Today, Friday host Esty Dinur spends a music-filled hour with Gail Holst-Warhaft discussing the life, music, and revolutionary politics of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who passed away on September 2, […]
Telling the Story of the Pandemic on Stage
In the fifth century B.C.E., the City of Athens was laid low with a terrible plague that killed many of the Ancient Greek city’s citizens. In 1998, researchers extracted dental […]
Greek to Me with Mary Norris
Today we welcome Mary Norris, the Comma Queen, back on the air with us to discuss her latest book, Greek to Me. The book traces her journey learning the Greek language and […]
An Event for the Ages: Olympic History
As the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, pass their midpoint, you might be wondering about what’s the deal with the Olympic flame and why do the Games have a […]