Voice of Greece

Lefkothea Barouta grew up in Hoxha's Albania, where any religious expression was banned, and those who celebrated Christmas or Easter risked many years in prison. Narrator: Lefkothea BaroutaResearcher: Fylanthi KotsiaPodcast Creation: Maya FilipopoulouSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound...

Born in Lambiriana, Chania, Antonia Botonaki studied dental technology, dietetics, and acting at the State Theater of Northern Greece. She debuted in literature in 2011 with the novel Let It Be and Let It Die (To Neragdalagmeno, published by Iviskos, reissued by Pyxida in 2024). Her first poetry...

Born in Lambiriana, Chania, Antonia Botonaki studied dental technology, dietetics, and acting at the State Theater of Northern Greece. She debuted in literature in 2011 with the novel Let It Be and Let It Die (To Neragdalagmeno, published by Iviskos, reissued by Pyxida in 2024). Her first poetry...

The day after the tank invasion at the Athens Polytechnic School, Giannis Kontogiannis heads to downtown Athens.

Born in Lambiriana, Chania, Antonia Botonaki studied dental technology, dietetics, and acting at the State Theater of Northern Greece. She debuted in literature in 2011 with the novel Let It Be and Let It Die (To Neragdalagmeno, published by Iviskos, reissued by Pyxida in 2024). Her first poetry...

Every week, seven poems are broadcast, with one Greek poem read each day, traveling across the frequencies of “Voice of Greece” to the far reaches of the world where Greek voices can be heard. Ilias Papakostantinou was born in Desfina, Fokida, and has published 10 books of poetry and prose, as wel...

The story behind the iconic photograph of the tank at the Polytechnic's entrance during the early hours of November 17, 1973, captured by photojournalist Aristotelis Sarrikostas. Narrator: Aristotelis SarrikostasResearcher: Konstantinos MichailPodcast Production: Fenia ChalaSound Design: Iasonas...

Every week, seven poems are broadcast, with one Greek poem read each day, traveling across the frequencies of “Voice of Greece” to the far reaches of the world where Greek voices can be heard. Ilias Papakostantinou was born in Desfina, Fokida, and has published 10 books of poetry and prose, as wel...

On 21 April 1967, the day of the coup in Greece, the police comes knocking on Rinio and Chronis Missios’s door. Chronis has already escaped, but Rinio is arrested and taken first to the racetrack and then to the barren island of Gyaros, together with thousands of other citizens considered ‘dangerous’ to th...

Every week, seven poems are broadcast, with one Greek poem read each day, traveling across the frequencies of “Voice of Greece” to the far reaches of the world where Greek voices can be heard. Ilias Papakostantinou was born in Desfina, Fokida, and has published 10 books of poetry and prose, as wel...

Every week, seven poems are broadcast, with one Greek poem read each day, traveling across the frequencies of “Voice of Greece” to the far reaches of the world where Greek voices can be heard. Ilias Papakostantinou was born in Desfina, Fokida, and has published 10 books of poetry and prose, as wel...

Every week, seven poems are broadcast, with one Greek poem read each day, traveling across the frequencies of “Voice of Greece” to the far reaches of the world where Greek voices can be heard. Ilias Papakostantinou was born in Desfina, Fokida, and has published 10 books of poetry and prose, as wel...

During the Greek Civil War, the father of a young girl joins the rebels, and her mother is sent into exile. Left alone with her siblings, she grows up “like a stray.” The childhood that Rinio Missiou (never) experienced is a harrowing tale of survival in a time of extreme hatred and violence. Narrator: Rin...

Every week, seven poems are broadcast, with one Greek poem read each day, traveling across the frequencies of “Voice of Greece” to the far reaches of the world where Greek voices can be heard. Ilias Papakostantinou was born in Desfina, Fokida, and has published 10 books of poetry and prose, as wel...