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News, commentary and interviews about the World, Europe and Greece. Analysis of current events laced with thought provoking commentary on issues facing Greece and the U.S., gives listeners a unique perspective and practical point of view. The podcast is an entertaining fusion of news, interviews, geopolitics, personal finance, lessons from Greece’s classical heritage and American pop culture. Stamatis N. Astra is co-host of Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM, a 70 year old Greek American program serving the community of Boston New England and is the beacon for Hellenic culture, language and music.

Stamatis N. Astra


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    Daily Global News - SUN OCT 26th - 10% more tariffs on Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 10:28


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump slaps 10% extra tariff on Canada over Reagan trade ad - U.S. and China reach an early consensus in ‘successful' trade talks-Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris-

    Daily Global News - FRI OCT 24th - Trump stop trade talk with Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 10:46


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump stops trade negotiations with Canada, pointing to an advertisement that features Ronald Reagan - FBI NBA gambling probe - Inflation rate hit 3.0% in September, lower than expected

    Daily Global News - THU OCT 23rd - Trump sanctions Russian oil

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 10:22


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump administration has lifted a key restriction on Ukraine's use of some long-range missiles and sanctioned Russian oil - Britain's King Charles and Pope Leo prayed together - NBA coach Chauncey Billups, player Terry Rozier arrested in gambling probes

    Daily Global News - WED OCT 22nd - Trump cancels Putin meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 10:13


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Russia and Ukraine escalate attacks and Trump cancels Putin "wasted meeting" - US increased pressure on Hamas to disarm 

    Daily Global News - TUE OCT 21st - VP Vance in Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 11:08


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Sanae Takaichi is elected Japan's first female prime minister - Court rules Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland - Shutdown stalemate enters its 21st day - Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence

    Daily Global News - SUN OCT 19th - 7 min heist into Louvre Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 9:16


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum and made off with priceless jewels in a brazen, seven-minute heist - Israeli military launches attacks on Gaza, ceasefire under strain - Healthcare subsidies in jeopardy cause shutdown impasse

    Daily Global News - FRI OCT 17th - Trump focuses on Ukraine Russia War

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 10:18


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Zelensky to meet with Trump to discuss Tomahawk missiles - Trump to meet Putin in Hungary, following phone call - John Bolton facing criminal charges - Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa had NYC mayoral debate

    Daily Global News - THU OCT 16th - CIA in Venezuela

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 9:12


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump has authorized CIA to conduct covert action in Venezuela - Hamas has returned only 9 of the 28 deceased hostages to Israel - Judge stops Trump firing 4,000 Federal workers during shutdown

    Daily Global News - WED OCT 15th - Hamas quashing Rivals

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 9:50


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Aid trucks rolled into Gaza and Israel resumed preparations to open Rafah - Hamas Fights and public executions are striking fear in Gaza - France sacrifice retirement reform for political stability

    Daily Global News - TUE OCT 14th - Next steps for Peace in Israel and Gaza

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 10:30


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - All 20 living Israeli hostages are free and thousands of Palestinian detainees - Next, Trump is ramping up pressure on Russia - SpaceX's Starship megarocket completed an hour-long test flight -

    Daily Global News - SUN OCT 12th - Hamas ready to release 20 Hostages

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 10:10


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hamas said it has 20 living Israeli hostages in hand and is ready to begin releasing them - Trump to visit Israel and Egypt tomorrow - China doubles down on rare earth export - Trump-Xi meeting hangs in balance

    Daily Global News - FRI OCT 10th - Cease-fire in Gaza in effect

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 9:44


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel's military pulled back, hostages to be released in next 48 hrs - Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to María Corina Machado NOT Trump - Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, was indicted 

    Daily Global News - WED OCT 8th - "Progress" in Israel Hamas talks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 9:02


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Negotiations in Egypt to finalize a deal between Israel Hamas - Gold is over $4,000 - French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu trying to reach budget deal

    Daily Global News - SUN OCT 5th - Hope for Hostages in Gaza

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 9:30


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Netanyahu says he hopes to announce hostage release in the 'coming days' - Five killed in large Russian missile and drone attack, Zelensky says - Trump authorises deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago

    Daily Global News - FRI OCT 3rd - Health care in spotlight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 7:46


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump and Democrats try to win messaging over Health Care and Government Shutdown - A massive fire broke out Thursday night at a Chevron refinery in CA - Israeli soldiers boarded in 40 ships that were attempting to break a naval blockade to deliver aid to Gaza

    Daily Global News - THU OCT 2nd - Impasse in DC, layoffs imminent

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 11:15


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump is targeting Democratic priorities during the shutdown - Israel intercepts 39 aid boats headed for Gaza - Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack

