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-Wednesday morning, and America is leaving two theaters at once... The last troops out of Iraq today, 23 years after going in, with Iran already declaring victory in the streets of Tehran. At the White House, Trump handed the AI industry a handshake and called it regulation, choosing voluntary promises over legal accountability for the most powerful technology ever built. And tonight, the Red Sox face elimination in New York. Three stories, one morning, and in all three the question is the same — who is really in control?
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Wednesday morning, and America is leaving two theaters at once... The last troops out of Iraq today, 23 years after going in, with Iran already declaring victory in the streets of Tehran. At the White House, Trump handed the AI industry a handshake and called it regulation, choosing voluntary promises over legal accountability for the most powerful technology ever built. And tonight, the Red Sox face elimination in New York. Three stories, one morning, and in all three the question is the same — who is really in control?
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Tuesday morning, and the world woke up to three things it did not see coming... OpenAI killed its next AI model over safety fears. Trump rejected Iran's peace offer and oil hit levels not seen in decades. Greece beat Germany for the first time in history. And tonight, the Red Sox and Yankees decide who goes home and who goes further. Some Tuesdays carry the weight of a whole season
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Tuesday morning, and the world woke up to three things it did not see coming... OpenAI killed its next AI model over safety fears. Trump rejected Iran's peace offer and oil hit levels not seen in decades. Greece beat Germany for the first time in history. And tonight, the Red Sox and Yankees decide who goes home and who goes further. Some Tuesdays carry the weight of a whole season
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Sunday morning, and the world is holding its breath in four directions at once... Trump rejected Iran's ceasefire offer, not because the deal was bad, but because he believes pressure is working and November gives him leverage. Athens is burying six people, four of them American, killed by a gas explosion in the oldest neighborhood in the city. Greece faces Germany today carrying the confidence of Belgrade. And the Red Sox close the regular season one series away from the Yankees.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Sunday morning, and the world is holding its breath in four directions at once... Trump rejected Iran's ceasefire offer, not because the deal was bad, but because he believes pressure is working and November gives him leverage. Athens is burying six people, four of them American, killed by a gas explosion in the oldest neighborhood in the city. Greece faces Germany today carrying the confidence of Belgrade. And the Red Sox close the regular season one series away from the Yankees.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Friday morning, and the world's two most powerful men met for two days and left with a two month extension... not a deal, a delay. Mitsotakis stood at the UN and told the world Greece builds bridges, not crises, sending Ankara a message wrapped in diplomatic silk. And the Greek national team went to Belgrade, went down a goal, and came back to win in the 94th minute. Some weeks you earn the weekend.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Friday morning, and the world's two most powerful men met for two days and left with a two month extension... not a deal, a delay. Mitsotakis stood at the UN and told the world Greece builds bridges, not crises, sending Ankara a message wrapped in diplomatic silk. And the Greek national team went to Belgrade, went down a goal, and came back to win in the 94th minute. Some weeks you earn the weekend.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Thursday morning, and the two most powerful men in the world sit down together for the first time in eleven years... Trump and Xi, face to face at Joint Base Andrews, with Iran, trade, and the future of artificial intelligence all on the table. On the same day, Mitsotakis stands at the UN podium while Cyprus accuses Erdogan of hypocrisy on the same stage. And tonight, Olympiacos opens its EuroLeague title defense on the road. A day when history is being made at every table, and Greece has a seat at most of them
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Thursday morning, and the two most powerful men in the world sit down together for the first time in eleven years... Trump and Xi, face to face at Joint Base Andrews, with Iran, trade, and the future of artificial intelligence all on the table. On the same day, Mitsotakis stands at the UN podium while Cyprus accuses Erdogan of hypocrisy on the same stage. And tonight, Olympiacos opens its EuroLeague title defense on the road. A day when history is being made at every table, and Greece has a seat at most of them
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Wednesday morning, and two men stood at the same podium to threaten each other in front of the world... Trump told the UN he could annihilate Iran and drive it into hell. Iran told the UN it no longer trusts the negotiating table. And the Nasdaq closed at a record high, because markets have decided this is noise, not war. Someone is very wrong about that
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Wednesday morning, and two men stood at the same podium to threaten each other in front of the world... Trump told the UN he could annihilate Iran and drive it into hell. Iran told the UN it no longer trusts the negotiating table. And the Nasdaq closed at a record high, because markets have decided this is noise, not war. Someone is very wrong about that
