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Sports, superstitions, and sacraments: A Deviate Super Bowl Special (2024 remix)
Season 6 Episode 235
“I hate the Kansas City Chiefs with a passion reserved only for things that I love.” —Tod Goldberg
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf shares his 2002 N…
2 years, 2 months ago
Tim Ferriss on achievement v. appreciation
Season 6 Episode 234
“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
In this episod…
2 years, 2 months ago
Tim Ferriss and Rolf discuss travel, time wealth, and “success management”
Season 6 Episode 234
“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
In this episod…
2 years, 2 months ago
Imagination and ritual in travel
Season 5 Episode 233
“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 episode of Deviate, R…
2 years, 4 months ago
The best journeys explore mindscapes as well as landscapes (book club remix)
Season 5 Episode 233
“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 episode of Deviate, R…
2 years, 4 months ago
The making of a travel writer
Season 5 Episode 232
“When asked to give advice to young people looking to become travel writers, I invariably tell them to go – alone – and live in a country where they …
2 years, 4 months ago
Going abroad for love, and travel writing that says something new about a place
Season 5 Episode 232
“When asked to give advice to young people looking to become travel writers, I invariably tell them to go – alone – and live in a country where they …
2 years, 4 months ago
Being a guest on the road (redo)
Season 5 Episode 231
“One way of making famous landmarks more comprehensible is to look for surprises, good and bad, that go beyond what you are expected to encounter the…
2 years, 5 months ago
Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club redo)
Season 5 Episode 231
“One way of making famous landmarks more comprehensible is to look for surprises, good and bad, that go beyond what you are expected to encounter the…
2 years, 5 months ago
Truth, luck, & multi-genre storytelling
Season 5 Episode 230
“Not everyone who’s lucky is talented and not everyone who’s talented is lucky.” –Tom Bissell
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Tom talk about To…
2 years, 5 months ago