Aristotle Koskinas on Greek History

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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This is one of 2 interviews that I conducted while visiting Greece this summer. Greek history is deep routed in many things as philosophy, democracy and culture and has laid the foundation of so much of what we know and how we live today. Today I speak with Aristotle Koskinas (@aristotlekoskin), a guide with Athens walking tours. He's one of the best guides you can find in Athens. In order to be a guide in Greece, an individual must complete a 2½ year program at the School of Tourist Guides in Greece - which is a state school under the Ministry of Development. Some of the courses in the curriculum include Ancient Greek history, Byzantine history, Prehistoric Archaeology, Mythology, Geology, history of Theater –and psychology of the tourist. Listen in for details on the history of Athens over the past 3000 years, the influence Greek culture has had across the world, and some insight on what surprises him meeting visitors from different countries.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Knowledge Project. I'm your host Shane Parish, curator behind the Furnham
0:12.0	Street blog which is an intellectual hub of interestingness covering topics like human
0:16.4	misjudgment, decision-making, strategy, philosophy, and culture. The Knowledge Project allows
0:21.7	me to interview amazing people from around the world to deconstruct why they're good at
0:25.2	what they do and get inside their head. It's more conversation than prescription. It's
0:29.6	been seeing the world as they see it. The next episode is one of two interviews that I
0:34.1	conducted while visiting Greece this summer. Greek history, which is deep rooted in many things,
0:38.7	as philosophy, democracy, and culture, has laid the foundation of so much of what we know
0:43.6	and what we live today. Today I'm going to speak with Aristotle, Cosquinas. One of the best guides
0:49.8	you can find in Athens in order to be a guide in Greece, an individual almost complete two and a
0:55.1	half year program at the School of Tourist Guides in Greece, which is the state school under
1:00.0	the Ministry of Development. Some of the courses in the curriculum include Ancient Greek history,
1:04.4	Byzantine history, prehistoric archaeology, mythology, geology, history of theater, and the
1:12.0	psychology of the tourist. Along with completing the required written and oral exams,
1:17.2	the professionals must also complete 110 hours of lessons in the museum about archaeology and
1:24.0	260 hours of visiting sites and practicing guides. It's not like you just walk up to the bus and
1:29.8	get a guide here. I contacted Athens walking tours to find out who their best guide was and that's
1:35.2	how I came to meet Aristotle. With his first degree in archaeology, Aristotle decided to continue
1:40.3	his studies in order to become a certified guide in Athens. And we're lucky that he did. Today you'll
1:44.5	hear us speak about the history of Athens over the past 3,000 years. The influence of Greek culture
1:51.6	has had across the world and some insights on what surprises him meeting visitors from different
1:56.8	countries. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.
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