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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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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
The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece

Join us for an episode of restless dead, vengeful wraiths, protective spirits, and ghosts summoned to serve the living.

The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece
Pamela Diotes Wood
A Holocaust Survival Story

Over 80% of Greek Jews were annihilated during the Holocaust.  Renée Benmeleh joins us to share the stories of her fierce Yiayia who survived the Nazi machine against tremendous odds with tenacity, spirit, and a love of life

Sound Nourishment - Renée Benmeleh

Shoah Foundation - USC

A Holocaust Survival Story
Pamela Diotes Wood
Bouboulina Rebels Pt. 2

Rescues, betrayal, and assassination: a civil war in the middle of the Greek Revolution resulted in Greeks killing Greeks, nearly derailing the fight for Independence. Bouboulina’s heroic feats couldn’t save her.

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Bouboulina Rebels Part 2
Pamela Diotes Wood
Bouboulina Rebels Part 1

Bouboulina rebels: Patriarchy, secret plots and the Ottoman Empire. A preamble to the Greek Revolution

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Bouboulina Rebels Part 1
Pamela Diotes Wood