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 - Open at noon. Closed by evening. Tankers fired upon by dawn. This is not diplomacy — this is aporia in its rawest form. Genuine deadlock. - Pope says 'tyrants' speech was not aimed at Trump

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Open at noon. Closed by evening. Tankers fired upon by dawn. This is not diplomacy — this is aporia in its rawest form. Genuine deadlock. - Pope says 'tyrants' speech was not aimed at Trump

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - After the cease fire in Lebanon and Israel Iran declares Strait of Hormuz open and Dow futures rally - Pope decries 'handful of tyrants' ravaging the world.

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - After the cease fire in Lebanon and Israel Iran declares Strait of Hormuz open and Dow futures rally - Pope decries 'handful of tyrants' ravaging the world.

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hopes for a deal to end the Iran war grow and markets hit record highs - Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv - Ticketmaster lost jury trial for event tickets fees

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hopes for a deal to end the Iran war grow and markets hit record highs - Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv - Ticketmaster lost jury trial for event tickets fees

An interview with Pavlos Yeroulanos talking about the Benaki Museum, geopolitics and the pathogens of Greek politics…. Is anything going to change?

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US and Iran will resume war talks despite port blockade - Trump deleted an image he shared on social media that depicted him as Jesus Christ after it sparked backlash

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US and Iran will resume war talks despite port blockade - Trump deleted an image he shared on social media that depicted him as Jesus Christ after it sparked backlash

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - The US-Iran ceasefire is under strain ahead of talks with Israel attacking Lebanon, and shippers still have troubles crossing Hormuz - Putin announces an Orthodox Easter ceasefire

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - The US-Iran ceasefire is under strain ahead of talks with Israel attacking Lebanon, and shippers still have troubles crossing Hormuz - Putin announces an Orthodox Easter ceasefire

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - The ceasefire — fragile, contested, and holding — barely - Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon - The Markets Wednesday priced in hope. Thursday is pricing in reality. Watch Islamabad Saturday - Artemis II on its way back to earth

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - The ceasefire — fragile, contested, and holding — barely - Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon - The Markets Wednesday priced in hope. Thursday is pricing in reality. Watch Islamabad Saturday - Artemis II on its way back to earth

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire with thereopening of the Strait of Hormuz - Both sides are claiming victory. Both sides are right — and both are wrong - Greece will ban access to social media for children under the age of 15

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -Trump has given a deadline of 8 p.m. ET for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. conducted more than 50 strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island - Artemis II astronauts are headed back to Earth after venturing farther from the planet than any humans have ever gone

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -Trump has given a deadline of 8 p.m. ET for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. conducted more than 50 strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island - Artemis II astronauts are headed back to Earth after venturing farther from the planet than any humans have ever gone

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - In one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in US History US rescued Airman - Artemis II astronauts take stunning shots of Earth as they make their way to the moon

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - In one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in US History US rescued Airman - Artemis II astronauts take stunning shots of Earth as they make their way to the moon

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Pam Bondi fired, can not overcome Epstein debacle -Artemis II missionNASA is now on course for the moon - US strikes on the bridge between Tehran and Karaj in Iran

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Pam Bondi fired, can not overcome Epstein debacle -Artemis II missionNASA is now on course for the moon - US strikes on the bridge between Tehran and Karaj in Iran

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump said the war in Iran is "nearing completion," while also warning he could bomb the country "back to the stone ages"- Oil prices jumped and stocks slipped after Trump's remarks, no swift end to war- Artemis II launched to the moon

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump said the war in Iran is "nearing completion," while also warning he could bomb the country "back to the stone ages"- Oil prices jumped and stocks slipped after Trump's remarks, no swift end to war- Artemis II launched to the moon

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump to Address Nation today - Stock futures are higher to start the month as optimism around Iran war ending grows - Artemis II launch NASA rocket is being loaded with fuel for historic moon mission

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM with Ted Demetriades- Oil tanker off Dubai hit by Iran strike - Gas prices hit $4 - Trump Tells Aides He's Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz, sends stock futures higher

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Oil tanker off Dubai hit by Iran strike - Gas prices hit $4 - Trump Tells Aides He's Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz, sends stock futures higher.

