Each day, Americans touch their smartphones an astounding 2,617 times a day. That stat appears in my new article for the AARP Bulletin, titled “Keep Your Mental Focus.” The piece […]
Read More »When it comes to life’s greatest things, it’s hard to beat beer and babies. On May 6, for the debut episode of 650,000 Hours—a new web series on the real-life […]
Read More »Ken Budd has written a variety of recent articles, including stories for AARP’s Life Reimagined on 10 ways to boost your happiness—from getting a dog (not a cat) to even, […]
Read More »A new National Geographic piece by Ken Budd explores why our most challenging travel experiences can also be the most gratifying. Titled “When Travel Goes Wrong,” the piece went live […]
Read More »Ken Budd is blogging for 650,000 Hours, a new web series he’s hosting on travel and giving back, which will debut in 2016. Recent blog posts have focused on making […]
Read More »“You write like a woman.” Ken Budd was told that by a reader of his memoir, The Voluntourist. The comment was a compliment: she felt that the book had an emotional […]
Read More »In a new piece for National Geographic‘s “Intelligent Travel” site, Ken Budd discusses five myths about voluntourism: what the critics get right—and what they get wrong. “The media criticism, though […]
Read More »Ken Budd was recently interviewed by two travel sites about subjects ranging from volunteering abroad to his top packing tips. The first interview appears on The Global Commute: Ken is […]
Read More »Ken Budd’s 2013 story on his volunteer experiences in Kenya and recent media criticism of voluntourism won gold on October 16 in the Society of American Travel Writers’ Lowell Thomas awards, which honors the best […]
Read More »On September 11, 2001, Franco Lalama lost his life after leading the evacuation of engineering offices on the 64th floor of One World Trade Center. Now, the friends and family […]
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