Diogenes' Lamp

Diogenes' Lamp
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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.  https://linktr.ee/DiogenesLampPodcast

  1. 1D AGO

    Ep. 35: Bella Ciao

    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 cover what the Italian occupation looked like on the ground, how their surrender and elimination was carried out, and what this means for our Ahndartes.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis Support the show Support the show Support the show

    25 min

  2. MAR 19

    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 focus their energies on the occupiers, and a botched trip to Cairo shows the divergence in vision between those outside of Greece, and those within.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis Support the show Support the show Support the show Support the show

    26 min

  3. MAR 12

    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 several articles and books on the Greek civil war.  Dr. TsouTsoumpis…has been studying this topic, for almost 2 decades…20 years. Aside from writing his book : “A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War: The people’s armies“ He has also read thousands of books, thousands of pages of documents, and he has interviewed hundreds of people whose lives have been either directly or indirectly affected by this conflict. As the conversation progresses, this will become very evident.  The conversation itself was supposed to be mostly on EDES and the infamous shift that Zervas took in 1943 when he changed his stance on the King returning to Greece, something we covered last episode…BUT this event quickly turned into a bigger conversation on the politics and the realities of shifting loyalties and collaboration during the civil war. We talked about the role that political ambition, opportunism, revenge and survival all played in the war, and how these in many cases served as justifications or excuses as to why one person, family, or entire villages decided to go with the left, or the right…with ELAS, or EDES….with the Communists or the Royalists.  We also talked about how this event is interpreted and remembered by the diaspora, versus in Greece, and ways we can responsibly reflect and remember it.  We touched on truly brutal stuff. Typical stuff for the times really... rape, murder, war crimes and that kind of thing, but it hit a little harder this time because the conversation took a turn south, geographically to my ancestral region of Mani. For the non Greek listeners, or just people that don't speak Greek in general, there will be some phrases and words Dr Tsoutsoumpis and myself use that are not in English.  When I say Mikri Moskve, that means Little Moscow, Eepourgos means Minister, like a Government Minister When Dr Tsoutsoumpis says Apo pou eisai he is saying “where are you from?” and when he says Mavro Horio , he means a Black village,  Vassiliki, and Fasistiki mean Royalist or Fascist. Please support Dr TsouTsoumpis’s work, Buy his book on amazon and read his other great articles he's written on these topics.  https://www.amazon.com/History-Greek-Resistance-Second-World/dp/1784992518 Support the show

    54 min

  4. MAR 5

    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 in the SOE, and get an introduction to the new quisling Prime Minister and the Security Battalions.  Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis Support the show Support the show Support the show

    25 min

  5. FEB 26

    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 Axis powers and the SOE as well. Enjoy! Sources: Red Acropolis, Black Terror- Andre Gerolymatos Greece, 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War - Harris Vlavianos Inside Hitler's Greece - Mark Mazower Greece, The Decade at War, Occupation, Resistance & Civil War- David Brewer The Withered Vine, The Communist Insurgency in Greece -Charles Shrader A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies-Spyros Tsoutsoumpis Support the show Support the show

    31 min

  6. FEB 20

    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 who listen to the historical segment, kind of get back into the groove of things, as we enter a transitionary period in the Greek civil war. Also, and more importantly, I need more time to read and write for the next couple episodes. SO what is today’s episode about? European Civil War in the 20th century, specifically, the concept that, dozens of conflicts that took place in the 20th century,From Spain, to Russia, to Finland, the Greek Civil War included, were not just isolated conflicts on an island, but more interlinked and in touch with each other than we previously thought. We talked about Civil War in general, as in what makes one and what they are and are not, guerrilla warfare a bit, the role ideology played in these conflicts, and a lot of other stuff as well.  Shout out to you Listeners, and Patreons like Rongtao Wu, Expat_Frank, Megas Yorgos, and Darth Mater. Your Support means more than you know, and it helps keep this project up and running…. Support the show Support the show

