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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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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
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.

An Aegean Odyssey with author Kathryn Gauci
Pamela Diotes Wood

Kathryn Gauci

Greek Shop Signs

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.

Asa Jennings & the Greek Genocide of Asia Minor Part 2

The Greek Genocide of Asia Minor wiped out two thousand years of Hellenic history in Anatolia. Refugees found hope in a sickly Methodist minister from New York State.

Greek Genocide Resource Center

Forgetting the Smyrna Fire

Asa Jennings & The Greek Genocide of Asia Minor Part 2
Pamela Diotes Wood
Asa Jennings & The Greek Genocide of Asia Minor, Part 1

600 years of brutal persecution by Turkish oppressors culminated in the Greek Genocide of Asia Minor. We’ll talk historical context and introduce Asa Jennings, the humble American who said “Enough!”

Asa Jennings & The Greek Genocide of Asia Minor, Part 1
Pamela Diotes Wood
Mómos, the Greek god of Mockery

Mómos, Greek god of mockery, blame, scathing criticism and satire. How the Joan Rivers of Mt. Olympus became a vessel for social criticism and rebellion throughout time.

Mómos, the Greek god of Mockery
Pamela Diotes Wood