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Remembering Bettina Gilois (and what writers can learn from her work)
Remembering Bettina Gilois (and what writers can learn from her work)

Season 3 Episode 130

“The opening line of your work should hold within it the germ of your entire idea. Attention spans are growing ever shorter. Grab your reader while y…

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Rolf's parents on parental mortality
Rolf's parents on parental mortality

Season 3 Episode 129

“In America aging is often seen as an insult rather than an inevitable human process. We don’t celebrate getting older; we ‘fight’ age by pretending …

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Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die
Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die

Season 3 Episode 129

“In America aging is often seen as an insult rather than an inevitable human process. We don’t celebrate getting older; we ‘fight’ age by pretending …

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Travel writing in the 21st century
Travel writing in the 21st century

Season 3 Episode 128

“One of the miracles of travel writing is to constantly be reminded of how much we don’t know.” – Doug Bock Clark

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf an…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Bonus: Unpacking the mission of travel-writing in the 21st century
Bonus: Unpacking the mission of travel-writing in the 21st century

Season 3 Episode 128

“One of the miracles of travel writing is to constantly be reminded of how much we don’t know.” – Doug Bock Clark

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf an…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Traveling with the last subsistence hunters
Traveling with the last subsistence hunters

Season 3 Episode 127

“The Lamalerans hunt in a way that is almost exactly the same as the way people hunted during Moby Dick’s time. Going on one of these hunts is analog…

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What the world’s last subsistence hunters can teach us about humanity
What the world’s last subsistence hunters can teach us about humanity

Season 3 Episode 127

“The Lamalerans hunt in a way that is almost exactly the same as the way people hunted during Moby Dick’s time. Going on one of these hunts is analog…

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The Great Gatsby, high-school-style
The Great Gatsby, high-school-style

Season 3 Episode 126

“One reason why Gatsby is called a ‘Great American Novel’ is that it illuminates a conversation we haven’t stopped having in this country. We keep pr…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Revisiting The Great Gatsby, high-school-style, in quarantine
Revisiting The Great Gatsby, high-school-style, in quarantine

Season 3 Episode 126

“One reason why Gatsby is called a ‘Great American Novel’ is that it illuminates a conversation we haven’t stopped having in this country. We keep pr…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Museums and travel
Museums and travel

Season 3 Episode 125

“You can’t ever really know what a museum will offer you until you get there.” – Kendra Green

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kendra discuss the…

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