* How did a Jewish holiday become a celebration of resisting Greek cancel culture?
* Was the first Jewish-Greek war fought over a statue of Zeus?
* What was the "little horn" that terrified the Greek empire? and
* Why did some Jewish men try to surgically reverse their circumcision?
♦️The new movie Nuremberg has everyone talking about Hermann Göring.
In this episode, we break down the historical truth behind his family's dark legacy, Russell Crowe's portrayal and why the trials ignored Greece.
♦️ Did Hitler sound like you think he did?
♦️ Was Russell Crowe’s Göring historically accurate?
♦️ Which other Axis powers were deliberately left out?
♦️ Why did the Big Four Allies ignore Greece's debt?
💥 The new and final season just started!
♦️ Did a medieval monk give the Demogorgon?
♦️ What scene echoes the Odyssey?
♦️ Is Will Byers a hero, a victim, or is he the key that opens the doorway to the ancient Greek underworld?
👉🏻 My Synth music list:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/11B3P2CSEBZpvtw09PEqrM?si=o34Kf0p2RkC-G57dkNmdrA
♦️ If the Pilgrims had consulted a Greek goddess, would they have still decided to build a colony in the middle of winter?
♦️What do 17th-century Pilgrims and ancient Greek farmers have in common? and
♦️Why is the Greek word for turkey a clue that the entire world is confused about poultry?
💥A two-part Korea series starts with K-Pop Demon Hunters...!
♦️Did Apollo write the first ever K-Pop hit?
♦️Are the Saja Boys just the Sirens with better choreography?
♦️Was Apollo's big serpent-slaying gig at Delphi history... or just him deleting the previous influencer's account?
👉🏻 Part 2 is coming in 2026. Stay tuned!
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💥 In honour of the 2025 Frankenstein film, join me for two episodes covering the Titan Prometheus, the tragic life of Mary Shelley, her influence on cinema, and the scientific 'fire' brought by Benjamin Franklin and Oppenheimer. This is part 2.
♦️ Why is Tim Burton obsessed with stitching together the dead, and is his entire career just one long love letter to Frankenstein?
♦️ Franklin flew a kite. Did he steal a hero's light or a god’s weapon?
♦️ Oppenheimer unleashed the atom. When does 'celestial fire' become forever guilt?
♦️ What's the true punishment for genius? The eagle or the moral burden?
💥 In honour of the 2025 Frankenstein film, join me for two episodes covering the Titan Prometheus, the tragic life of Mary Shelley, her influence on cinema and Guillermo del Toro's film, and the scientific 'fire' brought by Benjamin Franklin and Oppenheimer.
♦️ Frankenstein created life. Was his crime the making, or the abandoning?
♦️ How did the Romantics revive Frankenstein?
♦️ What was Mary Shelley's darker view of Prometheus? &
♦️ Why was Victor Frankenstein so cruel to his creation?
♦️ What do Taylor Swift and Greek tragedy have in common — besides killer choruses?
♦️ Did Aristotle predict the Eras Tour 2,300 years ago?
♦️ Is The Life of a Showgirl actually a myth in disguise?
♦️ From Aphrodite to Artemis — is Taylor Swift secretly writing Greek mythology with a guitar?
👉🏻 My T.S. playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/77O1sz9pzBd9FdBkqptfBl?si=L7CMRFeRSlyC_AOtWGdCxg
♦️ What if I told you Halloween was actually born in ancient Greece — with wine, ghosts, and Dionysus instead of pumpkins?
♦️ Before the Halloween franchise hit cinemas, the Greeks already had their own horror franchise: Anthesteria.
♦️ Did you know the Greeks were howling at cemeteries long before anyone carved a jack-o’-lantern?
♦️ What do ancient Athens, ghost dogs, and vampires have in common?
♦️ Think Halloween is Irish? Wait till you hear about the Greek “Psycho Sabbath.”
♦️ How did Greece turn Italy's dream into their biggest embarrassment?
