Her original interest was "jazz vocals" but she switched to Ethnomusicology when she discovered that she preferred writing about music to performing it.

She also took a break from school to intern with Smithsonian Folkways and to attend the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine.

Antolini has also written articles on a diverse range of topics, including transgender rights,[6] and cooking pickleweed.

[10] She started to produce the Gravy podcast in collaboration with Southern Foodways Alliance in 2014,[11][12][13][14] which along with its associated magazine, looks at South American food culture.

Antolini has won several awards for her work on Gravy,[15] and it was said to be one of "The Year’s Best Under-the-Radar Podcasts" in 2015 in the Mother Jones magazine[16][17] As part of her 2015 UC Berkeley fellowship she produced a radio documentary titled "Fighting for the Promised Land: A Story of Farming and Racism", which was then featured by the Third Coast International Audio Festival.