Istorima

A young farmer becomes the cause of a car crash on a country road and two children lose their lives. He ends up in prison and describes the incredible moments he experiences there. Narrator: The narrator has asked to be pseudonymizedResearcher: Alexandra LadaPodcast Creation: Stavros VlachosSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound Editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos

[Greek Audio] On February 8th, 1981, after the end of the match between Olympiacos and AEK, hundreds of fans were trapped on the steps of Karaiskakis Stadium, when the heavy metal door of Gate 7 never opened. In the moments that follow, in front of the eyes of Michalis Kazakos, the greatest tragedy...

[English Voiceover] From the meat smoke of the festivals of Achaia, Kritonas Anastasopoulos found himself in the ring of the Cirque du Soleil, the biggest circus in the world. Interviewee: Kritonas AnastasopoulosInterview by: Katerina PistolaProducer: Maya FilippopoulouSound Designer: Iasonas...

[Greek Audio] Growing up in a large family in Meteora, Maro Theodorou has only one thing on her mind: to become a sculptor and ceramist. Step by step, with perseverance and without any financial support, she manages to study, go to Fine Arts on her own and start her own workshop, even before she...

[Greek Audio] Paschalis Gagavouzis, from Kokkalou, Thessaloniki, follows the events of Law School and the Technical University. Narrator: Paschalis GagavouzisResearcher: Alexandros BalassisPodcast Creation: Daphni MatziarakiSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouSound Editing: Spyros LymperopoulosMusic:...

Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could easily be lost in time. It was created by the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), as part of its initiative to Restart and ... Read more

[Greek Audio] Twenty-seven-year-old Pinelopi finds herself embroiled in a financial scandal and ends up being sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Her experience does not allow her to move on with her life, until today. Narrator: The narrator has asked to be pseudonymizedResearcher:...

[Greek Audio] A girl sees her mother passively accepting the abuse she is experiencing. Growing up, history repeats itself with her being in her mother's place. Narrator: The narrator has asked to be pseudonymizedResearcher: Eleni LozouPodcast Creation: Andreas PappasSound Design: Giorgos...

[English Voiceover] While a young girl is gathering greens in a field in Sitia, she spots something that looks like a fossil. This chance find leads to the discovery of the largest land animal that ever lived in Greece thousands of years ago. Interviewee: Charalampos FasoulasInterview...

[Greek Audio] Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could easily be lost in time. It was created by the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), as part of its initiative to ... Read more

[Greek Audio] Thirteen-year-old Eleni Rousou goes on summer holidays at her mother's village, Kyrenia, shortly before the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Narrator: Eleni RousouResearcher: Kalliopi TsakpounidouPodcast creation: Daphni MatziarakiSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouSound...

[Greek Audio] A funeral takes an unexpected turn in Skotani, Achaia, when an old custom of the village is revived. Narrator: Elizabeth ChronopoulouResearcher: Konstantinos KokiasmenosPodcast Creation: Charis PagonidouSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouAudio Editing: Dimitris Papadakis Istorima...

[English Voiceover] Eleni Dalaklidou describes her final days with her sister Zoi, and recounts the aftermath of the horrific murder outside their home in Xanthi, in 2012. Interviewee: Eleni DalaklidouInterview by: Maria MpatziomitrouProducer: Daphne MatziarakiSound Designer: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound...

[Greek Audio] Photojournalist Dimitris Messinis on one of the most dangerous missions in Yemen, after the attack of Al-Qaeda against the US warship USS COLE. Narrator: Dimitris MessinisResearcher: Katerina ManousiPodcast Creation: Charis PagonidouSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound...

[Greek Audio] Eleni Dalaklidou describes her final days with her sister Zoi, and recounts the aftermath of the horrific murder outside their home in Xanthi, in 2012. Interviewee: Eleni DalaklidouInterview by: Maria MpatziomitrouProducer: Daphne MatziarakiSound Designer: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound...

[Greek Audio] In times of extreme hatred during the Civil War, seventeen-year-old Dimitris Chimonas is recruited by DSE. He takes part in the battles of Dimitsana and Zacharo and is trapped in a fierce pursuit on the icy mountains of the Peloponnese. A profound anti-war testimony. Narrator:...

[Greek audio] During the first Greek expedition to the Himalayas in 1985, Christos Lambris miraculously survives the avalanches that claimed the lives of two of his comrades on Mount Annapurna. Narrator: Christos Lambris Researcher: Marios Grammatikoudis Podcast...

How powerful is a heartfelt selfless act? Some say that the good we do always comes back to us. The unbelievable story of Apostolos Symeonidis shows how good deeds know no borders and live forever in the hearts of those they touched. Interviewee: Apostolos SymeonidisInterview...