Diogenes' Lamp
FaktaHistoriePlease 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. https://linktr.ee/DiogenesLampPodcast
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- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 11: Revisiting & Reflecting on the "Big NO" (01:01:49)
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 leading up to and including the big NO are remembered by the Hellenic Nation. We also talked a lot about the legacy of the Ohi (NO), and what legacy Metaxas left behind as his controversial status of the man who helped deliver one of the greatest military victories in Hellenic History, and as a Dictator. Enjoy everyone! Support the show
- Ep. 24: Cats, Commies & Castor Oil - The Communist Party of Greece (01:16:33)
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 heard so much about, but not formerly met: The Communists. This faction within the Greek political scene will end up playing a major role , so I knew it was important to give you (the listeners) a thorough rundown. On this episode well cover just who these dirty Commies are, what they believe, what they want, their struggles and near exti...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 10: What's a Venizelist? (00:57:33)
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 Greek Civil War segment that we’ve had running, you’ve seen for yourself what a moving force Venizelos and Venizelism was, but I don't think I've ever given, the listeners, a proper introduction and a bit of a summary of, just what the heck is a Venizelist? What is Venizelism? Aside from tackling what a Venizelist is and the legac...
- Ep. 23: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 6 (00:42:43)
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 6", and will then be followed by the Second Hellenic Republic. We'll also get a formal introduction to King George II, a closer deeper dive on relations between the King and Metaxas during the 4th of August regime, which will then land us back at the Axis occupation of Greece and the King's relocation from Egypt to London. Sources:...
- Ep. 22: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 5 (00:26:50)
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 everything from some of the political maneuverings of Venizelos, the diplomatic quagmire of the Asia Minor Campaign and the coup immediately following the Catastrophe. Sources: Greece, Roderick Beatonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5z2bf7oavY&t=1184sGreece, the Decade of War, David BrewerRed Acropolis, Black Terror, Andre Gerolym...
- Ep. 21: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 4 (00:32:14)
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 tat between Venizelists and anti-Venizelists and the consequences of the election of 1920. Sources: Greece, Roderick Beatonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5z2bf7oavY&t=1184sGreece, the Decade of War, David BrewerRed Acropolis, Black Terror, Andre GerolymatosIonian Vision, Michael Llewelyn-SmithPlease take a few seconds and leave a...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 9: Libya, Greece & Gas: More Than Just Lines in The Sea (00:46:23)
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, and founded Polity 21 on Substack, where he writes about Greek Foreign policy, Defense, and developments in the domestic Greek arms industry. The focus of today’s episode was on primarily on an article he wrote title : “ Turkey’s “Blue Hom...
- Ep. 20: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 3 (00:32:03)
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, Venizelos being in charge after the Noemvriana, and why its a bad idea to allow dogs and monkeys to interact. Sources: Greece, Roderick Beatonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5z2bf7oavY&t=1184sGreece, the Decade of War, David BrewerRed Acropolis, Black Terror, Andre GerolymatosIonian Vision, Michael Llewelyn-SmithPlease take a f...
- Ep. 19: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 2 (00:39:45)
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 more about the political climate of the time and the challenges the royal family faced. Sources: Greece, Roderick Beatonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5z2bf7oavY&t=1184sGreece, the Decade of War, David BrewerRed Acropolis, Black Terror, Andre GerolymatosIonian Vision, Michael Llewelyn-SmithPlease take a few seconds and leav...
- Ep. 18: Bread, Olives & King Constantine, Greek Monarchism: Part 1 (00:42:01)
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. Sources: Greece, Roderick Beatonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5z2bf7oavY&t=1184sGreece, the Decade of War, David BrewerRed Acropolis, Black Terror, Andre GerolymatosIonian Vision, Michael Llewelyn-SmithPlease take a few seconds and leave a review, and if you really like what you hear become a member of the Diogenes's Lamp community, ...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 8: Satire, Politics and Weekly Attempts at Drawing Laughs (01:14:40)
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 Drawing Laughs, which is a growing collection of sketches and cartoons that are in many cases accompanied with long form articles that get deep into the inspiration and meaning of the sketch. And as you can gather from what WAADL stands for…the sketches are satirical in nature. In the words of the founder of WAADL and quote “ WAADL is committ...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 7: Zourafa Isle, The Imia of the North Aegean (00:39:35)
Hey everyone! For today’s episode I was able to bring onto the pod Konstantinos Kolokotronis. Konstantinos is an independent journalist and researcher who focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. The discussion we had was on an article Konstantinos wrote titled ‘Zourafa Isle: The Imia of the North Aegean In” which zooms in a tiny Greek isle, and hundreds of other islands whose sovereignty is not under debate by anyone, except...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 6: The Ikarian Revolution (01:00:33)
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 Island Took On the Ottoman Empire, and Won". As you may be able to tell from the title of this episode, that tiny island is none-other, than Ikaria. Today Ikaria is mostly known for its big debut on the Netflix show "Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones", but thats not what we will be talking about today. We will get into the weeds a...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 5: The Second Italo-Abyssinian War (00:25:54)
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 thousands of years: Ethiopia…And well specifically be talking about the Yekatit Massacre which occurred during the Second Abyssinia War This was when Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, and occupied it until 1941. Obviously a topic like this is completely out of my wheelhouse, so I brought in an expert on the topic, and a good friend...