    Daily Global News - WED OCT 1st - US Government shuts down

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 11:10


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US Government shuts down after six years; deadlocked Congress failed to pass funding - TrumpRx “most favored nation” deals save Americans money in drugs - Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are laying out a new vision for the US military - Hamas still not accepted Peace deal

    Daily Global News - THU SEP 25th - Sarkozy will go to jail

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 9:05


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Former French President Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term- A gunman, who wrote "ANTI-ICE" on an unused bullet open fire in Dallas facility- Cyberattacks in Denmark Airport

    Daily Global News - WED SEP 24th - Trump Scolds UN

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 10:25


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump said "Your countries are going to hell." a raw, wide-ranging UN speech - In a shift Trump says Ukraine can win war - Jimmy Kimmel is back

    Daily Global News - TUE SEP 23rd - In UN France recognizes Palestinian State

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 10:24


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump links autism to Tylenol despite evidence it's safe - France declared its recognition of a Palestinian state during a summit at the UN - Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI 

    Daily Global News - SUN SEP 21st - H1-B visa confusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 9:36


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump announcement of a $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visa applications caused widespread confusion, fee will NOT apply to existing holders - Charlie Kirk memorial 100k mourners expected - UK to recognizes Palestinian State

    Daily Global News - FRI SEP 19th

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 10:07


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Kimmel's suspension is praised by Trump as he  wants to punish critical broadcasters, - RFK Jr advisers vote to split combo MMRV shot for children under 4 - Nvidia takes a $5 billion stake in Intel

    Local Melrose Politics - A talk with Dionysios Kaskarelis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 19:09


    Dionysios Kaskarelis explains why he is running for local office in Melrose, MA and his plan to balance its finances.

    Daily Global News - THU SEP 18th - ABC Cancels Jimmy Kimmel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 10:34


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -  Jimmy Kimmel Live is off air after remarks about Kirk - Starmer and Trump discuss foreign affairs and investment -  Robert F Kennedy Jr. is remaking vaccine policies - Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact

    Daily Global News - WED SEP 17th - Trump in UK

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 8:05


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump arrives in Britain - Israel opens a new route out of Gaza City - Wall Street are expecting a Fed rate cut today.

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    Daily Global News - TUE SEP 16th - "Gaza is burning" says IDF

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 11:22


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel launches biggest ground assault in Gaza -TikTok will continue in US, Ellison's Oracle may be investor-Kash Patel is defending FBI's work in the investigation of Kirk's killer -U.S. attacked a second boat allegedly transporting drugs from Venezuela.

    Daily Global News - SUN SEP 14th - Political Violence in US

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 9:55


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Polarized society across America, Charlie Kirk's killing has set off a wave of intense conversations - Charlie Kirk's Death Unites a Global Right That Sees Its Movement Under Siege - US, Chinese officials hold talks in Spain on trade irritants, TikTok deadline

    Daily Global News - FRI SEPT 12th - Suspect of Kirk's shooting in custody

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 11:21


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump Says Person Is in Custody in Connection With Kirk Shooting - Kirk's death prompts shock, grief across Gen Z ideological lines - Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after coup plot conviction

    Daily Global News - THU SEP 11th - Conservative Star Killed

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 9:49


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA and an ally of President Donald Trump, was killed a manhunt is underway for the shooter - 24 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which forever changed the world - Qatar bombing tests the limits of the Trump-Netanyahu alliance

    Daily Global News - WED SEP 10th - Poland shoots down Russian Drones

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 11:03


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Poland, a NATO member, has shot down Russian drones which entered its airspace - Israel targeted Hamas leaders in an unprecedented attack on Qatar - Soldiers guarded Nepal's parliament- France's "Block Everything"movement is angry at the political class and planned budget cuts

    Daily Global News - TUE SEP 9th - Job Oppening: French Prime Minister

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 11:16


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Macron is seeking his 5th prime minister in less than two years - Israel ordered Gaza City residents to evacuate - Nepal's prime minister has resigned - Apple is bringing iPhone Air

    Daily Global News - SUN SEPT 7th - Japan's Prime Minister Resigss

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 10:42


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Japan PM Ishiba resigns after bruising election losses - Trump said he would deploy federal troops to Chicago to conduct mass deportations - South Korea has finished talks with US to release Korean workers

    Daily Global News - FRI AUG 5th - Weak US Job Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 9:12


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -Putin said that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack - US senators pit Kennedy against Trump on vaccine policy - US job growth weakened sharply in August; unemployment rate rises to 4.3%

    Daily Global News - THU AUG 4th - Trump's tariffs to Supreme Court

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 10:42


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM Harvard wins landmark victory to restore funding- Lisbon mourns the victims of a cable car crash-Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates

