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“Something about the motion of walking is conducive to generating both ideas and conversation. You can empty your mind and open your mind at the same time.”—Kevin KellyIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf reports from a “Walk and Talk” across nor
“We ‘massage’ the truth to make it fit the narrative we need it to fit in our lives.” –Andrew McCarthyIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Andrew talk about how Andrew got started in travel writing, and how writing himself on the page helped
“Unless we explore our neighborhood, we can’t imagine what might be right under our noses, nor be able to celebrate it, mourn its demise, or take action.” –Alastair HumphreysIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Alastair Humphreys discuss the c
“I hate the Kansas City Chiefs with a passion reserved only for things that I love.” —Tod GoldbergIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf shares his 2002 NPR “Savvy Traveler” dispatch about trying to watch the Super Bowl in Thailand (3:00); then he a
“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 FerrissIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Tim discuss common travel fantasies, and the fears that keep people from
“Sometimes it’s good to sit still and let a place move through you instead of you moving through a place.” –Rolf PottsIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and The Vagabond’s Way book club participants discuss how one can be vulnerable to new expe
“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 don’t speak the language.” –Thomas SwickIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Tom talk about t
“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 there, details that open you up to the raw imperfections of the encounter itself.” –Rolf PottsIn
“Not everyone who’s lucky is talented and not everyone who’s talented is lucky.” –Tom BissellIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Tom talk about Tom’s lack of travel experience when he joined the Peace Corps, and how he dealt with his early f
“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 there, details that open you up to the raw imperfections of the encounter itself.” –Rolf PottsIn
“One ironic anxiety of travel is that suddenly you’re living in ‘organic time’ and you’re not used to it.” –Rolf PottsIn this “vagabonding audio companion” episode of Deviate, remixed from Aaron Millar’s Armchair Explorer podcast, Rolf talks
“A wonderful aspect of traveling by train is the transactional relationship between passengers who feed off one another, picking up tips, offering advice, guarding each other’s belongings, and generating a trust that is unique to railway travel
“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 less, because you’re not really committed to that chicken bus full of really interesting peopl
“Domestic travel to rural places can be as important as international travel that is more obviously cross-cultural.” –Rolf PottsIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Marci talk about how the best trips are guided by curiosity about eight key t
“A souvenir can be anything from a travel experience that honors a certain moment in your life, certifies the journey that took you there, and celebrates the confluence of people and places and actions that made it possible.” – Rolf PottsIn t
“In alien parts, we speak more simply, unencumbered by the histories that we carry around at home, and look more excitedly, with eyes of wonder.” —Pico IyerIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and The Vagabond’s Way book club participants discuss
“We do not just keep and collect things. We trouble ourselves to repurpose, create, and invent things just to carry, a little easier, those stories we cannot live without.”—Kendra GreeneIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf speaks to the directors
“Quietly use travel to deepen your life, and to build stronger relationships – not only with other cultures, but with your home. Figure out ways to give back.” –Rolf PottsIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and David talk about how travel allows
“Not every fearful decision I’ve made has been bad, but most of my bad decisions have been based in fear.” –Andrew McCarthyIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Andrew talk about the two halves of Andrew’s professional life – acting and travel
“The truth is that our travel anticipations, and our memories, have a way of holding only the most striking parts of an experience—the parts that don’t cause burnout.” —Matt KepnesIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Matt talk about travel jou
“Things don’t happen in Las Vegas. Things are happened in Las Vegas. All actions in the town are so meticulously predicted and orchestrated that spontaneity itself exists only as the ghost of compulsion.” –Rolf Potts (in 1998)In this episode
“Nothing against bucket lists, but sometimes that interest that makes you weird and nerdy at home is going to make you vulnerable to all the weird nerdy people in some distant new place who are also interested in that thing.” —Rolf PottsIn thi
“You hear how there’s many words for snow in native cultures in Canada; there are actually over 20 words for ‘fog’ in the Faroe Islands.” –Matthew LandrumIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Matthew discuss what makes the landscape and cultur
“”I wasn’t partying. I wasn’t relaxing on the beach. I was photographing – working – every minute of the day. That was a means to see as much as I possibly could. And to keep looking.” –Kevin KellyIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kevin di
“Success is often about finding just enough material wealth to fund the life that makes you happy.” —Rolf PottsIn this episode of Deviate, Rolf and The Nomadic Network book club participants discuss how travel can intensify the attention you p
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