Marcia DeSanctis on revisiting places, souvenirs, and travel as self-reinvention

Episode 190 June 14, 2022 00:39:10
Marcia DeSanctis on revisiting places, souvenirs, and travel as self-reinvention
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Marcia DeSanctis on revisiting places, souvenirs, and travel as self-reinvention

Jun 14 2022 | 00:39:10

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“Travel imparts a liquid language whose sole property is the flow of questions.”  –Marcia DeSanctis

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Marcia talk about what it was like to work as a TV producer for Barbara Walters (1:30); how she made the decision to transition into prose writing, and how a sense of curiosity and abandon can inspire travel and travel writing (6:00); how we all change as travelers over the course of a lifetime (13:00); the way the things we bring home from our travels shape our memories of places (21:30); and how travel is a way to reinvent oneself (30:00).

Marcia DeSanctis (marciadesanctis1) is a Contributing Writer for Travel + Leisure. Her 2022 essay collection is entitled A Hard Place to Leave: Stories from a Restless Life.

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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