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Author Tad Crawford

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/ [https://tadcrawford.com/]

Emily & Danai from Greek Language Experts

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/ [https://www.greeklangexperts.com/]

Singer/Songwriter/Musician Aggeliki Konstanti

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. Instagram & TikTok - @aggelikikonstanti26 Twitter - @aggelikikon26 Download the free GreekAFRadio app! [https://www.greekradio.app]

Nick Koumalatsos

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. nickkoumalatsos.com [https://www.nickkoumalatsos.com/]

Ntina Skoteiniadis of Meltémi Yogurt

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! meltemiyogurt.com [https://meltemiyogurt.com/]