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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 ...

A little girl accidentally opens a locked drawer and discovers a hidden secret that will change her life. Researcher: Peny Vasilaki Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Dimitris Patsaros Sound Editing: Dimitris Papadakis Music: Dimitris Patsaros Istorima...

From the carpentry workshops of Büyükada to the luxury hotels of Beyoğlu, Manolis Skarlatos managed to become the famous confectioner of Constantinople, loved by Greeks and Turks alike. Narrator: Manolis Skarlatos Researcher: Dafni Zachariadou Podcast Creation: Maya Fi...

For decades, Vangelis Kinigalakis lived in the isolated lighthouse of Cape Maleas in Laconia, guarding one of the most dangerous ship passages. Interviewee: Vangelis Kinigalakis Field Reporter: Viktoria Delakovia Producer: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Designer: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound...

6 lottery numbers gave a smile and a more comfortable life to Giorgos Diamantis, who still feels lucky today. What is luck? And the million-dollar question: Does money bring happiness? Narrator: Diamantis Giorgos Researcher: Alexandra Lada Podcast creation: Thanos Psychogios Sound...

During the Asia Minor Catastrophe, Stella Michalaki's grandmother manages to save an icon of the Virgin Mary, always accompanied by the narratives of persecution. Narrator: Stella Michalaki Researcher: Aggeliki Lyginou Podcast creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Giorgos Ramantanis Sound...

Vangelis Kynigalakis begins his service in 1954 at the isolated lighthouse of Cape Maleas, one of the most dangerous passages for ships. Narrator: Vangelis Kynigalakis Researcher: Viktoria Delakovia Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound...

How much power does a pure action from our heart have? Some say that a good deed finds a way to come back to the one who did it. The incredible story of Apostolos Symeonidis proves that goodness not only does not respect borders and distances but lives forever in the hearts of those who have experienced...

In a small village in Kastoria, in the 1960's, twin girls are born. One is given up for adoption, and is raised with no knowledge that she ever had a twin. When her sister seeks her out, both their lives are changed. Interviewee: Rania Fotopoulou Field Reporter: Nikoletta Baka Producer:...

Dimitra Sereti remembers Christmas in the border village of Xanthogeia, a small village at the foothills of mount Kaimaktsalan, where the poverty of everyday life was made up for by the love and unity of the few inhabitants. Narrator: Dimitra Sereti Researcher: Stella Selidou Podcast Creation:...

The myth of the kallikantzaroi (goblins), the goblins who would go out on Christmas Day in the villages of Roumlouki, as Magdalini Tzika remembers them. Narrator: Magdalini Tzika Researcher: Katerina Tzika Podcast creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound...

The chronicle of the greatest Greek mountaineering tragedy that unfolded on Olympus at Christmas in 1979, as experienced by one of the survivors. Narrator: Zafeiris Trompakas Researcher: Nikoletta Baka Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Iasonas...

In a village in Kastoria in the 1960s, two twin girls are born, and one of them is given up for adoption. Growing up, Ourania resolves to find her lost sister. Narrator: Rania Fotopoulou Researcher: Nikoletta Baka Podcast creation: Daphne Matziaraki Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Istorima...

On a rainy night, two sisters set off for a beach in Monemvasia. While crossing a bridge, the tires slip and they find themselves falling through the air. Narrator: Afrodite SovolouResearcher: Nikolas DrosopoulosPodcast creation: Maya FilippopoulouSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisAudio Editing:...

A young girl gets married and comes permanently to Paramythia, Thesprotia, in 1995. She starts working as a social worker, but soon she will realize how low the social position of women in those times is. Narrator: Anagnostopoulou Maria Researcher: Dimaka Tania Podcast Creation: Stavros...