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100 years of Greek winners and nominations at the Academy Awards. Directors, Choreographers, Designers, Actors, and many more categories are featured in this tribute to all the Hellenes that have received an Oscar or were nominated for an Oscar over the years. Listen to the podcast and be find out who they are:

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Spyros Panagiotis Skouras was a Greek - American motion picture pioneer and film executive who was president of 20th Century Fox from 1942-1962. A rags to riches life story of a shepherd that became the most influential Greek in business, politics and a true patriot. His story is not widely known, take the time to listen how this larger than life man saved three million Greeks from famine and...

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This is part 3 of a compilation of Greek songs that have been covered by international artists. Music unites nations, connects people, its the universal language that speaks to our soul!

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Part 2 of a compilation of Greek songs that have been covered or adapted by international artists. Music unites nations, Connects people, its the universal language that speaks to our souls!

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Music unites nations! In this anthology of songs we take a look at Greek popular songs that became international hits while being adapted or covered in other languages by famous artists.

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Irene "Rena" Vlahopoulou 28 July 1917 – 29 July 2004 was a Greek actress and singer. She starred in theatre, musicals, and Greek cinema productions, including The Gambler and The Countess of Corfu. Vlahopoulou was born on the island of Corfu, the fifth of nine children. She was a talented dancer and actress and a qualified mezzo-soprano. Over the course of her fifty-five-year career she...

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Aris San was a Greek musician, singer and entrepreneur. He popularized Greek music in Israel in the late 1950's and 60's. Aris led a mysterious life as a non Jewish Greek singer who formed close ties with generals and politicians. He became a megastar, club owner and lover of many movie actresses. He is mostly remembered for the magic he could play with his guitar and his lucid vocal style. His...

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Georgia Vassiliadou born 1 January 1897, to a family with ten children. She was a Greek actress that played mainly in comedies of cinema and on stage. Her real name was Georgia Athanasiou, but she changed it to Vassiliadou when she decided to get into singing and acting. In 1922 she began her studies at the Gennadius School and in 1923 she appeared in various operas. She worked in major...

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Despo Diamantidou born 13 July 1916 in Athens, she was a Greek actress of theater and cinema. She was the granddaughter of engineer Spyridon Kritsilis, who served many times as a Member of Parliament. She spoke four foreign languages (English, French, Italian and Russian), which helped her translate a number of foreign plays. In the spring of 1967, Despo Diamantidou participated in a theatrical...

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Vasilis Tsivilikas was a Greek comedy actor with significant appearances in the Greek film industry, television and especially theater. His first theatrical performance was in 1965 at Nea Ionia. Two years later Karolos Koun invited him to Theatro Technis. In the early 1970s he got involved with satire plays and in the mid-1970s with prose. The 70's was also the decade he first appeared on the...

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While the the World Cup is taking place in Qatar this year causing much criticism and controversy, I took the liberty and made this podcast to get us in the spirit of the game. The tradition of football chants vary from country to country and team to team, in this episode we explore the creative side of the sport, the songs and stories behind the Greek soccer team chants. Not being fanatical or...

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In this episode of One Story, One Song we search for the truth behind a very popular Greek rebetiko song titled "Ta Nea tis Alexandras" (Alexandras News) it was recorded in 1961 by Vangelis Perpiniadis. The real story remained unknown for more than 60 years but a facebook post by Argyro Moustakas Vretou after a spike in murders against women (Femicide) in Greece, tell a different story. The...

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Elias Kazan was a Greek American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter actor and author. He was described by the New York Times a one of the most honored and influential directors of Broadway and Hollywood history. Born in Constantinople his family came to the USA in 1913. Listen to the podcast and find out the extraordinary journey of the man that became known as the "actor's...

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In this tribute we focus on the sounds, the musical gems the singers, the writers & composers of the most popular songs that became anthems during very turbulent and politically unstable times in Greece. 17 of November 1973 is a Day of Remembrance. It commemorates a massive student protest that led to the end of the Greek Military Coup, also known as the Regime of the Colonels. these songs were...

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She was born Amalia Hatzaki in Heraklion, Crete in 1919, initially she was a javelin throwing athlete, later she studied law in Athens. However, she took exams and graduated with honors from the Drama School of the Royal Theatre. She played in many films on the Big Screen Cinema as well as on stage and on television, she is fondly remembered as the partner of famous Greek actor Vassilis...

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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, a trip down memory lane from 1919 till 2021 as we explore the films that were made about the destruction on Smyrna in 1922. We pay our respects and remember this tragic part of our history while learning some trivia facts about the making of these historic and classic films. Listen to the podcast:

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Irene Papas 3 September 1926 – 14 September 2022, was a Greek actress and singer who starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through such popular award-winning films as The Guns of Navarone (1961) and Zorba the Greek (1964). She was a powerful protagonist in films including The Trojan Women (1971) and Iphigenia (1977). She played...

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Andreas Barkoulis August 4, 1936 – August 23, 2016 was a Greek film, theatre and television actor. He was one of the emblematic Jeune Premier of Greek cinema. He performed on stage and the big screen participating in more than 100 films, including "An Italian woman in Greece" "Jenny, Jenny"and many more, he was so popular with the young girls that the expression "Girls Barkoulis is here" became...

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5 Greek modern hits that have become classics and will always remind us of the hot summer days that Greece is so famous for. 5 Songs and their stories, how they were made and why they became so popular, listen to the podcast and find out more

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‎Margarita‎‎ Sakellariou was born on ‎‎November 22,‎‎ ‎‎1934‎‎ in ‎‎Sitia,‎‎ ‎‎Crete‎‎.‎ Rita marries at 14, becomes a mother twice and divorces. She works with her mother at various Fertilizer factories hoping for a better future, until 1954 when she was heard singing by a group of wondering musicians. ‎She is considered the "queen" of folk song and is recognized as one of the "great" ladies...

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