Blog - Rolf Potts

Ari Shaffir on travel, memory, and the odd psychology of souvenirs 27.03.2018 ↓

Travel, memory and the curious psychology behind collecting souvenirs

Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Cobain and birth of Gen X 20.03.2018 ↓

Death of Kurt Cobain and origins of Generation X

KCUR “Central Standard” radio interview with Rolf 15.03.2018 ↓

A Kansas-based travel writer on our obsession with souvenirs. Interview by Gina Kaufmann   Rolf Potts, travel writer and author of Souvenir A miniature Eiffel Tower, a plastic snowglobe that encases the White House, a seashell from the beach … we don’t give much thought to souvenirs. A travel writer, who just wrote a book about souvenirs,…

The Epic One-Against-Five Foul-Out Basketball Game of 1964 13.03.2018 ↓

The Epic One-Against-Five Foul-Out Basketball game of 1964

Adventure writer Tim Cahill on fear, and what it’s like to be dead for ten minutes 06.03.2018 ↓

Negotiating fear, and what it's like to be dead for ten minutes

Filmmaker Rod Pocowatchit on Native American zombie movies and DIY film 27.02.2018 ↓

Native American zombie movies and DIY film

Baseball writer Rany Jazayerli on fandom, and growing up Muslim in America 20.02.2018 ↓

Sports fandom, and growing up Muslim in America

Sophfronia Scott on God, mid-life career change, and defining a generation 13.02.2018 ↓

Mid-life career change, defining a generation, and finding God

The weird and complicated history of America’s national anthem 06.02.2018 ↓

The weird and complicated history of the Star-Spangled Banner

What it’s like to be a Latino police officer in America 30.01.2018 ↓

What it's like to be a Latino police officer in America

What it’s like to be a black police officer in America 30.01.2018 ↓

What it's like to be a black police officer in America

A Shadow History of Rock Music in the 1980s 23.01.2018 ↓

A Shadow History of Rock Music in the 1980s

Novelist Tod Goldberg on murder, and why sports is so emotionally affecting 16.01.2018 ↓

Plotting murder, and the emotional impact of sports

Sharknado producer David Latt on how the B-movie sausage gets made 09.01.2018 ↓

How the B-movie sausage gets made

Novelist Cynthia Sweeney on getting your big creative break at mid-life 02.01.2018 ↓

Getting your big creative break at mid-life

Bookslut Jessa Crispin on Keanu Reeves and the joys of celebrity fixation 26.12.2017 ↓

Keanu Reeves, idealized love, and the joys of celebrity fixation

The Sears Christmas Wish Book was (truly) great American literature 19.12.2017 ↓

The Sears Wish Book was (truly) great American literature

Comedian Ari Shaffir on ‘shrooms, hugging, and quitting smartphones 12.12.2017 ↓

Quitting your smartphone, and the merits of magic mushrooms

Disaster Artist writer Tom Bissell on bogus authenticity and violence in art 05.12.2017 ↓

The Disaster Artist, bogus authenticity, and thrash metal

Everest mountaineer Alison Levine on introversion and finding mentors 28.11.2017 ↓

Introversion, finding mentors, and mountaineering's Glass Ceiling

Hollywood composer Rolfe Kent on the joys of throwing out quality work 20.11.2017 ↓

Optimizing creativity, discipline, and throwing out quality work

TV host Ernest White II on black/white, gay/straight male friendships 20.11.2017 ↓

On black/white and gay/straight male friendships

Bestselling author Tim Ferriss on how to create a successful podcast 20.11.2017 ↓

How to create a successful podcast

Raising My Parents in Mongolia 21.06.2002 ↓

When Rolf's parents accompany him on a trip to Mongolia, he suddenly finds the whole parent-child dynamic reversed. But who's teaching whom a lesson?

Super Bowl Exile 01.02.2002 ↓

Rolf reports from Thailand on the difficulty of taking part in a time-honored American custom — watching the Super Bowl — while traveling in Asia.