Deviate

Rolf Potts veers off-topic in this unique series of conversations with experts, public figures, and intriguing people.

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January 25, 2022 01:01:45
How inexpensive countries are the secret to prolonging the journey [encore]

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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179

January 11, 2022 01:07:40
Lost in the Valley of Death: The life and disappearance of Justin Alexander

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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178

December 28, 2021 00:54:40
A mixtape (of sorts) about mixtapes: Music as intimate communication

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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177

December 14, 2021 00:51:32
Holiday Special: Celebrating the Sears Christmas Wish Book [encore]

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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176

November 30, 2021 00:20:45
Digital nomadism [bonus]: How technology has changed the way we travel

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...

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November 02, 2021 01:50:36
Van Life before #VanLife (encore): Revisiting a classic USA road trip

Van Life before #VanLife (encore): Revisiting a classic USA road trip

“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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