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Greek Like Me

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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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.

Greeks & the Civil Rights Movement Part 2

A man of conscience continues to push the Greek Orthodox faithful in America to take a stand for justice and equal rights in the 1960s and beyond. And scholars’ take on the bizarre “reverse empathy” of today’s conservative Greeks.

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 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!”

The Ecclesiastical New Year

Why is September 1 a big deal for Orthodox Christians? We explore the purpose and history of the Ecclesiastical New Year, St. Symeón the Stylite, and the Green Patriarch.

Patriarchal Encyclical For the Indiction Published 8/27/20

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeo chants "Φως ιλαρόν" Joyous Light

What is the Ecclesiastical New Year?