Carrie Anne

The Quest Express: Travel, Culture & Untold Stories

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The Quest Express: Travel, Culture & Untold Stories is your ticket to extraordinary journeys, hidden histories, and the world’s most fascinating people. This global travel podcast goes beyond the typical tourist path, bringing you unfiltered conversations with explorers, historians, entrepreneurs, artists, and cultural icons who have lived the stories most people never hear. From the lost traditions of ancient civilizations to the boldest innovators shaping the future, we uncover the secrets, struggles, and successes behind each travel and personal journey. Whether it's an archaeologist uneart...

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Carrie Anne

Episodes

Echoes of Teatro San Cassiano with Paul Atkin: Pulling Back the Curtain 16.11.2023 15:47

VENICE: Our conversation continues with Paul Atkin who is on a mission to restore a gem of Venice’s historical legacy to its rightful place. The reconstructed Teatro San Cassiano will be the only fully active Baroque opera theatre in the world. Its iconic status will provide the perfect conditions for it to become the world’s foremost center for historically-informed Baroque opera, attracting the...

Paul Atkin: Founder, Entrepreneur & Musicologist 14.11.2023 26:52

VENICE: Our first guest, Paul Atkin is a British expat who is reconstructing the original Teatro San Cassiano of 1637 and with it to restore historically-informed Baroque opera to Venice. This project is expected to provide 300 jobs and restore a part of history by reimagining the Teatro San Cassiano and Venice's greatest gift to the world: opera. In this episode, we'll discuss: The birt...

Environment is Everything: Hengrave Hall, The Gold Rush & The Silk Road 11.11.2023 28:33

Welcome to the beginning of a 25-city journey that may turn into 50. In this episode, we explore these topics: environment, migration, The Quest, and slow travel. What happens when you manufacture wombs that support your quest? From Hengrave Hall to the brothels of San Francisco during the mid-19th century, to the collision of cultures on The Silk Road trade route, everything matters and the e...

Trailer #2: Guests 04.11.2023 2:10

It's just 7 days until the 1st episode, where we begin our virtual odyssey around the globe. Episodes will air every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Follow, download and hit the bell for new episode notifications. November 11th launches our first full episode before we spend 6 weeks in Venice. Trailer Guests in order of appearance are: Monica Cesarato, Food Guide, Travel Blogger & Podc...

Trailer 30.10.2023 1:21

You're invited to board The Quest Express . We're going to dive into each city not through guidebooks & must-dos but through the people who live there. If you like slow travel, going deep over wide, history, artists, exploration, or entrepreneur life, you won't want to miss this podcast. We'll feature guests every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. We'll stay in each ci...