Podcasts

A group of friends are vacationing in Phuket, Thailand during Christmas 2004, when the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami hits the country's coasts. Narrator: Kostas Avlonitis Researcher: Maria Makri Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Alex Retsis Sound Editing:...

Olive oil from Plomari, roe from Aetoliko, honey from Kastoria, aged tsipouro from Evia, Assyrtiko from Santorini, kashkaval cheese from Lemnos, mung beans from Messinia. The show emphasizes gastronomy and ‘sets the table’ at the Voice of Greece studio, inviting farmers, producers, nutritionists, exh...

The shocking stories behind two iconic photographs from the siege of Sarajevo in the war in Yugoslavia, taken by photojournalist Dimitris Messinis. Narrator: Dimitris Messinis Researcher: Fotoula Papandreou Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Dimitris...

Panagiotis Tzanavaris, the only teacher of "Whistling", the whistled language of the village of Antia in Euboea, has dedicated his life to preserving and popularizing the language. Narrator: Panagiotis Tzanavaris Interview: Stavros Vlachos Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design:...

Anna Koutsomalli grew up in Imbros until the Turkish state closed the island's Greek school. Thirty years later, she returned to her hometown to offer her help. Narrator: Anna Koutsomalli Researcher: Aris Nikakis Podcast Creation: Dimitris Kotselis Sound Design: Iasonas...

In 1971, a rich uncle brings a television to the home of Manolis Bardanis. The first television in the village of Apeiranthos in Naxos, it attracts all the neighbors who gather to see this strange acquisition. Interviewee: Manolis Bardanis Field Reporter: Efthymia Papagiannopoulou Producer:...

Three generations of Naousa, on a Carnival custom well-known throughout Greece. Folklorist Takis Baitsis, creator of “faces” Alexis Karydas and dancer Theodosis Tsoukalas talk about a tradition that unites the whole city. Narrators: Takis Baitsis, Alexis Karydas, Theodosis Tsoukalas Researchers: Ant...

Scenes and stories from the old Ippodromos, as experienced by a regular patron. Narrator: Apostolis Vasilakis Researcher: Peny Vasilaki Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound Editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos Photographs: Stefanos Bertakis Istorima...

How can innocent childhood curiosity determine the fate of life? Nine-year-old Apostolos Mintiouris, from Soufli, Evros, was accidentally led to the place that was destined to heal him, without even knowing the danger his life was in. Narrator: Apostolos Mintiouris Researcher: Katerina Pistola Podcast...

A 13-year-old boy lives through the nightmare of the massacre of Kalavryta in 1943 by the Germans and comes close to death in a metaphysical experience of fear. Today, every German word brings him before the same images. Narrator: Giorgos Dimopoulos Interview: Stavros Vlachos Podcast...