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...
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...
Commemorating the anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising
The radio series “Unguarded Passage” on Voice of Greece presents a radio documentary commemorating the anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising, shedding light on the untold story of the radio stations operated by ...
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...
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...
Do youth bring achievements, or is it the other way around? The life of Stelios Prassas, who started running at the age of 59, resembles an extraordinary marathon, with the finish line being a love for life itself.
Narrator: Stelios PrassasResearcher: Kalliopi KoniariPodcast...
On August 15, 1947, 20-year-old Despo Ouzounidou fled her village to join the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). As a second lieutenant in the Battle of Grammos, she witnessed the first use of napalm bombs in Europe after World War II.
Narrator: Despo OuzounidouInterview by: Georgia StafylidouPodcast...
On the occasion of Open Day for Pain and Palliative Care Clinics 2024, the radio series Unguarded Passage presents a compelling podcast on pain management in the palliative care centers of public hospitals.
Journalist Thomas Sideris, with extensive personal experience in pain clinics, discusses with...
Three days before the coup of 1967, Andreas Markou, a member of the left-wing Lambrakis Youth movement, paints ‘Down with fascism’ on walls. With the imposition of the dictatorship, he is sent into internal exile on Gyaros, the barren island with the infamous prison that, today, is a symbol of commemoration.
Interviewee: And...
Known as Sarantapichos or Patouchas, he was said to stand forty cubits tall. Once a man who loved deeply, he could only reunite with his beloved by transforming into a pine tree. This timeless legend from Ziria in Corinthia tells a story of unbreakable bonds between man and nature.
Narrator:...
On this day, 106 years ago, on November 4, 1918, the founding congress of the Socialist Labor Party of Greece was held in Piraeus, which in November 1924 was renamed the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
A major feature explores the circumstances that led to the necessity of establishing the KKE during...
Poverty forces a man to leave his family and seek his fortune abroad. Along the way, he learns that the value of good advice far outweighs gold. This is the Greek version of a well-known medieval tale, as told to Dimitra Panagaki by her grandfather on winter nights in Longastra, Laconia.
Narrator:...
A podcast for understanding the events and challenges shaping the future of the global political chessboard!
The radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a special thematic podcast that will delve into the significance and consequences of the crucial American elections for the global pol...
A podcast from Istorima, created in honor of the anniversary of “Ohi Day.”
Narration: Sofia PapaioannouPodcast by: Katherine Fleming, Sofia PapaioannouSound Design: Iason TheofanouAudio Editing: Spyros Lymberopoulos
Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral hist...
The battles of the Albanian front, the entry into Argyrokastro, the surrender of the Evelpidon School to the Germans. Dimitris Galazidis, 105 years old, is one of the last veterans of 1940. The narrator passed away a few days after the interview.
Narrator: Dimitris GalazidisInterview:...
A podcast from Istorima for October 28th.
Podcast creators: Sofia Papaioannou, Katherine FlemingSound Designer: Iasonas TheofanouSound Editor: Spyros LymperopoulosTranslator: Katherine FlemingVoiceover: Katherine Fleming
Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving...
In this episode of "Historical Walks", historian and author Menelaos Charalambidis engages in a discussion with Marilena Katsimi, focusing on the significance of national anniversaries and their political importance as living tools of memory, in light of the upcoming October 28 celebrations.
They...
Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. Over 1,000 young researchers find narrators, listen, collect and save stories of people from all over Greece : Stories of their place, stories of love, stories that changed us or defined us, stories modern or old. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could be lost in time. Istorima is the co-creation of the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) as part of his Youth Reboot and Empowerment initiative (learn more at www.snf.org). The ... Read more
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