The joys and idiosyncrasies of traveling Japan on foot.
Vagabonding audio companion: How your earliest journeys transform you
A “Vagabonding Audio Companion” episode, on the mindset and lessons of long-term journeys.
Digital nomadism: A history and future (from a documentary film in progress)
Rolf shares audio outtakes from an in-progress film documentary about digital nomadism.
Travel in the “Mad Men” era: Stewardess work at the dawn of the Jet Age
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
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
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)
The Seeker and the Monk: Why Thomas Merton is as relevant as ever
Life changing travel experiences: Epiphanies of expatriate life in Korea
Rolf and his friends recall their formative travel years teaching English in Asia.
Paul Theroux on the necessary obstacles of immersive slow travel [encore]
“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
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
A look back at baseball’s nearly forgotten grassroots superstars (with historian Phil S. Dixon)