Toppouzos & Kantonas
Toppouzos & Kantonas - friends for life. Early experiences of improvisation on stage...
Jun 17, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Daily Chiofta
regular vernacular insights with Haji Mike
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Episodes
Sugar's Uncle Paroutis Chiofta
Cypriots have some characteristic names and ways of reacting when they are innocent in a car crash.
Jun 16, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 43
The Constantia Brothers and Maria - breaking glass
An escapadecon teaching traditional Cypriot dancing.
Jun 15, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Chico Gig 2006
A gig in the middle of nowhere in Chico - what goes around comes around.
Jun 14, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Miki - The Zones
The dread task of doing the zones.
Jun 13, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 40
I was a waiter...once..for just 1 night..
My 'Fawlty Towers' moment as a waiter in 1982.
Jun 12, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 39
A concerned Standout Selector in Napa
A tale of mispronounciation that could have led to an international incident!
Jun 11, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 38
The 'solution' - wise insights from my father
A ten year old in a shoe factory in London Lane, Hackney E.8
Jun 10, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Minas the 'bald' bouzouki player
When hair or lack of it becomes a criteria for playing bouzouki.
Jun 09, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Haji Perry orders a coffee
Haji can order a coffee at a wedding...but can Perry, his older brother, do the same?
Jun 08, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 36
I never wanted to be a star...
Kataklysmos, Larnaca 1993/4 and being chased by 500 screaming teenagers.
Jun 07, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Jimmys Panousis
Jimmys Panousis, Jimmys, Jimmako, legend!
Jun 06, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Frank a Taxi Driver in Jamaica
Frank, a Jamaican Taxi Driver aka the Dancehall Reggae Wikipedia on 4 wheels.
Jun 05, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 33
University Bars
Discovering you are from another planet by entering the wrong bar at University
Jun 04, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Zanetos Chiofta
My old Greek teacher at college told a good chiofta or two each week in class. This his most famous encounter is about misunderstanding everyday language.
Jun 03, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 30
The hard chick pea Blues
a tale of the hard chick pea Blues...
Jun 02, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Disco Chioftes
Discos in Cyprus 1970s
Jun 01, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Singers of The Coffeeshop
You are what you declare - a self appointed singer from The Coffeeshop.
May 31, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Trehantiri Chioftes
Set in the heart of Green Lanes, Haringey, Trehantiri Music, was the Chiofta centre of the community. It also had the largest Greek music selection in the world.
May 30, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 26
My grandmother Shenkou
My grandmother Shenkou was a wise woman from Marathovouno, Mesaoria, Cyprus.
May 29, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Sugar at the BBC
We arrive at the BBC on a cold snowy winter and file in one by one filling out name tags. Sugar is last...the rest is history.
May 28, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 23
The Golden Larynx
A tale of one of the greatest singers of all time, Stelios Kazantzidis.
May 27, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Accent...such a funny thing
My first experience of teaching taught students and me how to connect in a better way.. Accents, don't you just love them...
May 26, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 20
The King of the Chioftes
Georges der Parthogh my dear friend taught me two key things...never judge a book by its cover and a chiofta a day keeps the doctor away.
May 25, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Pissy Pissy Meaow Meaow
A tale about the cat statues outside the Carera building in Mornington Crescent.
May 24, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 19
A Gringlish Encounter Famagusta 1968
My first encounter with Gringlish as spoken by my mum to my aunt in Famagusta 1968
May 23, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Ameoba Ameoba my Kingdom for an Ameoba
A true confession from a surviving vinyl addict
May 22, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 18
The Origins of "Charlie"
Where does the term "Charlie" come from
May 21, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Wagdi a taxi driver in Egypt
The day a taxi driver called Wagdi saved our lives in Port Said, Egypt.
May 20, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 16
I got 1 of those - laptop DJs
The art of DJing in the digital age.
May 19, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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