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Posted on: 20-05-2021 | Category: Podcast
Episode 2. FROM DREAMS TO DEMOLITION

From Bavarian grand plans to “part-exchange” building schemes. When Greece became an independent nation state in the 1830s, King Otto arrived with his Bavarian entourage. They introduced beer… and planned a new Athens inspired by ancient aesthetics. Sofka meets architect Lazaris Zaoussis at the neoclassical Academy to discuss this city of dreams. During the 20th

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Posted on: 20-05-2021 | Category: Podcast
Episode 1. UP ABOVE AND DOWN BELOW

From a little-known hill to a hidden tunnel. Sofka introduces the series and herself: a British writer and one-time anthropologist, she’s an adopted Greek with a Russian name. We visit an unfamiliar hill – the Tourkovounia. Former US diplomat and archaeologist Brady Kiesling gives a sense of Athens’ geography –  an urban sprawl surrounded by

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