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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Podcasting since 2024 • 26 episodes
Diogenes' Lamp
Latest Episodes
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.Sources:Greece, Roderick Beaton
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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42:01
Guest Speaker Series: Ep. 8: Satire, Politics and Weekly Attempts at Drawing Laughs
Hey everyoneFor 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 ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:14:40
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 focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediter...
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Episode 24
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39:35
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 Island Took On the Ottoman Empire, and Won". As you may be able to tell from the tit...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:00:33
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 thousands of years: Ethiopia…And well specifically be talking about the Yekatit Massacre w...
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Episode 22
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25:54