A video: “WANDERLUST”: The urge for going

Written By Mitchell Stephens

This is an installment in our series on “What I Still Want to Accomplish” — see earlier essays on this subject by: Neil Offen and Melinda Moulton.

WANDERLUST: A Video in Two Voices

The—sometimes insistent, occasionally disturbing—urge to travel. Its glories and its discontents. Featuring scenes of Paris and dreams of going hither, yon and God knows where.

Other videos on travel, though not travel videos, by Mitchell Stephens:

More: Is Enough Indeed Enough?

Traveling: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop

Awe: A Total Eclipse of the Sun

The High Road

Or check out these other “idea videos” by Mitchell Stephens:

UnDead: Life Death and Aging (in a Minute and a Half)

I Am Not an Asshole: A Moral Inquiry

Reversing Time

And for an explanation of what Mitch is trying to accomplish in these videos watch:

Quick-Cut  J i t T e R Y  Video:  A Manifesto

Mitchell Stephens

Mitchell Stephens, one of the editors of this site, is the author of nine books, including the rise of the image the fall of the word, A History of News, Imagine There’s No Heaven: How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World, Beyond News: The Future of Journalism, and The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th Century Journalism. He is a professor emeritus of Journalism at New York University, lives in New York City and spends a lot of time traveling and fiddling with video.

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