The Travelers

12/01/2021

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08/27/2021

5 years ago, I had to step away from The Travelers and Holocene.co so that I could rebuild a life in Colorado and focus on some areas of my life that needed my full attention. But I never stopped believing that I would return to producing this podcast. And I’m proud to say that Season 3 is LIVE! Over 12 episodes, we’ll be exploring Resistance, Curiosity, Creativity, and Transformation. Listen to the first episode to hear about where I’ve been for so long, what’s been holding me back, and how I used Wonder to overcome crippling Resistance.

09/02/2016

Guest of the show, tv host, and all around wandering inspirer of minds, Rachel Rudwall just launched a new series called , in which you vote and she does. For example, bull shark diving in Fiji. (It's funny, I have a bigger fear of scuba than sharks...)

08/26/2016

Excited to share this one -- Holocene and The Travelers were featured in Paste Magazine's "Escape Artist" series alongside some of my favorite travelers and creatives. I appreciated how they asked some really thoughtful questions. (cc Paste Travel)

Nathaniel Boyle is a traveler and writer who runs Holocene and his podcast, The Traveler.

08/10/2016

"Create. Create constantly. Even if it’s not that good. Put your art out there. If you make bad art, make more bad art until it becomes less-bad art. At some point it will start to become good art, and people will forget all the bad art you made. Keep going. Keep going, dammit."

How to become an adventure photographer. Lessons from Chris Burkard and how I came to be a working photographer.

08/08/2016

Nearly ready! Over 200 of the best tools and resources taken from over 200 interviews with travelers, creatives, adventurers and entrepreneurs. Sign up, or keep checking in: http://holocene.io/marketplace/

Holocene Marketplace is a comprehensive resource library of tools and courses for the creative adventurer. Transform your approach to life through curiosity and creativity.

07/19/2016

Is there a place in this world, or maybe another world, that you associate with the present? What is the rhythm of this place? What is its pace for you? Why do you want to travel back to it? Back to the present, like traveling through not just space but also through time.

I sat down with Paste Travel's Editor Alex Crevar, who in a time of personal upheaval, found a parallel between himself and the Balkans, a beautiful region of the world that has undergone an ongoing rebranding over the past decades. Alex channeled this inspiration into a life and career in travel writing, becoming an authority on an increasingly compelling region to visit. Travel is a mirror, but our transformation is all about what we do with the reflection.

“We are still primal. Regardless of the epoch or era, travel knows no boundaries. It knows no gender, race or religion. People want to see the yet unseen. They want...

07/14/2016

Holocene's inaugural trip to Patagonia this November is an immersion not just into nature but into the self. If you're feeling like hitting the reset button and finding the clarity that comes from inspiration and possibility, then consider investing in yourself and joining us on this trip.

On The Travelers podcast and within the Holocene community I've discussed how connecting to the world, a vastness, something greater than yourself is a critical component of healing. Awe is what pulls us forward. Wonder keeps us there. Nature is as vast as it gets - and just being in it can be an expansive experience, particularly for those of us who exist contrastingly in cities. Living in urban centers is often considered less sheltered than the suburbs, and in a way that's true, but compared to travel, exploration, and nature, cities can be a suppressing or narrowing experience to the human condition. When your line of sight is limited by the buildings before you and you're constantly bombarded with media, messaging, and frenetic activity, it's easy to lose a grip on your attention.

This from the Atlantic: "According to Attention Restoration Theory (ART), urban environments are draining because they force us to direct our attention to specific tasks (e.g., avoiding the onslaught of traffic) and grab our attention dynamically, compelling us to "look here!" before telling us to instead "look over there!" These demands are draining -- and they're also absent in natural environments. Forests, streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans demand very little from us... The difference between natural and urban landscapes is how they command our attention. While man-made landscapes bombard us with stimulation, their natural counterparts give us the chance to think as much or as little as we'd like, and the opportunity to replenish exhausted mental resources."

Our attention is divided too easily and vied for across real and digital worlds. A 2012 study linked problem solving skills and creativity to the part of the brain that's overwhelmed by the stimuli of indoor, digital, and urban living.

That's why I've designed this trip to be about expanding space and slowing time, reclaiming attention, and reconnecting with the bigness of the world, each other, and yourself. "Travel is a mirror," says writer Don George. You become what you behold. We're off this November to find something vast, arresting, and expansive. Want to join us? http://patagonia2016.com

From November 11-20, 2016, we’re immersing 8 people in a landscape of wonder to thoroughly explore the place, and ourselves, together. We can’t think of anywhere better than Patagonia.

04/30/2016

“There is one common trait with all creative people around the world. They all have a passion. They live to tell a story. Very often, they are the story. So, as a creative traveler, you will be drawn into the magic of writing your own story with them. And local tutors are there to facilitate your experience, to provide the setting for creativity to happen and express itself so that you can become a part of their story in return. And as such, the experience you have has the power to transform you, the single greatest experience you can have on any one trip.”

Hey guys! Today on the podcast is a conversation I'm really excited to share with you. is the author of The Creative Travelers Handbook. But this conversation goes much deeper than travel (don't we always?). This episode is what it's all about. Curiosity + Creativity = Transformation.

This episode is ideal for anyone looking to explore their curiosity and creativity to find transformative experience on the road, to engage with the world and stop being a bystander in the story of their life.

“Trooping through cathedrals, museums and art galleries. with hundreds of other people is increasingly being seen as an experience to avoid rather than desire.” Elena Paschinger is the author of...

04/22/2016

Hey everyone! Wow. After a long hiatus, the podcast is BACK... and BETTER than ever! We're returning with a bang too -- joined by legendary travel writer, Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding, for a conversation about finding possibility, success, and what it means to actualize your best self.

It feels good to be back on a weekly schedule!

“As a creative traveler, you can meld your creative self with the experiences that are coming your way, and pretty soon you have a better understanding of your place in...

02/08/2016

"If you think for one second that there isn’t something waiting for you on the other side of the world, you are wrong."

I left my entire life behind to travel the world, solo. After four months, I've already learned valuable lessons I could only learn by doing exactly that.