Journalist/producer at iMEdD. Co-host of The Agora podcast. Greek-New Jerseyan. @ucbsoj alum. Views my own, RTs ≠endorsements. pgp key: 2BC7 41E1 C11B 102C
Athens, Greece
Joined June 2009
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On days like today, when the heat begins to rise and the wind blows hot, I don't daydream about the sea. I refresh @pyrosvestiki and think about the wildfires. @kkoukoumakas had an inspired idea to make an #audio documentary to darken the soul of every #Greek. #journalism
From 1999 to today, there have been many disasters in 🇬🇷 that have something in common: the lack of trust towards the State & a widespread feeling of impunity.
iMEdD presents a new 🔊 documentary lab.imedd.org/en/trauma/, exploring the collective "Trauma" caused by 7 events.
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The Agora Podcast - Main character energy: Greece vies for leading fossil fuel role
@georgia_nakou_joins us to discuss a Greek pivot to drilling for gas and transferring US LNG, as well as reviving talks about a major electricity interconnector macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t…
Tonight’s Lifetime Achievement Honoree is fighting the good fight. Thank you for your incredible contribution to documentary, John Else. 🎥👏 #DocEmmys
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Greece courts danger. Following controversial decisions in two high profile court cases, @NickMalkoutzis
explains why it was a worrying week for justice in Greece macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t…
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🎙️ Wake up poll: Euro elections jolt Greek politics🎙️
Why did ruling centre-right underperform, what next for centre left & is far right really gaining ground?
@YiannisMouzakis & @georgia_nakou_ enter The Agora to answer Qs about European Parliament vote macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t…
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If you're planning to come to Greece for your holidays this summer, take a few minutes to hear @yanpal7 explain why some parts of the country are struggling with the impact of tourism
🎙️Overtourism over here: Greek islands feel the strain🎙️
@yanpal7 of the Sustainable Cyclades project by @JournalismInit joins us on The Agora to discuss the impact of overtourism & tough choices facing policymakers in Greece
macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t… #Greece #tourism
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Tune in today for the first SNF Dialogues open discussion on civic engagement and civil discourse taking place in U.S.
🔴Watch live the discussion "Beyond Books: How libraries can serve the public" starting at 6pm EDT 🔗snfdialogues.org/en/events/b…
@SNForg @nypl
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🎙️Whose property? Greece’s housing challenges🎙️ @SteliosBouras1 of @BusinessDaily9 pops into The Agora to discuss rising property prices, the construction recovery, housing shortages and the advantages/disadvantages of the Golden Visa scheme
macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t…
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1/3 Στο πλαίσιο της δημιουργίας του ηχητικού ντοκιμαντέρ «Τραύμα», οι @KatVoutsina, @kkoukoumakas, @pfronista, @g_schinas, Παναγιώτης Μένεγος και Νικόλας Αρώνης αναζήτησαν ειδικούς για την κατανόηση της έννοιας του συλλογικού τραύματος.
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Trust in news in #Greece is at 19%, at the bottom of the 46-country sample in the 2023 Digital News Report "partly due to perceptions of undue political and business influence on journalism" reutersinstitute.politics.ox…
the episode in which my little side project is announced to the world 💜 / i’ll miss podcasting with you @NickMalkoutzis, but this is only au revoir, not farewell! see you all soon, and meanwhile, keep tuning in to the Agora! #greece #podcast #independentjournalism @MacroPolis_gr
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did we just become best friends...? @jackantonoff
Defending Jersey with @jackantonoff : “A lot of the things that I think New York is famous for, I prefer in New Jersey. Sue me, but I will die on that hill. Pizza, 100% is better in New Jersey. Bagels, 100% is better in New Jersey."
#NJ
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Is Stefanos Kasselakis doing to SYRIZA what Elon Musk is doing to Twitter or is he actually more like Liverpool's Darwin Nunez? These and other questions answered in the latest episode...
🎙️SYRIZA embraces the chaos🎙️
The Agora podcast examines Stefanos Kasselakis’s troubled leadership of Greece’s left-wing opposition. @YiannisMouzakis & @georgia_nakou_ take stock of SYRIZA’s fragile situation after its recent stormy party conference
macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t…
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This is a paper I have been working on more years than I would like to admit.
I wish I could say that it is the result of slow scholarship. But if I am honest, it is a product of perseverance and grit. /1
#secession in the #EU
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Grab some🍿and join us as we mix metaphors and struggle for analogies to explain what's been going on in #SYRIZA and what #Kasselakis might mean for the fortunes of the party
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🎙️SYRIZA embraces the chaos🎙️
The Agora podcast examines Stefanos Kasselakis’s troubled leadership of Greece’s left-wing opposition. @YiannisMouzakis & @georgia_nakou_ take stock of SYRIZA’s fragile situation after its recent stormy party conference
macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t…
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🎙️SYRIZA embraces the chaos🎙️
The Agora podcast examines Stefanos Kasselakis’s troubled leadership of Greece’s left-wing opposition. @YiannisMouzakis & @georgia_nakou_ take stock of SYRIZA’s fragile situation after its recent stormy party conference
macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.t…
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Good morning! New Episode! Foods of Minoan Crete: The myths and legends for Crete abound. But what did amazing archaeologists found for the past 3 decades? What was food and agriculture in the island? I spoke with Jerolyn Morrison about it:
shows.acast.com/the-deliciou…
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1/3 Έναν χρόνο μετά από το δυστύχημα στα Τέμπη που συγκλόνισε την Ελλάδα και κόστισε τη ζωή σε 57 άτομα, φέρνουμε ξανά στην επιφάνεια το ηχητικό ντοκιμαντέρ «ΤΡΑΥΜΑ».
➡️@KatVoutsina @kkoukoumakas @pfronista @g_schinas
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As the sun set on a bumper tourism season, it was already becoming evident that 2023 will also be remembered as the year when the term “overtourism” entered the Greek lexicon.
#Greece #tourism #Sustainability
Record year for Greek tourism raises concerns about sustainability. @georgia_nakou_ examines what lies beyond the impressive numbers for visitors and receipts in 2023 shar.es/agrz7y #Greece #tourism #sustainability