The Cave

American writer, Steven Pressfield, author of the popular historical fiction book Gates of Fire talks to Neos Kosmos’ The Cave about his latest release, the historical novel, A Man At Arms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cave features a conversation with renowned NSW historian, Dr Panagiotis Diamandis about seven Greek sailors convicted of piracy and sent as convicts to Australia, and why we should not be conflicted about whether we are Eastern or Western as Hellenes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Koulla Roussos the Criminal Law Specialist  and visual art curator, was “born and bred in Larrakia Country” and is the daughter of Kalymnians, from the Dodecanese. Koula talks  with Fotis about her work in the watershed 1990s Stolen Generations case, the recent loss of her father, Greeks 'concreting Darwin', and why she’s punishing herself with a master’s in fine arts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Paul Cartledge has set the record straight on the Ancient Thebans in his new book  Thebes: The Forgotten City. Thebes has been ignored because of the spin from, what Cartledge calls, “the snooty and elitist Athenians”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not all things begin with the Greeks – a discussion with Professor Louise A. Hitchcock Archaeology, Historical and Philosophical Studies If we had a time machine to travel back to the Bronze Age you’d want Professor Louise A. Hitchcock with you. “Greeks were the world’s first great spin doctors,” according to Professor Hitchcock. The Mesopotamian epic poem Gilgamesh was written sometime around Third Dynasty of Ur 2004 BCE about 1500yrs before the Greek blind bard Homer penned The Iliad and The Odyssey. Of course, Homer had a better marketing and communications campaign. Greeks had no concept or east and west. Professor Hitchcock talks about the ‘west’ developed in the academies of 19th Century Britain, Germany, and France. While for ancient Minoans, Greeks and Romans the east and the west merged.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fotis Kapetopoulos interviews Australian filmmaker Alkinos Tsilimidos talks about his latest film The Taverna. Better known for his highly acclaimed and darker, brooding movies, Tsilimidos explains his foray into black comedy. The conversation also delves into his Greek identity, making movies in the 'binge' era of streaming and his friendship with highly the multi award winning actor Vangelis Mourikis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.