Deviate with Rolf Potts Podcast
1) Kansas Never Plays Itself: How movies lie when they take us places
In this feature-length video essay that explores the role places play in storytelling, Rolf examines how Kansas -- his home state -- has been imagined, distorted, and mythologized in cinema and televi...Show More
2) Traveling as a writer, and awkward book-tour experiences, with Anthony Doerr (from 2012)
âI’m interested in writing because I don’t want to sleepwalk through life. I feel like we have an appallingly brief time on earth, and we’re here to see and understand and do as much...Show More
3) Traveling as a writer, and awkward book-tour experiences, with Anthony Doerr (from 2012)
âIâm interested in writing because I donât want to sleepwalk through life. I feel like we have an appallingly brief time on earth, and weâre here to see and understand and do as much good as we can be...Show More
4) Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die (in memory of Alice Potts, 1943-2025)
Note: This encore episode is dedicated to the memory of Alice Potts, who died on August 20, 2025, aged 81. “In America aging is often seen as an insult rather than an inevitable human process. W...Show More
5) Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die (in memory of Alice Potts, 1943-2025)
Note: This encore episode is dedicated to the memory of Alice Potts, who died on August 20, 2025, aged 81. âIn America aging is often seen as an insult rather than an inevitable human process. We donâ...Show More
6) An audiobook about how (not) to write a travel book: 9 lessons from my failed van-life memoir
âNo endeavor to write a travel book is ever lost, since it gives you a useful perspective on (and intensified attention to) the reality of the travel experience itself. When embraced mindfully, the re...Show More
7) An audiobook about how (not) to write a travel book: 9 lessons from my failed van-life memoir
âNo endeavor to write a travel book is ever lost, since it gives you a useful perspective on (and intensified attention to) the reality of the travel experience itself. When embraced mindfully, the re...Show More
8) Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s and 1970s (encore)
“Realizing that you will die greatly clarifies your vision of life, and stimulates opportunities for making the vision real.â âEd Buryn In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Ed discuss the impet...Show More
9) Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn on what indie travel was like in the 1960s and 1970s (encore)
âRealizing that you will die greatly clarifies your vision of life, and stimulates opportunities for making the vision real.â âEd Buryn In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Ed discuss the impetus beh...Show More
10) Why We Travel: Happiness, curiosity, wonder, sex, healing, and other motivations for hitting the road
"No one motivation is âbetterâ than any other. We travel with different motivations at different times, and they sometimes overlap." âAsh Bhardwaj In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Ash talk abou...Show More