Self-taught designer, cook, and creative force Athena Calderone — dubbed "the modern girl's Martha Stewart” by T magazine — joins David to trace the restless curiosity that took her from Long Island to New York's nightlife scene, and on to Ibiza, Morocco, and Rome, always finding beauty and inspiration just beyond the obvious.

Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at entertainment.capitalone.com.

Check out our Apple Maps Guides on Marrakech's Most Magical Riads and Vienna’s Best Coffeehouses.

Self-taught designer, cook, and creative force Athena Calderone &mdash; dubbed "the modern girl's Martha Stewart&rdquo; by T magazine &mdash; joins David to trace the restless curiosity that took her from Long Island to New York's nightlife scene, and on to Ibiza, Morocco, and Rome, always finding beauty and inspiration just beyond the obvious. Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at&nbsp;<a href="http://entertainment.capitalone.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://entertainment.capitalone.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780079489259000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1MMRGkXU4kaSogPjt7n6iF">entertainment.capitalone.com</a>.
Check out our Apple Maps Guides on <a href="https://maps.apple.com/guides?curated=2680814947012696711">Marrakech's Most Magical Riads</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://maps.apple.com/guides?curated=10123603456276648513&amp;_provider=9902">Vienna&rsquo;s Best Coffeehouses</a>.

In Traveling Through, David Prior—travel writer and founder of experiential travel company Prior—sits down with friends and culture-makers like Jenna Lyons, David Remnick, Deborah Needleman, Athena Calderone, and more to trace the trips, objects, and encounters that shaped who they are. Because the most interesting stories aren't about where you went. They're about what stayed with you. New episodes every other Thursday. Find it on Youtube, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at entertainment.capitalone.com.

Traveling Through is hosted by David Prior. It is produced by Clare Slaughter along with Kristin Mendez and Drew Morris of Born Ready Films. Associate Producer is Alex Greiner. The Pushkin team includes Gretta Cohn, Jacob Weisberg, Eric Sandler, Grace Ross, Justin Richmond, Morgan Rater, Leah Rose, Sarah Bruguiere, Jake Gorksi, Jake Flanagin. Theme music composed by Daniel Walter. Video and audio production provided by Born Ready Films. Special thanks to Kate Berry, Somerset House and Armadillo.

In Traveling Through, David Prior&mdash;travel writer and founder of experiential travel company Prior&mdash;sits down with friends and culture-makers like Jenna Lyons, David Remnick, Deborah Needleman, Athena Calderone, and more to trace the trips, objects, and encounters that shaped who they are. Because the most interesting stories aren't about where you went. They're about what stayed with you. New episodes every other Thursday. Find it on Youtube, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at <a href="http://entertainment.capitalone.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://entertainment.capitalone.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780671156418000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0pXNEaULO_ijviEkrCGWua">entertainment.capitalone.com</a>.
Traveling Through is hosted by David Prior. It is produced by Clare Slaughter along with Kristin Mendez and Drew Morris of Born Ready Films. Associate Producer is Alex Greiner. The Pushkin team includes Gretta Cohn, Jacob Weisberg, Eric Sandler, Grace Ross, Justin Richmond, Morgan Rater, Leah Rose, Sarah Bruguiere, Jake Gorksi, Jake Flanagin. Theme music composed by Daniel Walter. Video and audio production provided by Born Ready Films. Special thanks to Kate Berry, Somerset House and Armadillo.

Traveling Through with David Prior

Athena Calderone on Aspiration and an Endless Aesthetic Education

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Andy Baraghani is the internet’s favorite second-generation Iranian American cook, Bon Appétit alum, and James Beard Award-winning author. He joins the show to discuss how his multicultural upbringing and global travels, from Vietnam to Beirut to Sicily, continually shape and expand his culinary identity.

Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at entertainment.capitalone.com.

Photo Credits: 
- Souk El Tayeb 
- Post Ranch Inn

Andy Baraghani is the internet&rsquo;s favorite second-generation Iranian American cook, Bon App&eacute;tit alum, and James Beard Award-winning author. He joins the show to discuss how his multicultural upbringing and global travels, from Vietnam to Beirut to Sicily, continually shape and expand his culinary identity. Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at&nbsp;<a href="http://entertainment.capitalone.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://entertainment.capitalone.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780079489259000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1MMRGkXU4kaSogPjt7n6iF">entertainment.capitalone.com</a>. Photo Credits: - Souk El Tayeb - Post Ranch Inn

Andy Baraghani on Yearning for Flavor Across Borders

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The designer who transformed J.Crew into a cultural institution and redefined American style? That is of course Jenna Lyons. In this episode, she joins David to trace the eye for color and texture she's spent a lifetime collecting on the road. From Milanese cafés and silk factories in China to karaoke nights in Tokyo and childhood summers in the French countryside that changed how she understood beauty.

Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible Cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at entertainment.capitalone.com.

Photo Credits:
- Dries Van Noten. Dimore Studio. Photographer: Andrea Ferrari
- Modepaleis flagship store, Antwerp. Photographer: Tijs Vervecken

The designer who transformed J.Crew into a cultural institution and redefined American style? That is of course Jenna Lyons. In this episode, she joins David to trace the eye for color and texture she's spent a lifetime collecting on the road. From Milanese caf&eacute;s and silk factories in China to karaoke nights in Tokyo and childhood summers in the French countryside that changed how she understood beauty. Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible Cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at entertainment.capitalone.com. Photo Credits: - Dries Van Noten. Dimore Studio. Photographer: Andrea Ferrari - Modepaleis flagship store, Antwerp. Photographer: Tijs Vervecken

Jenna Lyons on Seeing Color and Finding Contrast

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David Remnick is a Pulitzer Prize winner and has helmed The New Yorker for 27 years. He joins the show not only to recount his own travels – from Moscow to Tel Aviv to campaign trails and tour buses – but also to reflect on what nearly three decades of dispatching the world's finest writers has revealed about history, cultural connectedness, and the vast breadth of stories to be found.

Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at entertainment.capitalone.com.

Check out our Apple Maps Guides on a Guide to Midtown Manhattan and The Chicest Affordable Hotels in Paris.

Photo Credits: 

- Mona Museum Images (in order of appearance)
 Museum of Old and New Art. Photo Credit: Mona/Stu Gibson. Image courtesy of Mona, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Girls Rule, 2016-18, Tom Otterness. Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artists and Mona, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Snack 1970 - 72. Sir Sidney Nolan. Photo Credit: MONA/Jesse Hunniford. Image Courtesy MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Museum of Old and New Art. Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy Mona, Hobart, Tasmania
Siloam tunnels, Museum of Old and New Art. Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artist and Mona, Hobart, Tasmania
Unseen Seen, 2017. Artist: James Turrell. Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artist and Mona, Hobart, Tasmania
Museum of Old and New Art. Photo credit: Mona/Rémi Chauvin. Image courtesy of Mona, Hobart, Tasmania

David Remnick is a Pulitzer Prize winner and has helmed The New Yorker for 27 years. He joins the show not only to recount his own travels &ndash; from Moscow to Tel Aviv to campaign trails and tour buses &ndash; but also to reflect on what nearly three decades of dispatching the world's finest writers has revealed about history, cultural connectedness, and the vast breadth of stories to be found.
Traveling Through is proudly presented by Capital One. Eligible cardholders can book unforgettable experiences at&nbsp;<a href="http://entertainment.capitalone.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://entertainment.capitalone.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780079489259000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1MMRGkXU4kaSogPjt7n6iF">entertainment.capitalone.com</a>.
Check out our Apple Maps Guides on a <a href="https://maps.apple.com/guides?curated=9887142918139400980&amp;_provider=9902">Guide to Midtown Manhattan</a> and <a href="https://guides.apple.com/?lsp=9902&amp;pg=12350770262135886887">The Chicest Affordable Hotels in Paris</a>.
Photo Credits:&nbsp;
- Mona Museum Images (in order of appearance)
<ul>
<li>&nbsp;Museum of Old and New Art. Photo Credit: Mona/Stu Gibson. Image courtesy of Mona, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia</li>
<li>Girls Rule, 2016-18, Tom Otterness. Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artists and Mona, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia</li>
<li>Snack 1970 - 72. Sir Sidney Nolan. Photo Credit: MONA/Jesse Hunniford. Image Courtesy MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia</li>
<li>Museum of Old and New Art. Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy Mona, Hobart, Tasmania</li>
<li>Siloam tunnels, Museum of Old and New Art. Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artist and Mona, Hobart, Tasmania</li>
<li>Unseen Seen, 2017. Artist: James Turrell. Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artist and Mona, Hobart, Tasmania</li>
<li>Museum of Old and New Art. Photo credit: Mona/R&eacute;mi Chauvin. Image courtesy of Mona, Hobart, Tasmania</li>
</ul>

David Remnick on Notebooks, Reporting, and the Stories That Shape Our Time

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Athena Calderone on Aspiration and an Endless Aesthetic Education

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