Istorima

A thirteen-year-old girl goes on her first date in Kastania, Arta, in 1983. The implications are more serious than she had bargained for. Narrator: Lamprini Vazoura Researcher: Katerina Koukou Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Sound Editing: Michael...

Diver-researcher Alexis Papadopoulos, a pioneer of underwater filming in Greece, recounts his life, filled with underwater experiences and impressive discoveries. Narrator: Alexis Papadopoulos Interview: Stavros Vlachos Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound...

A young student is driven to the limits of survival when his mother guilt-trips him relentlessly after discovering that he is gay. Interviewee: Anonymity Field Reporter: Martha Mitsikosta Producer: Daphne Matziaraki Sound Designer: Nikolas Konstantinou Sound Editor: Dimitris Papadakis Video...

Anargyros Vamvakousis, one of the oldest residents of Anafiotika, has been living in the quaint alleyways of the neighborhood just below the Acropolis, reminiscent of the Cyclades, for decades now. Narrator: Anargyros Vamvakousis Researcher: Angeliki Agalianou Podcast...

The story behind the first execution of a woman for a criminal offense in Greece, still remembered today by the inhabitants of Leonidio. Narrator: Nikos Gousgoulas Researcher: Maria Katti Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound Editing:...

Conflict and psychological pressure from his mother, when he discovers his sexuality, bring a young student to his limits. Narrator: Pseudonymisation Researcher: Martha Mitsikosta Podcast Creation: Daphne Matziaraki Sound Design: Nikolas Konstantinou Sound Editing: Dimitris Papadakis Video...

Commando Giannis Fyssaris is on board one of the Greek Noratlas aircraft shot down by friendly fire due to poor communication, during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Narrator: Giannis Fyssaris Researcher: Giorgos Kyriakidis Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound...

Who was the legendary fairy of Amorgos, who was magically caught and then married to the pirate, Yiorgos Kaoutsos? In one of the traditional legends of this Cycladic island, her great-grandson tells us her story Interviewee: Antonis RoussosField Reporter: Efthymia PapagiannopoulouProducer: Maya FilippopoulouSound...

Little Ioanna leaves her village to find a job in the homes of wealthy bourgeois families as domestic help. Her exacting everyday life, the great deprivations but also the hidden perks teach her about social inequality in the harshest way. Narrator: Ioanna Sotiropoulou Researcher:...

The tragic and profoundly human moments a young nurse has experienced in the hospital’s wards and ICU, where she also lost her father to the coronavirus. Narrator: Pseudonymisation Researcher: Maria Verri Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Nikolas Konstantinou Sound E...

Scores, cards, celebrations, derogatory comments, and stereotypes. Nana Plexida talks about her great love: women's football. Narrator: Nana Plexida Researcher: Peny Vasilaki Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound Editing:...

Konstantinos Ladas was enjoying his coffee in a café in Lixouri, in August 1953, when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake "hit" Kefalonia. The earthquakes of 1953 are considered the most devastating in the history of Modern Greece and completely leveled the cities of Argostoli, Lixouri, and Zakynthos, with ...

Panagiotis Tzanavaris is the only teacher of "Whistling," an ancient language spoken (or rather, whistled) in the village of Antia in Euboea. He has dedicated his life to trying to save the language from extinction. Interviewee: Panagiotis TzanavarisField Reporter: Stavros VlachosProducer: Stavros...

A group of friends are vacationing in Phuket, Thailand during Christmas 2004, when the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami hits the country's coasts. Narrator: Kostas Avlonitis Researcher: Maria Makri Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Alex Retsis Sound Editing:...

The shocking stories behind two iconic photographs from the siege of Sarajevo in the war in Yugoslavia, taken by photojournalist Dimitris Messinis. Narrator: Dimitris Messinis Researcher: Fotoula Papandreou Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Dimitris...

Anna Koutsomalli grew up in Imbros until the Turkish state closed the island's Greek school. Thirty years later, she returned to her hometown to offer her help. Narrator: Anna Koutsomalli Researcher: Aris Nikakis Podcast Creation: Dimitris Kotselis Sound Design: Iasonas...

In 1971, a rich uncle brings a television to the home of Manolis Bardanis. The first television in the village of Apeiranthos in Naxos, it attracts all the neighbors who gather to see this strange acquisition. Interviewee: Manolis Bardanis Field Reporter: Efthymia Papagiannopoulou Producer:...

Three generations of Naousa, on a Carnival custom well-known throughout Greece. Folklorist Takis Baitsis, creator of “faces” Alexis Karydas and dancer Theodosis Tsoukalas talk about a tradition that unites the whole city. Narrators: Takis Baitsis, Alexis Karydas, Theodosis Tsoukalas Researchers: Ant...