EP02 - When did the REAL Moden Olympic games start?
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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Episode description
Welcome to another episode of our podcast, where your hosts, Dean and Peter, dive into the intriguing history of the REAL modern Olympic Games. Today's episode, the boys ask:
- Why Dean knows he will HATE "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3"
- Who was Kontrati Ryleev - Russian poet and philhellene?
- Who was the first Greek Congressman of the USA?
- Why did many muslims who defend Greeks during the 1821 War of Independence?
- What was the special connection between Martin Luther King Assassination and Archbishop Iakovos of North America?
- What was the REAL anniversary of the opening of the first modern Olympic games in Athens
- Larabi from "Get Smart" was Greek?
- What is the Assyrian New year and why it matters to Greeks?
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