Because the Best Things in Life are Off-Topic

Travel in the “Mad Men” era: Stewardess work at the dawn of the Jet Age

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Author Julia Cooke on it was like to fly PanAm at the dawn of the Jet Age.

The curious case of a con-man who infiltrated the world of elite travelers 

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Author Dave Seminara on how a man named William Baekeland conned an elite travel community.

Memories you didn’t know you remembered: A deeper dive into nostalgia

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Rolf and Kiki dig deeper into the notion of nostalgia, and how it frames one’s memories of life.

What a 20th century monk can teach us about living (with Sophfronia Scott)

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The Seeker and the Monk: Why Thomas Merton is as relevant as ever

Life changing travel experiences: Epiphanies of expatriate life in Korea

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Rolf and his friends recall their formative travel years teaching English in Asia.

Paul Theroux on the necessary obstacles of immersive slow travel [encore]

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“Mosquito Coast” author Paul Theroux on slow travel and the art of listening [encore]

Triumph in the middle of nowhere: The most 1980s underdog story of the 1980s

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Remembering the Wichita Wings, and the bygone glories of major-league indoor soccer.

On the road with the superstars of Negro League baseball, 100 years on

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A look back at baseball’s nearly forgotten grassroots superstars (with historian Phil S. Dixon)

Notes on the philosophy (and deeper meaning) of travel, with Emily Thomas

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The history of how philosophy has influenced (and intertwined with) travel

Pam Houston on home, and the beauty of our pared-down lives [encore]

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Pam Houston on home, and the beauty of our pared-down lives [encore]
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Author Pam Houston on the joys of creating home amid a lifetime of travel.