The program “Like Odysseus” features the book “Τα χαΐρια μας εδώ” (Our Lot Here) by Giorgis Papazoglou, published by Koukida Editions.
Joining the discussion are Alexandros Asonitis, author, and Dimitris Dimopoulos, publisher.We also hear briefly from Giorgis Papazoglou, now 97 years old — son of...
1. Kissas Batzak (Kontopodis): the leader of the Greek collaborators with the Germans and the battle of Koukos Pierias, one of the main collaborationist centers, on 18 October 1944. [Source: The 10th Division of ELAS” by Sarantis Protopapas–Kikitsas]2. German anti-fascists in the ranks of ELAS (Part II)...
The secret propaganda diary of Goebbels and the Battle of Crete.
Dogs – Heroes of World War II: Horry, the four-legged corporal who fought in the Battle of Crete, was later immortalized as a statue in Australia — after becoming the subject of debate in the Australian Parliament.
And the story of ...
“My Good People,” enjoy the broadcast!
“Thou-Vou” is on the air!
Rosario, Argentina, 14 June 1928 – La Higuera, Bolivia, 9 October 1967)
“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say thatthe true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionarywithout this quality.”
Enjoy listening!
(A political, biographical, and artistic collage — with archival recordings, sharp one-liners, and plenty of songs by Harry Klynn.)
“What a strange thing. I know I could die for you, and I know you are not the most important part of my life. What do you think? Might you be? One day, we’ll understand it - together.”
So wrote Giorgos Seferis to his beloved Maro.
Enjoy the program.
Produced and presented by Nikol Liako...
A Biographical Novel by Petros Triantafyllidis – Koukkida Publications
Tontor Giouloglou, grandfather of the author Petros Triantafyllidis, was born in 1883 in Safranbolu, on the Black Sea, and died in Athens, in Kalogreza, in 1973, at the age of 90.
An Odysseus of his era: over nine decades h...
GRAECULUS: A 2,000-Year-Old Hubris
It was Latin writers who first laid the groundwork for anti-Hellenism—and spread it widely. Cicero was among them.
Graeculus: “little Greek”—frivolous, vulgar, insignificant.
Cicero conceded that the Greeks possessed talents and skills, yet he questioned the one...
“The United Europe of the Third Reich” (Tasos Kostopoulos, columnist)
“Greece of the New Order” (Vasilis Manousakis, Historian; his doctoral dissertation “Economy and Politics in Greece during WWII” was defended at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
[Source: Efimerida ton Syntakton – “The Ghos...
with Nikoletta Liakostavrou
Radio Summer Party!!!
A two-hour summer party with the “VinylHolics”!
For those who didn’t go on holiday, for those just back from holiday, and for those about to go on holiday!
Dimitris Gletzakos, Giorgos and Spyros Arvanitakis on Voice of Greece—back again a...
** Vicky Moscholiou was, always, a conservative person in ideas and views - yet at the same time free.
She was never ashamed to speak about what she believed, about what had marked her life, about her devotion to the motto ‘fatherland, religion, family’ - to put it somewhat provocatively - without thi...
with Nikoletta Liakostavrou
The beloved “Vinyl-Holics”, Dimitris Gletzakos and Giorgos Arvanitakis, are back in the Voice of Greece studio to take us on a journey to Woodstock, August 1969—the greatest music festival in history, to this day!
Joining us is the “young” Spyros Arvanitakis, musician....
with Nikol Liakostavrou
ARTHUR STAAL: TRAVEL NOTES ON THE GREEK LANDSCAPE(written by Foivos Panigirakis)
Arthur Staal, a young Dutch architect, published the book "Hellas: Een reis door Griekenland" (Hellas: A Journey through Greece) in 1944, during the Nazi occupation.
He had travelled throughout...
“The great demonstration of 22 July 1943 against the planned expansion of the Bulgarian occupation zone”
– Panagiota Stathopoulou (17-year-old EPON member): stood in front of a tank, attempting to stop it with her body. She was struck, injured—or possibly killed—by the crew.– Koula Lili (19-year-ol...
with Nikol Liakostavrou
GIORGOS SKARLATOS (Ex–Magic de Spell & Art Telepaths)
A presence, a story, an era.
Mr. "Ex–Magic de Spell – Art Telepaths", founding member of the band, voice and bass, joins us live in the studio for two hours.
From the punk scene of the '80s to the present day.
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From 21st-century Airbnb to the first hotels of the 19th and early 20th centuries, in a capital city just beginning to take shape — Athens.
Once upon a time, it’s said that guests used to bring their own beds to the inns and lodgings of the city.
(Source: article by Stavros Malagkoniaris, Efi...
"The boatswain Mastromanolís’s dream… the tragedy of the 'Luisa'"
"This must be what hell looks like! Exactly 17:53, Saturday afternoon, 5 June 1965 – we were living through the most horrific thing a sailor could ever witness. A tragic accident. The Italian oil tanker LUISA, 32,400 tons, was moored...
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