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Travel memoir lab: Truth, luck, & multi-genre storytelling (with Tom Bissell)
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
Being a guest on the road
Season 5 Episode 229
“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, 6 months ago
Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club remix)
Season 5 Episode 229
“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, 6 months ago
A life in travel
Season 5 Episode 228
“One ironic anxiety of travel is that suddenly you’re living in ‘organic time’ and you’re not used to it.” –Rolf Potts
In this “vagabonding audio co…
2 years, 6 months ago
Vagabonding audio companion: A life in (and philosophy of) long-term travel
Season 5 Episode 228
“One ironic anxiety of travel is that suddenly you’re living in ‘organic time’ and you’re not used to it.” –Rolf Potts
In this “vagabonding audio co…
2 years, 6 months ago
Global train travel (encore)
Season 5 Episode 227
“A wonderful aspect of traveling by train is the transactional relationship between passengers who feed off one another, picking up tips, offering ad…
2 years, 7 months ago
A train isn’t just a vehicle; it’s a place (a remix encore, with Monisha Rajesh)
Season 5 Episode 227
“A wonderful aspect of traveling by train is the transactional relationship between passengers who feed off one another, picking up tips, offering ad…
2 years, 7 months ago
Slow travel (online book club remix)
Season 5 Episode 226
“We live in an age where you can take a series short flights inside a country to speed things up. You end up going to more places, but you experience…
2 years, 7 months ago
Travelers experience more when they slow down and ask lots of questions
Season 5 Episode 226
“We live in an age where you can take a series short flights inside a country to speed things up. You end up going to more places, but you experience…
2 years, 7 months ago
How to travel in rural places
Season 5 Episode 225
“Domestic travel to rural places can be as important as international travel that is more obviously cross-cultural.” –Rolf Potts
In this episode of …
2 years, 8 months ago