CULTURE

On the occasion of her new song "Generation X", Katerina Kyrmizi returned to the studio of Voice of Greece, this time with her guitar. She spoke about her generation, its dreams, ambitions, and pursuits, but also the disappointments that followed during the years of the Financial Crisis and the Pandemic....

An episode dedicated to the start of the new school year. With poems about schools and teachers by Palamas, Livaditis, Brecht and others, and songs by Bithikotsis, the Olympians, Moscholiou, Dalaras, Chalkias, Bagioki, and Dimitriadi. Produced and presented by Giannis Papoutsakis

On Thursday, 11 September, the program “Imprint” with Fuli Zavitsanou featured Dimitris Sarafianos, founder of the visual arts space Lofos Art Project and co-curator of the exhibition “In the Line of Fire. Miracles Amid the Ruins – The Gaza Biennale. The Greek Pavilion,” which opens on 18 September...

Father Philotheos Dedes, Archimandrite and Director of Church Architecture of the Holy Synod, traces the dark history of the Cross, once a brutal instrument of torture and humiliation dating back to the era of Alexander the Great.

The classical guitar virtuoso Stelios Golgaris, with countless distinctions and awards from festivals in Greece and around the world, was the guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on this episode of "Journeys Basking in Greek Light". The conversation touched on classical guitar, music schools, and the guest's...

Today we’re talking about e-books and neighborhood bookstores. Joining us are Michalis Kalamaras, publishing consultant at eAnagnostis.gr, and Giannis Tsioubris, owner of the “Monogramma” bookstore in Zephyri. Our discussion focuses on the rise of the e-book in Greece and on local bookstores, which...

The talented composer and songwriter Christos Gkontzos talks about his three publishing projects, what inspires him and his interesting collaborations. He discusses social issues but also fear, guilt, friendship, love, as well as the younger generations of musicians and the roots of Greek song. Produced...

This episode of “"Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis was dedicated to the moon. The tribute featured poems by Ritsos, Elytis, Seferis, Varvitsiotis, Livaditis, Leontaris, Gogo, Varveris, Lapathiotis, Karyotakis, and Karelli, along with songs performed by legendary voices such a...

On Sunday, 07 September 2025, at 12:00 Athens time, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mikis Theodorakis, the program "Our Town" on Voice of Greece will present songs by the great composer, re-imagined by Greek performers and arrangers. The broadcast highlights how a younger...

One of the most important Greek poets, prose writers, photographers, psychoanalysts, and introducers of surrealism in Greece, Andreas Embirikos left his mark on Greek poetry and thought with his pioneering and daring voice. Jacques Bouchard, a leading Hellenist and professor of Modern Greek literature...

On 7 July, 2025, setting out from Volos, an international and intergenerational crew of seafarers, scientists and artists embarked on a voyage from the Sporades to the Cyclades, and from Corfu to Zakynthos, making stops at selected ports, marinas, and anchorages. The mission: to promote the protection...

This episode of "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" was dedicated to kindness, featuring poems and texts reflecting on this great virtue, and songs by Nikos Androulakis, Takis Konstantakopoulos, Sofia Emfietzi, Kaiti Chomata, Marian Georgiou, among others. Produced and presented by Giannis Papouts...

Giannis Papoutsakis presents a special tribute to the songs of September on this episode of “Journeys Basking in Greek Light”.With songs by Kalogiannis, Protopsalti, Thalassinos, Asteriadi, Xylouris, Peridis, Delivorias, Stratos Dionysiou, and others. Produced and presented by Giannis Papoutsaki...

There are people who resemble mountains, with peaks and slopes, ravines and valleys, carrying both horizons of light and shadows. There are people like seas, from open gulfs to vast oceans, with waters calm or tempestuous, their shores either close at hand or so distant they appear only after long...

"Our Town” with Themis Rodamitis showcases the 9th International Kalamata Music Days festival.  Guest on the program are composer and pianist Stathis Gyftakis, founding member of the festival and Artistic Director of the Kalamata Municipal Conservatory. He shares the vision and philosophy behind...

One of the foremost figures of the Modern Greek Enlightenment… The great Cephalonian prose writer and satirical poet, Andreas Laskaratos, unfolds before us his turbulent life and his rich body of work. A lawyer never accepted by the establishment, almost a doctor, yet ultimately a rare kind of t...

On Sunday, 31 August 2025, Voice of Greece’s program “Our Town” presents “The Universal Mikis”— a creator who was recognized and honored across the globe by millions who saw in him a human symbol of world peace and culture. The episode will feature Mikis Theodorakis’ film music for int...

with Nikoletta Liakostavrou Radio Summer Party!!! A two-hour summer party with the “VinylHolics”! For those who didn’t go on holiday, for those just back from holiday, and for those about to go on holiday! Dimitris Gletzakos, Giorgos and Spyros Arvanitakis on Voice of Greece—back again a...