Rolf Potts

Rolf Potts

Travel Writer, Essayist, Adventurer, Teacher

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How we die in America (and why it’s important to talk about it)

April 17, 2018
Deviate With Rolf Potts
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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 01:12:13 | Recorded on April 17, 2018 | Speakers: Ann Neumann, Rolf Potts

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Writer Ann Neumann on late-life quality-of-life

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Books by Rolf

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  • Souvenir (Object Lessons) book cover
  • The Geto Boys cover

Podcast: Deviate with Rolf

  • What movies (do and don’t) show us about places before we travel there May 5, 2026
  • Exploring the idiosyncrasies of male friendship, with Andrew McCarthy April 8, 2026
  • Debunking the mythology of BEFORE SUNRISE, with co-writer Kim Krizan (in Paris) March 10, 2026
  • Super Bowl special: Why football kind of matters, with Chuck Klosterman (kind of) February 5, 2026
  • Time is your truest form of wealth (and travel helps you embrace your riches) January 8, 2026

Recent Blog Posts

  • It would seem that I have a strange weakness for souvenir socks May 21, 2026
  • 9 outtakes from Yi-Fu Tuan’s 1977 book “Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience” May 14, 2026
  • Travel Writer: Caroline Van Hemert May 1, 2026
  • Talking about sense of place and “Kansas Never Plays Itself” on Yonder Radio April 30, 2026
  • Outtakes from an interview about ecotourists who share the the Darien Gap with migrant travelers April 23, 2026
  • 7 outtakes from Christine Rosen’s 2024 book “The Extinction of Experience” April 9, 2026

Travel Writer Interviews

  • Travel Writer: Caroline Van Hemert May 1, 2026
  • Travel Writer: Rachel Rudwall April 2, 2026
  • Travel Writer: Erin Levi February 26, 2026
  • Travel Writer: Jen Rose Smith January 29, 2026
  • Travel Writer: Natalie Compton January 1, 2026
  • Travel Writer: Mark Orwoll December 4, 2025

Books

Vagabonding

Vagabonding

The Vagabond’s Way

The Vagabond’s Way

Souvenir

Tools of Titans

Kansas Matters

The 33 1/3 B-sides

Souvenir

50 Ways of Looking at Nostalgia

Recent Podcasts

What movies (do and don’t) show us about places before we travel there

Exploring the idiosyncrasies of male friendship, with Andrew McCarthy

Debunking the mythology of BEFORE SUNRISE, with co-writer Kim Krizan (in Paris)

Super Bowl special: Why football kind of matters, with Chuck Klosterman (kind of)

Time is your truest form of wealth (and travel helps you embrace your riches)

Kansas Never Plays Itself: How movies lie when they take us places

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

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

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

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

Travel Writers

Travel Writer: Caroline Van Hemert

Travel Writer: Rachel Rudwall

Travel Writer: Erin Levi

Travel Writer: Jen Rose Smith

Travel Writer: Natalie Compton

Travel Writer: Mark Orwoll

Travel Writer: I have been interviewing one writer a month for the past 25 years

Travel Writer: Rebecca Hall

Travel Writer: Jen Murphy

Travel Writer: Robin Esrock