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Greece In The World
Dionysopoulos G., Houmba K.
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)

I was raised in Ibrahimia, Alexandria [Greek Audio]
Στο Αβερώφειο Γυμνάσιο και τα μεγαλοπρεπή ευρωπαϊκα θέατρα, στα στενά σοκάκια με τους πλανόδιους πωλητές φαλάφελ, η Βούλα Γαβριηλίδου μας μεταφέρει στη γειτονιά των παιδικών της χρόνων, την Ιμπραημία της Αλεξάνδρειας. Αφηγήτρια: Βούλα ΓαβριηλίδουΕρευνητής: Μαρία ΚωνσταντινίδουΔημιουργία Podcast: Δάφνη ΜατζιαράκηΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Νικόλας ΚωνσταντίνουΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Δημήτρης ΠαπαδάκηςΦωτογραφίες: Ισιδώρα ΧαρμπίλαΜουσική: William Ryan Fritch Το Istorima είναι το μεγαλύτερο έργο καταγραφής ... Read more
Nature and fire, dancing tango hand in hand [Greek Audio]
Στην πυρκαγιά της Βόρειας Εύβοιας ο Παναγιώτης Καπετανάκης περιγράφει τον δρόμο προς τη σωτηρία, μέσα από στάχτες, μνήμες καμένες κι εικόνες απόλυτου χάους. Αφηγητής: Παναγιώτης ΚαπετανάκηςΕρευνητής: Γιάννης ΡέκαταςΔημιουργία Podcast: Φένια ΧαλάΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Ιάσονας ΘεοφάνουΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Δημήτρης ΠαπαδάκηςΦωτογραφίες: Πάνος Μανωλίτσης Το Istorima είναι το μεγαλύτερο έργο καταγραφής και διάσωσης προφορικών ιστοριών της Ελλάδας. Πάνω από 1.000 νέοι ερευνητές βρίσκουν ... Read more
The blind violinist of Amorgos [Greek Audio]
Στα Θολάρια της Αμοργού, ο τυφλός βιολιτζής του χωριού, περιγράφει ιστορίες από γλέντια και παίζει αμοργιανούς σκοπούς. Αφηγητής: Νικόλας ΣτεφανόπουλοςΕρευνήτρια: Ευθυμία ΠαπαγιαννοπούλουΔημιουργία Podcast: Σταύρος ΒλάχοςΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Δημήτρης ΠαλαιογιάννηςΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Σπύρος ΛυμπερόπουλοςΦωτογραφίες: Μ. Τheol-PHOTOGRAPHY 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 ιστορίες ανθρώπων ... Read more
Anything is possible when you dance [Greek Audio]
Yorghos Matskaris could never imagine dance would become his life. His childhood friend decided to apply to the National School of Dance and he impulsively joined. Thank God he did, because he is now Director of Studies at the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School and he is the one in charge...
A first date at the supermarket [Greek audio]
What is there to stop you, when you really want something with all your heart? For two young people, life showed the way, even though the situation during the pandemic looked grim. Interviewee: Andromachi AvgeriField Researcher: Evanthia BatalaPodcast Creation: Haris PagonidouSound...
I conceiled my heart disease and shipped out
A young marine engineer finds out he suffers from a heart disease during a shift in the open sea. Interviewee: the interviewee asked to remain anonymous Interview by: Stavros Vlachos Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Rerording: Dimitris Paleogiannis Sound...
The miracle of Saint Paraskevi [Greek Audio]
One night, the evening of the festival of Saint Paraskevi, Giannis Badanis is driving in Naxos. Through the wind and the darkness, he hears voices from the sea, calling for help. Interviewee: Giannis Bardanis Field Reporter: Efthymia Papagiannopoulou Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound...
The night the Junta fell [Greek Audio]
On 24 July 1974, Dimitris Doukas, former director of Athens Airport, was called on to make an important decision: Should he allow the flight carrying Konstantinos Karamanlis, the first president of the 3rd Hellenic Republic, to land in Greece. Interviewee: Dimitris DoukasField Reporter: Dimitris...
“Eftychia” means “happiness”: Finding Closure
Linda Carol Trotter grew up in San Antonio, Texas, adopted by loving American parents. She had always known she was adopted from Greece; she was told she was born premature, and that her birth mother had died during delivery. In 2017, her quest to find more about her roots led her to a remote village...
I did the obvious thing: I saved human lives [Greek audio]
The tragic hours of the deadly forest fires in Mati in July 2018, experienced up close by a paramedic who threw himself into the flames from the very first moment. Manos Tsaliagkos from Rafina Civil Protection Service describes the battle with fire, the psychological effect and his permanent fears for...
My whole life through a grocery store [Greek audio]
A teenage boy piles up violent and hateful feelings as he spends his days working at the family grocery store. And yet he grows up to love the store, and cherish every single real life lesson it gave him. Interviewee: he has asked to remain anonymous Field researcher: Stefania Papoutsi Podcast...
The miracle of Saint Paraskevi
One night, the evening of the festival of Saint Paraskevi, Giannis Badanis is on a beach. Through the wind and the darkness, he hears voices from the sea, calling for help. Interviewee: Giannis BardanisInterview by: Efthymia PapagiannopoulouProducer: Stavros VlachosSound Designer: Nikolas...
I fought for the freedom of Cyprus [Greek audio]
The tragic moments of the battle of the Hellenic Force of Cyprus (ELDYK) in Nicosia through the recollections of Antonis Vrouhakis, a Cretan soldier who had only just stepped his foot on the island on the day the Turks invaded. Interviewee: Antonis VrouhakisField Researcher: Alexander NatsiPodcast...
Back when it all seemed much more innocent [Greek audio]
Closed societies, strict values and strong discipline, accompanied with sweet and nostalgic memories. What is hapiness, after all, and how deeply can the passing of time affect our impressions of the past? Interviewee: Maria- Soy Hatzieleftheriou Field Researcher: Vasiliki...
Hijacked to Cuba!
On January 9, 1969, a newlywed Greek couple is flying from New York to the Bahamas when a young man at gunpoint diverts the plane to Cuba. The passengers end up in the Havana of the embargo, just a decade after the Cuban Revolution… Interviewee: Morela Koufaki-AvdiInterview by: Efrosyni K...
The sea and a ‘loukoumi’ saved my life [Greek audio]
Traditional 'loukoumia' producer Dina Sykoutri-Andreiomenou has made endless piles of loukoumia in her copper cauldrons through the years, ever since she was a little girl. And yet, every single stir echoes back the same thought: How she had to drop school against her will. Interviewee:...