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

Time is your truest form of wealth (and travel helps you embrace your riches)

01/08/2026 00:57:54 Kansas Never Plays Itself: How movies lie when they take us places

12/16/2025 01:14:11 Traveling as a writer, and awkward book-tour experiences, with Anthony Doerr (from 2012)

11/04/2025 00:41:43 Talking with my parents about how to handle it when your parents die (in memory of Alice Potts, 1943-2025)

09/30/2025 00:49:25 An audiobook about how (not) to write a travel book: 9 lessons from my failed van-life memoir

09/02/2025 01:11:41 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.