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Stathis Gourgouris (https://stathisgourgouris.com/) is a poet, essayist, translator, and electronic music composer. He is Professor of Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. He has published eight books of philosophy and criticism in English, as well as four in Greek: Does Literature Think? (Nefeli, 2007), Dream Nation (Kritiki, 2010), Perhaps Mischief (Nissos, 2017), and The Worldly and the Global (Psifides, 2025). He has published five poetry collections, the most recent in Greek being Introduction to Physics (2005). He has received honors at the 4th International Poetry Festival in Sapanja and was a finalist in the 5th International Flash Fiction Competition organized by the Fundación César Egido Serrano and the Museo de ... Read more

In this episode of "Wander Words", we travel back in time to the Hydra of the 1950s and ‘60s, when the island became a haven for an international community of artists and writers. Through memories and fragments, we revisit the island as it was experienced by Leonard Cohen, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika and his c...

Stathis Gourgouris (https://stathisgourgouris.com/) is a poet, essayist, translator, and electronic music composer. He is Professor of Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. He has published eight books of philosophy and criticism in English, as well as four in Greek: Does Literature Think? (Nefeli, 2007), Dream Nation (Kritiki, 2010), Perhaps Mischief (Nissos, 2017), and The Worldly and the Global (Psifides, 2025). He has published five poetry collections, the most recent in Greek being Introduction to Physics (2005). He has received honors at the 4th International Poetry Festival in Sapanja and was a finalist in the 5th International Flash Fiction Competition organized by the Fundación César Egido Serrano and the Museo de ... Read more

Stathis Gourgouris (https://stathisgourgouris.com/) is a poet, essayist, translator, and electronic music composer. He is Professor of Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. He has published eight books of philosophy and criticism in English, as well as four in Greek: Does...

Stathis Gourgouris (https://stathisgourgouris.com/) is a poet, essayist, translator, and electronic music composer. He is Professor of Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. He has published eight books of philosophy and criticism in English, as well as four in Greek: Does Literature Think? (Nefeli, 2007), Dream Nation (Kritiki, 2010), Perhaps Mischief (Nissos, 2017), and The Worldly and the Global (Psifides, 2025). He has published five poetry collections, the most recent in Greek being Introduction to Physics (2005). He has received honors at the 4th International Poetry Festival in Sapanja and was a finalist in the 5th International Flash Fiction Competition organized by the Fundación César Egido Serrano and the Museo de ... Read more

When music falls silent, it begins to summon new sounds—melodies that weave a story as layered and captivating as love itself, the kind that arrives unannounced and unsettles everything. Music has a way of restoring what the characters in this radio drama seek—whether it’...

Tasos Lampropoulos, poet, writer, and thinker, was born in Athens and currently lives in Shanghai, China. He made his debut in Greek literature in 1993 with the poetry collection “Hellenic–Erotic–Reflective Poems” (Mavridis Publications).In the Delphi Panhellenic Poetry Competition in 1995, h...

Tasos Lampropoulos, poet, writer, and thinker, was born in Athens and currently lives in Shanghai, China. He made his debut in Greek literature in 1993 with the poetry collection “Hellenic–Erotic–Reflective Poems” (Mavridis Publications).In the Delphi Panhellenic Poetry Competition in 1995, h...

Tasos Lampropoulos, poet, writer, and thinker, was born in Athens and currently lives in Shanghai, China. He made his debut in Greek literature in 1993 with the poetry collection “Hellenic–Erotic–Reflective Poems” (Mavridis Publications).In the Delphi Panhellenic Poetry Competition in 1995, h...

In this episode of “Wander Words”, we head to Mykonos - a sizzling island with an energy that sets it apart from the rest. With special guests- tour guide Nikos Vrysimtzis, local resident Vaggelio, entrepreneur Yiannis Svarnas (aka Yiannis_Mykonos), and ceramic/mosaic artist Eirini Syrianou — we wa...

Tasos Lampropoulos, poet, writer, and thinker, was born in Athens and currently lives in Shanghai, China. He made his debut in Greek literature in 1993 with the poetry collection “Hellenic–Erotic–Reflective Poems” (Mavridis Publications).In the Delphi Panhellenic Poetry Competition in 1995, h...

Anna Prokova selects passages from works by foreign authors that engage with Greece—provided they might be read as :the opposite of a travel guide."

Tasos Lampropoulos, poet, writer, and thinker, was born in Athens and currently lives in Shanghai, China. He made his debut in Greek literature in 1993 with the poetry collection “Hellenic–Erotic–Reflective Poems” (Mavridis Publications).In the Delphi Panhellenic Poetry Competition in 1995, h...

Tasos Lampropoulos, poet, writer, and thinker, was born in Athens and currently lives in Shanghai, China. He made his debut in Greek literature in 1993 with the poetry collection “Hellenic–Erotic–Reflective Poems” (Mavridis Publications).In the Delphi Panhellenic Poetry Competition in 1995, h...

Tasos Lampropoulos, poet, writer, and thinker, was born in Athens and currently lives in Shanghai, China. He made his debut in Greek literature in 1993 with the poetry collection “Hellenic–Erotic–Reflective Poems” (Mavridis Publications).In the Delphi Panhellenic Poetry Competition in 1995, h...

On Monday, 21 July, the show "Wander Words" with Katerina Batzaki took us to Zakynthos—the island of poets, earthquakes, and freedom. In this radio journey, the island’s history, culture, and contemporary landscape came to life through three distinct voices: – Journalist Katerina Drymi reflected on me...

When music falls silent, it begins to summon new sounds—melodies that weave a story as layered and captivating as love itself, the kind that arrives unannounced and unsettles everything. Music has a way of restoring what the characters in this radio drama seek—whether it’...

Dr. Gerasimos Tzivras, a medical doctor specializing in general surgery, proctology, phlebology, and addiction medicine, was born in Argostoli, Kefalonia, and is a permanent resident of Germany. He serves on the board of the European Union Association / Herne Regional Committee in Germany, the Society...