Greek Like Me

About 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.

Publisher

Pamela Diotes Wood

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Feb 2023

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 75 episodes have a transcript.

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   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Japanese Hero of the Smyrna Catastrophe

   In September 1922, a legendary Japanese vessel rescued hundreds of Greeks and Armenians from the Smyrna massacre. Historians insist the ship was never there. Recently discovered clues may prove them wrong.

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   25 Jun 2026

   Since You’re Mortal… with James Romm

   The best surviving fragments of lost Ancient Greek plays, collected in one exceptional book of ancient wisdom, humor, and the Greek mindset. Learn why so many manuscripts were lost, and how some may be on the verge of recovery.

3. 

   16 May 2026

   Big Nobody with author Alex Kadis

   Big Nobody is a brutally funny novel about teenage loss, trauma, and resilience in the Greek-Cypriot community in 1970s London. Alex Kadis talks immigrant parents, feeling like a misfit, and embracing her Greek identity.

Inside a recent episode

The Japanese Hero of the Smyrna Catastrophe

Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] They were witnesses to what was happening to the victims of the genocide in real time. So the wife of the professor, Mrs. Anna Harlow Burge, told the Globe reporter, the desperate refugees were crowding each other off of the whores as Smyrna began to burn. The harbor was full of women and men swimming around in hope of rescue until they drowned. In the harbor at the time was a Japanese freighter which had just arrived. loaded to the decks with a very valuable cargo of silks, laces, and china, representing many thousands of dollars. The Japanese captain, when he realized the situation, did not hesitate. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

560 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

49

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

51