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13 simple journalist techniques for effective interviews
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Sarah Stuteville
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Everything and nothing is exotic
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Alexandra Brueckner
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A phallus a day keeps the evil away: Phallus art along Bhutan's Nabji Trail
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Paul Sochaczewski
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12 quotes from the love story of our time
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Carlo Alcos
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When faith shakes out on the side of social justice
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Portraits of a hitchhiker
Deciding to hitchhike your way to Lebanon is a pretty novel way to travel.
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What if hip-hop had its own version of Passover?
The Sugar Hill Gang, Run DMC, and Public Enemy = our Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Judaism »
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What is wilderness worth to you?
There is no way to measure the necessity of wilderness to the human soul.
Environment »
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Across the world and standing naked in a cold broom closet
The only answer I could come up with is that I was too embarrassed not take them off.
Humor »
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Don't confuse your bucket list with your grocery list
We've 'done' a city. It sounds like we have depleted the place of its experiences.
Travel Illusion »
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Top places for spiritual travel in 2013
15 places to connect with the non-physical world.
Galleries »
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What it's like to give a TEDx talk: Q&A with travel writer Robin Esrock
The best type of ideas give people permission to act on what they already know.
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Learning how to travel from The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum’s proto-feminist heroine is a hardy and hardheaded traveler.
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Travel porn doesn't exist in real life
There they are in high-resolution glory, stacked in line by a hip photo curator on...
Travel Illusion »
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Quit traveling wrong already
My stint with Colonel Sanders in China was an entirely new exposure, led by a love of...
Travel Illusion »
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My accidental costume on the Jewish holiday of Purim
Seeing November’s father with long Hasidic sidecurls taped to his head makes me happy.
Judaism »
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Introducing Black Book Travel [q&a]
What people are really wanting is an internal experience or transformation of sorts.
Spirituality »
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Am I a traveler?
What was I was trying to prove?
Travel Illusion »
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Correspondent
Quetzalcoatl and Jesus Christ: The rise of Mormons in Mexico City
I couldn't enter without a “temple recommend,” a document vouching for my worthiness.
Religion »
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The Digital Generation's travels are corrupted beyond repair
To me, the Maghreb appears far more like Tatooine than it does Morocco or Algeria.
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The search for answers in the case of the New Delhi gang rape
“Purdah” is a custom in which women are hidden or removed from the culture at large.
Women's Rights »
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What NOT to do in travel
Don’t lose your own experience trying to re-live someone else’s.
What NOT to do »
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The unexpected existentialism of t-shirt Engrish
And that was it. Bringer of guilt and shame. V-neck of judgment.
Culture Guides »
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On judging an entire country off the one person you met from there
Don’t get me wrong -- please continue ogling.
Travel Illusion »
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Kumbh Mela: The largest gathering on earth
The city of Allahabad will struggle to reveal a patch of bare earth to the sky above.
World Events »
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Ambassadors
Why did you start traveling?
This phenomenon of movement, I have come to cherish.
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Why the 'authentic cultural experience' is a myth
I couldn’t help but wonder if Alvarez had planned this in order to shatter my...
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Conversations on fear, courage, and sneaking into a gun show
ME: I respect you and your opinions. I hate you and your stupid views on guns.
Narrative »
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A part of travel heterosexuals take for granted
When dominant ideology promotes hate, then the battle is a “lost one” (to quote...
Activism + Politics »
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Why you should start traveling alone
It’s empowering. It’s explorative. And people think you’re amazing.
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Ruminations on architecture as culture, the value of open spaces, and vans
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Why you should stop traveling alone
You reach a point where you realize it’s only good if it’s shared.
Relationships »
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Notes on the Delhi rape
Much of the reporting has focused on the horrible regularity of rapes in India.
Human Rights »
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