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM- Tuesday morning, and diplomacy is doing what missiles could not... Iran's President is heading to the UN to talk, and Wall Street rallied just on the hope of it. Mitsotakis is in New York too, threading AI diplomacy between Greek-Turkish tensions that never fully sleep.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM- Tuesday morning, and diplomacy is doing what missiles could not... Iran's President is heading to the UN to talk, and Wall Street rallied just on the hope of it. Mitsotakis is in New York too, threading AI diplomacy between Greek-Turkish tensions that never fully sleep.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Sunday morning, and America is moving in two directions at once... Trump just created an AI Force and named an AI czar, rejecting the very slowdown his own industry begged for. And quietly, Washington signed a security deal over Greenland, getting what it wanted without the war it threatened. Meanwhile Turkey sent Greece another warning about the Aegean, the kind of warning that arrives in the night and asks for a response by morning.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Sunday morning, and America is moving in two directions at once... Trump just created an AI Force and named an AI czar, rejecting the very slowdown his own industry begged for. And quietly, Washington signed a security deal over Greenland, getting what it wanted without the war it threatened. Meanwhile Turkey sent Greece another warning about the Aegean, the kind of warning that arrives in the night and asks for a response by morning.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM- Friday morning, and the week is ending better than it started- Oil eased, and Wall Street bounced back 500 points. Saudi Arabia's alternate pipeline is nearly restored, and for one morning the Iran war felt a little further away. OFI won its first main stage European match in twenty-five years last nigh
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM- Friday morning, and the week is ending better than it started- Oil eased, and Wall Street bounced back 500 points. Saudi Arabia's alternate pipeline is nearly restored, and for one morning the Iran war felt a little further away. OFI won its first main stage European match in twenty-five years last nigh
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM- The Fed raised rates for the first time in three years. The Dow dropped 631 points. Trump called his own Fed governors 'very hostile' and accused the EU of a hostile act for inviting Canada in. And in the middle of all that — Olympiacos won in Europe, and OFI Crete steps onto a European stage for the first time in twenty-five years. Thursday morning — American politics is loud, and Greek football is quietly making history.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM- The Fed raised rates for the first time in three years. The Dow dropped 631 points. Trump called his own Fed governors 'very hostile' and accused the EU of a hostile act for inviting Canada in. And in the middle of all that — Olympiacos won in Europe, and OFI Crete steps onto a European stage for the first time in twenty-five years. Thursday morning — American politics is loud, and Greek football is quietly making history.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-The Fed raises rates this afternoon for the first time in three years — and markets are 95% certain it is coming. The House voted overnight to end the Iran war, 220 to 204. EU wants Canada to join - Wednesday morning, and the most expensive day of the year just got started
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-The Fed raises rates this afternoon for the first time in three years — and markets are 95% certain it is coming. The House voted overnight to end the Iran war, 220 to 204. EU wants Canada to join - Wednesday morning, and the most expensive day of the year just got started
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Oil is at $107. The 10-year Treasury yield just hit levels not seen since before the financial crisis. The diplomatic meeting meant to stop all of this was called off. Tomorrow the Fed makes the most important rate decision in years — and the world handed them the worst possible morning to do it.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Oil is at $107. The 10-year Treasury yield just hit levels not seen since before the financial crisis. The diplomatic meeting meant to stop all of this was called off. Tomorrow the Fed makes the most important rate decision in years — and the world handed them the worst possible morning to do it.
Chris Pappas is running for US Senate in NH, and talks candidly about Greece, Turkey and US relations.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Sunday morning — and the world is moving faster than anyone is comfortable with-The men building artificial intelligence are asking us to slow down — and for once, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Anthropic's own CEO all agree. The Houthis now control Yemen's entire Red Sea coastline. Mitsotakis stood on Kastellorizo and sent Ankara a message with no diplomatic language. And the death of Mazonakis is now a criminal investigation.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Sunday morning — and the world is moving faster than anyone is comfortable with-The men building artificial intelligence are asking us to slow down — and for once, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Anthropic's own CEO all agree. The Houthis now control Yemen's entire Red Sea coastline. Mitsotakis stood on Kastellorizo and sent Ankara a message with no diplomatic language. And the death of Mazonakis is now a criminal investigation.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Trump is promising Americans $5,000. Greece is mourning Mazonakis at 54. Olympiakos fired the man who gave them Europe — in the middle of the night. And the Patriots opened their season with a disaster in Seattle. Thursday morning, and nothing went the way anyone expected
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Trump is promising Americans $5,000. Greece is mourning Mazonakis at 54. Olympiakos fired the man who gave them Europe — in the middle of the night. And the Patriots opened their season with a disaster in Seattle. Thursday morning, and nothing went the way anyone expected
