Blog - Rolf Potts

Why travelers visit museums (in places like Iceland), and what they find there 23.06.2020 ↓

Why travelers seek out museums (especially in Iceland)

Life changing travel experiences: Jumping freight trains in the Pacific NW 16.06.2020 ↓

Rolf and his friend Brian recall the experience of jumping freight trains as young men

Kate Harris on the way travel can lead us into deeper questions about the universe 09.06.2020 ↓

"Lands of Lost Borders" author Kate Harris on how travel puts us in touch with life's deepest questions

Andrew McCarthy on the Proust Questionnaire (and Brat Pack legacy) 02.06.2020 ↓

Actor-writer Andrew McCarthy tackles questions from the classic "Proust Questionnaire"

How to balance creative success with business success: An open chat 26.05.2020 ↓

How to make a life through your art without selling your soul

How underground exploration is the perennial frontier of adventure travel 19.05.2020 ↓

Will Hunt, author of "Underground: A History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet," on the joys of subterranean travel

Honeymoon without her husband: Maggie Downs’ uncommon world journey 12.05.2020 ↓

How Maggie Downs quit her job and embarked on (her mother's) solo dream-trip

The win-win of being a mentor, with Cal Fussman and Alex Banayan 07.05.2020 ↓

How mentoring can enhance your career (with Cal Fussman and Alex Banayan)

Why a “Shelter in Place Film Festival” beats bingeing video right now 06.05.2020 ↓

How to make a "Shelter in Place Film Festival" (instead of bingeing video)

Using your travel skills to make quarantine life better: An open chat 05.05.2020 ↓

Rolf talks about "travel from home" strategies with TripScout founder Konrad Waliszewski

Reports from my travels in quarantine: A Deviate Season Two coda 28.04.2020 ↓

Rolf reflects on the future of travel, and what's in store for Deviate Season Three.

Life changing travel experiences, quarantine edition: Paris and Prague 23.04.2020 ↓

Life changing travel experiences: Quarantine recollections of Paris and Prague

How COVID-19 will transform the business of long-term world travel  21.04.2020 ↓

Thoughts on how the current pandemic will transform long-term travel.

What fear is, how it works, and how to manage it (with Eva Holland) 14.04.2020 ↓

Eva Holland on how fear works, and how to best manage it.

On losing one’s parents to COVID-19: A traveler-report addendum 07.04.2020 ↓

Travel writer Marco Ferrarese describes how the pandemic has affected his family back in Italy.

How COVID-19 will transform airports (and other pandemic considerations) 02.04.2020 ↓

Dr. JP Santiago on how the pandemic will transform air travel, and what the new "normal" will look like.

Why the way we discuss (and interpret information about) COVID-19 matters 31.03.2020 ↓

Dr. JP Santiago on how the way we talk about COVID-19 affects how we respond to it.

What it’s like to travel during COVID-19: Reports from around the world 26.03.2020 ↓

A collection of global reports on what it's like to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How Nomadic Matt got COVID-19. Plus: Reports from stranded travelers 24.03.2020 ↓

Global reports on pandemic-age travel, including Matt Kepnes on contracting COVID-19.

How to make sense of health data in a time of pandemic (and beyond) 19.03.2020 ↓

Dr. JP Santiago on how to discern useful health info from nonsense in the time of COVID-19.

How to enhance your career by becoming a better public speaker and reader 17.03.2020 ↓

A TED Talk cheat sheet: Elena Passarello on how to share your expertise via public speaking.

On sabbaticals: How to take a career break without breaking your career 10.03.2020 ↓

Lifestyle coach Tara Quinn on how to take time off from work to travel.

Ari Shaffir and Rolf do a deep-dive on the finer points of indie travel 03.03.2020 ↓

Comedian Ari Shaffir and Rolf have an open-ended talk on joys and idiosyncrasies of independent travel.

Remembering Nirvana, and how music can frame experience (and memory) 27.02.2020 ↓

Rolf and novelist Aaron Hamburger talk about Nirvana, and how music can frame experience and memory

How music affects you when you’re young (or, the joys of Jane’s Addiction) 25.02.2020 ↓

Rolf and Tod Goldberg unpack their youthful fixation with the band Jane's Addiction