Good Morning! Today, Dustin from NoneTaken Podcast and myself will look into British Foreign Policy towards Greece, the role of British secret intelligence…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 11: Revisiting & Reflecting on the "Big NO"
Hello Everyone! Long Live the No! Happy Ohi Day! For today's episode we have once again Dr. Dale Pappas, and we had a frank conversation about how the events…
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Ep. 24: Cats, Commies & Castor Oil - The Communist Party of Greece
Good Morning Comrades! Today, (with our special guest Dustin, from NoneTaken podcast!) we will be getting properly acquainted with a group of people we have…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 10: What's a Venizelist?
Hey everyone, For today’s episode,Ii had on the Pod, someone who has been on here almost half a dozen times now, Dr. Dale Pappas. If you’ve been following the…
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Ep. 23: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 6
Hello Fellow Revolutionaries! Today we'll be continuing through the drama that was the "Trial of the 6", which will then culminate with the "Execution of the…
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Ep. 22: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 5
Hello Comrades! Following the loss of the Venizelists in the elections, the Royalists are back in power, and the King has returned from exile! We'll cover…
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Ep. 21: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 4
Hey everyone! Today we get into the state of affairs immediately following Alexanders death, what that meant for the Asia Minor Campaign, the political tit for…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 9: Libya, Greece & Gas: More Than Just Lines in The Sea
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who…
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Ep. 20: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 3
Sup Plebs! Today were going to learn a lot more about someone we've heard so much about: King Alexander I. Well also get a bit into the Asia Minor Campaign…
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Ep. 19: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 2
Hey Everyone! Join us today as we continue to work through our mini Greek Monarchism primer series, and introduce ourselves to King Constantine and learn a bit…
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Ep. 18: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 1
Hello Listeners! Join Basil and I today as we get a formal introduction to the Greek Royals and the Glucksburg dynasty, the longest running Greek Dynasty…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 8: Satire, Politics and Weekly Attempts at Drawing Laughs
Hey everyone For todays episode I was able to bring on a good friend of the Pod, and the founder of Waadl, or WAADL, which stands for Weekly attempts at…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 7: Zourafa Isle, The Imia of the North Aegean
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 6: The Ikarian Revolution
Hey everyone! For todays episode I was able to Dr. Dale Pappas back on the Pod once again to talk about an article he wrote in May of 2024 titled "How One Tiny…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 5: The Second Italo-Abyssinian War
Hey Everyone, For todays episode, well be talking about a place a bit down the ways from Greece, but with connections and roots to Hellenism that go back…
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Ep. 17: The Masochists, the Spaghetti Eaters, & the Axis Occupation of Greece Part 2
Good Day Friends! Join us today as we continue our close up look at the depraved and brutal axis occupation of Greece, and try to make sense of it all…
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Ep. 16: The Masochists, the Spaghetti Eaters, & the Axis Occupation of Greece Part 1
Good day fellow Pleb! Join us today as we get to meet the new order of things in Greece, which will be ruthlessly implemented by the trio of the Germans, the…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 4: Interwar Cyprus: War, Union & Empire
Hello Listeners! Hey everyone. For today’s episode We have on the pod once again, Dr Dale pappas, who as you know we had on for the NoemvrianA episode. On this…
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Ep. 15: Battle of Crete Part 2
Good Morning Patriots! Join us today as we finally get down to business and witness the battle for Crete. But instead of the locals showing traditional Cretan…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 3: Venizelos, The King, and The November Events
Hey everyone! I had the pleasure to speak with Dr. Dale Pappas, a Greek-American author and educator based in Miami, Florida, and Athens, Greece. Dr. Pappas…
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Ep. 14: Battle of Crete Part 1
Good Evening listeners! Please join a myself and a couple friends of the pod as we set the stage for the Battle of Crete...a battle that will pit the exhausted…
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Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 2: Ottoman Greeks of the United States
On this episode I spoke with Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis, a Greek Immigrant with roots from the Pontus region, on his "Ottoman Greeks of the United States Digital…
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Ep. 13: Krauts To The Rescue
Hello Friends! Please join a myself and a friend of the pod, Nate, as we witness the last successful blitzkrieg of World War Two, the further humiliation of…
Diogenes' LampGuest Speaker Series: Ep.1 Hellenism, Polytheism, and Cultural Appropriation
On this episode, we speak with founder and host of Hearth of Hellenism, a podcast and a publication that covers ancient Greek history, religion, and culture -…
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Ep. 12: Mailed Fist Won't Deliver
Hello Friends! Please join myself and a friend of the pod, Jess, as we take a closer look at the what the death of Ioannis Metaxas means for the beleaguered…
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Ep. 11: Contingency G
Hello Listeners! Join us today as we talk about Contingency G, (the invasion of Greece) and take a look at how well Metaxas's newly re-armed, reorganized Greek…
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Ep. 10: The Big No
Patriots! Join us today, as what we have been anxiously awaiting for finally arrives to the mountains and shores of Greece. Mussolini delivers an ultimatum…
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Ep. 8: A Nation of Spaghetti Eaters
Friends! Join us today as we take a closer look at Greece's neighbors, allies, enemies and frenemies, and talk a bit more about what a former rival in Asia…
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Ep. 9: Barbarians at the Gates
Hello listeners! As Greece's enemies maneuver on all sides, Metaxas continues his rapid re-armament program, and does his best to deter and de-escalate…
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Ep. 7: Long Live the 4th of August
Hello friends! On today's episode we zoom in on Metaxas's 4th Of August Regime, and take a closer look at the regimes ideology, organization, goals, and…
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Ep. 6: Little Moltke, Part 2
Hello! Join us today as we continue our look at the life of Ioannis Metaxas, following his rocky climb to the top of the Greek political realm, where he will…
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Ep. 5: Little Moltke
Greetings! Today we're going to introduce you to Ioannis Metaxas. The man who will put the axe in the back of the Greek Republic, build up a quasi-fascist…
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Primer: Part 1
Happy to say welcome to what will be the first episode of this project. On this Episode Tom and Basil kick off what will be an entire segment, (its own…
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Primer: Part 2
Hello again. Join us on today's Primer Part 2, as we navigate the fall out from the Asia Minor flop, and get a look at what the roaring twenties meant for…
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Primer: Part 3
Hey everyone! Join us as we continue to touch on the fall out from the Treaty of Lausanne, and talk about Venizelos's ambitious 4-year term and his attempts…