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Oil is climbing toward $100 as the war spreads beyond Hormuz into Saudi Arabia itself. Greece is about to name its first astronaut in Paris. NFL opening day with a Super Bowl redo, and AEK won a Champions League match for the first time in twenty years.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Oil is climbing toward $100 as the war spreads beyond Hormuz into Saudi Arabia itself. Greece is about to name its first astronaut in Paris. NFL opening day with a Super Bowl redo, and AEK won a Champions League match for the first time in twenty years.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM- Iran is drawing a new line in the water — and oil is already at $99. Greece, Egypt, and Cyprus are rewriting the map of the Eastern Mediterranean in Cairo. And the Red Sox have won five straight, because some things still make sense.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM- Iran is drawing a new line in the water — and oil is already at $99. Greece, Egypt, and Cyprus are rewriting the map of the Eastern Mediterranean in Cairo. And the Red Sox have won five straight, because some things still make sense.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Greece buried two of its pilots this weekend. The same weekend its Prime Minister stood in Thessaloniki and promised billions for the future. A jobs report too strong for Wall Street's comfort sent stocks lower. And the Red Sox keep winning in Baltimore. Sunday morning — and the distance between grief and ambition has never felt smaller
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Greece buried two of its pilots this weekend. The same weekend its Prime Minister stood in Thessaloniki and promised billions for the future. A jobs report too strong for Wall Street's comfort sent stocks lower. And the Red Sox keep winning in Baltimore. Sunday morning — and the distance between grief and ambition has never felt smaller
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM.- VP Vance says it wasn't a wedding. Tehran says four are dead. Wall Street doesn't care — it rallied anyway. And in Baltimore, the Red Sox won. Friday morning, and the world is exactly as complicated as you left it.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM.- VP Vance says it wasn't a wedding. Tehran says four are dead. Wall Street doesn't care — it rallied anyway. And in Baltimore, the Red Sox won. Friday morning, and the world is exactly as complicated as you left it.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Wall Street bounced back. Iran fired again — this time after a U.S. strike hit a wedding. And in Thessaloniki, Greece is quietly deciding what it wants to be in 2027. Three stories, one morning, and none of them simple.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Wall Street bounced back. Iran fired again — this time after a U.S. strike hit a wedding. And in Thessaloniki, Greece is quietly deciding what it wants to be in 2027. Three stories, one morning, and none of them simple.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM. Russia plants a bomb at a NATO hub. The U.S. strikes Iran again. Oil surges, Wall Street drops. And somewhere in Seattle, the Red Sox are playing baseball — because the world keeps spinning, even when it shouldn't.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM. Russia plants a bomb at a NATO hub. The U.S. strikes Iran again. Oil surges, Wall Street drops. And somewhere in Seattle, the Red Sox are playing baseball — because the world keeps spinning, even when it shouldn't.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM. The ceasefire's quiet month is over, the US and Iran traded fire for the first time in weeks over the weekend. Greece and Israel signed a $3.5 billion defense deal in Tel Aviv Monday, the largest of its kind in Israeli history. Oil jumped, stocks fell, and the Red Sox needed a wild finish just to beat Seattle.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM. The ceasefire's quiet month is over, the US and Iran traded fire for the first time in weeks over the weekend. Greece and Israel signed a $3.5 billion defense deal in Tel Aviv Monday, the largest of its kind in Israeli history. Oil jumped, stocks fell, and the Red Sox needed a wild finish just to beat Seattle.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM. Trump has struck what he's calling the biggest oil deal in world history with Venezuela, and Nepal's death toll from last week's flash floods has climbed past six hundred. The Red Sox close out a bruising series in the Bronx today, and NFL rosters get trimmed to fifty-three by six o'clock tonight.
Trump has struck what he's calling the biggest oil deal in world history with Venezuela, and Nepal's death toll from last week's flash floods has climbed past six hundred. The Red Sox close out a bruising series in the Bronx today, and NFL rosters get trimmed to fifty-three by six o'clock tonight.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM. Washington has shifted from bombs to blockades, US - Canada trade talks collapse. Turkey has declared two new marine parks stretching deep into disputed Aegean waters
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM. Washington has shifted from bombs to blockades, US - Canada trade talks collapse. Turkey has declared two new marine parks stretching deep into disputed Aegean waters
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Trump says he'll declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory "pretty soon," and Iran rejects the claim outright.-Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 51-Russia attacks Kyiv overnight
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Trump says he'll declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory "pretty soon," and Iran rejects the claim outright.-Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 51-Russia attacks Kyiv overnight
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact-Iran issued sweeping new demands to reopen Hormuz-All three Greek soccer teams played to first-leg deadlocks in Europe this week, but no one won.
Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact-Iran issued sweeping new demands to reopen Hormuz-All three Greek soccer teams played to first-leg deadlocks in Europe this week, but no one won.
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