Voice of Greece

In 1971, a rich uncle brings a television to the home of Manolis Bardanis. The first television in the village of Apeiranthos in Naxos, it attracts all the neighbors who gather to see this strange acquisition. Interviewee: Manolis Bardanis Field Reporter: Efthymia Papagiannopoulou Producer:...

Three generations of Naousa, on a Carnival custom well-known throughout Greece. Folklorist Takis Baitsis, creator of “faces” Alexis Karydas and dancer Theodosis Tsoukalas talk about a tradition that unites the whole city. Narrators: Takis Baitsis, Alexis Karydas, Theodosis Tsoukalas Researchers: Ant...

Scenes and stories from the old Ippodromos, as experienced by a regular patron. Narrator: Apostolis Vasilakis Researcher: Peny Vasilaki Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound Editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos Photographs: Stefanos Bertakis Istorima...

How can innocent childhood curiosity determine the fate of life? Nine-year-old Apostolos Mintiouris, from Soufli, Evros, was accidentally led to the place that was destined to heal him, without even knowing the danger his life was in. Narrator: Apostolos Mintiouris Researcher: Katerina Pistola Podcast...

A 13-year-old boy lives through the nightmare of the massacre of Kalavryta in 1943 by the Germans and comes close to death in a metaphysical experience of fear. Today, every German word brings him before the same images. Narrator: Giorgos Dimopoulos Interview: Stavros Vlachos Podcast...

In 1943, the young Nikos Davanos sees his house and town destroyed in a German bombardment during the Second World War. Living in utter poverty, he wishes on a star that he might find a better life. Interviewee: Nikos DavanosField Reporter: Fotini PipinaProducer: Maya FilippopoulouSound Designer:...

When her father announces to her her engagement to a man twenty years her senior, Chrysa runs away from home to secretly marry her lover. As the wedding is happening, the police knock on the door. Narrator: Chrysa Kyriakati Researcher: Eleni Lozou Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound...

Amid moments of heroism but also brutality, Giorgos Parastatidis survives the three times his village, Mesovouno of Kozani, was burned down. Narrator: Giorgos Parastatidis Researcher: Niki Fotiadou Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Sound Editing:...