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Benjamin Percy on how comics and movies teach the best lessons about telling stories
“You have to think about the shelf-life of the tension you’re creating. There should be a bigger mystery on the other side of that...
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Why travel guidebooks still matter (and how to best use them on the road)
“To go off the beaten path, I use a guidebook.” – Pauline Frommer, quoting a young reader In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and...
An insider’s guide to traveling America’s National Parks in the 21st century
“All the crowds gravitate towards the name-brand national parks, and even within those parks there’s a handful of famous hikes or viewpoints that everybody...
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Van Life before #VanLife: Rolf unpacks his very first vagabonding journey
“I will never have another vagabonding journey that compares to that first one — even though I have since traveled to far more exotic...
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Ryan Holiday on how to conceive, research, and write a “Big Idea” book
“Most people do not wake up and think, ‘I need more philosophy in my life.’ They do wake up and think ‘I have a...
“American Beauty” has not aged well: Reconsidering the film, 20 years on
“In American Beauty, Lester Burnham’s rebellions seem adolescent and immature because that’s all he’s got. His world is so stultifying that you can either...