The strangers we meet on the road, and how they can deepen our journey

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How the people we meet by accident as we travel can deepen the journey

Vagabonding audio companion: What it’s like to come home after a long trip

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How to take the attitude of long-term travel back home with you.

Meghan Daum on career-reinvention, flyover country, nuance, and Gen X

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Author Meghan Daum on career-reinvention, flyover country, and voices of generations

Paul Theroux on reading, teaching, and slow travel in Mexico [encore]

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Paul Theroux on reading, teaching, and slow travel in Mexico [encore]
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Paul Theroux on aging, slow travel, and the inherent complexity of Mexico

How inexpensive countries are the secret to prolonging the journey [encore]

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Planning long-term journeys around the world’s cheapest destinations, with Tim Leffel

Lost in the Valley of Death: The life and disappearance of Justin Alexander

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Journalist Harley Rustad on the mysterious disappearance of Justin Alexander in India.

A mixtape (of sorts) about mixtapes: Music as intimate communication

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Rolf and his friends recall the bygone rite of making cassette mixtapes to share with friends

Holiday Special: Celebrating the Sears Christmas Wish Book [encore]

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Holiday Special: Celebrating the Sears Christmas Wish Book [encore]
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The Sears Christmas Wish Book was (truly) great American literature (with Tod Goldberg)

Digital nomadism [bonus]: How technology has changed the way we travel

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In this bonus outtake from “The Nomads,” Rolf talks about how technology affects travel.

Van Life before #VanLife (encore): Revisiting a classic USA road trip

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Rolf recounts his first 8-month vagabonding trip 27 years ago.

Tales from the vagabonding trail: Discussing “Marco Polo Didn’t Go There”

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Rolf discusses his travel book “Marco Polo Didn’t Go There” with the Nomadic Network book club.