The show ”Fair Winds and Following Seas” with Antonis Karagiannakis is dedicated to Greek seafarers, featuring stories of their day-to-day lives, live testimonies, and connections with Greek ocean liners sailing across the world’s oceans.
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On Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 08:00 am Athens time, Captain George Koumpenas, President of the Union of Cruise Ship Owners and Celestyal Cruises CEO, joins “Saturday Shift”—the special weekend edition of the show “Fair Winds and Following Seas”—with Antonis Karagiannakis, on Voice of Greece.
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Author Manolis Lampridis takes us on a voyage through time with his novel The Brave Men of Kasos: The Howl from the Ship’s Rail — a lyrical narrative set in 1732, on the eve of revolution, in Kasos, the storied island of the southeast Aegean with its proud seafaring tradition. Through richly drawn characters — captains, sailors, master shipwrights, village elders, pirates, saints, and folk heroines like Zantana — the book brings to life a world where history and myth converge. The people of Kasos gave everything they had, including their ships, to the Greek War of Independence, only to ... Read more
The Director of the Seamen’s Pension Fund (N.A.T.), Mrs. Georgia Maniati, is a guest on "Fair Winds and Following Seas - Saturday Shift” this Saturday at 08:00 a.m
Mrs. Maniati talks about the N.A.T. of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. She discusses how the oldest social security institution in bot...
Olga Stavropoulou, General Director of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association – HELMEPA, will be the guest on “Saturday Shift”, the special weekend edition of the radio show “Fair Winds and Following Seas” with Antonis Karagiannakis, broadcast on the Voice of Greece, on Saturday, May 3, 20...
Nikos Charalambides, Executive Director of the Greek office of Greenpeace, is the featured guest on "Saturday Shift", the weekend special edition of the radio program "Fair Winds and Following Seas" with Antonis Karagiannakis on Voice of Greece, airing on Saturday, April 12th, at 08:00 a.m.
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Thanos Kondylis, PhD in History from the University of Athens and author, will be the guest on Kales Thalasses – Saturday Watch with Antonis Karagiannakis on Voice of Greece on Saturday, March 29, at 8:00 AM (Greek time). The discussion will revolve around his new book, Pirates and Privateers in the Greek Seas. Thanos Kondylis will explore piracy in Greek waters, which, according to his research, is a timeless phenomenon that began to develop in the late Middle Ages and persisted with varying intensity until the 19th century. Reading excerpts from his book, the author will discuss the impact of ... Read more