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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)

Quid pro quo: The 3,000 mass adoptions of Greek children during the Cold War
Amidst the aftermath of the Greek Civil War and the changing dynamics of the global Cold War, over 3,000 Greek children were brought to the United States and adopted through fast-track procedures, ranging from legal to highly irregular. Was it a humanitarian rescue or a quid pro quo? Or perhaps both?...
Melodies in the Alleys (Greek Audio)
Amletos, Graikoi and Botides: Giorgos Rarakos has a fond recollection of the first steps he took in music, wearing the uniform of the Old Philharmonic of Corfu. Narrator: Giorgos Rarakos Researcher: Mariliza Vlastou Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Iasonas...
The Epitaph of Lost Seafarers (Greek Audio)
In Mount Olympus of Karpathos in 1983, the wives of the seafarers make their own Epitaph. Narrator: Manolis Bardanis Researcher: Euthymia Papagiannopoulou Podcast Creation: Maya Philippopoulou Sound Design: Nicholas Konstantinou Sound Editing: Thanos Zampoukas Music: William...
Touching the Sky (Greek Audio)
Climber Antonis Sykaris, who has climbed Mount Everest and four of the highest peaks of more than 8,000 meters in the world, talks about success and the risk of death. Narrator: Evangeli Farini Researcher: Maria - Christina Apostolopoulou Podcast Creation: Andreas...
I Got Shot by a Gun that Fired in the Air (Greek Audio)
Konstantinos is at his family’s get-together for Easter in Crete, when he suddenly feels severe chest pain. Narrator: Konstantinos Sagkriotis Research:Katerina Vagionaki Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: George Ramantanis Sound Editing: Dimitris Papadakis Video D...
One of the last “whistlers”
Kyriakoula Yiannakari is one of the last living speakers of "Whistling," the whistled language of the village of Antia, in Euboea. She tells us about the language, and about her life in the village where people communicate by whistling. Interviewee: Kyriaki Giannakari Field Reporter: Stavros...
The love that brought national reconciliation (Greek Audio)
During the post-civil war years in Thessaloniki, a seemingly forbidden love arises between a young communist and a girl from a royal family. What happens when their families discover their relationship? Narrator: Evangeli Farini Researcher: Maria - Christina Apostolopoulou Podcast...
The “Ogre” of Seikh Su (Greek Audio)
In 1968, Aristidis Pagratidis was executed in Thessaloniki, as the perpetrator of a series of murders and assaults that had appalled the city. Decades later, former public prosecutor Konstantinos Logothetis, investigating the case, elaborates on his serious doubts about who was the real perpetrator,...
The Fading Language (Greek Audio)
Kyriakoula Giannakari, one of the last surviving speakers of “Sfyria”, the whistling language of the village of Antia in Evia, talks about the language and life in the village. Narrator: Kyriaki Giannakari Interview: Stavros Vlachos Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Ias...
With Each Tattoo, a New Story
The first tattoo he did on himself, at the tender age of eleven years old. Spyros Agathos, Corfu's oldest tattoo artist, on a journey of indelible ink. Narrator: Spyros Agathos Researcher: Maria Makri Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: George Ramantanis Sound...
We Eloped When I Was Fifteen
In 1971, fifteen-year-old Vergina elopes with her beloved in the cotton fields of Emathia Interviewee: Platioti Vergina Field Reporter: Stefanopoulou Anatoli Producer: Daphne Matziaraki Sound Designer: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Video Director / Photos: Mike Bekos Music...
The game of imitation (Greek Audio)
Imitations, pranks, and teasing: a way of amusing himself at school, which became a way to make a living. Through an interview he gave to his daughter, Giorgos Mitsikostas reminds us that laughter is the best medicine. Narrator: Giorgos Mitsikostas Researcher: Martha Mitsikosta Podcast...
Trans Woman in Athens in the 70s
Tanya, a trans woman, recounts her adventurous life: the persecutions at the time of the Junta, the great love she experienced, and the gender-affirming surgery she had in Casablanca. Narrator: The narrator requested pseudonymisation Podcast Creation:Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Nikolas...
A child in the Battle of Skotoussa (Greek Audio)
In 1948, during the Civil War, a family in Serres was preparing for dinner, when the battle of Skotoussa broke out. Koula Alexandridou vividly remembers the battle imagery and the subsequent “clearance” of those characterized as communists in her village, by groups of the Field Security Units (MAY). Narrator: Kou...
We eloped when I was fifteen (Greek Audio)
Fifteen-year-old Vergina elopes with her lover in the cotton farms of Imathia in 1971. Narrator: Vergina Platioti Researcher: Anatoli Stefanopoulou Podcast Creation: Daphne Matziaraki Sound Design - Editing: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Video Direction: Mike...
Married off at thirteen
1983, Kastania Arta: a young girl goes on her first date. The consquences are more serious than she could have ever imagined. Interviewee: Lambrini Vazoura Producer: Stavros Vlachos Sound Designer: Iasonas Theofanou Sound Editor: Michael Ikonomidis Video Director: Daphne Matziaraki Music...
Being a Referee in the Most Explosive Match of my Career (Greek Audio)
In close-knit communities, George Baras discovers that the rivalries of an amateur match are also taken outside the football field. How dangerous is it to be the one who controls the game? Narrator: George Baras Researcher: Stefania Papoutsi Podcast Creation: Andreas Pappas Sound...
The Oldest Store in Greece (Greek Audio)
Fustanella garments for shepherds, gold coins for matchmakers, and trunks for immigrants: all have passed through the grocery store of Kostas Kanakis or "Maleas", located on the old shopping street of Leonidio for nine generations. Narrator: Kostas Kanakis Researcher:...