Because the Best Things in Life are Off-Topic

How to enhance your career by becoming a better public speaker and reader

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A TED Talk cheat sheet: Elena Passarello on how to share your expertise via public speaking.

On sabbaticals: How to take a career break without breaking your career

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Lifestyle coach Tara Quinn on how to take time off from work to travel.

Ari Shaffir and Rolf do a deep-dive on the finer points of indie travel

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Ari Shaffir and Rolf do a deep-dive on the finer points of indie travel
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Comedian Ari Shaffir and Rolf have an open-ended talk on joys and idiosyncrasies of independent travel.

Remembering Nirvana, and how music can frame experience (and memory)

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Rolf and novelist Aaron Hamburger talk about Nirvana, and how music can frame experience and memory

How music affects you when you’re young (or, the joys of Jane’s Addiction)

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Rolf and Tod Goldberg unpack their youthful fixation with the band Jane’s Addiction

Life-changing travel experiences: China and Mongolia with my parents

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Life changing travel experiences: A journey in Asia with my mom and dad

Why dinosaurs matter (also: Rolf fact-checks the dino book he wrote at age 7)

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Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara fact-checks the dinosaur book Rolf wrote at age 7.

What Matt Green discovered by walking every single street in New York City

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Matt Green walked across America, then walked down every street in NYC. This is his story.

A personal history of being a lifelong pro-sports fan (Super Bowl special)

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A personal history of sports fandom (and watching the Super Bowl in distant countries)

The power of small choices across decades: The Sgt. John Monk story

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Sgt. John Monk was an army veteran whose heroism spanned decades. This is his story.