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Matador interviews writers, authors, and activists from around the world.

From videos to quick Q & A’s to hybrid narrative / profiles, our contributors are always finding new ways to introduce the personalities and perspectives of people doing work that’s meaningful to our community.

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850 classrooms followed us as we traveled to 53 countries on 6 continents.
Believing in Africa is a way of encouraging people to see the continent in a new light.
There has never been collaboration on this scale in New Zealand before.
“At 22 you aren’t very introspective,” Roberts told the audience.
Everything can rest on questions as small as your choice of music.
Plus interview with author and MatadorU alumna Angela Meyer-Blacksmith.
Looking back now, many of the questions were lucky strikes on what would become issues.
Filmmaker Robert Hyman profiles the imperiled indigenous community of Río Plátano.
When Israel entered the house, it entered as poetry’s guest.
Like any art form, writing has to be a balance: 50% learning how to play the instrument,...
Somehow it felt as if I was always going up and up and up.
Jeff Bartlett interviews Davy and Daryl Vogel, the youngest cyclists to bike the length...
Darley shares about producing an Emmy-winning travel show, how horses have allowed her to...
I see the strength of businesses – competitors – getting together to accomplish...
People passed out cold on the train, face down on tables in restaurants, and drunkenly...
Three NYC gals decide to quit their stressful careers in journalism to take a trip around...
Meet a man on a spiritual quest—and his continuous and utter failure to find the...
Ever get the feeling that something isn't quite right with the world? Author and...
Ever consider hitchhiking 5000 miles from Vancouver to Machu Picchu? Meet a guy who has.
Essayists like Lawrence and the contemporary Alain de Bouton have codified the voice of...
Matador Goods editor Lola Akinmade catches up with an inspiring athlete in Egypt.
"This route rides the line of impossible very closely, over and over and over again."
Cave diver and instructor Conrad Pfeifer responds to diving accidents in some of the...
Simon Black, a mysterious traveler who writes for "Sovereign Man," shares his philosophy...
The frustrating thing with reviews is that unsatisfied people will be very negative...
The first in a series of videos profiling travel writers, and sharing their advice on the...