- Ep. 17: The Masochists, the Spaghetti Eaters, & the Axis Occupation of Greece Part 2 (01:00:55)
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. Sources: Inside Hitler's Greece, Mar Mazowerhttps://providencemag.com/2023/07/when-turkey-cruelly-press-ganged-christians-and-jews-during-wwii/Greece, the Decade of War, David Brewerhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/ustasehttps://greekherald.com.au/culture/apostolos-santas-wwii-hero-and-manolis-glezos-partner-in-crime/https://www.ijrhss.or...
- Ep. 16: The Masochists, the Spaghetti Eaters, & the Axis Occupation of Greece Part 1 (00:52:31)
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 Italians, and the Bulgarians, who as we will see, will absolutely plunder and ravage this tiny country, pushing humanity to the brink of what can be endured. Sources: Inside Hitler's Greece, Mar Mazowerhttps://providencemag.com/2023/07/when-turkey-cruelly-press-ganged-christians-and-jews-during-wwii/Greece, the Decade of War, David...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 4: Interwar Cyprus: War, Union & Empire (00:58:11)
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 episode we’ll be talking about a place with great importance in the Hellenic world: Cyprus,;the birthplace of Aphroditi, and where Zeno of Kition, the founder of the stoicism is from… Unfortunately we all know Cyprus today for another reason, the brutal Turkish invasion, and occupation of the northern Third of the island, where to this...
- Ep. 15: Battle of Crete Part 2 (00:32:53)
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 hospitality, the battle of Crete will spark a mass civilian uprising in what will cost the Nazi's dearly, earning Crete the name, "The Graveyard of Paratroopers". Sources: The Defense and Fall of Greece, John Carrhttps://www.historynet.com/battle-of-crete-it-began-with-germanys-airborne-invasion-operation-mercury/Greece, the Decad...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 3: Venizelos, The King, and The November Events (01:18:10)
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 holds a PhD in Modern European History, and researches the history of tourism in the Mediterranean and the political history of Modern Greece. We talked specifically about an article he wrote, titled "The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WW1", which is about the Noemvriana, or the November Events. This event, while often ...
- Ep. 14: Battle of Crete Part 1 (00:32:31)
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 but stubborn allies against the Nazi paratroopers. Sources: The Defense and Fall of Greece, John Carrhttps://www.historynet.com/battle-of-crete-it-began-with-germanys-airborne-invasion-operation-mercury/Greece, the Decade of War, David BrewerPlease take a few seconds and leave a review, and if you really like what you hear...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 2: Ottoman Greeks of the United States (01:15:50)
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 Project". The project tracks the journey that many Ottoman Greeks took from Asia Minor, Eastern Thrace, and other parts of the dying Ottoman Empire, to the skyscrapers of New York and other cities and towns in the US. Aside from talking about this extensive and ongoing project, we talked about Dr Topalidis’s journey through academia,...
- Ep. 13: Krauts To The Rescue (00:44:54)
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 Mussolini, (always a plus!), heroic last stands and other characters taking batshit actions in response to the impending doom that is the fall of mainland Greece. Sources: Popular Autocracy, P.J. VatikiotisThe Defense and Fall of Greece, John CarrThe Greco-Italian War, Roy Morris, JrInside Hitlers Greece, Mark MazowerGreece, t...
- Guest Speaker Series: Ep.1 Hellenism, Polytheism, and Cultural Appropriation (01:49:18)
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 - along with reflections on contemporary theolatry (polytheism). Topics include Hellenism, in ancient times and today, Polytheism, and Cultural Appropriation in and outside of popular media. Please take a few seconds and leave a review, and if you really like what you hear become a member of the Diogenes's Lamp community, on our pa...
- Ep. 12: Mailed Fist Won't Deliver (01:11:58)
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 Greeks freezing in the mountains of Albania, and of course relishing in the stupidity and incompetence of Mussolini. Sources: Popular Autocracy, P.J. VatikiotisThe Defense and Fall of Greece, John CarrThe Greco-Italian War, Roy Morris, JrInside Hitlers Greece, Mark MazowerGreece, the Decade of War, David BrewerThe Last Ottoma...
- Ep. 11: Contingency G (00:42:36)
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 military reacts to the long awaited Italian aggression. Please take a few seconds and leave a review, and if you really like what you hear become a member of the Diogenes's Lamp community, on our patreon, and follow us on IG, YouTube, and TikTok. Your support means a lot to us. Thank you. link for Patreon, Youtube, Insta...