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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dionysios Kaskarelis explains why he is running for local office in Melrose, MA and his plan to balance its finances.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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%
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel's political-security cabinet approves a plan to take control of Gaza City - Vice President JD Vance kicked off a trip in the UK - Trump is calling for big changes to the US census
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump could meet Putin as soon as next week to discuss cease fire - Trump's new tariffs are now in effect new average tariff is 155 from 3% - 100% tariffs on all chips but with many exemptions
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Witkoff held talks with Putin in Russia as he is unwilling to bow to a sanctions ultimatum - Israel's security cabinet considers next steps in Gaza Occupation - Musk and the Indian government in court over content regulation
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Texas House moves to allow civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled state - Brazil's Supreme Court put Bolsonaro under house arrest - Netanyahu is reportedly leaning towards expanding military operations in Gaza
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Six more die of hunger in Gaza, Hamas released shocking video of starving hostages - The number of Americans unemployed for at least six months topped 1.8 million - Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - A lone shooter killed four people in Manhattan, another killed 3 in Reno - Gaza Strip is experiencing famine conditions - Trump won the trade war & US and China resume talks in Stockholm-Thailand and Cambodia held peace talks
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's tax-cut and spending bill returns to the US House of Representatives, as party leaders try to overcome internal divisions - U.S. has stopped the delivery of key weapons intended for Ukraine - Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit with Trump over a “60 Minutes” Kamala Harris interview
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Senate Republicans are voting to pass Trump's bill BBB - Trump suggests DOGE look at Musk's company subsidies - Europe is hit by an early heatwave
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Congo and Rwanda sign a US-mediated peace deal aimed at ending decades of bloody conflict - Supreme Court hands Trump major win, limits judges' ability to block birthright citizenship order nationwide - Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill' clears key Senate hurdle after high drama
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hamas is battling to survive; Iran is looking for a US deal, Saudi and Israel could finally agree - US, Republicans struggle to rewrite the BBB tax bill - US China confirm trade deal - SCOTUS expected to rule on birthright citizenship - RFK Jr Vaccine panel backs preservative-free shot despite safety evidence
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - NATO summit appeased Trump with Europe committing to 5% defense spending - Pentagon Offers Details of Planning and Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites - Zohran Mamdani's unexpected upset in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary exhilarated progressive activists
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US bombs did not destroy Iran's nuclear sites, early intel suggests, Trump says "this was COMPLETE & TOTAL OBLITERATION" - NATO commits to higher spending and collective defense - Zohran Mamdani progressive democrat, declared victory in the New York City primary
How big was the damage, and why it does not matter - Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump Scolds Israel, Iran as Cease-Fire is back on again - Both countries have - Trump says he doesn't want to see regime change in Iran