Why we love specific albums from specific artists at specific times in our lives
Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s
Author Ed Buryn on the timeless principles of independent travel
Kevin Kelly on how travel has changed over the past 50 years [rebroadcast]
Futurist (and Wired magazine co-founder) Kevin Kelly on how travel has changed
Remembering Bettina Gilois (and what writers can learn from her work)
Rebroadcast in honor of Emmy-nominated screenwriter Bettina Gilois (1961-2020)
Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die
How to handle it when your parents die: A conversation with my parents
Bonus: Unpacking the mission of travel-writing in the 21st century
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