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I Will Sing You Seven Songs
Gianna Triantafylli
SCHEDULE VOICE OF GREECE

Istorima

Istorima was created by the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

Istorima – Connect with your History [28.08.2023-03.09.2023]
Stories of people from all over Greece: of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could easily be lost in time. This week’s episodes you shouldn’t miss: Monday 28 August: ''The grea...
Tolkien: New myths from old?
Tolkien wanted to create a mythology for the British ‘like that of the Greeks’. Was Galadriel, the queen of elves, inspired by Circe and Calypso? Bilbo by Odysseus? What do Ajax and Boromir have in common, and what is the link between the fate of Atlantis and the fall of Numenor? Interviewee: Dim...
Karagiozis will never grow old [Greek Audio]
Who is Karagiozis after all? Sokratis Kotsores, Karagiozis puppeteer, analyzes, with a sense of humor and a love of his art, the multiple personalities and readings of Karagiozis, who are still alive to this day. Interviewee: Socrates KotsoresRerearcher: Penny VassilakiPodcast...
The Germans saved our village [Greek Audio]
During the Occupation, Bulgarian troops approach Paleokastro, Serres. Then a woman draws out a plan. Interviewee: Koula AlexandridouRerearcher: Konstantinos DoganisPodcast Creation: Maia FilippopoulouSound Designer: Giorgos RamantanisSound Editor: Dimitris PapadakisPhotos...
A radio pirate from Tinos island [Greek Audio]
In the 70s, in the village Pyrgos of Tinos island, a sculpture student opens the “pirate” amateur radio station "Unknown X". How many different music genres can possibly fit into a single music show? How can song dedications to people over the radio lead to fights and breakups? And how unknown was "Un...
The lost El Greco
In the middle of the 16th century, the painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos, who would later become widely known as El Greco, painted an icon of the Virgin Mary in Crete. Wars, revolutions, massacres, and persecutions followed. People fled, taking this icon with them across the Aegean, and the identity...
Whatever happened to the warship ELLI? [Greek Audio]
The bronze parts were sold, the bridge was torn to pieces, the gunpowder has become fireworks for children... Zannakis Kalamaras recounts what happened to the wreck of the ELLI, which was torpedoed on Tinos by an Italian submarine on August 15, 1940. Narrator: Zannakis KalamarasInterview...
My birth was the reason my father survived [Greek Audio]
In the summer of 1944, in Nice, while the local collaborators of the Germans carry out indiscriminate arrests and executions, the birth of a child saves the life of a resistance fighter. A short time later, at the Kokkinia roadblock, Greek traitors lead hundreds of patriots to their death. Interviewee:...
I witnessed the torpedoing of ELLI in Tinos island [Greek Audio]
On August 15th, 1940, little Katerina Marquizou witnesses the explosions from the torpedoes that sank ELLI. A few days later, at the hospital on the island where the injured sailors are being treated, he hears a song she would never forget. Interviewee: Katerina MarkouizouRerearcher:...
I saw the warship Elli going down [Greek Audio]
Evangelia Messinezi-Vassilopoulou recounts the dramatic moments she experienced on August 15, 1940, seeing the torpedoing of the cruiser ELLI, in the port of Tinos. Interviewee: Evangelia Messinezi-VasilopoulouRerearcher: Stavros VlachosPodcast Creation: Stavros VlachosSound Designer: Dimitris...
A field of poppies
In a field outside Palaiokastro Serres, in the 1950s, a family cultivates poppies – without knowing their “side effects”. Interviewee: Kula AlexandridouInterview by: Konstantinos DoganisProducer: Maya FilippopoulouSound Designer: Nikolas KonstantinouSound Editor: Spyros LymperopoulosPhotos: Stefa...
A shipwreck on the rocks of A Coruna [Greek Audio]
Ένα ελληνικό δεξαμενόπλοιο βυθίζεται έξω από την ισπανική πόλη Α Κορούνια, προκαλώντας μια από τις μεγαλύτερες θαλάσσιες οικολογικές καταστροφές της ιστορίας. Ο μηχανικός Μαρίνος Γαρμπής επιζεί από το ναυάγιο κι όταν επιστρέφει στην Ελλάδα, η αντίδραση του μικρού του γιου τον οδηγεί σε μια απόφαση ζωής. Αφηγητής: Μαρίνος ΓαρμπήςΕρευνητής: Φώτης ΚοροσιάδηςΔημιουργία Podcast: Ανδρέας ΠαππάςΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: ... Read more
Love is what made Kosmas [Greek Audio]
Η Γεωργία Σταθούση διηγείται πώς η αγάπη των κατοίκων για τον τόπο τους, έκαναν τον Κοσμά Αρκαδίας ένα από τα πιο όμορφα χωριά του Πάρνωνα. Αφηγήτρια: Γεωργία ΣταθούσηΕρευνήτρια: Αγγελική ΚαττήΔημιουργία Podcast: Μάγια ΦιλιπποπούλουΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Νικόλας ΚωνσταντίνουΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Δημήτρης ΠαπαδάκηςΦωτογραφίες: Στέφανος Μπερτάκης Το Istorima είναι το μεγαλύτερο έργο καταγραφής και διάσωσης προφορικών ιστοριών της Ελλάδας. Πάνω από 1.000 νέοι ... Read more
I was struck down by ‘the bends’ [Greek Audio]
Ο Καλύμνιος δύτης Γιάννης Βεζυρόπουλος έχει αναδυθεί από μια βουτιά στα εξήντα μέτρα, όταν ξαφνικά χάνει τις αισθήσεις του. Αφηγητής: Γιάννης ΒεζυρόπουλοςΕρευνητής: Γιάννης ΑντωνόπουλοςΔημιουργία Podcast: Σταύρος ΒλάχοςΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Δημήτρης ΠαλαιογιάννηςΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Σπύρος ΛυμπερόπουλοςΦωτογραφίες: Στέφανος Μπερτάκης Το Istorima είναι το μεγαλύτερο έργο καταγραφής και διάσωσης προφορικών ιστοριών της Ελλάδας. Πάνω από 1.000 νέοι ερευνητές βρίσκουν αφηγητές, ακούνε, συλλέγουν και διασώζουν ... Read more
The Italians took everything from us [Greek Audio]
Κατά τη διάρκεια της Κατοχής στη Νάξο, οι Ιταλοί κατάσχουν τρόφιμα και ζώα, φέρνοντας τους κατοίκους του νησιού αντιμέτωπους με την πείνα και το θάνατο. Μια μέρα, η μητέρα της Ολυμπίας Σκυβαλάκη στέκεται μπροστά στο πιστόλι ενός στρατιώτη, που μόλις έχει αρπάξει το τελευταίο ψωμί της οικογένειας. Αφηγήτρια: Ολυμπία ΣκυβαλάκηΕρευνήτρια: Αναστασία ΚαραδημήτρηΔημιουργία Podcast: Ανδρέας ΠαππάςΣχεδιασμός ... Read more
An arranged marriage that took me to Australia
In the wake of World War II, over 150,000 Greeks emigrated to Australia. In their new home, they tried to keep their connections to Greece alive. In the 1950's and 60's, thousands of Greek men in Australia married Greek women from "back home," through arranged marriages. Young Greek brides, many of...