Deviate

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

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October 22, 2024 00:45:40
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Vagabonding audio companion: Obnoxious travelers (and how to avoid being one)

“We’re having less enjoyable travel experiences, even as our photos show us having this amazing time, because we’re performing a version of travel for...

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September 17, 2024 01:30:57
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What you discover when you walk down every single street in New York City (encore)

“Traveling, for me, is all about destroying stereotypes and narratives about people and places.” – Matt Green In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and...

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August 08, 2024 00:59:27
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A history and future of digital and biological technology, with Jane Metcalfe

“We need positive visions of how all this technology gets deployed, because what we visualize is what we build.” –Jane Metcalfe In this episode...

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July 16, 2024 00:50:01
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Bicycling across the USA (with no money or food) looking for human connection

“My parents passed away and it created this sense of recklessness in me, but in a positive way: I wanted to create a travel...

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June 11, 2024 00:53:42
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Wonder Year: The Art of Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling

“The parent’s job as teacher on the road is to just create surface area between your kid and yourself and the world.”  –Julie Frieder...

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May 14, 2024 01:19:36
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How Rolf Ruined the 1990s: A personal history of my grunge-bandwagon band

“Look at any photo from a moment of supposed zeitgeist in American history, and it will be clear that not everyone in that moment...

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