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Meghan Daum on career-reinvention, flyover country, nuance, and Gen X
“My pandemic essay was so badly received; I got massively dragged on Twitter for it, practically canceled. And then it ended up in Best...
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![Paul Theroux on reading, teaching, and slow travel in Mexico [encore]](https://episodes.castos.com/deviate/images/948503/c1a-ldpx-dd7v5wvzs1m2-jlffpo.png)
Paul Theroux on reading, teaching, and slow travel in Mexico [encore]
“We don’t have a lot of time on this earth. When you get to my age you’ve got to use it wisely. The thing...
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![How inexpensive countries are the secret to prolonging the journey [encore]](https://episodes.castos.com/deviate/images/880790/c1a-ldpx-romndvn4u2gv-wxukkc.png)
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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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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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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![Holiday Special: Celebrating the Sears Christmas Wish Book [encore]](https://episodes.castos.com/deviate/images/836028/c1a-ldpx-nj934g3nu966-wjfacx.png)
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...