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Rinio Missiou: Chronis | Friday, November 22, 2024
The great love story of Rinio and Chronis Missiou, the legendary fighter and writer, and their shared journey through the turbulent years before the dictatorship. Narrator: Rinio MissiouInterview: Fennia Chala, Dimitris KolovosPodcast Creation: Maya FilipopoulouSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouSound...
Poet of the Week: Antonia Botonaki | 22 Nov. 2024
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...
Yiannis Kiourtsakis visits “Our Town” | 23 Nov. 2024, 12:00
On Saturday, November 23, from 12:00 to 13:00 (Athens time), the show Our Town will host Yiannis Kiourtsakis.The award-winning author will discuss his significant body of work, focusing on his books Like a Novel, The Quest for Humanity, and Seferis and Camus, from which he will also read selected excerpts. Kiourtsakis...
Poet of the Week: Antonia Botonaki | 21 Nov. 2024
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...
Christians in Hoxha’s Albania | Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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...
Poet of the Week: Antonia Botonaki | 20 Nov. 2024
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...
Poet of the Week: Antonia Botonaki | 19 Nov. 2024
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 Athens Polytechnic uprising | Monday, November 18, 2024
The day after the tank invasion at the Athens Polytechnic School, Giannis Kontogiannis heads to downtown Athens.
Poet of the Week: Antonia Botonaki | 18 Nov. 2024
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...
Poet of the Week: Ilias Papakostantinou | 17 Nov. 2024
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...
I Took the Photo of the Tank at the Polytechnic | Sunday, November 17, 2024
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...
Poet of the Week: Ilias Papakostantinou | 16 Nov. 2024
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...
Rinio Missiou: Exile | Friday, November 15, 2024
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...