MY GREEK TV: UNTRANSLATABLE GREEK CONCEPTS
In the first episode of 2026 My Greek TV (or Romaic Ruminations, or Greek Gropings, or Hellenic Hallucinations - suggestions for a new title are ongoing), Greek Aussies, Dean Kalymniou and Peter Stefanidis (YouTube channel, Facebook) continue their series of educational podcasts. In this episode they discuss the intricacies of typically Greek concepts.
March 24, 2026 MY Greek TV: What Is Philotimo? Greeks Get Heated About Hospitality, Asylum & Ataturk | Ep. 16.
* Antipodes — why the festival might be named wrong, and why the real Antipodeans are partying in Brazil.
* Philotimo — the untranslatable Greek word that went from Herodotus to the New Testament and still doesn't have an English equivalent.
* Philoxenia — do Greeks actually love strangers, or is there a time limit on the hospitality?
* Vasili Yalali — a Turkish nationalist who discovered Pontic Greek roots, went to jail for it, and got rejected for asylum by Greece. On a very convenient day.
* Venizelos and Ataturk — enemies who made peace. Is honouring a complicated legacy political genius or moral cowardice?
* General Plastiras — "The Black Rider." Soldier, statesman, coup-maker, and a man who died broke. Criminal or hero? You decide.
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