What better day to launch season two of Coloring My Way Across The Globe than on INTERNATIONAL PODCAST DAY—Monday, September 30, 2024?We begin this second podcast season with my new colleague and friend, Devaki Das, the founder o...

Today’s guest is Danny Goldman, professional clarinetist and world traveler. In this episode we cover Danny’s travels and entrepreneurial life as a professional clarinetist, his most recent performances in Paris and Dublin, and how...

This week we recap season one, list all of the 28 countries from which we had listenership, and provide a preview of the upcoming season two’s focus. We thank all of our guests from season one and look forward to season two launch in September....

Join the colorful conversation in our first ever video podcast. Today I have the privilege of introducing one of the world's most prolific young artists, Clara Woods. Clara's art is vivid, soulful, animated, playful and heavily inspired by Frid...

Nestled in a small pocket on the outskirts of Houston and a mere two miles from major highways to its west and east is Tomball, Texas, ladies and gentlemen.With its very own Main Street dotted with boutiques, eateries, antique an...

Our esteemed guest, Nicole Schumann-Sizaret, is a teacher and practitioner of the Feldenkrais method, which uses specific movements to open up thought processes and unleash creativity—while promoting wellness on many levels. Nicole’s sp...

A continuation of last week’s interview with Reverend Dennis Flach, this week’s episode covers Rev. Flach’s years spent in church planting, global missions and family travels to many parts of the world. Enjoy, my colorful friends! 

Third generation New Orleanian, proud husband, father and grandfather, Rev. Dennis Flach joins us today with some stories and remembrances of his childhood and early adult years in the internationally blended, cultural melting pot that is New O...

Learn about the day in the life of an archaeologist, professor and lecturer with today’s guest Bruno Soltic. Bruno takes us on his journey around the world both for personal adventure and archaeological digs. Born and raised in Croatia, he no...

Back in the mid 90s, I learned Spanish as a second language through a full immersion program in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala. Newsflash: it didn’t involve a single textbook. In today’s episode I am discussing the non-traditional learning...

Today’s guest Carmen Sognonvi and I met in a tiny ramen bar in Tokyo, Japan last May as she and her family were wrapping up their three-week tour of the country. I was there as many of you know on my own two-week journey with my son.Car...

Join in on this week’s episode with Dr. Carmen Landrau, my long time friend and fellow entrepreneur!  Carmen is a cardiologist, motivational keynote speaker and executive business coach. A proud native of Puerto Rico and long time Houston...

Join us today for some adventure and comedy as we discuss Julie’s first global travel experience to Greece, how we merged our distinct traveling styles, and other aspects of life from real struggles of entrepreneurship to pursuing dreams at any...

As I interviewed this week’s guest Henri Sizaret, it became abundantly clear that he represents everything that this travel and culture podcast is about: that is, telling stories of colorful places, life experiences, travels, and adventures fro...

2023 proved to be the year of the sabbatical for host Lauren Battistini. In this episode she expounds upon what led to the “gap” year and lessons gleaned from the time away. Traveling 12 out of the 52 weeks in 2023, Lauren gained not only rest,...

Last fall I registered for a 3k open water swim competition off the island of Spetses, Greece, a 3-hour ferry ride from Athens. This proved to be the most challenging open water swim of my life, and at certain points I considered throwing in th...

Last fall I registered for a 3k open water swim competition off the island of Spetses, Greece, a 3-hour ferry ride from Athens. There for a week, I stayed at the idyllic, cozy, traditional guesthouse of 7 Islands.Family owned and operat...

In today’s episode I visit with Marina Tsekoura in her quaint writing studio in a lovely Athens suburb. We are here to discuss places off the beaten path in and around Athens, as well as equally enchanting parts of mainland Greece.Hear ...

In May of 2023, my son Christian Battistini and I set off on our first ever international adventure together. We chose Japan as the destination and spent two magical, action-packed, fully immersive weeks in this culturally rich land steeped in ...

Today’s guest has been exploring Japan and gathering insights since 2000 to bring us an exhaustive resource library for planning our own Japanese adventures! When my son and I planned our 2023 Japan trip, we employed the services of Rob...

What do the terms “digital nomad” and “location independent” call to mind when you hear them? For many, this is just a dream, but for today’s  guest Danielle Hu , this became her reality once she chose to walk away from a big corporate job...

On a layover in Amsterdam, Holland, I met late one night with my long-time Instagram friend and favorite artist, Wendy Buiter.Woman to woman, we covered almost every topic under the sun, from single motherhood to the demands of...

Welcome to the podcast, friends. Today I sit down in my color and art studio to introduce you to my latest creative pursuit, Coloring My Way Across The Globe. What began as a casual hashtag on social media has evolved into both a podcast and...

Who better to be my first podcast guest than the world’s most prolific color expert and forecaster, Leatrice “Lee” Eiseman? Lee is my teacher, mentor and a dear friend.Recorded from Lee’s studio in Tucson, Arizona, we discuss “...