On Sunday, December 22, , the show “Our Town” presented a music program by four exceptional musicians, who performed live from Studio B of Hellenic Radio for the listeners of Voice of Greece.The program featured a curated selection of Greek composers’ works, with folk songs by Tsitsanis, Theodorakis, Kaldaras,...
Hear renowned neuroscientist Andrew Huberman sharing his thoughts on how science and faith can coexist, reflecting on the awe-inspiring complexity of biology and the human brain. Listen to anthropologist and author of In Evolution and the Human Way of Being, Agustin Fuentes taking us on a fascinating ...
On Sunday, December 22, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM Athens time, the show "Our Town" will present a music program by four exceptional musicians, who will perform live from Studio B of Hellenic Radio for the listeners of Voice of Greece. The program will feature a curated selection of Greek composers' works,...
On Saturday, December 21st, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, the show Our Town will host poet Maria Kant (Kantonidou).
The guest in the studio will discuss her poetry collection titled STANZA, her very first creation. As she will explain, in Stanza, she sought to give form and identity so that it may "exist,...
Today, we will be remembering two robust and expressive folk voices who added their own signatures to the fascinating story of popular, laiko song. Voula Gika, the ‘Queen of backing vocals’, recorded thousands of songs where she accompanied the greatest Greek singers of the 1950s and 1960s. And Cos...
The week that ends here at GME was dedicated to the numerous songs that contain references to dancing – this essential element of Greek culture and identity. Today, we celebrate the presence of dance in the lyrics of art songs created by renowned songwriters such as Vangelis Germanos, Haris & P...
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
The week that starts today here at GME is dedicated to songs that refer to an activity that is profoundly embedded in Greek culture and identity: dance! We will not be listening to traditional dance songs, i.e. songs made to be danced, containing all the lovely syrtos or tsamikos or ballos or hasapikos...
On Monday, December 9th, 2024, the enchanting soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou, who is carving out an international career, will join Natasa Vissarionos for a conversation on "Faraway Words". The discussion, broadcast from "Voice of Greece," will connect Berlin, Athens, and the studio. The occasion? Her...
At the southermost tip of Apulia, in the Salento peninsula, a sign along the road connecting Lecce to Otranto, reds ''Kalos Irtate''. This indicated that you are entering Grecia Salentina, one of the two Greek-speaking regions of Southern Italy.
Heart and Mind: The EQ Connection | 08 Dec.2024, 11:00Tune in this Sunday 8 December 2024 @11am to the Infinitely Curious program of ERT and Voice of Greece with Katerina Batzaki and listen to Daniel Goleman emphasizing that enhancing Emotional Intelligence or EQ can make our communities more compassionate, improve how we parent, and help us take better care of the environment. Hear executive leadership coach Kris Girrell explaining how learning to respond to others’ emotional states is the essence of emotional intelligence. And learn from Dr. Alan Watkins, founder of Complete Coherence, how to imagine a world where we ... Read more
Tonight, we conclude our week-long tribute to poet and lyricist Michalis Ganas with a celebration of a truly special collaboration with leading composer Nikos Kypourgos. Specifically, we shall be listening to the imposing soundtrack for the 1991 film ‘The Fugitive’ and the highly original and uplifting son...
Greek hip hop: Exploring the ‘new political song’ guided by Michalis Gelasakis | 07 Dec. 2024, 13:00
This Saturday, December 7, the show "Historical Walks" with Marilena Katsimi delves into Greek hip hop—a cultural movement that resonates deeply with a significant segment of Greece’s youth.
The murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos 16 years ago and that of Pavlos Fyssas five years later were pivotal mom...
The show "Our Town" with Themis Rodamitis welcomes two exceptional guests this Saturday, December 7, at 12:00 PM (Athens time).
Actresses Maria Kallimani and Lida Koutsodaskalou will join the studio to discuss their roles in the production of "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, directed...
On the Thursday, December 5, 2024 episode, we hosted Mr. Kostas Tsoukalas, the Press Representative of PASOK-KINAL, via phone. We discussed the bill on the minimum wage, the issue of inflation, and the broader political landscape shaping the center-left.
In the second segment, we spoke with Mr. Christos...
Distinguished playwright/director/actor Christos Anthis and actress Elpiniki Ninou were guests on Giannis Papoutsakis' show Journeys Basking in Greek Light on December 4th. The theme of the show was the black comedy "Calm Down, Mr. Frankenstein", currently being performed at the "Vafeio-Lakis Karalis"...
Vocalist Vasilis Lekkas underlines the following about the recording of the 1996 album Asikiko Poulaki: "I tried to keep a very discreet distance from Mikis. I was not flattered by the fact that I had to sing Theodorakis and that I was given the opportunity to do so. We had very nice conversations before...
A tribute to the events known as the "December Events" ("Dekemvriana").
The real motives and actions of the British under General Ronald Scobie.
The mass rally and general strike of December 4th, which ended in bloodshed.
The first clashes between ELAS forces and the far-right "X" organization.
The...
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