Imiz & The Haji
On matters and encounters of the Imiskoumbrian kind...
Jul 17, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Daily Chiofta
regular vernacular insights with Haji Mike
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Episodes
Zorbas & Punishment
My first case of inclass punishment - the crime - knowing how to dance Zorbas!
Jul 16, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 74
15th July 1974 Military Coup
The Military Coup in Cyprus 15th July 1974 changed the course of history.
Jul 15, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 73
The case of the alleged "stolen" Vrajes
Kantonas ,Vrajes and a close shave with the law in Chingford.
Jul 14, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Sugar on Radio in Cyprus
Sugar's only live radio interview in Cyprus in 1997 started off with an eruption of laughter...
Jul 13, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Do Good...
Good deeds always bring good vibes...
Jul 12, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Zebekiko
The notorious 9/8 rhythm that some cannot grasp.
Jul 11, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Sociological Chioftes
My love for Sociology goes back to school and accidentally misprounouncing the word in Greek has become a Poumbouris family urban folk myth.
Jul 10, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Maro-Maria BANNED
A painful story of infidelity, Maro-Maria, a song from my 2nd LP Aphrodite's Dream' and how the video clip got banned.
Jul 09, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 66
DJ Marios Avraam...Vintaaage Chakkos
A great friend, DJ and supporter of my work since 1988.
Jul 08, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 65
A man called Skev - coincidences galore
I have known him since I was 12. Our friendship is like duracel batteries, it just goes on and on....
Jul 07, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Learning things the hard way
London was very different from Marathovouno and some things had to be learned the hard way...
Jul 06, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 63
The first day at school
The first day at school in Walthamstow was all about eyes...
Jul 05, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Mr and Mrs Meade
The neighbours who took care of me and taught me so much.
Jul 04, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 61
The journey and arriving in London
The flight from Cyprus to London via Athens, at the age of 4 was traumatic.
Jul 03, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 60
The letter, Shenkou and the swallows
The letter that changed the entire course of my life.
Jul 02, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 59
My grandfather Poumbouris and my love for travel
Travel is a very important part of my life which is thanks to my grandfather Poumbouris.
Jul 01, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 58
A day in Peladousa
A visit to film maker Panicos Chrysanthou in Peladousa turned out to be a real cliffhanger.
Jun 30, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 57
I love Paphos
Paphos is where it all began for me in Cyprus. I had an amazing time there in the summer of 1993. Lesson 1 was also learned...never cross a Paphian...
Jun 29, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Chris The Black Rembeti
An encounter on a 29 bus with a Haringey Urban Legend.
Jun 28, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Weddings UK Part 3 - Bands, the legends, the lame and the lousy
Bands played a big role in the Wedding business in the UK.
Jun 27, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Weddings UK Part 2 - Brox On The Box
Brox Broxenia the archaic practice of matchmaking caught on camera.
Jun 26, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Weddings UK - part 1 videos and bloumisha
The arrival of video cameras as weddings meant everyone had a recird about bloumisha
Jun 25, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Vote with your money
judging people by how they talk or look has consequences
Jun 24, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Kochinis Walthamstow Market
Every Saturday my mum had a routine, shopping the length of Walthamstow Market.
Jun 23, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 50
CyBC Radio 2 - what's that smell?
My lowest experience in Radio...
Jun 22, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Papoutsosiko - The Prickly Pear Jerk Dance
A customer picks the wrong fruit to steal from a Bakaliko in Dalston 1977.
Jun 21, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Cyprus Cyprus everywhere
Traveling the world you come across places and people with a Cyprus connection.
Jun 20, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Who is Stavroulla?
A true and harrowing chiofta on the writing of 'Stavroulla'.
Jun 19, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Wrestling - Big Daddy versus Milos
My mum loved wrestling and my dad's cousin Milos, became a wrestler from the 1930s in England.
Jun 18, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 45
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