Tad Crawford is an author, attorney, and publisher. He grew up in the artists’ colony of Woodstock, New York. Interested in writing both fiction and nonfiction, he majored in economics at Tufts College and graduated from Columbia Law School. After clerking for a judge on New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, Crawford worked for a small general law firm in New York City while writing and teaching writing and literature at the School of Visual Arts.

On Wine-Dark Seas: A Novel of Odysseus and his Fatherless Son Telemachus debuted in 2023. As the flap copy states, “Countless readers have thrilled to the adventures of Odysseus in The Iliad and The Odyssey, but what further adventures awaited him after his ten years of war and ten years of wandering? Narrated by Telemachus to the bard Phemios, On Wine-Dark Seas speaks of the human drama of a man gone twenty years from home and family, a man who saw Troy on the night of its destruction, a man who lives the special quest which is his destiny. In probing the inner journeys of a son and father separated twenty years who must come to terms with each other and their ruthless slaughter of the suitors of Penelope, it reveals the doubts and joys of Odysseus, Penelope and Telemachus. As Telemachus tells Phemios: ‘My father will be known to the future not as the man he was, but as the man of whom you sing. Often at Troy he called himself “the father of Telemachus,” so I too have a part to speak in his story. Wealthy men can pay some poets to chant a story first this way, then another. I cannot offer you wealth to hear me, but only the truth I know.’ The novel is a masterful recreating of the ancient mind, the landscape of Greece steeped in mythos and the gods, and the human dramas of characters made famous for all time by The Iliad and The Odyssey.”

https://tadcrawford.com/

Say hello to Emily & Danai from the Greek Language Experts! They were born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece and first met in kindergarten. Over the years they followed different paths and went to different high schools, but life brought them back together in 2019. Emily was already living in New York City and Danai was living in Athens. During the first quarantine in March 2020, online learning became very popular and that’s how the idea arose. Greek Language Experts is a website for foreigners that are interested in learning the Greek language. There will be classes for beginners, intermediate, and advanced level students with the choice of a group class, private class, or self-paced videos. Each level will have subsections in order to fully understand the Greek language and be able to speak with no fear or hesitation.

https://www.greeklangexperts.com/

Join us in welcoming Aggeliki Konstanti to the godcast! Aggeliki is a young Greek singer-songwriter and violinist based in Athens, Greece.  She grew up in South Africa where she was exposed to the arts from a young age. She started playing the violin when she was 5 years old and her curiosity in music continued to evolve, later exploring songwriting and the guitar. Her music combines the romance of traditional and older Greek influence with modern undertones having been inspired by both Greek artists such as Konstantinos Argiros and Giannis Ploutarchos as well as American artists such as Taylor Swift. Her debut single, "Se Latrevo", is available on all online platforms.

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Nick was born in Hollywood Florida and spent his childhood training to be Batman and planning his next big adventure. He grew up on the move and lived in 5 states by the time he was twelve. This only made him more adaptable and comfortable with integrating into any environment.

His teen years took a turn and were rocky to say the least. Nick was forced into juvenile detention at the age of twelve. After shaking his past Nick needed to find a new direction.

Nick joined the Marine Corps at 19 but not without a fight. Because of his troubled youth, Nick had to seek legal counsel just to be accepted. He suffered from a wrist injury within his first week of bootcamp. He spent five and a half months in basic training but graduated company honor grad.  It was his perseverance through adversity that set the tone for his future and a foreshadowing of things to come.

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We were so excited to meet and get to know Ntina Skoteiniadis, co-founder & CEO of the amazing Meltémi Yogurt company. Ntina began her career at Salomon Brothers, Inc. in New York in Sales and Trading. She has over 25 years of experience in marketing, capital raising, and operations management, primarily in the financial services industry. She has worked in global banks, family offices, start-ups and mature companies in London, NY and Athens. Ntina has a B.S. in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Ntina now runs Meltémi Yogurt and we are so happy to have discovered this truly wonderful Greek yogurt!

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We had the pleasure of chatting with Patrick Garner, one of our fantastic creators on GreekAFRadio with his amazing podcast all about Greek mythology.

Patrick is a writer, playwright, poet and artist. He has written stage plays and co-founded the off-Broadway Bright Lights Theatre in Providence, RI. Honored by the American Theater Critics Association for Arthur Rimbaud’s In Town, he has published A Series of Days of Change (a poetry collection), Playing with Fire, and D Is for Dingley (biographies), as well as numerous articles in national magazines and online professional development courses over the last two decades.

Garner, who lives in New England, has a degree in Visual Arts, with post-graduate studies in art, business and the environment. His paintings and etchings are in the collections of museums, universities and private collections from Los Angeles to NYC, Lithuania and Greece, New Orleans to Boston. In addition, he is a frequent contributor to the Greek Reporter, an on-line newspaper with more than ten million readers.

Listen to his breakout podcast series, Garner’s Greek Mythology. You can hear the episodes on Amazon, Apple, Spotify, iHeart, GreekAFRadio and other locations.

Learn more at patrickgarnerbooks.com

We hang out with the amazing Olympia Papageorgiou! We learn more about her background history, and life. Olympia is an international singer and recording artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her music is a mix of multiple styles, such as R&B and International Pop. Her first single, Falling Apart, a reggeaton hit, was released in September of 2017. She then released her second single 8th Day, an R&B love song, on her 24th birthday in 2018. Releasing her biggest single, SALUD, in May 2019, she followed with her first music video for the international bop. Los Angeles-based blog, BuzzMusic, reviewed SALUD only weeks after its release, which led to Olympia being named “Top 10 Artists of 2019” by the popular blog. She has now released her single “No Titles” and it will have you dancing! Join us!

https://olympiapapageorgiou.com/

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Imagine having a travel coach that can give you great recommendations, tips, and everything you need to have a fantastic trip to Greece! Melissa Fountas is that person, and we sit with her to learn more about her and her dive into Greek culture and travel. Join us!

Visit her: https://www.elaopa.com/

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Jimmy the Greek is the dad all the cool kids wish they had! Spending time with family and dancing in TikTok, Instagram and Facebook videos is his recipe for family success! Learn more about this viral social media star as we chat with Jimmy Ntebekos, aka JimmytheGreek7!

https://www.tiktok.com/@jimmythegreek7

Check out an amazing chat with one of our favorite Greeks - Kalomira! The beautiful, talented, and awesome Kalomira chatted with us about all sorts of topics from music to parenting to life in general, and we had a great time listening and learning more about her! Join us!

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