On Tyranny

By Michael Michailidis

On Tyranny is a show about political philosophy as applied to current events. It is the Podcast version of Ancient Greece Revisited, an online series of mini-documentaries that tries to rediscover the... more

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The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.

On Tyranny episodes:

July 17, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 9 - Dante's Inferno with Marco Andreacchio
This week, Marco Andreacchio will be taking us on a journey through "Hell," Dante's Hell
Topics discussed:
Dante's Inferno
The Liberal Order, and the misunderstandng of Dante
Love in the Western World
Links mentioned in this episode:
The Inferno, translated by Robert Hollander
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1h 55min
July 01, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 8 - Necessary Illusions w. Michael Millerman
This week, Michael Millerman joins us to dispell the misconceptions surrounding Plato's "Noble Lie."
Topics discussed:
Leo Strauss and Modern Academia
Plato's Republic and the Noble Lie
Postmodernity and the Corruption of the Young
Links mentioned in this episode:
M. Millerman, Beginning with Heidegger
D. Murray, Neo Conservatism: Why We Need It
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1h 33min
June 19, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 7 - The Promethean Right with Romain d'Aspremont
This week, Romain d'Aspremont take us on a journey from early Christianity to late post modernity in validation of his answer: that except from Italian Fascism, the Right has utterly failed in providing a positive vision of the future.
Topics discussed:
Why has the RIght lost the battle of ideas?
What is the Promethean RIght and its relation to Fascism?
Does the Right have to be traditionalist?
How can the Right find a positive vision for the future?
Links mentioned in this episode:
The Promethean Right
United Popular Front
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1h 26min
May 21, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 6 - John Waters & The Pandemic of the Mind
This week, we have invited the celebrated dissident of this global mad-demic: John Waters
Topics discussed:
The state of our planet following the pandemic
Mass hympnosis and consumer culture
Following the science and not the scientism
Links mentioned in this episode:
Ancient Greece Revisited
John Waters Unchained
Ernst Jünger's "The Forest Passage"
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2h 1min
April 02, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 5 - Plato's Warning: The Medicalization of Health w. Spyros Rangos
This week, professor Spyridon Rangos from the University of Patras joins us to discuss Plato's Warning about the "rule of experts" and it's connection with Tyranny.
Topics discussed:
Modern vs Ancient Political Philosophy
Medicine vs Health
The Rise of Modernity and the Rule of Experts
Transhumanism in the Abscence of Standards
Links mentioned in this episode:
THE MEDICALIZATION OF HEALTH : PLATO'S WARNING
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1h 34min
March 19, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 4 - The Virgin in a Pandemic World w. Rachel Fulton Brown
On Tyranny is the readio branch of Ancient Greece Revisited.
This week, we are joined by professor Rachel Fulton Brown of the University of Chicago.
Topics discussed:
The Devotion of the Virgin Mary
Eros in the Christian Bible
The Great Mother Goddess of old Europe
Facemasks and their Symbolism
The Devil and Modern Technology
Links mentioned in this episode:
Mary and the Art of Prayer by Rachel Fulton Brown
From Judgment to Passion by Rachel Fulton Brown
Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine by Joseph Campbell
Fencing Bear at Prayer by Rachel Fulton Brown
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1h 40min
March 10, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 3 - The Indo-Europeans w. Thomas Rowsell from "Survive The Jive"
On Tyranny is the readio branch of Ancient Greece Revisited.
This week, we have the honour to speak with Thomas Rowsell from Survive The Jive
Topics discussed:
Thomas' "Aryan" jounrney to India
Indo-European theory, its history and reception
Modern genetics and the Indo-European theory
What does it mean to be a pagan in the modern age
Links mentioned in this episode:
Kurgan hypothesis
Yamnaya culture
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1h 50min
February 15, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 2 - Revelation and Modernity w. Peter Y. Paik
On Tyranny is the readio branch of Ancient Greece Revisited.
This week, professor Peter Y. Paik is joining us to talk about the future of mankind as revealed through modern works of literature.
Topics discussed:
Korea and the Lost Tradition
What is Modernity?
Kaftka's "Metamorphoses"
Orwell and Huxley's Prophesies
Transexualism to Transhumanism
Kafka's "The Silence of the Sirens"
Works mentioned in this episode:
Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis
Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel
Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves
Franz Kafka's The Silence of the Sirens
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2h 16min
January 26, 2021On Tyranny Ep. 1 - The Athenian Stranger
On Tyranny is the readio branch of Ancient Greece Revisited.
This week, I am joined by The Athenian Stranger, a pseudonymous scholar of Classical Political Philosophy.
Topics discussed:
Modern Science vs Classical Philosophy
Erotic Desire in Plato's Symposium
The Long March through the Institutions
The Seduction of Postmodernity
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Socratic Turn by Dustin Sebell
Socrates' second sailing by Seth Benardete
The Symposium by Plato
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
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2h 24min

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The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.