♦️ Why did Hitler have to bail out his so-called allies in Greece?
♦️ What made Greece’s stand in World War II echo across the world?
👉🏻 A quick episode about what happened with Greece in World War II.
👉🏻 My list with songs about that period:
https://t.ly/JTvVw
♦️Was the first robot in history actually built by a Greek god?
♦️What do a bronze giant, Frankenstein, and Blade Runner have in common?
♦️Did the ancient Greeks basically invent AI before Wi-Fi, electricity?
♦️How do you kill an indestructible robot? Easy. &
♦️Can a machine have a soul? The Greeks asked that question long before Phillip K Dick.
👉🏻 My Vangelis list:
https://t.ly/ioNbt
♦️ So what does it mean to be Greek, anyway?
♦️ Is Antetokounmpo really the “Greek Freak,” or just Greek when it’s convenient?
♦️ Is it a crime these days to want to keep your identity?
♦️ Why do Americans treat “heritage” like a Halloween costume?
♦️ And what on earth does Dahmer's case say about what it means to be “American”?
♦️ What's the origin of the word 'coffee'?
♦️ What's the difference between Greek & Turkish coffee?
♦️ Where does it really originate from?
♦️ Whose heritage does UNESCO consider it to be?
♦️ Which countries have similar coffee?
♦️ What coffees did the Greeks create? &
♦️ What coffees do they drink the most?
👉🏻 Episodes mentioned:
2. Pogrom against the Greeks in Istanbul
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♦️ How long do you stay in Athens?
♦️ What do you do in Santorini?
♦️ What's a good time to visit?
♦️ What are things that guides don't want to hear?
and more....
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♦️ How small was the Byzantine Empire by 1453 — and how big were its enemies?
♦️ How did Greece end up inheriting the last emperor of Rome?
♦️ Could the fall of Constantinople have been stopped — or was it doomed?
♦️ Which Europeans were secretly rooting for the Turks?
♦️ When was the last Christian service in Hagia Sophia?
♦️ And how on earth did “Constantinople” turn into “Istanbul”?
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♦️ What were the Vikings doing in Byzantium?
♦️ Where were the Seljuk Turks from?
♦️ Who is one of the greatest Greek traitors? &
♦️ Why is this lesser-known battle so significant?
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💥 An exciting and fun episode full of music, politics & history❗
♦️The Eurovision Song Contest, known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition held annually since 1956.♦️Although some non-European countries have participated (Turkey, Morocco) and some still do (Israel, Australia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan), the contest is primarily a European event as its name suggests.♦️ Don't miss my lists:👉🏻 Greece's best Eurovision entries + 4 Cyprus entries:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/17q5Ptk1Z5xQWlKHBjN3HE?si=E8P0aRQgS-6DCZPhRU2Msg👉🏻 Songs that Greece should have sent to Eurovision:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/17q5Ptk1Z5xQWlKHBjN3HE?si=E8P0aRQgS-6DCZPhRU2Msg👉🏼 Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):
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💥 The CLEOPATRA series ends with...
♦️ What happened to her children?
♦️ Whose child was raised both by Caesar and Octavian?
♦️ Was the Netflix documentary realistic?
♦️ Is Cleopatra a cursed role?
♦️ We talk about the major Cleopatra films!
👉🏻 Episodes mentioned:
1. Turkish invasion:
https://pod.fo/e/2c2010
2. Alexander the Great:
https://pod.fo/e/2b6cd0
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♦️ Who was the Antipope?
♦️ Why were so many Popes Greek?
♦️ Why did the Churches split?
♦️ What are some Greek terms in Christianity? &
♦️ What were some firsts of Pope Francis?
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💥 The series CLEOPATRA continues with...
♦️ How did Cleopatra die?
♦️ How is the Pantheon associated with her defeat?
♦️ How did the French trick the Egyptians?
♦️ How did Egypt influence the Romans? &
♦️ Where is Cleopatra's tomb?
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👉🏻 My Greek podcast:
https://podfollow.com/1779124395