Spartan Spirit
The Spartan Spirit is dedicated to societal causes and history, primarily through two podcast series: ‘Spartan Spirit - Leadership’, and ‘Workhorse’ - The story of Royal Australian Air Force C-130s.
Your host: Bill Kourelakos
Bill is a retired Air Commodore who began his career in the Canadian Forces, served on exchange with the US Air Force, and then joined the Royal Australian Air Force. His hobbies include military history, writing, guitar, ice hockey, and…. Podcasting!
Podcasts Schedule
‘Workhorse - RAAF C-130s’ is published every two weeks
‘Spartan Spirit Leadership’ is taking a break until 2025
Spartan Spirit
LEADERSHIP
A podcast supporting Western Societal Values
Welcome to the Spartan Spirit podcast where we consider the Western values of Democracy, Individual Rights, and a Nation-First perspective in running our society. This podcast advocates for those rights by looking at what Western leaders have to say about the issues affecting Western National Power. We’ll do that by analyzing research and by taking a tough-minded approach drawn from roots of the Western World: Ancient Sparta. In other words, a stoic and pragmatic, society-first mindset. Hence the notion of the Spartan Spirit. My aim is to awaken the Spartan spirit in you so that you can play your part in challenging and correcting misguided policies and practices that weaken the West.
Workhorse
‘Workhorse’ is the podcast series that covers the history of Royal Australian Air Force C-130s from their earliest history through to modern times.
The series is based on the soon to be released book “Air Mobility Workhorse”, which will be available from Big Sky Publishing.
Topics include:
Operations from around the globe, including all four corners of the planet, from 1959 to now
Aircraft technical discussions
Training
Roles (Search and Rescue, Air Logistics, Airborne Operations, Special Operations, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief, Surveillance, Non-combatant Evacuation, Aeromedical Evacuation and Firefighting)
Maintenance and modifications
Logistics
And, of course, the people that made it all possible.
Foreground: Ancient Sparta’s theatre.
Background: Modern day Sparta and the Tagetos mountain range where Bill’s father was born.
WARdle card game
Available now. Email spartan.spirit@yahoo.com
A science fiction book by Bill Kourelakos and Vic MacIntosh
Challenges of war, friction between generations, international terrorism, multi-cultural tensions, and globalization impact families across our world. The Tears of the Hawk wraps the theme of family stress in modern times into a web of time travel, terrorism, and cultural change.
Available on Amazon
WARdle T-Shirt
(email for info)