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February 08, 2022 • 00:47:48

Paul Theroux on reading, teaching, and slow travel in Mexico [encore]

“We don’t have a lot of time on this earth. When you get to my age you’ve got to use it wisely. The thing...

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January 25, 2022 • 01:01:45

How inexpensive countries are the secret to prolonging the journey [encore]

“Calculate what you spend on a daily basis at home for all your living expenses, cut that in half, and you’ll have a daily...

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January 11, 2022 • 01:07:40

Lost in the Valley of Death: The life and disappearance of Justin Alexander

“I realized that Justin Alexander was the latest person to disappear in a long history of travelers disappearing in India’s Parvati Valley. It’s a...

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December 28, 2021 • 00:54:40

A mixtape (of sorts) about mixtapes: Music as intimate communication

“Mixtapes were more than a way to share music in the 1980s and 1990s: They were, in fact, a type of extraverbal language —...

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December 14, 2021 • 00:51:32

Holiday Special: Celebrating the Sears Christmas Wish Book [encore]

“The Sears Christmas Wish Book was, for me, a kind of foundational text — a secular counterpoint to the Bible stories I learned around...

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November 30, 2021 • 00:20:45

Digital nomadism [bonus]: How technology has changed the way we travel

“When you smell a place, that’s when your experience of it starts.” – Rolf Potts Wade Shepard (@vagabondjourney) is an itinerant writer and filmmaker...