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How underground exploration is the perennial frontier of adventure travel

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Will Hunt, author of “Underground: A History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet,” on the joys of subterranean travel

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Honeymoon without her husband: Maggie Downs' uncommon world journey

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bEvJEtMz5o"><a href="https://rolfpotts.com/podcast/maggie-downs/">Honeymoon without her husband: Maggie Downs&#8217; uncommon world journey</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://rolfpotts.com/podcast/maggie-downs/embed/#?secret=bEvJEtMz5o" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Honeymoon without her husband: Maggie Downs&#8217; uncommon world journey&#8221; &#8212; Rolf Potts" data-secret="bEvJEtMz5o" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://rolfpotts.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

How Maggie Downs quit her job and embarked on (her mother’s) solo dream-trip

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The win-win of being a mentor, with Cal Fussman and Alex Banayan

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="81SA2RIKy1"><a href="https://rolfpotts.com/podcast/being-a-mentor-fussman-banayan/">The win-win of being a mentor, with Cal Fussman and Alex Banayan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://rolfpotts.com/podcast/being-a-mentor-fussman-banayan/embed/#?secret=81SA2RIKy1" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;The win-win of being a mentor, with Cal Fussman and Alex Banayan&#8221; &#8212; Rolf Potts" data-secret="81SA2RIKy1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://rolfpotts.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

How mentoring can enhance your career (with Cal Fussman and Alex Banayan)

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Why a "Shelter in Place Film Festival" beats bingeing video right now

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How to make a “Shelter in Place Film Festival” (instead of bingeing video)

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Using your travel skills to make quarantine life better: An open chat

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Rolf talks about “travel from home” strategies with TripScout founder Konrad Waliszewski

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Reports from my travels in quarantine: A Deviate Season Two coda

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Rolf reflects on the future of travel, and what’s in store for Deviate Season Three.

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Life changing travel experiences, quarantine edition: Paris and Prague

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Life changing travel experiences: Quarantine recollections of Paris and Prague

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How COVID-19 will transform the business of long-term world travel 

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Thoughts on how the current pandemic will transform long-term travel.

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What fear is, how it works, and how to manage it (with Eva Holland)

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Eva Holland on how fear works, and how to best manage it.

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On losing one's parents to COVID-19: A traveler-report addendum

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Travel writer Marco Ferrarese describes how the pandemic has affected his family back in Italy.