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Greek Like Me Episodes

A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

Reboot The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece
Reboot The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece

For Halloween, we’re reposting our 2024 episode The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece.Today’s horror movies owe a debt to the Ancient Greeks, whose vengeful wraiths, protective spirits, and restless dead summoned to serve the living influenced art, literature, music and our fear of things that go bump in the night.

Reboot The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece
Pamela Diotes Wood
Ancient Greece, civilization, culture, ethnic, Funeral Rites, Ghosts, Greek, Greek gods, Greek heroes, Greek protection, Greek theater, Greeks, Hauntings, History, Homer, mythology, rituals, superstition, The Restless Dead, traditionPamela Diotes Wood#restlessdead, #ghosts, #ancientgreece, #funeralrites, #hauntings, #history, #greekhistory, #greekculture, #culture, #ethnicComment
New Jersey's Iconic Greek Store
New Jersey's Iconic Greek Store

The Greek Store in Kenilworth isn’t just an ethnic grocery store, it’s a New Jersey institution supplying the state’s Greeks with a taste of home and a sense of community for over 70 years. Lia Diamandas talks about family history, food trends, and why everyone should eat Greek.

New Jersey's Iconic Greek Store
Pamela Diotes Wood
culture, ethnic, food, Greek, Greek baking, Greek roots, family owned business, greek diaspora, Ethnic groceries, Greek grocery, HistoryPamela Diotes Wood#thegreekstore, #greekdiaspora, #community, #greekcommunity, #newjerseygreeks, #ethnicfood, #greekfood, #familyownedbusiness, #greeksofnewarkComment
The Japanese Hero of the Smyrna Catastrophe
The Japanese Hero of the Smyrna Catastrophe

In September 1922, a legendary Japanese vessel rescued hundreds of Greeks and Armenians from the Smyrna massacre. Historians insist the ship was never there. Recently discovered clues may prove them wrong.

The Japanese Hero of the Smyrna Catastrophe
Pamela Diotes Wood
Anatolia, Armenian genocide, Asia Minor, Ethnic cleansing, Greek, Greek genocide, heroes, history, massacre, Nationalist Turks, Racism, Refugees, Smyrna, Surviving trauma, Unsung heroesPamela Diotes Wood#history, #greekhistory, #smyrna, #smyrna1922, #smyrnacatastrophe, #kemalists, #japanesehero, #japaneserescueship, #tokeimaru, #legendsComment
Since You’re Mortal… with James Romm
Since You’re Mortal… with James Romm

The best surviving fragments of lost Ancient Greek plays, collected in one exceptional book of ancient wisdom, humor, and the Greek mindset. Learn why so many manuscripts were lost, and how some may be on the verge of recovery.

James Romm Since You_re Mortal... - 6:25:26, 6.03 PM
Pamela Diotes Wood
Ancient Greek, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek poetry, Greek theater, history, humor, Translations, ancient Greek wisdomPamela Diotes Wood#ancienthistory, #history, #ancientgreeks, #ancientgreekwisdom, #lostgreekplays, #classicalgreektheaterComment
Big Nobody with author Alex Kadis
Big Nobody with author Alex Kadis

Big Nobody is a brutally funny novel about teenage loss, trauma, and resilience in the Greek-Cypriot community in 1970s London. Alex Kadis talks immigrant parents, feeling like a misfit, and embracing her Greek identity.

Alex Kadis - Big Nobody - 5:16:26, 11.51 AM
Pamela Diotes Wood
1970s, Greek Cypriots, Greeks in London, Surviving trauma, Comic novel, Alex Kadis, Big NobodyPamela Diotes Wood#alexkadis, #bignobody, #greekcypriots, #greekdiaspora, #greekculture, #greeksinlondon, #1970slondon, #trauma, #comicnovelComment