This special broadcast highlights the life of this significant Greek figure—an extraordinary woman and actress—by focusing on her as both an artist and a person.
In the studio, Georges Archimandritis, a writer, creator of radio and television documentaries, and a PhD holder in comparative literature fro...
Songs of resurrection
On this day, Greek football turned a new page with the start of the first Alpha Ethniki Championship. After a thriller marked by doubts about transparency, AEK "self-destructed," losing the title by a thread to Panathinaikos… Nikolas Angelidis turns back the pages of history, recounting everything t...
‘The Dragon’s Feather’: A book - CD, with 13 musical fairy tales as a gift for children, young and old, prepared by Mikri Arktos label. A gift full of hope, grace and joy, which we are sure will be loved and sung by everyone. Two artists from Thessaloniki, composer Dimitris Markatopoulos and lyricist Chris...
The first historical goal of the Greek National Team was scored by a player from Iraklis, of Jewish descent, Alvertos Namias. It was April 7, 1929, at Leoforos Alexandras when the Greek National Team hosted the second team of the Italian National Team. Namias scored the only Greek, winning goal in front...
"Tell me your name" is the title of a 2018 music book by Foivos Delivorias that includes a story about his childhood and his relationship with the city and its people, as well as fifteen children's songs - twelve of his own and three of Giorgos Hadjipieris that Foivos had sung in the past. The excellent...
The well-known informer and collaborator with the Germans in Greek cinema was a fighter! A man you would be proud to have by your side, and a passionate communist! We are talking about the infamous… 'traitor,' friend of the Germans, Dimos Starenios, an actor who made his own mark in cinema, theater, a...
- I choose my favorite book of yours!
- And?
- And you write a poem for me! Would you like to?
- Yes, we would!
And that's how it all started.
Tatiana Zografou, November 11, 2022.
Selected authors of children's literature were inspired by this invitation and wrote poems. The lyrics...
On Monday, October, "Our Town" hosted Nikos Touliatos.
The series of children's songs The Lazy Dragon by Giorgos Hatzipieris counts two decades of presence, five records, over two hundred million views on YouTube and huge acceptance by the public, children and adults alike. Many of the songs in the series have become classics, are included in official teaching...
Athanasios Karvelas was born in Greece, but in America, he became known as Tom Carvel. He is the man who revolutionized ice cream globally by inventing the soft serve ice cream machine. He left Greece in poverty, and at the age of just four, he found himself on the East Coast of the USA, in Connecticut......
This is the harrowing story of the crash of an Olympic Airways aircraft, which was flying the Corfu–Athens route in 1972. It happened on this day, October 21. Nikolas Angelidis recounts all the events that led to the tragic end and speaks with the brother of a victim, who had gone on a honeymoon and n...
The show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis on October 20 was dedicated to Manos Hadjidakis, marking 99 years since his birth on October 23. The guest was author Kostas Papaspilios, who discussed his book about the "Great Romantic" of Greek music, titled "I Will Tell You About...
On Monday, October, "Our Town" hosted Nikos Touliatos.
Today, we will be celebrating a fantastic voice that has marked the evolution of Greek song and has her birthday on October 18, i.e. today. Our track list today includes foreign songs performed live by Alkistis Protopsalti that are found in three albums: First, the 1992 Live Recording from Zoom Club....
The show "Voices and Music" with Alexis Kostas featured a tribute to the poet Orestis Laskos.
Most people know him for his films—54 recorded in total—all very popular and commercially successful. However, the truth is that during his 40 years of filmmaking, Laskos also had a 51-year career as a p...
Today, we will be revisiting the live recordings of a globally renowned Greek singer while exploring the repertoire of another, lesser known but highly talented vocalist. Both have their birthday today, October 17. “Whenever I see Greek people abroad, there is emotion, a thirst for Greek music. And n...
The tragic "beer flood" of London in 1814 is one of those true stories that are hard to believe. On October 17, 1814, a devastating flood of beer shocked the West End of central London. A massive vat filled with beer at a brewery burst, causing a chain reaction that led to a beer flood, destroying buildings...
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