    56 min

  7. FEB 12

    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 focusses on geopolitics and contemporary power politics in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean…. But we didn’t exactly cover geopolitics, or power politics….instead we covered, Greece and Greek related things that were mentioned in the Epstein Files. Yes…those Epstein Files you have been hearing so much about.  Todays episode was a bit different, in that for a first, we decided to go on camera….so you could say maybe this is a bit more so oriented towards being viewed on YouTube, just cause there you will be able to see us going through a collection of files that we gathered, a little over 50 in all.  A huge shout out to my Patreons, Expat_Frank, Megas Yorgos, Darth Mater, and Rungtao_wu. Your support is appreciated, and keeps this project going, and you patrons, along with you the listeners give me the motivation to cover spicy topics like the one were covering today ******For the listeners…. This episode analyzes publicly released documents, correspondence, and contact records associated with Jeffrey Epstein. The purpose of this program is historical commentary and document review. The mention of any individual’s name in these materials, or in this discussion, does not imply wrongdoing, criminal conduct, knowledge of criminal conduct, or association with Jeffrey Epstein’s illegal activities. Many individuals appear in address books, emails, travel records, or contact listings without context, and inclusion alone is not evidence of a personal relationship, participation in, or awareness of criminal acts. At points in the episode the hosts use conversational language, speculation, and occasional humor while discussing sensitive material. These remarks are not factual allegations about any specific person. Unless a crime has been established by a court of law and publicly documented, no individual discussed in this episode is being accused by the hosts of committing a crime. All interpretations offered are opinions based on available documents and are presented for informational and educational purposes only. Listeners should not interpret any commentary, tone, or humor as a statement that a particular person engaged in criminal behavior. Support the show

    1h 24m

  8. FEB 5

    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: https://polity24.substack.com/p/the-imia-crisis-30-years-on-the-perils?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnM90R0PrllMgOt1P1i8N_LQOWrOMGyUnLbNPkBAt769ZhJD0WZFsFmCKAn2E_aem_PWjB5Fg9aM06ORwXoQBmKQ&triedRedirect=true 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 ‘The Imia Crisis 30 Years On: The Perils of Self-Abnegation:” which zooms in on a couple of tiny Greek islets, that a little over three decades ago it became a flashpoint that nearly led two NATO allies to outright war. At the end of the conflict, three Greek officers lost their lives, and to this day the islets of Imia remain off-limits, oddly enough, even to the Hellenic Republic that they belong to.  We covered a variety of topics, like international law, the realist view of international relations, Greek security concerns, treaties that outline the status of these islands (the Treaty of Laussane, the 1947 Paris Peace treaty, etc etc) Turkish aggression and expansionism in the Aegean, and the limits of International law, in a world without a global police.  Please check out Konstantinos’s work on substack.com/@polity21blog where he’s written about A LOT of interesting articles on topics like this, and support his work.   Please subscribe, like, give 5 star reviews, become a patreon, tell others who might like this kind of stuff….whatever ….to support this project. Your support is what gives me, and other historians, researches and journalists, like Konstantinos for example, the motivation to keep doing what we love.  Thanks again, please support the work of independent historians, researches, and journalists like the guests we have on this show and now on to the interview! Support the show! link for Patreon, Youtube, Instagram,  https://linktr.ee/DiogenesLampPodcast Support the show !  Konstantino’s Article The Imia Crisis 30 Years On: The Perils of Self-Abnegation: https://polity24.substack.com/p/the-imia-crisis-30-years-on-the-perils?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnM90R0PrllMgOt1P1i8N_LQOWrOMGyUnLbNPkBAt769ZhJD0WZFsFmCKAn2E_aem_PWjB5Fg9aM06ORwXoQBmKQ&triedRedirect=true Support the show

    42 min
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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.  https://linktr.ee/DiogenesLampPodcast

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    Diogenes' Lamp
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    52
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