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Coming-of-age on the road as a dirtbag backpacker (with Pam Mandel)
“That sort of fearlessness, and the assumption that the world is a good place – I like holding onto that idea to this day.”...
143
On penis theft, creepy clowns, anxiety, and how culture tells us what is real
“Beliefs are contagious. The stories we tell take on their own logic and become real, in a way. As travelers in another culture part...
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Pandemic love, cheating death, & cassette tapes: A personal history of nostalgia
“Nostalgia isn’t rational, and just like Warrant’s 1990 song “Cherry Pie” reminds me of 1989 more than the recorded sound of my own voice...
141
A folk history of Satanic Panic, backmasking, and rock music in the 1980s
“There are the actual facts of what was happening in popular culture in the 1980s — and then there was this tantalizing notion that...
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What it’s like to travel 37 countries (and counting) in a wheelchair
“Face the fear, and go for it.” – Cory Lee In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Cory discuss what challenges disabled travelers contend...
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20 lessons learned from 20 years as a travel writer: A TravelCon keynote
“Embrace your travel mistakes. You can’t ‘fail’ at travel; you can only learn from travel.” –Rolf Potts In this episode of Deviate, which excerpts...