Bonus: What travel-writing means in the 21st century, with Doug Bock Clark
What the world’s last subsistence hunters can teach us about humanity
Author Doug Bock Clark on traveling Indonesia’s last subsistence whaling culture
Revisiting The Great Gatsby, high-school-style, in quarantine
Rolf and his high school friends’ quarantine book club: The Great Gatsby
Why travelers visit museums (in places like Iceland), and what they find there
Why travelers seek out museums (especially in Iceland)
Life changing travel experiences: Jumping freight trains in the Pacific NW
Rolf and his friend Brian recall the experience of jumping freight trains as young men
Kate Harris on the way travel can lead us into deeper questions about the universe
“Lands of Lost Borders” author Kate Harris on how travel puts us in touch with life’s deepest questions
Andrew McCarthy on the Proust Questionnaire (and Brat Pack legacy)
Actor-writer Andrew McCarthy tackles questions from the classic “Proust Questionnaire”
How to balance creative success with business success: An open chat
How to make a life through your art without selling your soul
How underground exploration is the perennial frontier of adventure travel
Will Hunt, author of “Underground: A History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet,” on the joys of subterranean travel
Honeymoon without her husband: Maggie Downs’ uncommon world journey
How Maggie Downs quit her job and embarked on (her mother’s) solo dream-trip
The win-win of being a mentor, with Cal Fussman and Alex Banayan
How mentoring can enhance your career (with Cal Fussman and Alex Banayan)