When both his popular culture podcast and long-term relationship come to an end, journalist Brendan Francis Newnam finds he has the time — and freedom — to pursue his dream: a travel podcast where he goes places and learns about them by getting invited to a stranger’s house for dinner. Not Lost is both a delightful travel escape and an insightful look at people — locals and visitors alike — trying to make sense of a constantly changing world.

Producer for the last half of Not Lost season 1, I travelled with host Brendan Francis Newnam and his guest Luke Burbank to Vegas in Feb of 2020 just as the world was hearing about Covid. As we ate chinese food, traversed the hoover Dam, and spotted aliens.

Two years later, we were back in Big Sur with John Delore, soaking in the healing sounds of the waves, and rocks and culture that it has to offer