Istorima

[English Voiceover] When 17-year-old Boye had to flee Ghana, he was held captive by human traffickers and forced to work as a slave in various African and Arab countries. After surviving two years of torture and hardship, he managed to escape and made it to Greece, where he was granted refugee status. Interviewee:...

[Greek Audio] The gripping story of the secret mission carried out by the Greek warship "Phaethon", which was sent to Cyprus in 1964. The mission remained top secret for 52 years. Narrator: Dimitris MitsatsosResearcher: Renata Kotti-DobretzPodcast Creation: Effrosyni Kyriazi, Maya FilippopoulouSound...

[Greek Audio] Kostas is only ten when his life comes upside down and is forced to be transferred to the hospital. There he will build a small kingdom, a second life, because of a hospitalization that will last longer than he expected. In this unusual story of adulthood, a child explores the noisy...

In July ’47, a 17-year-old shoemaker from Megalo Horio is recruited by the DSE to make the rebels’ shoes. Through battles, persecution, trouble, he tries to return to his village. Narrator: Takis HaskosResearcher: Valantis ChiltasPodcast Creation: Andreas PappasSound Design: Ias...

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[English Voiceover] Studying in India, learning about Alexander the Great, Odyssey and Aesop’s Fables, Udaya believed she would never visit Greece. But she decided to take her destiny into her own hands and now she is a digital nomad living in Athens. Interviewee: Udaya MajjiInterview b...

Avraam Drakopoulos had to overcome many obstacles in his life before becoming a successful doctor: orphanhood, poverty and, above all, the certificate of political convictions, which described his father as a “communist” and closed the doors to him. However, his perseverance and his commitment to the...

Two accidents in childhood deprived him of his sight. Panagiotis Grammenidis overcame many obstacles to make his dreams come true. Narrator: Panagiotis GrammenidisResearcher: Manolis DelisPodcast Creator: Thanos PsychogiosSound Design: Giorgos RamantanisSound Editing: Dimitris Papadakis Istorima...

Maria Korma is the fifth generation of a family of powerful women who dared to defy the norms of their time and follow their hearts. Narrator: Maria Pelekanou-KormaInterview: Maya FilippopoulouPodcast Creation: Maya FilippopoulouSound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Audio Editing:...

[English Voiceover] In 1951, artillery gunner Nikitas Kotsiou finds himself among those selected to fight in Korea. Interviewee: Nikitas KotsiouInterview by: Georgia KakiProducer: Andreas PappasSound Designer: Giorgos RamantanisSound Editor: Dimitris PapadakisTranslator: Steve LeverVoiceover:...

[Greek Audio] Through dark adventures, endless parties of abuse and absolute misery, Lambros Tsagaris manages to find a way out for a new life. A journey from the hell of drugs and near death to his current paradise on earth. Narrator: Lambros TsagarisResearchers: Margarita DemeroukaCreating...

[Greek Audio] Rubble, flares, animals: just some of the things that Maria Nyfakou, who works in the municipal garbage trucks, finds every day in the garbage trucks. A hard but absolutely necessary job. Narrator: Maria NyfakouResearchers: Sofia MathioudakiPodcast creation: Andreas...

[Greek Audio] What happens to beers after they are consumed? Where do the empty bottles end up? A strange figure approaches groups of young people in the parks and squares of Thessaloniki, collecting their empty beer bottles. Narrator: The narrator has asked to be pseudonymizedResearcher:...

[Greek Audio] In the 1950s, little Katie Zazopoulou plays in the streets of Kokkinia old children's games. Narrator: Katie ZazopoulouResearchers: Ioli ApostolouPodcast Creation: Daphni MatziarakiSound Design: Nikolas KonstantinouAudio Editing: Spyros LymperopoulosPhoto Highlights: Nikos MandilasMusic:...

[English Voiceover] When her father surprises her with the announcement of her engagement to a man twenty years her senior, Chryssa runs away from home to secretly marry the man she loves. The ceremony is interrupted when the police knock on the door. Interviewee: Chrysa...

[Greek Audio] A pirate raid, a divergent cause, an unspoken love affair: The three elements of the Captain of Amorgos, a Halloween custom that helped love to overcome any obstacle. Narrator: Antonis RoussosResearcher: Efthymia PapagiannopoulouPodcast creation: Harris Pagonidou, Maya FilippopoulouSound...

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[Greek Audio] The pioneering translator and author Giorgos-Icaros Babassakis recounts some moments from his life, such as his first job, his favorite place to hung, his friendship with well-known poets and writers and an impending marriage. Narrator: Giorgos-Icaros BabassakisResearcher:...