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Unguarded Passage

Thomas Sideris

The show has been broadcast regularly since 2014, including more than 500 radio documentaries and hundreds of oral testimonies and recordings on the most important events of the 20th century, as well as the first two decades of the 21st century. The episodes have already been integrated into ERT’s valuable audiovisual archive. The show has been honored by the Albert Schweitzer Society in Austria and the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) in New York.

Unguarded Passage: The scientific achievements of 2024 | 03 Jan. 2025
As conflicts continue and humanitarian crises deepen in various parts of the world, scientists across the globe work tirelessly in universities, research centers, and institutions, dedicated to advancing humanity. The radio series “Unguarded Passage”, in its first episode of 2025, presents a pro...
Unguarded Passage: “Stories of Athenian apartment buildings” | 20 Dec. 2024
A captivating radio documentary featuring stories of Athenian apartment buildings. This anthropogeographic radio documentary explores the social space of urban living, sharing both historical and contemporary tales from neighborhoods such as Agios Panteleimonas, Kallithea, Ampelokipoi, Kypseli, and...
Unguarded Passage: The Diary of Mervan Berekat and Syria’s next day | 13 Dec. 2024
Mervan Berekat is Syria’s most prominent Kurdish poet. Displaced from his hometown of Afrin in 2018, Mervan became a refugee within his own country, trekking for three consecutive days and covering nearly 500 kilometers to escape armed fighters who relentlessly pursued h...
The Diary of Mervan Berekat and Syria’s next day | 13 Dec. 2024, 13:00
Mervan Berekat is Syria’s most prominent Kurdish poet. Displaced from his hometown of Afrin in 2018, Mervan became a refugee within his own country, trekking for three consecutive days and covering nearly 500 kilometers to escape armed fighters who relentlessly pursued him and his family. Now residing in Qamishli with only an old laptop and a phone as his possessions, he documents his surroundings in his unique style. “I don’t care about the material things looted from my home for the second time; I only care about the fate of my 5,000 books,” he tells journalist Thomas Sideris. Thomas Sideris, ... Read more
Unguarded Passage: The life journey of Christos Kosmidis | 06 Dec. 2024
A significant oral testimony is brought to light by the radio series “Unguarded Passage“, a testimony broadcast publicly for the first time by Voice of Greece. Christos Kosmidis, born in 1912, over 102 years ago in Pontus, spent the majority of his life as a refugee — first as a Pontic refugee and lat...
Unguarded Passage: Political Songs in the USA (Part II) | 29 Nov. 2024
Does political music still exist in the United States? With this thought-provoking question as a starting point, ERT journalist Thomas Sideris presents a podcast featuring 20 political songs — ten from the final quarter of the 20th century and ten from the first quarter of the 2...
Unguarded Passage: Political Songs in the USA (Part I) | 22 Nov. 2024
Does political music still exist in the United States? With this thought-provoking question as a starting point, ERT journalist Thomas Sideris presents a podcast featuring 20 political songs — ten from the final quarter of the 20th century and ten from the first quarter of the 2...
Unguarded Passage: The untold story of the radio stations of the protesting students | 15 Nov. 2024
Commemorating the anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising The radio series “Unguarded Passage” on Voice of Greece presents a radio documentary commemorating the anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising, shedding light on the untold story of the radio stations operated by ...
Unguarded Passage: Pain Clinics and Palliative Care | 08 Nov. 2024
On the occasion of Open Day for Pain and Palliative Care Clinics 2024, the radio series Unguarded Passage presents a compelling podcast on pain management in the palliative care centers of public hospitals. Journalist Thomas Sideris, with extensive personal experience in pain clinics, discusses with...
US Elections 2024: their importance for the global political landscape | 01 Nov. 2024
A podcast for understanding the events and challenges shaping the future of the global political chessboard! The radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a special thematic podcast that will delve into the significance and consequences of the crucial American elections for the global pol...
Unguarded Passage: “Stories of Resistance from the Occupation and Liberation” | 25 Oct. 2024
Throughout October, Unguarded Passage dedicates itself to the years of fascist and Nazi Occupation and the Liberation of Athens with four powerful radio documentaries. Through oral testimonies, texts, and diaries gathered by documentary creator and ERT journalist Thomas Sideris after years of research,...