Indagare Global Conversations

How does travel inform a designer’s eye? As Rodman Primack explains to Melissa Biggs Bradley, it defines your values, your aesthetic and how you express them through design. He also discusses moving to Mexico, the artists and communities—from Oaxaca to Guadalajara—that inspire him, living with color, working for Peter Marino and Larry Gagosian and why the best experiences happen when you’re willing to let go.

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Travel writer Sophy Roberts talks with Melissa Biggs Bradley about what she looks for in a destination (“I want meaning, memory, texture—I want real,”); why protecting fragile environments post-COVID matters even more; and why her “anti-bucket list” (and her latest book) have led her to some of the remotest—and most incredible—places on earth. 

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It’s true that restaurants rely on the idea that people will turn up to eat, but they also make up four percent of the U.S. GDP. Camilla Marcus, the restaurateur behind NYC’s Westbourne, talks with Melissa Biggs Bradley about the industry’s battle for survival, the way we eat now, the meals that dominate her flavor profiles, along with the parenting skills she’s trying to acquire and why she’ll never stop traveling.

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How does food connect us across cultures and what are the destinations for foodies? Meadowood’s Christopher Kostow, WSJ.’s Howie Kahn and Melissa Biggs Bradley indulge in these and other existential foodie dilemmas in a COVID world: what makes a memorable meal, why restaurants matter—and why they will survive—and what’s always in their pantry (the choices may surprise you).

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Can you manifest resilience? For Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nadine Labaki (Capernaum), the answer lies in finding joy and humor wherever you can—and being able to improvise. She talks with Melissa Biggs Bradley about the beautiful contradictions of her home country of Lebanon, how her passion for justice has played out in her films, and why she is very hopeful about the future—and the positives that will come out of the COVID crisis.

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How do you know it’s time to change your life forever—and never look back? Former Hollywood executive Scott Neeson shares his story with Melissa Biggs Bradley about the moment he found his new passion and purpose in the Cambodia Children’s Fund; leaving L.A.; the transformative power of travel; and why meeting people from other countries is the greatest gift you can give (or receive).

https://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/

From the garden of her Morocco hotel Jnane Tamsna, author and Morocco's only black hotelier, Meryanne Loum-Martin talks with Melissa Biggs Bradley about growing up as a Senegalese diplomat’s daughter, how she kicked off the riad-hotel craze in Marrakech and her latest projects: the cultural collective, AFreeCulture, which showcases the African diaspora in literature, cinema and entrepreneurship and a book, Inside Morocco. https://www.afreeculture.org

Acclaimed travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux tells Melissa Biggs Bradley why he’s been in his own personal lockdown since 1963; how he gets to the “flesh and blood” of a place when he’s on the road; his principles of travel—from America to Africa; why the best travel is not really about travel at all; and why going alone is the way to self-discovery—in short: you learn everything from leaving home.

Will there be a new wave of creativity in Italian design and fashion post-coronavirus? Tastemaker Martina Mondadori, the editor behind interiors bible Cabana Magazine, ponders the question with Melissa Biggs Bradley, as they discuss the DNA of Milanese design (and the Italian way of doing things), the layering of your own personal history into your style and interiors, treasure-hunting while traveling, lockdown learning and more.

What makes some people choose the road less traveled? Author of the cult book series Love India, Fiona Caulfield, joins Melissa to share her passion for the subcontinent and travel that is soulful, mind-opening and always involving people to truly get to the heart of a destination. She’ll also talk about having the “nomad gene,” the ice walls of Everest and the value of conscious travel in the wake of COVID-19.

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