"Your Fellow Americans": Peter Santenello on Why Traveling America Changes How You See It Peter Santenello has traveled to 85 countries and lived in four of them, but when he returned to the…
Peter Santenello — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Peter Santenello has appeared on 2 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including The Daily Stoic, Modern Wisdom. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Peter said
“I've learned more about the US in many ways from being outside of it, viewing it as a spectator, than sometimes when you're in the thing.”
— Peter Santenello
“The woman said to me, her number one question — I said, 'Is there anything you want to know about the outside world?' She looked up and she's like, 'Have you ever flown in a plane?' And I was like, wow. She's like, 'What's that like?' I had to think about it. What's it like? I don't know, it's sort of like flying in a dream state through clouds and gets you somewhere really quickly. She's getting you to think about something magical that you've completely taken for granted.”
— Peter Santenello
“My wife, who's from Ukraine, says it's a 'build your own bowl' country. Pick your protein, pick your toppings, pick your dressing. And that's geography, that's climate, that's even politics — who you want to be around. Million choices.”
— Peter Santenello
Episode appearances
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Peter Santenello, a filmmaker who has traveled to over 50 countries and now documents hidden communities across the United States, began his journey working as a waiter in Austin, Texas, dreaming…
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