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Deviate

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

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50 episodes

The best age to travel is whatever age you are now (an online book club remix)

Mar 6, 2023•—

The best age to travel is whatever age you are now (an online book club remix)

Travel can be a way to see the future (and experience the past), with Kevin Kelly

Mar 20, 2023•—

Travel can be a way to see the future (and experience the past), with Kevin Kelly

Art introduces us to places before we go there (live from the Faroe Islands)

Apr 3, 2023•—

Art introduces us to places before we go there (live from the Faroe Islands)

How travelers create quests and find community (online book club remix)

Apr 17, 2023•—

How travelers create quests and find community (online book club remix)

The Mystical High Church of Luck: Decoding Las Vegas (with Ari Shaffir)

May 1, 2023•—

The Mystical High Church of Luck: Decoding Las Vegas (with Ari Shaffir)

Travel burnout is a real thing (and it’s OK to feel it sometimes), with Matt Kepnes

May 15, 2023•—

Travel burnout is a real thing (and it’s OK to feel it sometimes), with Matt Kepnes

Fear, family, and walking the Camino de Santiago (live with Andrew McCarthy)

May 29, 2023•—

Fear, family, and walking the Camino de Santiago (live with Andrew McCarthy)

Vagabonding audio companion: How to study abroad (even if you aren’t a student)

Jun 12, 2023•—

Vagabonding audio companion: How to study abroad (even if you aren’t a student)

What museums reveal about places (and what they have to offer travelers)

Jun 26, 2023•—

What museums reveal about places (and what they have to offer travelers)

Travel can return you to a kind of childhood (online book club remix)

Jul 10, 2023•—

Travel can return you to a kind of childhood (online book club remix)

Vagabonding audio companion: Why (and how) travel souvenirs matter

Jul 24, 2023•—

Vagabonding audio companion: Why (and how) travel souvenirs matter

“Dare to do Dirt”: Seeking rural places (and how to best experience them)

Aug 7, 2023•—

“Dare to do Dirt”: Seeking rural places (and how to best experience them)

Travelers experience more when they slow down and ask lots of questions

Aug 21, 2023•—

Travelers experience more when they slow down and ask lots of questions

A train isn’t just a vehicle; it’s a place (a remix encore, with Monisha Rajesh)

Sep 4, 2023•—

A train isn’t just a vehicle; it’s a place (a remix encore, with Monisha Rajesh)

Vagabonding audio companion: A life in (and philosophy of) long-term travel

Sep 18, 2023•—

Vagabonding audio companion: A life in (and philosophy of) long-term travel

Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club remix)

Oct 2, 2023•—

Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club remix)

Travel memoir lab: Truth, luck, & multi-genre storytelling (with Tom Bissell)

Oct 16, 2023•—

Travel memoir lab: Truth, luck, & multi-genre storytelling (with Tom Bissell)

Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club redo)

Oct 30, 2023•—

Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club redo)

Going abroad for love, and travel writing that says something new about a place

Nov 13, 2023•—

Going abroad for love, and travel writing that says something new about a place

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

Nov 27, 2023•—

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

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

Jan 8, 2024•—

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

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

Feb 3, 2024•—

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

What it's like to spend a full year traveling within a day's radius of your home

Feb 13, 2024•—

What it's like to spend a full year traveling within a day's radius of your home

Essential tips and strategies for telling travel stories, with Andrew McCarthy

Mar 12, 2024•—

Essential tips and strategies for telling travel stories, with Andrew McCarthy

Walk and Talk: Notes from a peripatetic salon across northern Thailand

Apr 16, 2024•—

Walk and Talk: Notes from a peripatetic salon across northern Thailand

How Rolf Ruined the 1990s: A personal history of my grunge-bandwagon band

May 14, 2024•—

How Rolf Ruined the 1990s: A personal history of my grunge-bandwagon band

Wonder Year: The Art of Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling

Jun 11, 2024•—

Wonder Year: The Art of Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling

Bicycling across the USA (with no money or food) looking for human connection

Jul 16, 2024•—

Bicycling across the USA (with no money or food) looking for human connection

A history and future of digital and biological technology, with Jane Metcalfe

Aug 8, 2024•—

A history and future of digital and biological technology, with Jane Metcalfe

What you discover when you walk down every single street in New York City (encore)

