Reports from my travels in quarantine: A Deviate Season Two coda

Episode 115 April 28, 2020 00:43:23
Reports from my travels in quarantine: A Deviate Season Two coda
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Reports from my travels in quarantine: A Deviate Season Two coda

Apr 28 2020 | 00:43:23

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“The pandemic might be a pretext to reinvent travel writing in a way that actually reports on the nuances of a complicated world rather than just framing vacation experiences.” –Rolf Potts

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf reports solo from his quarantine to talk about the end of his second podcast season, and the misconceptions people have about his home state of Kansas (0:50); what travel might look like once we are no longer in quarantine, the ethical issues surrounding the consumer rituals of the travel industry, and the shortcomings of commercial travel media and travel writing (9:00); how vagabonding travel skills, habits, instincts can help make pandemic quarantine easier and more dynamic, including reading books (16:00); a recap of the most interesting and unique episodes of Deviate Season Two, including movie episodes (20:40); what to expect from Season Three of Deviate, including episodes about travel, travel writing, nostalgia, and racial diversity (25:10); and what life is like for Rolf in quarantine in Kansas (30:00). ​The episode also includes songs from Cedar Van Tassel’s album Lumber, including “USD 306,” “Turkey Vulture Sky,” and “Lumber.”​

Notable Links:

Rolf’s pandemic book readings and suggestions:

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

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