    Daily Global News - WED SEP 3rd - China shows off to West in military parade

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 9:44


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un stood together projecting an image of authoritarian strength - US military kills 11 people in a strike on a drug vessel from Venezuela - Google wins anti-trust case

    Daily Global News - TUE SEP 2nd - In Chine The 'Axis of Upheaval'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 10:25


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - China's President Xi Jinping shows his diplomatic force vs West force in an 'Axis of Upheaval.' - In Afghanistan Taliban asks for help after deadly earthquake - Trump demands answers about the Covid-19 vaccines 

    Daily Global News - SUN AUG 31st - Labor Day Weekend & consumer confidence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 9:35


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - America's middle class is feeling more squeezed - Houthi government confirmed that Prime Minister Ahmed Ghalib al-Rahwi was killed in an Israeli airstrike - China and India pledge to be 'partners not rivals'

    Daily Global News - FRI AUG 29th - CDC & FED at the crosshairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 11:07


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Senate Republicans are raising questions over the abrupt firing of the head of CDC - FED firing will end up at SCOTUS - Thailand's prime minister sacked for ethics violation

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    Daily Global News - THU AUG 28th - White House fires CDC Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 10:35


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - White House fired the director of CDC, and several top officials resigned - Investigators are working to understand what may have motivated a shooter in Minneapolis-Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight drone and missile attack on Kyiv hitting EU building

    Daily Global News - WED AUG 27th - Trump vs. FED

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 9:14


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's Fed governor firing is headed to the courts - Trump's 50% tariffs on Indian imports - Danish accuses US of covert operations in Greenland - Prime Minister Francois Bayrou battles to save his minority government

    Daily Global News - TUE AUG 26th - Trump fires Fed's Governor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 10:34


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump is removing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for cause - French stocks slide as Paris government faces risk of collapse - Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists - South Korea's Lee dodges 'Zelenskiy moment' at high-stakes Trump summit

    Daily Global News - SUN AUG 24th - Fed's new framework rises DOW

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 9:42


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - FED moves to a new policy surging markets - Zelensky vows to continue fighting as Ukraine marks independence day - Israel pounds Gaza City suburbs, vows to press on with offensive

    Daily Global News - FRI AUG 22nd - Russia Ukraine Peace in doubts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 10:02


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Putin demands big concessions from Ukraine - Markets await Powell's Jackson Hole speech - Global hunger monitor says famine has struck Gaza - California legislature approved a redistricting plan

    Daily Global News - THU AUG 21st - Israel starts pressure on Gaza City

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 11:08


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hurricane Erin has caused water levels along the East Coast to rise - Israel is moving ahead with a military operation in Gaza City - Russia launches biggest wave of strikes on Ukraine for weeks

    Daily Global News - WED AUG 20th - Will Putin meet Zelenskyy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 10:28


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Putin must decide if he will meet face to face with Zelenskyy - Israel will begin calling up 60,000 reservists for duty as it proceeds with plans to take over Gaza City - Japan thinks about its nuclear options

    Daily Global News - TUE AUG 19th - US offers Ukraine security

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 10:01


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -  Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the US would help guarantee Ukraine's security - Next step Putin to meet Zelenskyy - Hamas has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire proposal with Israel

    Daily Global News - SUN AUG 17th - Alaska Summit Fallout

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 9:39


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Ukraine and allies left scrambling as Trump shifts toward Putin after Alaska summit - EU & Zelensky to meet Trump in White House tomorrow - Putin returned to Moscow with an air of triumph, wants to restore old Russia glory - Hamas rejects Israel's Gaza relocation plan

    Daily Global News - THU AUG 14th - World is Preparing for Alaska Summit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 10:34


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - European leaders urged Trump not to make a unilateral Ukraine peace deal - Trump wants to extend federal control over Washington police - Israeli approved plans for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem from West Bank - July's wholesale inflation is much hotter than expected

    Daily Global News - WED AUG 13th - Zelenskiy heads to Berlin for meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 9:53


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Feds take over DC Police - The Putin Trump Alaska summit will be at  Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson - Hamas' chief negotiator held talks with Egyptian mediators over a potential ceasefire in Gaza

    Daily Global News - TUE AUG 12th - Trump takes over DC

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 10:27


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Inflation is steady at 2.7% in July - Trump takes over DC police in an extraordinary presidential power move - EU leaders say Ukraine should have the freedom to decide its future - US and China extend their tariff truce by a further 90 days

    Daily Global News - SUN Aug 10th - If you are not invited to dinner, you are in the menu

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025 9:18


    Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Ukraine's European allies say peace talks must include Kyiv - Israel's plan to expand its military operations into Gaza City has sparked international criticism, including from Israel's allies and hostage families - Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal

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