I’m more than a little surprised to find myself in this box: my idea of NEWS is something that happened in 1848, and I think there are better things to advertise and take notice of than my tiny doings or scribbles.
But now that DDB Singapore has brought me into the 20th century – with every sign of coaxing me into the 21st – I’m happy to welcome anyone who’s interested to this space, where we may now and then post something that’s not easily found elsewhere, a video clip from our recent journeys or something that might be of interest to anyone who’s traveled as far as this unexpected corner.
Thank you for your time and attention, and if you’re irritated by something here, please blame the brilliant designers of these pages. Without them, I’d still be in some black hole!
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If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| June 24 | Keynote address, Coca-Cola C.E.O. Summit Napa, California |
| June 30 | Keynote lecture, Aspen Ideas Festival Aspen, Colorado |
| July 1 | Conversation with Elaine Pagels, Ideas Festival Aspen, Colorado |
| August 18-23 | Workshop with Chip Conley, Modern Elder Academy, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Oct. 4 | Conversation with Ira Glass, Arts & Lectures Santa Barbara, California |
| Oct. 8 | Lecture, Swarthmore College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Oct. 23 | Tibet Fund Annual Gala New York, New York |
| Oct. 29—Nov. 2 | Bali Literature Festival Ubud, Indonesia |
| Nov. 19 | Conversation with Colm Toibin, Arts & Lectures Santa Barbara, California |
| January 24-25 | Kerala Literature Festival Calicut, India |
| January 27 | Lecture, Mahindra University Hyderabad, India |
| March 13 | Onstage conversation, India Today Conclave New Delhi, India |
| April 11 | Conversation with Paul Holdengraber for Grace Farms New Canaan, Connecticut |
| April 29-May 7 | Lectures, Gohagan ship Japan-Korea |
| May 13 | Conversation with Terry Tempest Williams, A & L Santa Barbara, California |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
A long chat with the brilliant Christopher Lydon on Radio Open Source—January 23, 2025.
A long talk with Jonathan Bastian on KCRW’s “Life Examined” radio show—January 26, 2025
“To Big Sur, with Love”—an essay on the enchanted coastline for The Guardian, February 1, 2025.
Numerous podcasts with Jonathan Fields, Elise Loehnen, Mitch Joel, James Shaheen, Jeremy Bassetti, Rolf Potts and many others—released January-June, 2025.
A talk with Sean Illing for Vox’s Gray Area podcast—March 10, 2025.
“The Inner Scorecard”—a long interview with the brilliant William Green on his podcast, “Richer, Wiser, Happier,” posted March 17, 2025.
A talk with the really searching Spencer Bailey for his “Time Sensitive” podcast, posted March 26, 2025.
“Unexpected Blessings”—an essay on a wise woman who taught me much in my monastery, published in America, April 2025.
A deep and soulful talk with the remarkable Rachel Schwartzman on her “Slow Studies” podcast—April 16, 2025
“The World Beyond Our Chatter”—a short essay for Conde Nast Traveler, posted April 18, 2025, and offered in print in the May/June 2025 issue.
A virtual conversation with Susan Pollak for Harvard Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness and Compassion—April 19, 2025
“Picture Perfect”–an ode to wonderful Benesse House on Naoshima, for Air Mail, April 26, 2025.
A talk on Pope Francis for the radio program “Life Examined,” broadcast on KCRW, April 26, 2025.
“W is for Walking”—an essay for The New York Times T Magazine’s special issue on Japan, April 27, 2025.
“I is for Iterations”—another essay for The New York Times T Magazine’s special issue on Japan, April 27, 2025.
“The Spiritual Wisdom of Slowing Down”–a long interview with Simran Jeet Singh, for the “Wisdom and Practice” podcast, posted May 14, 2025
“The Geography of Hope”–an essay on Robert Macfarlane’s dazzling new book, Is a River Alive?, for Air Mail, May 17, 2025.
“To share or to gatekeep is the question for a travel writer in today’s overtouristed world”—An essay for The New York Times, published June 15, 2025.
“Escape”—a talk with the TED Radio Hour for its “Great Escapes” show, broadcast June 13, 2025.