Istorima

A student, the son of immigrants from Albania, talks about his struggle with depression, his attempt to end his life and the constant struggle against stereotypes and "shoulds". Narrator: The narrator has asked to be pseudonymizedResearcher: Vasilis KoutsogiannisPodcast Creation: Maya FilippopoulouSound...

Turkish delight maker Dina Sykourti-Andreiomenou has been stirring copper cauldrons of Turkish delight for countless years, from her childhood. One thought accompanies every movement of the spoon: the school she was forced to stop. Interviewee: Dina Sykourti-AndreiomenouInterview...

Is mother's love a given? Despina, the "unwanted" third girl of a Cretan family in the 40s, recounts the story of her relationship with her mother and how it has left its mark on her life. Narrator: Despina Savrani Researcher: Margarita Koronaiou Podcast Creation: Andreas...

Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in ... Read more

Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in ... Read more

In September of 2000, Roula Bairami, on her voyage back to her island, Naxos, finds herself sinking on Express Samina. When she is forced to fall into the sea to save herself, her thoughts are on the child she is carrying... Narrator: Roula Bairami Researcher: Georgia Bairami Podcast...

Dimitris Kolovos managed to overcome a difficult time in his life thanks to Tolkien. Like Frodo, he felt the weight of the ‘ring’ he was carrying every day. Reading about the heroes and their internal struggles, what it means to fight for good, the light managed to vanquish the darkness within. His...

Thanos Alexandris discovers the dance floor of the “skyladiko” night clubs outside the big cities and becomes one with their crowd. Wild nights out, money squandered, bouncers, night club girls trying to get patrons to pay for drinks, by the author of the book "Because the Night". Narrator: Tha...

A great love that overcame every hurdle thrown in its way, even the ravages of time. Narrator: Maro Damianidou Researcher: Chaidemeni Paltoglou Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou, Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound Editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos Photographs:...

Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in ... Read more

In 1974, workers building a road in Parnitha, accidentally solve a thirty-year mystery: the mystery of the disappearance of seventeen shepherds from Legrena village during the German Occupation. Narrator: Vangelis Dounas Interview: Stavros Vlachos Podcast creation: Stavros...

The traumatic experiences she went through as a child in the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen left permanent emotional scars on Rina Revach. Decades later, she will go on a journey of salvation to the place where she learned what true horror means. Interviewee: Rina Revach Interview...

Elena Topalidou has experienced both the light and the dark side of dance. She gladly started ballet at the age of ten. In adolescence, she wrestled with extreme physical stress and an eating disorder. Later on, she excelled in some of the most important contemporary dance performances. Today, she is...

A great love is born in Sindirgi, Asia Minor, between a young man belonging to a well to do family in the region and a poor orphan girl. Their love surpasses all obstacles and they are preparing to get married. But the year is 1922 and the Asia Minor Disaster is approaching. Narrator:...

In September 1943, four-year-old Vasilis Papadopoulos witnesses the massacre at Viannos, Crete by the German Nazis, in which more than 20 villages were burned and 461 people of all ages were executed. Narrator: Vasilis Papadopoulos Researcher: Marili Papadopoulou Podcast...

A schoolgirl in the 60s has the "misfortune" of being left-handed. A strict teacher, who dislikes all things "left", makes her student’s life unbearable with punishments, yelling and violent behavior. Narrator: Popi Papageorgiou Researcher: Eirini Kotseli Podcast Creation: Haris Pagonidou Sound D...

During the construction of the Athens Metro, the skull of child is discovered, who died during the plague in the 5th century BC. Using the skull as a base, Professor Manolis Paparigorakis, who was researching the appearance of ancient Greeks, began to reconstruct the face of the little Athenian, who...

In 2014, Depy Kourellou decided to start afresh in North Evia. Fascinated by the area’s nature, she and her sister, Nancy, began rescuing abandoned and abused horses and equines. Everything was going well, until the summer of 2021. Narrator: Depy Kourellou Researcher: Eva K...