Sep 17, 2024•—

What you discover when you walk down every single street in New York City (encore)

Vagabonding audio companion: Obnoxious travelers (and how to avoid being one)

Oct 22, 2024•—

Vagabonding audio companion: Obnoxious travelers (and how to avoid being one)

Live from Bali: How tourists, influencers, and nomads transform destinations (for good and for bad)

Nov 12, 2024•—

Live from Bali: How tourists, influencers, and nomads transform destinations (for good and for bad)

HoneyTrek: A case study in making a full-time living as travel influencers and content creators

Nov 26, 2024•—

HoneyTrek: A case study in making a full-time living as travel influencers and content creators

Travel memoir lab: How to fast-track your travel book by working with a hybrid publisher

Dec 10, 2024•—

Travel memoir lab: How to fast-track your travel book by working with a hybrid publisher

Life changing travel experiences: Memories of traveling to Syria, 25 years on (with Ari Shaffir)

Dec 31, 2024•—

Life changing travel experiences: Memories of traveling to Syria, 25 years on (with Ari Shaffir)

Pico Iyer on how solitude, stillness, and silence play an essential counterbalance to the traveling life

Jan 14, 2025•—

Pico Iyer on how solitude, stillness, and silence play an essential counterbalance to the traveling life

A travel writers' Super Bowl special: Pico Iyer and Rolf discuss NFL football from the global perspective

Jan 31, 2025•—

A travel writers' Super Bowl special: Pico Iyer and Rolf discuss NFL football from the global perspective

How a journey on the Hippie Trail changed Rick Steves' life (and influenced Rolf's travels too)

Feb 11, 2025•—

How a journey on the Hippie Trail changed Rick Steves' life (and influenced Rolf's travels too)

Travel memoir lab: On blending travel narrative with a broader memoiristic life-narrative

Mar 4, 2025•—

Travel memoir lab: On blending travel narrative with a broader memoiristic life-narrative

Long-term travel 101: Matt Kepnes on how to slow down and save money on an extended global journey

Mar 25, 2025•—

Long-term travel 101: Matt Kepnes on how to slow down and save money on an extended global journey

Why a chapter about "slum tourism" was edited out of The Vagabond's Way (with Chloe Cooper Jones)

Apr 1, 2025•—

Why a chapter about "slum tourism" was edited out of The Vagabond's Way (with Chloe Cooper Jones)

Mars on Earth: The world's driest desert, and what travelers might find when they go there

May 6, 2025•—

Mars on Earth: The world's driest desert, and what travelers might find when they go there

Before Sunrise: Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic 1995 travel-romance movie

May 16, 2025•—

Before Sunrise: Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic 1995 travel-romance movie

Before Sunrise (redo): Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic travel-romance movie

May 20, 2025•—

Before Sunrise (redo): Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic travel-romance movie

Why We Travel: Happiness, curiosity, wonder, sex, healing, and other motivations for hitting the road

Jul 1, 2025•—

Why We Travel: Happiness, curiosity, wonder, sex, healing, and other motivations for hitting the road

Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s and 1970s (encore)

Aug 5, 2025•—

Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s and 1970s (encore)

An audiobook about how (not) to write a travel book: 9 lessons from my failed van-life memoir

Sep 2, 2025•—

An audiobook about how (not) to write a travel book: 9 lessons from my failed van-life memoir

Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die (in memory of Alice Potts, 1943-2025)

Sep 30, 2025•—

Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die (in memory of Alice Potts, 1943-2025)

Traveling as a writer, and awkward book-tour experiences, with Anthony Doerr (from 2012)

Nov 4, 2025•—

Traveling as a writer, and awkward book-tour experiences, with Anthony Doerr (from 2012)

Kansas Never Plays Itself: How movies lie when they take us places

Dec 16, 2025•—

Kansas Never Plays Itself: How movies lie when they take us places

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