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Inside the Mani
Inside the Mani goes beyond the travel brochure to bring you the real stories of one of Greece's most captivating regions. Conversations with locals, foreigners and the people who came to the Mani — and never left.
Episodes
Inside the Mani012: Building the Future - with Professor Pavlos Eleftheriadis
As uncertainty and heated debate surround Mani's building rules, Inside the Mani talks to law professor Pavlos Eleftheriadis who sketches a future where the…
Inside the Mani011: Gimme Shelter - with Bee Huskisson
We speak to Bee Huskisson, president of animal welfare organization MIAO. With more stray dogs and cats in Greece than humans, the task is both daunting and…
Inside the ManiEP010: Summer or Winter? - Mat and Jeff
Mat and Jeff compare summer versus winter in Greece's Mani peninsula. They discuss overtourism, traffic congestion, water shortages, and winter's quieter…
Inside the Mani009: Crossing Canes - with Mic Fleming
We talk to 83 year old historian and writer Mic Fleming - about his passion for Byzantine churches, tower houses, and Greece in general. A former US Army…
Inside the Mani008: The Horses Trust - with Ben Blant and Stavroula Cheila
Mat catches up with friends Ben and Stavroula, a couple living near Delphinia Beach, about the unexpected journey that led them to establish the Delphinia…
Inside the Mani007: Hoop Dreams - with Yanno Xanthopoulos
Mat sits down with basketball player Yanno Xanthopoulos, who grew up in Mani before chasing a professional career. Yano discusses playing for Greece's U20 team…
Inside the Mani006: Do you need to speak Greek? - Mat and Jeff
Can you ever truly belong somewhere without learning its language? Mat and Jeff take on this divisive question, confessing they've both stalled in their Greek…
Inside the Mani005: The Voice... of Mani
Mat and producer Jeff chat with singer-waiter Giannis "Johny" Diskos, a two-time Voice of Greece contestant working summers at Patriko in Stoupa. Johny…
Inside the Mani004: Tragedy, tremors and tranquility
Mat interviews his 88-year-old mother Glenda, a lifelong Hellenophile and classics teacher who stumbled upon Stoupa in 1986 and never looked back. From…
Inside the Mani003: Ring Of Fire
In this episode of Inside the Mani, Mat sits down with Aris Christeas, owner of Vesuvius Taverna in Ayios Nikolaos, for a wide-ranging conversation about a…
Inside the Mani002: Stoupa in the 1990's
In this episode Mat sits down with his longtime friend Alison Schofield, who first arrived in Stoupa in 1993 as a 21-year-old holiday rep after unexpectedly…
Inside the Mani001: All that jazz
In this episode, Matt sits down with Bjarne - the Norwegian founder of the Kardamyli International Jazz Festival — now in its remarkable 12th year. Recorded at…
Inside the Mani000: Introducing....
An introduction to the Inside the Mani podcast crew, presenter Mat the and producer Jeff. Mat explains the backstory of his print publication — an annual…