Voice of Greece

Born of a Greek mother and a Ghanaian father, Loukas recounts his childhood, showing us that identity is much more complicated than it appears. What happens when you're made to feel that your national identity doesn't "match" the color of your skin? Interviewee: Loukas Kemavor Field...

Born of a Greek mother and a Ghanaian father, Loukas Loukas shows us what happens when your identity “doesn't match” the color of your skin. Narrator: Loukas Kemavor Researcher: Koutsogiannis Vasilis Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Dim...

Who was the legendary fairy of Amorgos, who was magically “tied” and then married to the pirate, Yiorgos Kaoutsos? Her great-grandson Antonis Roussos tells her story. Narrator: Antonis Roussos Researcher: Ευθυμία Παπαγιαννοπούλου Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Alex Retsis S...

In occupied Vermio in 1942, sixteen-year-old Giorgos Aslanidis joins the guerrillas. He takes part in battles, escapes death many times and witnesses the massacre of his village by the Nazis and their collaborators. Narrator: Giorgos Aslanidis Researcher: Niki Fotiadou Podcast...

When the Germans burn the village of Kosmas in Arcadia, Yorgos Mermigkas loses everything. Greek Nazi collaborators also participate in the burning. Years later, he comes face to face with one of them. Narrator: Yorgos Mermigkas Researcher: Angeliki Katti Podcast Creation:...

During the Second World War, thousands of soldiers from New Zealand fought with the Allies in Greece against the Axis occupation. Hundreds lost their lives, and many hundreds more were taken as prisoners of war by the occupying German and Italian forces. In a village in Laconia, German and Italian soldiers...

During the civil war, in Laconia, Vasilis Georgoulis joins Organization X and takes part in raids with the armed gang of the notorious Giannis Pavlakos. Narrator: Vasilis Georgoulis Researcher: Victoria Delakovia Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Audio...

In 1971 a rich uncle brings a television to Manolis Bardanis' house, the first television in the village of Apeiranthos of Naxos. Immediately, all the neighbors gather to see this strange acquisition. Narrator: Manolis Bardanis Researcher: Efthymia Papagiannopoulou Podcast creation: Maya...