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Interview: Patrick Shen On The Power Of Death Anxiety

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Filmmaker Patrick Shen shares his thoughts how the fear of death influences ourselves and society in very real ways.   More »

Culture Of Fear: How The Media Killed The H1N1 Flu Shot

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As the swine flu vaccine hits the clinics, many people are, surprisingly, opting out. Here's how the media created this unintended consequence.  More »

Ask The Readers: Your Thoughts On Today’s BNT

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BNT founder and editor Ian MacKenzie asks the readers to weigh in on the magazine.  More »

Arguing God: Putting Faith In Its Place

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A short film showing how faith has no place demanding agreement or punishing disagreement.  More »

Twitter Contest: Win A Copy Of ‘One Day In Africa’

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Brook Silva Braga's documentary is coming to DVD. To celebrate, we're giving away 1 of 3 copies.  More »

Burn Baby Burn: Heading Into The Black Rock Desert

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BNT founder and editor Ian MacKenzie departs to experience Burning Man for the first time.  More »

The End Of Death: Further Conversations With Jason Silva

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A Buddhist and Immortalist debate the quest for conquering the final human frontier.  More »

Photo Essay: A Peek Behind The Scenes Of “Word Travels”

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BNT editor Ian MacKenzie shares his favourite photos from 3 weeks on the crew of a reality show following the adventures of real-life travel writers R  More »

Back From TV Land

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Editor Ian MacKenzie returns from a 3 week shoot for the reality series "Word Travels" and hints at the behind the scenes glimpse to come.  More »

Didn’t Quite Make It: Nude Beach Running + Bar Bending

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We didn't hit the subscriber goal for the RSS campaign, but should we post the video anyway? The readers respond.  More »

New Video! Help BNT Reach 4000+ RSS Subscribers

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We asks the universe (and all BNT readers) to help reach our readership goal.  More »

BNT 3.0 – New Direction, New Editors, Old Skool Style

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"If there's one thing I've learned from life, it's never say never."  More »

BNT’s Next Chapter: Goodbye Ian, Welcome Julie

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Ian MacKenzie steps away as Editor of BNT, adds Julie Schwietert to the mix.   More »

Happy Birthday BNT! Celebrating 2 Years Of Exploring The Inner Journey


A video tribute video from the Matador Team.   More »

50 Inspirational Matador Travelers: 11-20

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Matador members believe they can change the world, and they're out there doing it every day.  More »

The Great Matador Roadtrip: Vancouver to San Francisco

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BNT editor Ian MacKenzie heads down the west-coast for a classic roadtrip, culminating in the Matador fundraiser party.   More »

Goodbye (For Now) Tim Patterson

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BNT's co-editor will be leaving us for a brief while.  More »

The Real Story Behind The Thomas Kohnstamm Affair

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After the firestorm, we're a lot closer to the truth.  More »

Will The Coming U.S. Recession Lead To Reflection?

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America, and the world, needs to chill out and slow down. We need to relax.   More »

Girlfriends Are Like Cheesecake. Wives Are Like Oxygen.

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Is this the secret to relationships? Or has Ian had a few beer too many. Find out for yourself.  More »

BNT and Matador Travel Join Forces

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Announced today over at Matador Travel, is the acquisition of BNT into their fold. The word “acquisition” sounds very official, but as yo  More »

You Did It! BNT Surpasses 1000 RSS Subscribers

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Thanks. Thank you Ian. Thank you Laura. Thank you Mom. Thank you Cedric, Eva, Cam, Ekaterina and Jacob. Thank you Marilyn, Emily, Daniel and Guyl  More »

Help Us Reach 1000 RSS Subscribers!

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UPDATE: (Jan 24) You did it! Today we blew past the mark with 1024 subscribers. Tim is hunting for a secluded beach, and I’m setting out the s  More »

Goodbye 2007: BNT’s Year In Review

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Every New Year, my family gathers around the fireplace and makes two lists: one list of accomplishments from the previous year, and one list of goals   More »

How The Green Stole Christmas

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T’is the season of good cheer and cold nights. T’is the season of caroling and twinkling lights. T’is the season to buy, buy, buy.  More »

Ask the Readers: The Problem With Sponsored Posts

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Recently, Brave New Traveler has received criticism for choosing to publish sponsored posts in our regular content. For those of you new to the site,  More »

Goodbye 2006: Brave New Traveler’s Year End Retrospective

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Well, it’s just about the end of 2006. It’s been an interesting year for Brave New Traveler — or in fact, an interesting 3 months.  More »

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