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EPISODE · Oct 6, 2025 · 1H 55M

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) with the Modern Yentas

from Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast · host Paco Alvarez and Jeremy Marder

Jeremy and Paco are joined by the Modern Yentas, Natalie Jacobson and Naomi Borowsky, to talk about 2002's My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The Modern Yentas are a personalized match-making service based in Chicago. You can join their pool of people looking for love here. Art by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to [email protected] Further reading and sources20 Years Married: How ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ Became a Smash Hit | Alison Herman, The RingerGreek girl meets boy in realistic romance | Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-TimesToronto's just a poser in movies 'set' here. | Richard Roeper, The Chicago Sun-TimesChicago: Greeks of the ‘Second City’ | Alexander Billinis, Neo KosmosCruel Irony: TV, Movie Versions of Chicago Supplant the Real Place | Mike Dorning and Terry Armour, Chicago TribuneNia Vardalos' `Big Fat' Movie Hits the Screen | Terry Armour, Chicago TribuneChicago Hit Hard by Movie Exodus | Terry Armour, Chicago TribuneGreek Odyssey ; how Nia Vardalos Turned a One-Woman Stage show into a Big, Fat $216 Million Gold Mine | Robert K. Elder, Chicago TribuneChicago' made in . . . Canada | Chicago TribuneMOB LURKS ON CITY'S FILM SCENE INSIDERS TELL TALES OF STRONG-ARM TACTICS | Peter Kendall and John O'Brien, Chicago TribuneBlagojevich's secret weapon - Downstate congressman Costello made the difference in primary | Steve Neal, Chicago Sun-TimesCandlemaking a Way of Faith, Life for Family ; Greektown Shop Changes with Times and its Neighbors | Shia Kapos, Chicago Tribune

Jeremy and Paco are joined by the Modern Yentas, Natalie Jacobson and Naomi Borowsky, to talk about 2002's My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The Modern Yentas are a personalized match-making service based in Chicago. You can join their pool of people looking for love here. Art by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to [email protected] Further reading and sources20 Years Married: How ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ Became a Smash Hit | Alison Herman, The RingerGreek girl meets boy in realistic romance | Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-TimesToronto's just a poser in movies 'set' here. | Richard Roeper, The Chicago Sun-TimesChicago: Greeks of the ‘Second City’ | Alexander Billinis, Neo KosmosCruel Irony: TV, Movie Versions of Chicago Supplant the Real Place | Mike Dorning and Terry Armour, Chicago TribuneNia Vardalos' `Big Fat' Movie Hits the Screen | Terry Armour, Chicago TribuneChicago Hit Hard by Movie Exodus | Terry Armour, Chicago TribuneGreek Odyssey ; how Nia Vardalos Turned a One-Woman Stage show into a Big, Fat $216 Million Gold Mine | Robert K. Elder, Chicago TribuneChicago' made in . . . Canada | Chicago TribuneMOB LURKS ON CITY'S FILM SCENE INSIDERS TELL TALES OF STRONG-ARM TACTICS | Peter Kendall and John O'Brien, Chicago TribuneBlagojevich's secret weapon - Downstate congressman Costello made the difference in primary | Steve Neal, Chicago Sun-TimesCandlemaking a Way of Faith, Life for Family ; Greektown Shop Changes with Times and its Neighbors | Shia Kapos, Chicago Tribune

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Jeremy and Paco are joined by the Modern Yentas, Natalie Jacobson and Naomi Borowsky, to talk about 2002's My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The Modern Yentas are a personalized match-making service based in Chicago. You can join their pool of people...

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