Deviate with Rolf Potts

Rolf Potts

Rolf Potts veers off-topic in this unique series of conversations with experts, public figures, and intriguing people. Read more

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Episodes

How a journey on the Hippie Trail changed Rick Steves’ life (and influenced Rolf’s travels too)

02/11/2025 00:44:26A travel writers’ Super Bowl special: Pico Iyer and Rolf discuss NFL football from the global perspective

01/31/2025 00:38:55 Pico Iyer on how solitude, stillness, and silence play an essential counterbalance to the traveling life

01/14/2025 00:55:24Life changing travel experiences: Memories of traveling to Syria, 25 years on (with Ari Shaffir)

12/31/2024 01:23:01Travel memoir lab: How to fast-track your travel book by working with a hybrid publisher

12/10/2024 01:01:36 Show all episodes

Our take on Deviate with Rolf Potts podcast

Deviate is a conversational podcast where Rolf Potts goes off-topic as he discusses with intriguing people, experts and public figures. Rolf Potts is an essayist, travel writer, podcaster and author. He has written four books, including Vagabonding, which outlines a philosophy that has immensely influenced the Digital Nomad Movement. Deviate has a mantra: "the best things in life are off-topic", and Potts uses that to steer conversations in unforeseen directions.