Deviate

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

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April 16, 2024 01:09:30
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Walk and Talk: Notes from a peripatetic salon across northern Thailand

“Something about the motion of walking is conducive to generating both ideas and conversation. You can empty your mind and open your mind at...

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March 12, 2024 00:58:23
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Essential tips and strategies for telling travel stories, with Andrew McCarthy

“We 'massage' the truth to make it fit the narrative we need it to fit in our lives.”  –Andrew McCarthy In this episode of ...

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February 13, 2024 00:57:12
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What it's like to spend a full year traveling within a day's radius of your home

“Unless we explore our neighborhood, we can’t imagine what might be right under our noses, nor be able to celebrate it, mourn its demise,...

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February 04, 2024 01:24:47
Sports, superstitions, and sacraments: A Deviate Super Bowl Special (2024 remix)

Sports, superstitions, and sacraments: A Deviate Super Bowl Special (2024 remix)

“I hate the Kansas City Chiefs with a passion reserved only for things that I love.” —Tod Goldberg In this episode of Deviate, Rolf...

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January 09, 2024 02:08:27
Tim Ferriss and Rolf discuss travel, time wealth, and “success management”

Tim Ferriss and Rolf discuss travel, time wealth, and “success management”

“Billionaires can’t take a week off? What’s the point of having a billion dollars if they have fewer options than I do?”  –Tim Ferriss...

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November 28, 2023 00:41:56
The best journeys explore mindscapes as well as landscapes (book club remix)

The best journeys explore mindscapes as well as landscapes (book club remix)

“Sometimes it’s good to sit still and let a place move through you instead of you moving through a place.”  –Rolf Potts In this...

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