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM with Ted Demetriades and Nikoleta Papadogianni- Yemen's Houthis Have Entered the Iran War either attack on Israel - 'No Kings' rallies pop up in thousands of US cities-Legendary Greek singer Marinella passed away at age 87

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Yemen's Houthis Have Entered the Iran War either attack on Israel - 'No Kings' rallies pop up in thousands of US cities-Legendary Greek singer Marinella passed away at age 87

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM with Ted Demetriades- Iranian official calls a US proposal to end the conflict 'unfair', while Trump says talks are going 'very well'. - Senate Approves Funding for DHS - SpaceX IPO set for 440 - $80 Billion unconventional raise

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Iranian official calls a US proposal to end the conflict 'unfair', while Trump says talks are going 'very well'. - Senate Approves Funding for DHS - SpaceX IPO set for 440 - $80 Billion unconventional raise

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - A 15 point peace plan, that Iran has rejected, high stakes diplomacy talks - Meta and YouTube were found liable on Wednesday in a landmark case over social media addiction

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - A 15 point peace plan, that Iran has rejected, high stakes diplomacy talks - Meta and YouTube were found liable on Wednesday in a landmark case over social media addiction

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Greece celebrates 205 years of independence- Trump gave a 15 point peace plan to Iran - Iran won't accept U.S. effort at ceasefire in war, state media reports

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's talk of negotiations, but Iran dismisses it - Oil is still at $100 - CE agents spotted at airports across the US-US Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin as homeland security chief

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump said that he would “obliterate” Iran's electricity plants - Trump to deploy ICE agents to airports-Dow and Nasdaq near correction

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel and Iran launch more attacks as war continues-Trump seeks $200 billion in new Pentagon funding for the war in Iran-Artemis II ready on a 10-day journey around the moon

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hegseth says potential $200 billion Iran war spending request could shift: ‘Takes money to kill bad guys' - US weighs military reinforcements at Iran war - Gulf states were attacked as Iran retaliated on Israel's attack South Pars gas field

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM-Israel Is Hunting Down Iranian Regime Members in Their Hideouts, One by One- Iran strikes Tel Aviv-Wholesale prices rose 0.7% in February, much more than expected and up 3.4% annually

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel says Iran's security chief, Ali Larijani, has been killed in a strike - Trump escalated his rhetoric against Cuba - Pakistan & Afghanistan escalate conflict

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - President Trump asserted Saturday that the U.S. military had "destroyed 100% of Iran's Military capability," - Israel launches 'wide-scale' strikes on Iran as Trump says US not ready to make deal to end war

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Four crew members killed after U.S. refueling plane crash in Iraq-Twin Terror Attacks Hit U.S. Homeland-Mojtaba Khamenei's First "Address": No Video, No Audio—Just a Still Photo and a Voice

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Oil tankers burn near Iraq as Iranian strikes defy Trump's claim to have won - U.S. ‘not ready' to escort oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz yet

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Three vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz - Iran clamps down on dissent-Britain's parliament has approved legislation to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hegseth says Tuesday ‘will be our most intense day of strikes' - Surging oil prices could wipe out benefits from Trump's ‘big beautiful bill' -Iran says it will not let any oil out of the Middle East until attacks end

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel strikes Oil facilities in Iran - Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won' - Gasoline, diesel prices rise in test for Trump and Republicans

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israeli Moving to ‘Next Phase' of Iran Campaign-Trump says there will be no deal with Iran except ‘unconditional surrender'-U.S. payrolls unexpectedly fell by 92,000 in February; unemployment rate rises to 4.4%

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena was sunk in the Indian Ocean - Khamenei's son Mojtaba is alive and favored to succeed - Lebanon is pulled deeper into the war

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - The Iran war enters a 4th day, global oil and gas costs surge as Iran vows to close the Strait of Hormuz, and stranded travelers wait out travel chaos - Pakistani and Afghan troops continue to fight

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it would deliver a painful retribution for the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with President Trump warning that such a retaliation would be met with a heavy response.

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - First time Pakistan attacks Taliban military facilities- Clinton testify at Epstein file inquiry - Anthropic & Pentagon at an impasse - Inflation hotter than expected, DOW down 1%

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Nvidia's stock sees only marginal gains after better-than-expected results - Iran promises flexibility at nuclear talks- Hillary Clinton set to testify today in Epstein probe

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump in State of the Union address "the golden age of America" - China and Germany want to deepen cooperation-Gates apologizes to Foundation staff over Epstein ties