Because the Best Things in Life are Off-Topic

Traveling as a writer, and awkward book-tour experiences, with Anthony Doerr (from 2012)

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Traveling as a writer, and awkward book-tour experiences, with Anthony Doerr (from 2012)
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“All the Light We Cannot See” novelist Anthony Doerr and Rolf talk about travel and writing (from 2012)

Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die (in memory of Alice Potts, 1943-2025)

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Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die (in memory of Alice Potts, 1943-2025)
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Note: This encore episode is dedicated to the memory of Alice Potts, who died on August 20, 2025, aged 81. “In America aging is often seen as an insult rather than an inevitable human process. We don’t celebrate getting older; we ‘fight’ age by pretending to be young.” –Rolf Potts In this episode of Deviate Rolf…

An audiobook about how (not) to write a travel book: 9 lessons from my failed van-life memoir

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An audiobook about how (not) to write a travel book: 9 lessons from my failed van-life memoir
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Writing-craft lessons from Rolf’s would-be first book, ‘Pilgrims in a Sliding World.”

Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s and 1970s (encore)

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Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s and 1970s (encore)
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Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s and 1970s

Why We Travel: Happiness, curiosity, wonder, sex, healing, and other motivations for hitting the road

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Why We Travel: Happiness, curiosity, wonder, sex, healing, and other motivations for hitting the road
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Journalist and broadcaster Ash Bhardwaj on the motivations of travel.

Before Sunrise (redo): Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic travel-romance movie

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Before Sunrise (redo): Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic travel-romance movie
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Kim Krizan, who cowrote Before Sunrise with director Richard Linklater, talks about the travels (and historical moment) that influenced the movie

Before Sunrise: Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic 1995 travel-romance movie

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Before Sunrise: Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic 1995 travel-romance movie
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Kim Krizan, who cowrote Before Sunrise with director Richard Linklater, talks about the travels (and historical moment)
that influenced the movie.

Mars on Earth: The world’s driest desert, and what travelers might find when they go there

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Mars on Earth: The world's driest desert, and what travelers might find when they go there
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Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert

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

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

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

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