Kalamata
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Sep 23, 2026
JanaHOST
Yes, you have to say that my mother has found the diving paradise.
JanaHOST
We are two bays away from Kalamata, where the world champs are made.
JanaHOST
with perfect conditions, as if she had planned it.
JanaHOST
Yes, and I didn't know that at
George DiamantopoulosGUEST
And, you know, speaking of a small world, eight years ago when I was in Greece before, Someone had told me about Anna Mavru, who is very familiar with Messinia and dances for Messinia.
George DiamantopoulosGUEST
She's a pharmacist in Kalamata.
George DiamantopoulosGUEST
Great person.
George DiamantopoulosGUEST
We started talking to her and we're like, we're going to be in Kalamata.
George DiamantopoulosGUEST
We'd love to meet up.
George DiamantopoulosGUEST
And we're going to be staying in Mithoni.
JanaHOST
So, Martos, so nice that you're here.
JanaHOST
For those who don't know you, and actually I don't know you as well as at all too, I just met you at Kalamata Freedivers.
JanaHOST
I was sitting there and you told me about your diving.
JanaHOST
I was just like, wow, that sounds like really interesting.
6 MINS LATER
JanaHOST
Yeah, it's still the third place, and they're, like, not very controllable field when they black out, so you did really great.
Bartosz JakubowiecGUEST
Yeah, so that was a really nice start of my freediving.
Bartosz JakubowiecGUEST
And before the Polish national championships, I actually went for the first time to Kalamata to do my SSI 3.
Bartosz JakubowiecGUEST
So that's where I...
GeoffHOST
And last night, it was bucketing down, bucketing down.
MattHOST
In Kalamata.
GeoffHOST
Yeah, for almost 24 hours.
GeoffHOST
And it was kind of like nature saying, right, summer's over, back to reality.
5 MINS LATER
MattHOST
Yeah, well, I think he said that everything shut down.
MattHOST
Yeah.
GeoffHOST
Here in Kalamata, things don't shut down in the winter.
GeoffHOST
Things carry on and, you know, all the same shops are open.
Elspeth HayCORRESPONDENT
So the other day, I called Maria Lamanas, whose family grows figs on their farm in Greece and sells them at farmer's markets on the Cape, and asked her about ways to preserve the bounty.
Maria LamanasGUEST
Well, re-ferming Kalamata is a lot easier than here.
Maria LamanasGUEST
So for us, it's dry.
Maria LamanasGUEST
We pick them from the ground when they've already fallen and started drying, and we just kind of like finish out the drying process.
Maria LamanasGUEST
You don't have to do anything special.
Maria LamanasGUEST
where here, apparently, moisture is your problem.
Elspeth HayCORRESPONDENT
The climate of Kalamata, Greece, where summers are very hot and very dry, is different from our moist seaside climate.
Elspeth HayCORRESPONDENT
So to get figs like Maria's, dry but still sticky and perfectly chewy and sweet, we have to adapt our process.
GusAUDIENCE
His dad came over from Greece.
GusAUDIENCE
And we grew up eating Kalamata olives.
GusAUDIENCE
Mm-hmm.
GusAUDIENCE
And my dad was a beer drinker, but usually around Christmas time, he'd break out the bottle of Uzo at the top shelf and would drink that.
GusAUDIENCE
It was nothing left.
GusAUDIENCE
It was just soup.
GusAUDIENCE
And it smelled like someone had left a jar of Kalamata olives out in the sun for two days.
GusAUDIENCE
It was nasty.
Yoav GallantSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As Minister of Defense, I had the privilege of carrying forward what my predecessors began with Greece.
Yoav GallantSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At Kalamata, Israeli industry trains the pilots of the Hellenic Air Force under a government-to-government program running twenty-two years.
Yoav GallantSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And during my tenure, the first advanced trainers arrived, and the center reached full operation.
Yoav GallantSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We signed a defense cooperation program alongside it, covering joint exercises and joint training.
MattHOST
Okay.
MattHOST
Now, I know you've maintained your connections with the military, now you're in Greece, by attending the annual commemoration service in Kalamata.
Mic FlemingGUEST
I do.
Mic FlemingGUEST
As a veteran...
Mic FlemingGUEST
And here there isn't that.
Mic FlemingGUEST
And I saw the memorial to the Anzac troops.
Mic FlemingGUEST
It's at the entrance to the railway park in Kalamata.
Mic FlemingGUEST
I looked at it, and I started to find out.
Adelle PetropoulosHOST
Specifically?
HarryHOST
Namely Kalamata, the only place to be.
Adelle PetropoulosHOST
What's Kalamata famous for?
HarryHOST
Olives and olive oil.
Adelle PetropoulosHOST
Mm-hmm.