Lowlines follows food entrepreneur Petra Baran as she travels alone across the Americas and meets people with deep ties to her hometown.
Petra Baran helped bring street food culture to London in the 1990s. She is the person behind Seven Her Dials Food Hall, among others, and has earned a global reputation for urban placemaking.
Deciding to take some time away from the hustle and bustle of business, she bought a recorder and set out without a set itinerary to record a podcast, without a script, without a studio, and without a production team.
From Arizona to the Amazon rainforest, Petra meets amazing people for whom place is everything, deepening her own understanding of identity and what it means to feel grounded.
This 100% indie, 100% female-produced series journeys from the heartbeat of New Orleans, to the lowland swamps of south Louisiana, to the slow gyrations of an Amtrak train to Tucson, to the fragile rasp of the Sonoran Desert. . From the volcanic soils of the Aztec lands of Mexico City to the towering jungle choirs of the Peruvian Amazon.
Packed with adventure, humor, and self-discovery, this inspiring podcast features Scott Carrier's Home of the Brave, Eleanor McDowell's Field Recordings, Krista Tippett's On Being, and Where. Will appeal to fans of “Are You Going?”
Lowlines improvised the score to a tape compiled by cellist Hannah Marshall. It is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio, an award-winning audio producer/sound artist and founder of Social Her Broadcast. The executive producer is Lina Prestwood, founder of Scenery Studios and award-winning producer for Lifestyle and Society Producer of the Year at the Audio Production Awards.
The first episode of the six-part series is available now, with future episodes released every Tuesday on major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
