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American Pilgrim: Revisiting Rolf’s lost Travel Channel Thanksgiving special
“The perception that most Americans have about the original Thanksgiving is very much a Hallmark-card stereotype, where the native people and the colonists came...
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Solo travel: Celebrating the pleasures of (and strategies for) journeying alone
“Savoring is attending to the moment.” – Stephanie Rosenbloom In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Stephanie discuss solitude versus loneliness (3:00); the joy...
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Vagabonding audio companion: Time Wealth and the spiritual texture of travel
“Getting in touch with reality is literally the essence of spiritual life.” – Rolf Potts In this episode of Deviate, Rolf remixes his interview...
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Coming-of-age on the road as a dirtbag backpacker (with Pam Mandel)
“That sort of fearlessness, and the assumption that the world is a good place – I like holding onto that idea to this day.”...
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On penis theft, creepy clowns, anxiety, and how culture tells us what is real
“Beliefs are contagious. The stories we tell take on their own logic and become real, in a way. As travelers in another culture part...
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Pandemic love, cheating death, & cassette tapes: A personal history of nostalgia
“Nostalgia isn’t rational, and just like Warrant’s 1990 song “Cherry Pie” reminds me of 1989 more than the recorded sound of my own voice...