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Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian Echoes
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…
Episodes
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - WED Mar 17th - No St. Patrick's Parade this year and Atlanta Spa Shootings
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Eight people were killed at three metro Atlanta spas in the span of about an hour…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - TUE Mar 16th - AstraZeneca vaccine temp shut dow & Immigration crisis for Biden
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. A growing number of European countries are temporarily halting the rollout of the…
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Scholarships, mentoring, networking for a better future- Hellenic Bioscientific Association of USA
The leadership team of Hellenic Bioscientific Association USA www.hbausa.org outlines its vision and programs of scholarships, mentoring and networking. Young…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - SUN Mar 14th - Daylight savings may be here to stay
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Clocks are turned forward by an hour this morning in exchange for a few months of extra…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - FRI Mar 12th - Biden sets goal of July 4th to get back to normal
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. President Biden directed all states to open vaccination opportunities to all adults by…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - THU Mar 11th - 1 year of Pandemic, we made it, but are we better off?
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. It’s been one year since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus to…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - WED Mar 10th - $1.9 Trillion is coming and the Palace is "saddened"
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package is expected to pass the House today. About…
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A startup with a social mission! It is not always about the stock options, Melina Taprantzi shows us the way
Melina Taprantzi founder of WiseGreece.com is a social entrepreneur with a successful model of a start-up non-profit organization with a double mission…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - TUE March 9th - CDC gives guidelines for vaccinated people & Prince Harry's interview rocks the Palace
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Fully vaccinated people can gather indoors in small groups without taking precautions…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - SUN March 7th - Stimulus bill passed & and the Pope in Iraq
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The Senate passed the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan. The House votes on the revised…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - FRI March 5th - $1,400 checks are coming
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Democrats are looking to pass the stimulus plan this weekend with their narrow Senate…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - THU March 4th - Stimulus talks, Capital Security & Myanmar
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Some state leaders are facing tough criticism for easing coronavirus restrictions…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - TUE March 2nd Sarkozy found guilty and vaccinated rates climb
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in prison for…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - SUN Feb 28th - J&J vaccine approved
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The Food and Drug Administration authorized Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine for…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - FRI Feb 26th - Stimulus, Coronavirus Vaccines and Syria air strikes
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. President Biden marked 50 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the US since he…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - THU Feb 24th - J&J vaccine approved & Stimulus Package
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The FDA says Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine meets the requirements for emergency…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - WED Feb 24th - Tiger Woods in a car accident & the FED Reserve says economic recovery not certain
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries in a car crash in Southern California and underwent…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - SUN Feb 21st - Texas is freezing and vaccinations climb
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Texas emerges from a deadly deep freeze, NASA's newest Mars rover is checking out its…
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Researching Covid Diagnostics and the effects of Long-Covid
Dr. Ioannis Prassas talks about his research on Covid diagnostics and the effects of Long Covid. He is a scientist in the Department of Pathology and…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - FRI Feb 19th - Mars landing and winter storm
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Perseverance, NASA's most advanced rover to date, has flawlessly landed itself on Mars…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - THU Feb 18th - Winter storm, coronavirus and immigration
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Texas has another day of misery ahead. A winter storm has severely strained power…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - TUE Feb 16th - Winter storm affects 200 M in US & Stimulus debate
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. It's colder out there than it has been in decades. About 200 million people remain under…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - SUN Feb 14th - Trump acquitted, McConnell blasts Trump after vote to acquit
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Donald Trump was acquitted of inciting the Capitol Hill riot. Mr. Trump called the…
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Early disease detection research and why Covid happened with Dr. Eleftherios Diamantis
Dr Eleftherios Diamantis, discusses research for early disease detection, working with post docs from Greece and his own view why Covid happened. He is…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - FRI Feb 12th - Trump's defense starts today and BBC is banned in China
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Trump’s defense team will step upand present its rebuttal, expected to finish by this…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - THU Feb 11th - The pandemic is in retreat in the US and house impeachment managers build their case
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The number of new coronavirus cases continues to plummet, as does the number of…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -WED Feb 10th - Senate continues Impeachment trial and 10% of US population is vaccinated
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The first day of former President Trump’s impeachment trial focused on the…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -Tue Feb 9th - 2nd Impeachment starts, stimulus and the GOAT
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The second impeachment trial of former President Trump begins today. March 14. That’s…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -SUN Feb 7th - Super Bowl Sunday and other news
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM.The biggest event in American sports comes down to a battle of the ages. Cautious…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - FRI Feb 5th - J&J vaccine, The Biden Dogma and US unemployment at 6.3%
