Pame Yia Kafe

As part of his work, statistician John Marinopoulos has spent a lot of time tracking and modelling the COVID pandemic, and has some disheartening predictions for the current Sydney outbreak. We also discuss how his numbers help governments and the private sector plan for the long-term future.

George Petrou is an artist who has recently released a book called 'The Art Of Sacrifice', featuring Australian war stories from across the last century, along with his amazing portraiture. The book is available from www.georgepetrou.com.au and all proceeds from sales go to veterans' charities.

"We must change the way we live and work." Join us to hear Professor Alex Christou share with us how mental health and wellbeing in the workplace have become a primary focus for organisations around the world. His work with Monash University and Thrive Global alongside Arianna Huffington has given Alex a razor-sharp focus on the power of a holistic view of work and life. COVID isolation has certainly accelerated the need to address expectations of success in the workplace. Alex shares some great insights that we could all heed.

The show is called Pame Yia Kafe (GrEnglish for Let's Go For Coffee) but strangely, we've never had a decent chat about coffee! It's time to pout an end to that, with Peter Patisteas from Grifiths Bros. Coffee Roasters, who gave us the lay of the land on family, history and coffee!

Hear from Mary Sophou from Pronia on the impact of COVID on Melbourne's Greek community and what services Pronia offers to assist.

Join us as we hear from ex-serviceman Terry Kanellos OAM about his life in the military and the importance of remembrance, and social worker Andronicki Pillios on the impact of the COVID pandemic on families and children.

This week we hear from clinical neuropsychologist Matt Staios on how his clients survived COVID and what he thinks the ongoing legacies of the pandemic will be. And we learn from Jenny Katrivesis what it takes to run a successful business with your siblings!

Meet Stella Avramopoulos, CEO of Good Shepherd Australia & New Zealand, and Nick Bourdaniotis, photographer of an upcoming exhibition featuring the Evzones, Greece's Presidential Guard.

Interviewed today is perennial entrepreneur Kostas Nikolouzakis sharing with us some very insightful gems of advice for people starting out in their careers and wanting to start their own business. We hear from Stephanie Giannis who has been on a growth journey where she now offers key note speaking engagements, growth strategies for entrepreneurs and many other insights of business success.

Interview with Stephen Nikols and Sonia Kokkalos discussing their business in providing HR services to small to medium businesses in Australia

Callum shares with us his recent trip to Greece and his love of Crete, especially Chania. Alex Ninis talks to us about his trip to Rhodes for a legal conference that he recently attended.

Hear from the one and only Paul Nicolaou, (13:20) Business Leaders Council (Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry) .. Paul is a high level connector in business in Australia and shares with us some of the goings on within the Chamber and in Business.

On the program we hear from Personal Branding specialist Mary Henderson (Pateras)(06:35) - " Know thy self | what do you stand for " how to stand out from the crowd and understanding who you are in your natural state. Fotini Katsaneras (24:50) - hear from a working psychic working with people with her insights

"Athenian Democracy and the Socratic method of communication" A very insightful interview with Nicholas Gruen, Lateral Economics talk to us in depth about the fundamentals of Athenian Democracy and how this approach to decision making could make such a big difference to our society today. Christopher Gribbin, Public speaker, ancient Greek and Roman historian, summer school teacher and co-ordinator, tour leader, researcher and writer taking us through the fundamentals of the Socratic Method of communication.

On the program Leonard Janiszewski with Effy Alexakis, (04:50) talking about their current seminar series on greek culture. Justice Emilios Kyrou, (25:00) is a judge of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, in the Australian state of Victoria. Sharing his revised book " Handy hints on legal practice " Stella Pappas (44:30), business owner and community contributor talks to us about her Philanthropic exploits.

On the program our resident Commerce guru Jim Karakoussis shares with us how the 2018 federal budget will impact us and also gives us a great insight into why and how younger people should embark on a commerce degree.

On the program Alex Andreas (09:50) (formerly Alex Tsitsopoulos) who is an Australian actor known for his roles in television, film and theatre. His recent credits include 'George Stathopoulos' in the crime comedy-drama My Life is Murder and 'Lev Nuyland' in the Netflix series Tidelands.[1] We are also joined by Peter Filopoulos (27:30) who has just been appointed as CEO, Football Victoria, and is a Board Member of Vicsport

On the program Manny Anthoulas - Cybersecurity @ Ernst & Young shares with us the goings on with securing your information as a business. In a growing world of digital information and our reliance on privacy and software platforms Manny shares with us insights and strategies we should all be looking out for day to day.

On the program, The Hon John Pandazopoulos (10:10) shares with us his new interests in Hellenic Power and how it is helping businesses with getting the best electricity prices. Elly Symons (35:35) joins us on the program and gives us an update on what is happening with getting the Parthenon marbles back from the British Museum.

On the program Peter Abraam sharing his long career in business and sport after having recently returned from Abu Dabi after having working overseas for 10 years.

Interviewed on the program is Theo Zographos Councelor at City of Monash and Stephen Birrell. Stephen studied and became a Greek Orthodox in his early 20's whilst serving in the RAAF.

Steven Kiritsis talking with us during Anzac Day week once again. Always an insightful chat with Steven. He shares with us what it meant to serve in Vietnam and what it was like to return home after the war.

Interview with Chris Dolkas (15:55) from RND Lawyers giving us some great insights into entering into the legal fraternity and we hear from Elizabeth Exintaris (34:10) from the Greek Floridian Choir.

Interview in the studio (24:17) with Greek/Canadian Comedian Angelo Tsarouchas also performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and we hear the latest news and important initiatives from Victoria Kyriakopoulos, (06:34) from The Hellenic Initiative THI Victoria

Interview with Nick Dallas, National Sales Manager for McGraw-Hill and Sub-convenor of the Education Committee which overseas the running of the various Greek language programs in Victoria. He is also a Convenor of the History & Culture Public Seminar series. Nick shares with us his various travel stories having visited over 100 cities and countries during his time and what travel has meant for him. Interview starts at 22:40

Interview with Steven Kyritsis, President of Victoria’s RSL Hellenic sub-branch introducing us to his new book "The armed Forces"

On the show Jim Giamarelos and Amanda Lynn who have recently been recognised with a number of Design Awards at the Design Matters Building Design Awards Gala Event. Also joining us on the program are Identical twins Bec & Marissa who are Social Media Marketers as well as Fashion & Lifestyle influencers based in Melbourne, Australia. Looking forward to hearing their story as a whole new market opportunity for influencers is taking the world by storm.

Sophia Stefanos shares with us her family's story of migration from Greece to Canada to Australia, her involvement in SchoolYardStories and the impact that is having on literacy for primary school students and how she supports the Soccer programs at Caulfield Grammar School.

Interview with Andronicki Pillios, High Risk Youth Coordinator West at Department of Health & Human Services, Victoria

Hear from executive leader Pelagia Markogiannakis, HR specialist Maria Hampouris, and Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg!

John Kallitsas – Managing Director – Salary Masters and newest HACCI Board Member Kyriakos Gold and Sophia Fatouros – JustGold Productions and most recent HACCI Partner

Hear from Nikos Katinakis, Telstra GM Networks & IT on his journey from Greece to Australia, his experience working in India and the future endeavors of Telstra under his helm. " early in my career i took on projects that no one else wanted to take on. if i failed, i met expectations. if i succeeded i would blow expectations out of the water - when your younger yo have less to lose when taking on bigger risks, say yes to what others are not prepared to do "