Istorima

In 2015, just off the Nigerian coast, pirates mount a deadly attack on a Greek tanker. A crew member describes each moment as it unfolded - and what it felt like to survive. Field Reporter: Viktoria Delakovia Producer: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Designer: Iasonas Theofanou Sound...

In Lesbos in 1965, Eleni Theodorou boards a ship bound for Australia, to marry a man she has never met. And so the adventure begins: factories, modern morals, racist attacks, in a foreign place that "needs struggle, but also love". Narrator: Eleni Tzanni Researcher: Panagitsa Xenitelli Podcast...

The terrifying experiences she lived through as a prisoner in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp forever scar the soul of Rina Revach. Decades later, she will go on a journey of salvation in the place where she experienced horrors. Narrator: Rina Revach Researcher:...

A crew member describes, in detail, the bloody attack by pirates on a Greek tanker in Nigeria in 2015. Researcher: Viktoria Delakovia Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Sound Editing: Dimitris Papadakis Photographs: Nikos Mandilas Music:...

A little girl visits her uncle in Aegina’s prison of exiles, in the early 1950s. Narrator: Eleni Moschou Researcher: Dimitris Moschos Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Sound Editing: Michael Ikonomidis Photographs: Vasia A...

In 1986 Christos Christofis is on the last leg of a flight from Los Angeles to Athens when a bomb explodes just six seats in front of him. Interviewee: Christos Christofis Field Reporter: Spyros Mantzavinos Producer: Stavros Vlachos Sound Designer: Iason Thofanou Sound Editor:...

From the smell of the grills at the festivals of Achaia to the stage of Cirque du Soleil, the most renowned circus in the world. Narrator: Kriton Anastasopoulos Researcher: Katerina Pistola Podcast creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Sound Editing:...

Christos Christofis was a passenger on the TWA 840 flight, where a bomb exploded. In April 1986, the plane was on the Los Angeles-Cairo route with a stopover in Athens, when a terrifying explosion was heard over Argos. A hole opened in the fuselage and four passengers fell out into nothingness. The...

During the turbulent years of the Civil War in Kosmas of Arcadia, Yorgos Mermigkas refuses to choose a side. He is pursued by both the men of Organization X and the guerillas, escaping death three times. Narrator: Yorgos Mermigkas Researcher: Angeliki Katti Podcast creation:...

The director of the Agricultural Bank in Velventos, Kozani, recalls the morning of February 1, 2013, when armed men broke in to rob the bank. Narrator: Giorgos Karakitsios Researcher: Panagiotis Zagorianos Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound...

Vangelis Chatzis, maimed at three months old, becomes the first professional one-handed boxer in the world, escaping the gangs and drug trade. Interviewee: Vangelis Chatzis Field Reporter: Konstantinos Michail Producer: Daphne Matziaraki Sound Designer: Nikolas Konstantinou Cinematographer:...

The family of Tasos Tsenempis hides an Italian soldier who was wanted by the Germans during the Occupation in Corfu. Years later, he will meet him again in Italy. Narrator: Tasos Tsenempis Researcher: Sofiana Draganidou Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound...

Anastasia Myrtsidou leaves with her husband in 1960 from Nea Vyssa in Evros, for Germany, to work in factories. When they have their first child, they are forced to leave that child behind in Greece. Narrator: Anastasia Myrtsidou Researcher: Chrysa Tsikmanli Podcast creation:...

What do those who hunt for treasure underground look for? Vaios Seretis tells us about the maps, signs, coding, and treasure troves of the guerillas. Narrator: Vaios Seretis Interview: Stavros Vlachos Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Sound...

Vangelis Chatzis, an amputee since the age of three months, escapes from the gangs and drug trafficking in Liosia and becomes the world's first professional one-armed boxer. Narrator: Vangelis Chatzis Researcher: Michail Konstantinos Podcast creation: Daphne Matziaraki Sound...

Manolis Skarlatos goes from working as an apprentice in a humble carpentry workshop of Büyükada (Prigkipos) to being a renowned pastry chef in the luxury hotels of Beyoğlu (Pera). His delectable creations are celebrated and sought-after by Greeks and Turks alike, and fondly remembered to this day. Interviewee: Ma...

The vigorous Lily Taliadorou lives a full life in post-war Thessaloniki. She becomes the first woman at the helm of a sailboat, falls in love with the center-forward of the Greek national basketball team and climbs the steps of the Bank of Greece. Narrator: Lily Taliadorou Researcher:...

In 1974, Evgenia Rakitzi joins her fiancé working on tankers. She discovered a new profession along with storms, exotic ports, challenges, dangers, and a wedding on board. Narrator: Evgenia Rakitzi Researcher: Antonia Markoviti Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound ...