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

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

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

4/1/2025

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

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

3/25/2025

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

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

3/4/2025

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

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

2/11/2025

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

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

1/31/2025

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

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

1/14/2025

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

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

12/31/2024

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

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

12/10/2024

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

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

11/26/2024

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

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

11/12/2024

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

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

10/22/2024

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

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

9/17/2024

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

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

8/8/2024

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

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

7/16/2024

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

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

6/11/2024

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

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

5/14/2024

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

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

4/16/2024

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

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

3/12/2024

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

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

2/13/2024

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

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

2/4/2024