We're a few months into the new year. Maybe you're a freshly minted, idealized version of yourself. Or maybe your... more

No piña coladas were consumed during travel writer Pico Iyer’s quest for paradise. Instead he found himself communing with guides... more

Brendan finds the perfect Not Lost Chat guest in author Cheryl Strayed, who not only wrote the bestselling travel memoir... more

Brendan receives a postcard from the only registered US historical landmark outside America and then talks with the great essayist,... more

Brendan speaks with Kristin Newman, author of “What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir,” about falling in... more

Brendan visits Japan on a trip that puts the “junk” in junket. Then he speaks with Marius Kociejowski, author of... more

Brendan talks with Jessica Nabongo, the author of “The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman’s Journey to Every Country... more

New York Magazine described “Not Lost” as having the “slight energy of Andrew Sean Greer’s Less” so Brendan calls the... more

Who do we become when we travel? Who are we allowed to be? And where is everyone going? Brendan Francis... more

After wrapping up Season 1 of Not Lost, and a few odds & ends at home, Brendan heads to Portugal and... more