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...
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...
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.
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For more than forty years, Zacharias Vrelianakis has been travelling around the world looking for vinyl records. His shop in an arcade in Monastiraki is frequented daily by fanatical collectors, passers-by, tourists, and small children, all united by their love of music.
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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.
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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...
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
Τον πατέρα της τον σκότωσαν οι Γερμανοί. Τη μητέρα της τη σκότωσαν αντάρτες. H Ερσαΐα Τσαρτσιανίδου επιζεί από τις σφαγές του Μεσόβουνου, βασανίζεται στα κελιά του Εμφυλίου και μόλις δεκατριών χρονών, βρίσκεται μόνη της με ένα χρέος: να μην πεθάνουν τα μικρότερα αδέρφια της από την πείνα. Είναι η φωνή όλων των αθώων που βρέθηκαν ανάμεσα στα πυρά στην πιο ταραγμένη εποχής της Ελλάδας. Αφηγήτρια: Ερσαΐα ΧατζηιωαννίδουΕρευνήτρια: Νίκη ΦωτιάδουΔημιουργία Podcast: Μάγια ΦιλιπποπούλουΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Ιάσονας ΘεοφάνουΦωτογραφικά στιγμιότυπα: Μιχάλης ΜπέκοςΜουσική: William Ryan Fritch Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. Over 1,000 young researchers find narrators, listen, ... Read more
Ένα παιδί ακολουθεί από μικρή ηλικία τον δρόμο της ιεροσύνης. Μεγαλώνοντας σε αυτό το περιβάλλον, θα συγκρουστεί με ένα μυστικό που κουβαλάει. Αφηγητής: Ο αφηγητής ζήτησε ψευδωνυμίαΕρευνητής: Νίκος ΜανώλαςΔημιουργία Podcast: Χάρις ΠαγωνίδουΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Δημήτρης ΠαλαιογιάννηςΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Σπύρος Λυμπερόπουλος Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. Over 1,000 young researchers find ... Read more
The massacres of Mesovouno, in northern Greece, were among the bloodiest mass executions perpetrated by the Germans during the Occupation of Greece (1941-1944). On October 23 of 1941 , Wehrmacht troops rounded up all the village's men, and executed them by machine gun. They then set fire to the village....
Σειρά Οικογένεια είναι… Η Σωτηρία έχει δύο παιδιά. Η Σωτηρία είναι τυφλή. Δύο πράγματα που αν και δε συνδέονται, προκαλούν μόνιμα την «έκπληξη» και των «θαυμασμό» όλων όσων τη γνωρίζουν. Τι υποδηλώνει όμως αυτό για την ελληνική κοινωνία Αφηγήτρια: Σωτηρία ΑποστολήΕρευνήτρια: Νάντια ΜπαϊμπάΔημιουργία Podcast: Φένια ΧαλάΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Ιάσονας ΘεοφάνουΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Δημήτρης Παπαδάκης Istorima is the biggest ... Read more
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