Istorima

A podcast from Istorima, created in honor of the anniversary of “Ohi Day.” Narration: Sofia PapaioannouPodcast by: Katherine Fleming, Sofia PapaioannouSound Design: Iason TheofanouAudio Editing: Spyros Lymberopoulos Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral hist...

The battles of the Albanian front, the entry into Argyrokastro, the surrender of the Evelpidon School to the Germans. Dimitris Galazidis, 105 years old, is one of the last veterans of 1940. The narrator passed away a few days after the interview. Narrator: Dimitris GalazidisInterview:...

Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. Over 1,000 young researchers find narrators, listen, collect and save stories of people from all over Greece : Stories of their place, stories of love, stories that changed us or defined us, stories modern or old. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could be lost in time. Istorima is the co-creation of the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) as part of his Youth Reboot and Empowerment initiative (learn more at  www.snf.org). The ... Read more

Τον πατέρα της τον σκότωσαν οι Γερμανοί. Τη μητέρα της τη σκότωσαν αντάρτες. H Ερσαΐα Τσαρτσιανίδου επιζεί από τις σφαγές του Μεσόβουνου, βασανίζεται στα κελιά του Εμφυλίου και μόλις δεκατριών χρονών, βρίσκεται μόνη της με ένα χρέος: να μην πεθάνουν τα μικρότερα αδέρφια της από την πείνα. Είναι η φωνή όλων των αθώων που βρέθηκαν ανάμεσα στα πυρά στην πιο ταραγμένη εποχής της Ελλάδας. Αφηγήτρια: Ερσαΐα ΧατζηιωαννίδουΕρευνήτρια: Νίκη ΦωτιάδουΔημιουργία Podcast: Μάγια ΦιλιπποπούλουΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Ιάσονας ΘεοφάνουΦωτογραφικά στιγμιότυπα: Μιχάλης ΜπέκοςΜουσική: William Ryan Fritch Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. Over 1,000 young researchers find narrators, listen, ... Read more

Ένα παιδί ακολουθεί από μικρή ηλικία τον δρόμο της ιεροσύνης. Μεγαλώνοντας σε αυτό το περιβάλλον, θα συγκρουστεί με ένα μυστικό που κουβαλάει. Αφηγητής: Ο αφηγητής ζήτησε ψευδωνυμίαΕρευνητής: Νίκος ΜανώλαςΔημιουργία Podcast: Χάρις ΠαγωνίδουΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Δημήτρης ΠαλαιογιάννηςΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Σπύρος Λυμπερόπουλος Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. Over 1,000 young researchers find ... Read more

The massacres of Mesovouno, in northern Greece, were among the bloodiest mass executions perpetrated by the Germans during the Occupation of Greece (1941-1944). On October 23 of 1941 , Wehrmacht troops rounded up all the village's men, and executed them by machine gun. They then set fire to the village....

Σειρά Οικογένεια είναι… Η Σωτηρία έχει δύο παιδιά. Η Σωτηρία είναι τυφλή. Δύο πράγματα που αν και δε συνδέονται, προκαλούν μόνιμα την «έκπληξη» και των «θαυμασμό» όλων όσων τη γνωρίζουν. Τι υποδηλώνει όμως αυτό για την ελληνική κοινωνία Αφηγήτρια: Σωτηρία ΑποστολήΕρευνήτρια: Νάντια ΜπαϊμπάΔημιουργία Podcast: Φένια ΧαλάΣχεδιασμός Ήχου: Ιάσονας ΘεοφάνουΕπεξεργασία Ήχου: Δημήτρης Παπαδάκης Istorima is the biggest ... Read more

It has hosted intellectuals, journalists, and artists, from Elia Kazan to Emma Stone, served as a refuge for students during the Polytechnic uprising, and has been the perfect place for meet-ups and marriage proposals. Giannis Alabanos, the owner of Galaxy bar in the arcade of Stadiou street, tells...

During the war, Lily is forced to flee from Thessaloniki to Athens and experiences a paradoxical captivity during the December events of 1944. Narrator: Lily TaliadorouResearcher: Fani KostidouPodcast Creation: Maya PhilippopoulouSound Design: Jason TheofanousSound Editing:...

How ‘easy’ is ‘easy money’ really? Giorgos Giannoulakis is living the high life, with money, luxury, and all the comforts, until he discovers the con being carried out by his favourite uncle, who is still on the run. Interviewee: Giorgos GiannoulakisInterview by: Artemis FasseaPodcast creator...

Vangelis Gonidakis embarks from Kythnos and sets off on an endless journey filled with adventures across distant seas and exotic lands. Narrator: Vangelis GonidakisResearcher: Angeliki AgalianouPodcast Creation: Fenia ChalaSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound Editing: Dimitris PapadakisPhotographic...

Vangelis Gonidakis embarks from Kythnos and sets off on an endless journey filled with adventures across distant seas and exotic lands. Narrator: Vangelis GonidakisResearcher: Angeliki AgalianouPodcast Creation: Fenia ChalaSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound Editing: Dimitris PapadakisPhotographic...

Series: Family Is... The image of two women raising a child together in the '90s seemed strange, even if these two women were not a couple but sisters. The child in question is Eleni, who grew up in a "typical society" from an "atypical family." The love from her mother and aunt compensated for the...

Christos Nikolakis narrates the story of his bookseller father, Kostas Nikolakis. His cart became synonymous with the corner of Heyden Street and Patission Avenue, and he himself has entered the realm of myth. Narrator: Christos NikolakisResearcher: Anastasia KaradimitriPodcast...

The dragon's breath, the imprisoned princess, and the grandparents who were a knight and a fairy: Myths and legends of the 'Dragon Houses' of Karystos. Interviewee: Antonia TsalapataniInterview by: Giorgos KardambikisPodcast creator: Effrosyni KyriaziSound Designer: Iasonas TheofanouSound...

Not many people know that among the tragic victims of the Titanic disaster, which sank after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912, were four Greeks from a small village in Messinia called Agios Sostis. In this episode, the granddaughter of Panagiotis Lyberopoulos—the only survivor who left behind d...

Journalist Georgia Lagou shares her experience from the war zone in Ukraine, from the besieged Odessa to the revelation of the massacre in Bucha. Narrator: Georgia LagouResearcher: Anastasia ChatzikyriakouPodcast Creation: Fenia ChalaSound Design: George RamantanisSound Editing: Giannis Anagnostatos Istorima is ...

Series: The Occupation through the Eyes of Its Children On the other side of the swamp, Sophia, Eleni, and Roxani—three girls of different ages—live in three different villages amphitheatrically surrounding Edessa. Growing up in places besieged by continuous and varied hostilities, each of them is ...