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A family with an icon, Our Lady of Thracian Doxatos, in the Asia Minor Catastrophe. A child with his father at the family watermill in Crete. A young man with a disability with a friend, at the Monastery of Pammegistos Brigades, on Lesvos. Three stories about an event experienced by our storytellers...

A little boy is at the wrong time, in the wrong place, with a gun in his hand. For the next few years of his life he will carry an unpayable “debt” to his family. Narrator: The narrator has asked to be pseudonymized Researcher: Myrsini Giannakopoulou Podcast Creation: Charis Pagonidou Sound Des...

In the 1980s, a young theologian becomes a “Smuggler of God” and undertakes the dangerous mission of illegally transporting Bible passages from land and sea to Bulgaria and Albania. Narrator: Makis Papadatos Interview: Demi Hatzi Podcast Creation: Demi Hatzi Sound Design and...

Corfu, 1996. Taking a break from studying for her university entrance exams, Maria Petsetidi is playing against the greatest chess player in the world. Spoiler alert: she doesn’t lose! Interviewee: Maria PetseridiInterview by: Georgia AsimakopoulouProducer: Thanos PsichogiosSound Designer: N...

A king from Kythnos falls in love with a beautiful but false girl who never talks, so as not to be ashamed. He is determined to make her break her silence. Narrator: Sofilia Tsorteki Researcher: Elena Fornaro Podcast Creation: Daphni Matziaraki Sound Design: Alex Ratzis Audio...

Persecution, murders, attacks, traffic accidents: Giorgos Megas, a motor police officer, talks about his experiences the last 30 years on the road. Narrator: Giorgos Megas Researcher: Spyros Karampikas Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Audio Editing:...

In South Africa’s apartheid, Stavros Mitropoulos, a Greek native, becomes the first white man to enter ghettos to play football. Until the day everything is overturned. Narrator: Stavros Mitropoulos Researcher: Georgia Nikolopoulou Podcast Creation: Andreas Pappas Sound Design: D...

Series: Coming of age stories A girl leads Nikolas to discover his love for music. Their relationship goes past and Nikolas becomes Eddie. Now he'll use the music to win her back. A tragic comic story full of love, fake blood and flowers. Narrator: Eddie Dark (Nikolas Petsitis) Interview:...

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Series: The Unknown Story Behind a Photograph Persecution, murders, attacks, traffic accidents: Giorgos Megas, a motor police officer, talks about his experiences the last 30 years on the road. Narrator: Giorgos MegasResearcher: Spyros KarampikasPodcast Creation: Stavros VlachosSound...

The bloody legend behind the bustling Hydra Cave, from the era of piracy. A young captain from a prestigious family of the island is sent to fight the pirates, but falls in love with a daughter from Barbaria. But when he brings her to Hydra, his family does not accept the marriage. Narrator:...

Crazy parties everywhere: in the shops, on the streets, even in the island's bakery! Apostolis Tsoukaris begins his season at Angistri in the era of the “Papathemelis Law”, when nighttime entertainment should end at 2 a.m. The partygoers of course had a different opinion. Narrator: Apostolos Tso...

The experiences of one of the oldest matchmaking business owners in Greece, operating for three generations. Narrator: George Kolokotronis-PappasResearcher: Aglaia PantelakiPodcast Creation: Andreas PappasSound Design: Giorgos RamantanisAudio Editing: Spyros LymperopoulosPhotography: Isidora...

Growing up in Italy, Ariana felt an inexplicable attraction to Ancient Greece. She loved Ariadne’s myth and saw the princess as her alter ego. Following her personal “thread”, Ariadne is now a digital nomad living in Rhodes. Interviewee: Arianna MagnaniInterview by: Demie Hadji...

Kostas Gkorogias joins the army in '48 in the middle of the Civil War and ends up fighting for two years with the National Army. Until the day Napalm bombs hit the mountains of Epirus and Macedonia. Narrator: Kostas GkorogiasResearcher: Valantis ChiltasPodcast Creation: Andreas PappasSound Design:...

Everything that prison officer Tzortzis Hymas saw in the prisons of Trikala, Grevena, Larissa and Korydallos is shocking, but also often surprising. Narrator: Tzortzis HymasResearcher: Olga PaparazziPodcast Creation: Stavros VlachosSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouAudio Editing: Spyros...

Series: Occupation through the eyes of its childrenFanoula grows up in Veria when the first Italian planes fly over the city. Wild and lively as a child, she gets involved in various adventures and becomes a witness to all the important events that unfold in occupied Greece. Narration:...

[Greek Audio] The son of a family falls victim to kidnapping by bandits at the University Campus and is tortured for hours. Soon after, they break into his parents' house. Narrator: Makis PapadatosInterview: Demi HatziPodcast Creation: Demi HatziSound Design: Giorgos RamantanisAudio Editing:...