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A (kind of) first-timer's guide to Paris
Season 2 Episode 72
In this special, destination-oriented episode of Deviate, Rolf talks to his 2019 students at the Paris Writing Workshop about ways to experience Pari…
6 years, 7 months ago
Author Lavinia Spalding
Season 2 Episode 71
“If you think your thing is to write for an audience, write for yourself first and see what comes up.” – Lavinia Spalding
In this episode of Deviate,…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Shawshank Redemption, 25 years on
Season 2 Episode 70
“It’s incumbent upon any screenwriter, who is adapting anything, to extract the moments and characters and events for a thematic purpose first and th…
6 years, 7 months ago
Remembering Pulp Fiction
Season 2 Episode 69
“It’s a recurring theme within the movie – the idea of taking these heightened, dramatic moments and mining humor out of the ordinariness of them.” –…
6 years, 8 months ago
Nomadic Matt
Season 2 Episode 68
“Don’t miss an opportunity to travel, if you have a chance. Decades from now you will always look back and be thankful you did” – Matt Kepnes
In this…
6 years, 8 months ago
Travel expert Matt Kepnes
Season 2 Episode 67
“It’s the serendipity of travel that makes it so amazing” – Matt Kepnes
In this episode of Deviate, Matt discusses what led him to travel, and adapti…
6 years, 8 months ago
Adventurer Alastair Humphreys
Season 2 Episode 66
“For too long I had thought adventure was life. But, actually, life is the adventure. And that is not the same thing at all.” –Alastair Humphreys
In …
6 years, 8 months ago
The fate of New Orleans
Season 2 Episode 65
“In the United States, failure is seen as a sin. In New Orleans we treasure our successes but we embrace life on its way down as well. Our failures c…
6 years, 8 months ago
Travel filmmaker Pegi Vail
Season 2 Episode 64
“What changed in my travels was my own realization of what our impact is as travelers.” – Pegi Vail
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Pegi Vail di…
6 years, 8 months ago
Frugal traveler Seth Kugel
Season 2 Episode 63
“The reason to go to a place is not to have just been to that place…travel is not just a bunch of checklists.” – Seth Kugel
In this episode of Devia…
6 years, 9 months ago