Faraway Words

Guests on the program from Johannesburg were Dr. Eleni Griva, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Vice Rector at the University of Western Macedonia, Director of the Institute of Greek Language, internationally recognized for her work in promoting Greek as a second/foreign language; Elena Piperidou,...

The internationally acclaimed laouto player and composer Vasilis Kostas was the guest on "Faraway Words." The Grammy-nominated Greek musician, based in the United States and a graduate of Berklee College of Music, is returning to Greece for a special performance at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus with...

One of the most distinguished Greek scientists of the Diaspora, Dr. Vasilis Vasiliou, was the guest on the program. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health, part of Yale University. Through his academic research, Dr. Vasiliou...

Guest on the program was Spyros Pilos, co-founder of the cultural organization “Mitos,” based in Luxembourg. Mr. Pilos spoke about the wide-ranging activities of the non-profit cultural organization, which seeks to strengthen the connection between Greece and Luxembourg and promote contemporary Gre...

Guest on the program was Panagiotis Roilos, Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Comparative Literature and holder of the George Seferis Chair at Harvard University. He spoke about Greek-language education on the other side of the Atlantic, as well as the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, of which...

Guests on the program included: Nektarios Filippopoulos, who introduced listeners to the secrets of mushrooms, on the occasion of his special appearance at ARK. Georgia Panagopoulou and Giannis Tsiatsianis, who shared their passion for wine and wine tourism, revealing what visitors will experience...

In this episode of "Faraway Words", the program connected with Munich for a conversation with Christina Astrapidou, President of the Federation of Thracian Associations of Europe. A member of the Greek diaspora herself, Christina Astrapidou spoke about the Federation’s mission and activities, as w...

Angeliki Spiridakis was the guest on “Faraway Words”. She is the founder and director of Music from Greece, the nonprofit organization that now officially serves as Greece’s National Music Export Office. Ms. Spiridakis spoke about the organization and its efforts to promote contemporary Greek music...

Soprano Vasia Alati, a permanent resident of Vienna, joined us on the program and spoke about her professional journey, from Athens to Vienna and from there to some of the world’s major opera stages in Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, France, South Korea, Cyprus, and Albania. The occasion f...

Vasilis Adrahtas, Coordinator of the Greek Studies Program at the University of New South Wales, was welcomed to the studio of Voice of Greece. We spoke about his personal journey, from Australia to Athens and back to Australia, about Greek-language education in Sydney, as well as his professional...

One day before the First Semi-Final, Akylas speaks with Ariadni-Sofia Kouri about Ferto and the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026!

Journalist Ariadni-Sofia Kouri joined the program to convey the atmosphere of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, while a telephone interview she conducted with Akylas, who is representing Greece in this year’s competition, was also broadcast. The program also featured Mr Alexandros Theodosiadis, p...

Acclaimed director, actress and Artistic Director of the London-based Theatre Lab Company, Anastasia Revi, was a guest on the program and spoke about the Greek theatre group Praxis Oxford Greek Theatre Group of the University of Oxford and the play “The Secrets of My Failure” by Giorgos Iliopoulos, whi...

The program featured Katerina Poutachidou, director of the Creative Drama & Arts Centre, based in Melbourne. Ms. Poutachidou, who also teaches at the Greek community schools in Melbourne, spoke about the 7th Youth Theatre On Air online radio festival, "Theatre in front of a Microphone", an international...

The popular singer spoke on the program on the occasion of her upcoming concerts in London and Brussels. As she noted, this year marks twenty years of collaboration with Themis Karamouratidis (music) and Gerasimos Evangelatos (lyrics). For this reason, the concert program will feature some of the...

Litsa Athanasiadi, a prominent member of the Pontian Estia of Melbourne, took part in the program, unfolding the story of the association, which this year marks 50 years of operation. She also spoke about the key events organized to celebrate this anniversary, her own personal journey, and the interest...

The menu on the program "The Sweet Life" featured “green” gastronomy and Attica wine. In the studio of Voice of Greece, we welcomed Christos Xagoraris and Theodosis Leivathinos from the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature, and discussed sustainable nutrition and zero food waste. Together, we ...

A program dedicated to Greek-language education abroad. The guest was Mr Giorgos Vlachos, Deputy Education Coordinator at the Consulate General of Greece in Johannesburg. The occasion for this discussion was the online event “Schools of Greek-language Education honour Messolonghi – 200 years sin...