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Payrolls barely grow to start 2021 even as the unemployment rate fell to 6.3% FDA will…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - The Feb 4th - Vaccines, GOP internal fight, Super Mario in Italy, Apple and Kia to make a car
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. More than 530,000 people in the US could die of Covid-19 by the end of this month, a new…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News - Wed Feb 3rd Impeachment legal brief, and Bezos "retirement"
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. House impeachment managers filed a brief charging former President Trump with being…
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Music events during the pandemic
Christos Vayenas, a musician and composer, as well as director of Autumn Salon (www.theautumnsalon.com) talks about how the pandemic has changed the music…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -Tue Feb 2nd - Happy Groundhog Day - Vaccines, Stimulus Packages and Myanmar
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Biden administration’s recent purchase of 200 million additional doses, the President…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -SUN Jan 31st - New rule on face masks goes into effect tomorrow
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. U.S. health officials are waiting to see if more contagious coronavirus variants upend…
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The hidden Watergate "Greek Connection"
Author James Barron talks about his book "The Greek Connection". A controversial journalist relentlessly battles for democracy, honor and survival against…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -FRI Jan 29th - J&J said its single dose vaccine is 66% effective
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. A global study of nearly 44,000 found that the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson &…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -THU Jan 28th - Good news as Virus cases are falling more sharply in the U.S. than at any previous point
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. New cases in the U.S. have fallen 35 percent over the past three weeks. Hospitalizations…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -TUE Jan 26th - Biden first week and road to Super Bowl
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. President Biden says he hopes the US will soon be able to administer 1.5 million doses…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -SUN Jan 24th - Biden first week and road to Super Bowl
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. In his first 48 hours in office, Mr. Biden cranked out about 30 executive actions, 14 of…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -FRI Jan 22nd - Biden tackles COVID on his first day
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. On his first day President Biden put forward a national strategy to get the coronavirus…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -THU Jan 21st - New President Biden promises unity
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. President Biden named six crises that the U.S. faces: the virus, climate change, growing…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -WED Jan 20th- Biden is the 46th US President with priority to unify
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Today, Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States. The day will look…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -Tue Jan 19th Inauguration, Security and Pardons
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. In Washington, DC, and states around the country, authorities are boosting security…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -SUN Jan 17th - Inauguration preparations and the last days of the Trump presidency
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. State officials are activating National Guard troops and closing off Capitol grounds in…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -FRI Jan 15th - $1.9 Trillion plan to help US Economy
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion proposal to boost the US economy…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -THU Jan 14th - President Trump has been impeached for 2nd time
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. President Trump has been impeached for a second time. Ten House Republicans joined their…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -WED Jan 13th - A 2nd Impeachment vote today
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The House is set to vote today to impeach President Trump for the second time. The…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -TUE Jan 12th - A 2nd Impeachment and corporate donations are halted
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The FBI has warned that "armed protests" are being planned at all 50 state capitols and…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -SUN Jan 10th - A second Trump impeachment is getting closer.
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Speaker Nancy Pelosi could bring a new article of impeachment to the House floor as…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -FRI Jan 8th - The day after the Capitol Riots
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. A US Capitol police officer has died as a result of the riots, bringing the death toll…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -THU Jan 7th - A day that will live in infamy
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Demonstrators and mob stormed the Capitol halting democracy. Members of Congress came…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -Wed Jan 6th - One down One to go for Dems to control the Senate
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The Rev. Raphael Warnock has defeated GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one of two critical…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -Tue Jan 5th - Georgia votes decide the fate of the Senate
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. If both Democrats win in Georgia it would shift the balance of power in the Senate to an…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -WED Dec 30th - 2020 is almost over, lets not forget our lessons
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked an effort to boost forthcoming…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -TUE Dec 29th - House votes for $2,000 checks in Stimulus Bill
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. The House has passed to increase the stimulus checks attached to the new coronavirus…
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Forgotten Heroes of the Balkan Wars
Author Peter Giakoumis talks about his book "Forgotten Heroes of Balkan Wars" The inspiring story of Greek Americans and Philhellenes that fought in 1912-1913…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -WED Dec 23rd - Trump wants bigger checks for Americans in stimulus
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. In a video posted to Twitter, the President said he wanted bigger checks for Americans…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -TUE Dec 22nd - Congress passes a $900 billion stimulus bill
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Congress finally approved the long-awaited $900 billion Covid relief packageafter months…
Astra Report | WNTN 1550 AM | Grecian EchoesDaily Global News -FRI Dec 18th - VP Pence got his shot on TV and the Cyberattack is worse than what we think
Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM. Vice President Mike Pence is set to get a first shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine…