Deviate With Rolf Potts
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 243:56:28
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Synopsis
Rolf Potts veers off-topic in this unique series of conversations with experts, public figures, and intriguing people.
Episodes
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![On penis theft, creepy clowns, anxiety, and how culture tells us what is real]()
On penis theft, creepy clowns, anxiety, and how culture tells us what is real
27/10/2020 Duration: 34minAuthor Frank Bures on how culture-bound syndromes like "penis theft" aren't as weird as they might seem.
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![Pandemic love, cheating death, cassette tapes: A personal history of nostalgia]()
Pandemic love, cheating death, & cassette tapes: A personal history of nostalgia
13/10/2020 Duration: 56minA meditation on the peculiar power of memories, 50 years into life
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![A folk history of Satanic Panic, backmasking, and rock music in the 1980s]()
A folk history of Satanic Panic, backmasking, and rock music in the 1980s
06/10/2020 Duration: 01h24minA personal history of becoming a rock music fan amid 1980s Satanic Panic
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![What it’s like to travel 37 countries (and counting) in a wheelchair]()
What it’s like to travel 37 countries (and counting) in a wheelchair
29/09/2020 Duration: 40minVagabonders Cory Lee and Zachary York talk about traveling the globe with physical disabilities
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![20 lessons learned from 20 years as a travel writer: A TravelCon keynote]()
20 lessons learned from 20 years as a travel writer: A TravelCon keynote
22/09/2020 Duration: 36minRolf shares his keynote address from the 2018 TravelCon gathering
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![Sex, travel, and the art of being a better bad tourist (with Suzanne Roberts)]()
Sex, travel, and the art of being a better bad tourist (with Suzanne Roberts)
15/09/2020 Duration: 01h04minTravel writer Suzanne Roberts on sex, beggars, and other ragged edges of the travel experience.
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![Drunk in China: A vicarious Middle Kingdom adventure via its favorite booze]()
Drunk in China: A vicarious Middle Kingdom adventure via its favorite booze
08/09/2020 Duration: 42minHow appreciating baijiu liquor can help you better understand and experience Chinese culture
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![Growing up racially diverse: A not-so-politically-correct roundtable]()
Growing up racially diverse: A not-so-politically-correct roundtable
01/09/2020 Duration: 01h46minRolf and his high school friends discuss racial diversity as they experienced it growing up.
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![Eric Weiner’s journey into the ways philosophy compels us to live better]()
Eric Weiner’s journey into the ways philosophy compels us to live better
25/08/2020 Duration: 01h04minAuthor Eric Weiner on what time-honored philosophy teaches us about self-improvement
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![Life changing travel experiences: The best hostel ever (in Cairo)]()
Life changing travel experiences: The best hostel ever (in Cairo)
18/08/2020 Duration: 01h07minCelebrating the joys of travel hostels, and memories of an iconic hostel stay in Cairo
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![Brian Koppelman on the intimacy of podcasting and the genius of Iron Maiden]()
Brian Koppelman on the intimacy of podcasting and the genius of Iron Maiden
11/08/2020 Duration: 45minWhy we love specific albums from specific artists at specific times in our lives
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![Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s]()
Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s
04/08/2020 Duration: 52minAuthor Ed Buryn on the timeless principles of independent travel
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![Kevin Kelly on how travel has changed over the past 50 years [rebroadcast]]()
Kevin Kelly on how travel has changed over the past 50 years [rebroadcast]
28/07/2020 Duration: 01h45minFuturist (and Wired magazine co-founder) Kevin Kelly on how travel has changed
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![Remembering Bettina Gilois (and what writers can learn from her work)]()
Remembering Bettina Gilois (and what writers can learn from her work)
21/07/2020 Duration: 01h34minRebroadcast in honor of Emmy-nominated screenwriter Bettina Gilois (1961-2020)
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![Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die]()
Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die
14/07/2020 Duration: 48minHow to handle it when your parents die: A conversation with my parents
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![Bonus: Unpacking the mission of travel-writing in the 21st century]()
Bonus: Unpacking the mission of travel-writing in the 21st century
07/07/2020 Duration: 40minBonus: What travel-writing means in the 21st century, with Doug Bock Clark
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![What the world’s last subsistence hunters can teach us about humanity]()
What the world’s last subsistence hunters can teach us about humanity
02/07/2020 Duration: 56minAuthor Doug Bock Clark on traveling Indonesia's last subsistence whaling culture
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![Revisiting The Great Gatsby, high-school-style, in quarantine]()
Revisiting The Great Gatsby, high-school-style, in quarantine
30/06/2020 Duration: 53minRolf and his high school friends' quarantine book club: The Great Gatsby
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![Why travelers visit museums (in places like Iceland), and what they find there]()
Why travelers visit museums (in places like Iceland), and what they find there
23/06/2020 Duration: 50minWhy travelers seek out museums (especially in Iceland)
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![Life changing travel experiences: Jumping freight trains in the Pacific NW]()
Life changing travel experiences: Jumping freight trains in the Pacific NW
16/06/2020 Duration: 01h27minRolf and his friend Brian recall the experience of jumping freight trains back in the way
![Kevin Kelly on how travel has changed over the past 50 years [rebroadcast]](http://media3.ubook.com/catalog/book-cover-image/463872/200x200/C6A92B30-10C7-087F-8C4C-261C951FF4FB.jpg)
