archives: From the Editor

Editor Christine Garvin sends out a little gratitude to the readers for her first year at BNT.  More »

How can we release expectations to fully experience a journey? Taoist master Casey Kochmer explains how "openness" is the key.  More »

Ian MacKenzie shares his thoughts on finding authentic spiritual teachers, and how to tell the holy from the hubris.  More »

The spiritual journey often begins from humble origins, and nobody can predict where the path with take you, who you'll encounter, or the place you'll  More »

Another year is over. Editors Ian MacKenzie and Christine Garvin roundup the most notable articles from the last 12 months.  More »

Celebrate the holidays, Gunther style, with my bizarre video parody.  More »

A traveler/philosopher shares his motivation for creating The Big View, a hub of classic philosophy and new ideas that may be critical for humanity's   More »

Filmmaker travels around the world asking "What is God?" The answers are surprising and diverse, just like humanity.   More »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »

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 »

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

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

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

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

A video tribute video from the Matador Team.   More »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »