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Connecting Greeks is a light-hearted streaming, video, and podcast show meant to unite and connect Greeks from all around the world. We love our Hellenic culture, and we use that as the basis to entertain, unite, enhance, and promote both the culture and its' people. We are made up of three friends: Angelo Tsarouchas, Ari Kalogeropoulos, and Fotios Stamos.

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TheGreekend's Christine Scolinos
We welcome Christine Scolinos to the show! Christine is the founder and creative force behind TheGreekend®, a modern Greek American community and lifestyle brand connecting Greeks through shared culture and experiences. What began as a grassroots idea to promote Greek events has evolved into a globa

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Author Shelley Dark
We welcome author Shelley Dark to the show! After a lifetime raising cattle on Queensland’s Granite Belt, Shelley and her husband swapped the bush for the Sunshine Coast of Queensland Australia. She's an award-winning Australian author who travels as often as she can and enjoys iPhone photography. S

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Tom & Nick from Ouzo Talk Podcast
We welcome Tom & Nick from the Ouzo Talk podcast to the show! Ouzo Talk is a Sydney-based podcast for Greeks of the diaspora. They bring the Ouzo-fueled conversations of ‘kafenia’ the Greek world over, right to your ears. From music, history and culture, to science, philosophy and everything in betw

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Videos

Episode 06 - "Chairman George" Sapounidis
The unique and talented and always entertaining "Chairman George" Sapounidis joins us for a chat and we get to learn more about his fascinating life as a singer/bouzouki player/songwriter/bandleader and his huge following in China! Join us!

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Opera / Classical Singer Stephanie Kacoyanis
The amazing and supremely talented singer Stephanie Kacoyanis joins us on Connecting Greeks to chat about her life & career, and what a career she has!  A quick bio: Critically-acclaimed contralto Stephanie Kacoyanis has been praised for her “majestic tone” (ArtsFuse), “vocal brilliance” and "spiritually rich performance" (Boston Musical Intelligencer). She is gaining recognition as an accomplished interpreter of opera, oratorio, and contemporary repertoire. Most recently, Stephanie appeared as Queen Mary in the world premiere of Arnold Rosner's The Chronicle of Nine (Odyssey Opera) under the baton of Gil Rose. The Boston Globe described her performance as "the standout moment of the evening", and there's so much more! Please visit her links below:

Actress, Filmmaker, & Influencer Arianna Papalexopoulos
We hung out with the wonderful & talented Arianna Papalexopoulos. A San Francisco native of Greek and Italian descent, Arianna currently resides in West Hollywood, California. Arianna trained at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco and then made her move to Los Angeles where she graduated from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television. After graduation, she studied with Groundlings, Lesly Kahn, and Tess Kirsch. She has performed at SF Sketchfest with San Francisco's comedy troupe, Killing My Lobster, and her latest voice over booking was for Uber Safety.

Funny Stuff

Russell Peters surprises us on a live recording
How awesome was it when superstar comedian Russell Peters popped up on Connecting Greeks in a surprise cameo? Watch how shocked our guest Dora was!

How awesome was it when superstar comedian Russell Peters popped up on Connecting Greeks in a surprise cameo? Watch how shocked our guest Dora was!

Greek Surveillance
In today’s high tech and high security world, many countries have developed some of the greatest tech for surveillance. The one country that hasn’t upgraded because their system needs no upgrade? GREECE!!!

In today’s high tech and high security world, many countries have developed some of the greatest tech for surveillance. The one country that hasn’t upgraded because their system needs no upgrade? GREECE!!!

Getting Angelo prepared for the show
Our pre-show routine to get ready for every exciting COnnecting Greeks episode!

Our pre-show routine to get ready for every exciting COnnecting Greeks episode!

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