Peter Santenello
Peter Santenello makes travel documentaries built around conversations with locals, exploring communities across America and sharing their stories on YouTube and in Your Fellow Americans.
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Known for
- Your Fellow Americans2026 · Author
Simon & Schuster - Poorest Region of America - What It Really Looks Like2023 · Creator and host
YouTube - Invited To Amish Dinner2021 · Creator and host
YouTube - Inside Private Hasidic Sabbath Dinner As A Non-Jew2021 · Creator and host
YouTube - Fish Out of Water2017 · Creator and host
YouTube
Overview
- From
- Vermont, USA
- Work
- Video creator, independent journalist, filmmaker, and author
- Early series
- Fish Out of Water, filmed in rural Ukraine in 2017
- Audience growth
- Weekly uploads and community visits, including Hasidic Brooklyn
- Book
- Your Fellow Americans, published in 2026
Mini bio
A reason to go.
Peter grew up in Vermont and traces his love of American road trips to a three-and-a-half-month van journey with a friend after high school. His curiosity about the wider world began even earlier: as a child, he asked for a book about the Soviet Union. In 2002, he set off on a two-year journey through 50 countries.
Learning by living there.
In 2017, Peter introduced Fish Out of Water, a video series made while staying with a family displaced by war in the Ukrainian countryside. Living beyond his familiar language and routines became a way to learn about people and let viewers share that experience.
Finding an audience.
Peter has said that posting every week helped the channel grow. His 2020 visits to Brooklyn’s Hasidic community with Shloime Zionce brought a wider audience into that world. In an Ami Magazine interview, he described using a small GoPro to keep conversations casual and help people feel comfortable inviting him into their homes.
America, one conversation at a time.
His work now follows locals through places such as Amish country, Appalachia, and remote Alaska. Familiar videos include Invited To Amish Dinner and his road trip through former coal country, Poorest Region of America. In 2026, he brought his American travels to the page with Your Fellow Americans, which his publisher identifies as a New York Times bestseller.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books and audio
- 2026Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call HomeAuthor
- 2026Your Fellow Americans audiobookAuthor and narrator
Online documentaries
- 2023Poorest Region of America - What It Really Looks LikeCreator and host
- 2021Invited To Amish DinnerCreator and host
- 2021Inside Private Hasidic Sabbath Dinner As A Non-JewCreator and host
- 2017Fish Out of WaterCreator and host
Quotes
I share the story, you make your own opinion.Peter Santenello, official website
Trivia
- His first big overseas trip began with $20,000 in savings in 2002.
- He asked for a book about the Soviet Union for Christmas when he was eight.
- His publisher’s biography says he has visited 85 countries and lived in five.
- He narrates the audiobook of Your Fellow Americans.
- Recent videos credit Natalia Santenello as their editor.
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