Episode 159: Plato, Syracuse and the Tyrant

A philosopher walks into a palace—no, really. This week on History For Weirdos, we follow Plato from the Academy to the armored court of Syracuse, where his friend (and insider) Dion bets that good ideas can tame bad power. Meet the Elder-and-Younger Dionysius tag team, a fortress-city built for paranoia, and a very risky plan to educate a ruler into a philosopher-king—shadowed the whole time by…