Rolf Potts

I mean, there's a book called Vagabonding.

I think the author's name is Rolf Potts.

But it's all about just getting out there, seeking a little adventure, kind of seeing where life takes you.

Where's the next step going to take you? You know, the road less traveled and things like that.

And it really depends on who you meet when you're there.

Welcome to Deviate with Rolf Potts.

Today is the latest of my vagabonding audio companion episodes, which draw on my interviews from other people's podcasts to explore fascinating issues and themes about travel.

Today I remix an episode of Jamin Coller's If I'm Really Honest podcast, which I recorded earlier this year.

Yeah, so that's, I haven't thought about that in a long time.

But yeah, that's totally, you can throw money and prestige at your travel or you can just throw your curiosity and your hunger at travel and let things happen from there.

This has been Deviate with Rolf Potts.

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So like, you know, Rolf Potts, you've heard of him now.

Rolf Potts?

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That's the one that Connor took his class.

I mean, there's a book called Vagabonding.

I think the author's name is Rolf Potts.

But it's all about just getting out there, seeking a little adventure, kind of seeing where life takes you.

Where is the next step going to take you? You know, the road less traveled and things like that.

He's slightly younger than me.

And so he thought, oh, if this Rolf Potts guy can write in this way, maybe I can too.

Then he made a very influential magazine that attracted Anthony Bourdain.

And so he asked me, what have you seen change about travel writing in recent years? And so I thought, to be honest, it's my students.

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What a classic this is.

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Tim Ferriss credits one book, Vagabonding by Rolf Potts, with completely changing his relationship with work and travel.

That single book redirected his entire career path.

Oprah talks about how The Color Purple changed her understanding of her own story and pain.

I had couch surfed and, um, was pinching pennies.

And then I went back last year to do Rolf Potts's, uh, writing class, and it was amazing.

I walked to class every day.

I experienced, like, this lovely, beautiful melting pot of, like...