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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.

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An Aegean Odyssey with author Kathryn Gauci
An Aegean Odyssey with author Kathryn Gauci

Kathryn Gauci’s quest to find traditional Greece drew her to the Dodecanese Islands in 2005. Her memoir, An Aegean Odyssey, intertwines history, cuisine, traditions, and breathtaking landscapes with stories of the people she meets along the way as she explores the road less traveled.

Kathryn Gauci

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Kathryn Gauci's books

Colours of Aegean Dreams: A Greek Odyssey

Travellers' Greece : Memories of an Enchanted Land complied by John B. Tomkinson. Published by ANAGNOSIS.

1970s, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, ancient ruins, architecture, Athens, Colonels' Coup, culture, Faith, Greece in WW2, Greco-Turkish War, Greek, Greek genocide, Greek heroes, Greek Independence, Greek recipes, heroes, history, Karagiózis, mythology, Orthodoxy, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Occupation, RefugeesPamela Diotes Wood#kathryngauci, #anaegeanodyssey, #dodecanese, #history, #greekhistory, #ancienthistory, #travel, #greekgenocide, #greekfood, #greektraditon, #thecolonelscoup, #philotimoComment
Telly Savalas: Who Love Ya Baby?
Telly Savalas: Who Love Ya Baby?

He was a consummate character actor in films, an iconic TV detective, a storyteller, a gambler, a singer, a family man, a lover. He was larger than life and when ethnics were still being stereotyped, he made it cool to be Greek.

Telly Savalas, Kojak, 1970s, Who loves ya baby?, pop culture, movies, Greek, Harry Agganis, HauntingsPamela Diotes Wood#tellysavalas, #greek, #kojak, #movies, #1970s, #academyawards, #tvlegends, #kelly'sheroes, #theyoungsavages, #wholovesyababy, #popcultureComment
A Very Greek Christmas
A Very Greek Christmas

Where else can you take part in ancient traditions, sing Byzantine Christmas songs while lighting bonfires and evading evil Christmas goblins? Join us for a very Greek Christmas.

Ancient Greece, Asia Minor, Christmas tales, culture, Dionysus, ethnic, Faith, food, Greek, Greek Christmas goblins, Icons, Jesus, Kalikantzaroi, Orthodox Christianity, tradition, Greek Christmas tradition, Christmas bonfires, ChristopsomoPamela Diotes Wood#greekchristmas #καλαχριστουγεννα #nativity #ancienttraditions #kálanta #christopsomo #kalikantzaroi #christmasgoblins #bonfires #poupouris #greekculture #greek #iconography #greekorthodox #ancientgreece #greekmythology #christmasboatsComment
Witness to the 1973 Student Uprising: An Interview with Sean Bryan
Witness to the 1973 Student Uprising: An Interview with Sean Bryan

Sean Bryan was a nineteen year old backpacker in Athens, Greece in November 1973, when he witnessed what became a pivotal moment in modern Greek history: the student uprising that led to the eventual overthrow of the military regime.

1973, Athens, Civil Rights, Colonels' Coup, Greek, Greek politics, history, Long Live Greec, military dictatorship, November 17, Political Protest, Polytechnic Uprising, Student Protests, The Colonels CoupPamela Diotes Wood#Greece, #Athens, #studentuprising, #militarydictatorship, #protests, #democracy, #tanks, #polytechnicuprising, #greece1973, #americanineuropeComment
The Polytechnic Uprising
The Polytechnic Uprising

November 17, 1973, a Greek army tank crashed the gate of the Polytechnic Institute of Athens, where students were protesting the military dictatorship crippling Greece. It was the largest public protest against the regime, which toppled 8 months later. Today we celebrate those students and their sacrifice. ζήτω η Ελλάδα!

Polytechnic Uprising, Colonels' Coup, military dictatorship, Student Protests, 1973, November 17, Athens, Greek, history, Long live Greece, ProtestsPamela Diotes Wood#polytechnicuprising, #november171973, #thecolonelscoup, #greece, #militarydictatorship, #studentprotests, #oppression, #freegreece, #militaryjunta, #tanksComment