| 1. |
Bestselling author Tim Ferriss on how to create a successful podcast |
Nov. 20, 2017 |
| 2. |
TV host Ernest White II on black/white, gay/straight male friendships |
Nov. 20, 2017 |
| 3. |
Hollywood composer Rolfe Kent on the joys of throwing out quality work |
Nov. 20, 2017 |
| 4. |
Everest mountaineer Alison Levine on introversion and finding mentors |
Nov. 28, 2017 |
| 5. |
Disaster Artist writer Tom Bissell on bogus authenticity and violence in art |
Dec. 5, 2017 |
| 6. |
Comedian Ari Shaffir on ‘shrooms, hugging, and quitting smartphones |
Dec. 12, 2017 |
| 7. |
The Sears Christmas Wish Book was (truly) great American literature |
Dec. 19, 2017 |
| 8. |
Bookslut Jessa Crispin on Keanu Reeves and the joys of celebrity fixation |
Dec. 26, 2017 |
| 9. |
Novelist Cynthia Sweeney on getting your big creative break at mid-life |
Jan. 2, 2018 |
| 10. |
Sharknado producer David Latt on how the B-movie sausage gets made |
Jan. 9, 2018 |
| 11. |
Novelist Tod Goldberg on murder, and why sports is so emotionally affecting |
Jan. 16, 2018 |
| 12. |
A Shadow History of Rock Music in the 1980s |
Jan. 23, 2018 |
| 13. |
What it’s like to be a black police officer in America |
Jan. 30, 2018 |
| 14. |
What it’s like to be a Latino police officer in America |
Jan. 30, 2018 |
| 15. |
The weird and complicated history of America’s national anthem |
Feb. 6, 2018 |
| 16. |
Sophfronia Scott on God, mid-life career change, and defining a generation |
Feb. 13, 2018 |
| 17. |
Baseball writer Rany Jazayerli on fandom, and growing up Muslim in America |
Feb. 20, 2018 |
| 18. |
Filmmaker Rod Pocowatchit on Native American zombie movies and DIY film |
Feb. 27, 2018 |
| 19. |
Adventure writer Tim Cahill on fear, and what it’s like to be dead for ten minutes |
March 6, 2018 |
| 20. |
The Epic One-Against-Five Foul-Out Basketball Game of 1964 |
March 13, 2018 |
| 21. |
Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Cobain and birth of Gen X |
March 20, 2018 |
| 22. |
Ari Shaffir on travel, memory, and the odd psychology of souvenirs |
March 27, 2018 |
| 23. |
How romance novels reveal the secret history of life in America |
April 3, 2018 |
| 24. |
Deviate Live in New York City: Travel Stories and Souvenirs |
April 10, 2018 |
| 25. |
How we die in America (and why it’s important to talk about it) |
April 17, 2018 |
| 26. |
The way we teach and learn has been broken for 300 years (but we can fix it) |
April 24, 2018 |
| 27. |
Sarah von Bargen is here to help you correct your bad self-help habits |
May 1, 2018 |
| 28. |
Kink Doctor Dulcinea Pitagora on sex therapy, BDSM, and dominatrix work |
May 8, 2018 |
| 29. |
Kevin Kelly on the lost world of 1970s Asia (and why you should travel now) |
May 15, 2018 |
| 30. |
The way we grow food has been broken for 10,000 years (but we can fix it) |
May 22, 2018 |
| 31. |
Paul Theroux on the art of listening, and the necessary obstacles of deep travel |
May 29, 2018 |
| 32. |
How to talk to someone who is grieving the loss of a loved one |
June 5, 2018 |
| 33. |
Why 1980s coming-of-age movies matter |
June 12, 2018 |
| 34. |
Remembering Bourdain, and what we talk about when we talk about travel writing |
June 19, 2018 |
| 35. |
Classic rock is not dead. Classic rock is undead. Long live classic rock. |
June 26, 2018 |
| 36. |
How to break up with your smartphone (and rediscover your real-world life) |
July 3, 2018 |
| 37. |
On American Highways I: A brief history of family road-trips in the USA |
July 10, 2018 |
| 38. |
On American Highways II: A brief history of the Negro Motorist Green Book |
July 11, 2018 |
| 39. |
Celebrating the best places to live (and the quest for home) in America |
July 17, 2018 |
| 40. |
Satanic backward masking changed 1980s rock (but not in the way you think) |
Aug. 7, 2018 |
| 41. |
Wesley Morris on podcast-fame, sports, and performing blackness in America |
Aug. 14, 2018 |
| 42. |
How to survive a natural disaster (and recover when it’s over) |
Aug. 21, 2018 |
| 43. |
Punk icon Ian MacKaye on why we should question the official history of rock music |
Sept. 4, 2018 |
| 44. |
Writer-producer LaToya Morgan on TV storytelling and creative self-discipline |
Sept. 11, 2018 |
| 45. |
The great railway bizarre: A Trans-Siberian story (plus audio endnotes) |
Sept. 18, 2018 |
| 46. |
Traveling Russia onboard the Trans-Siberian express: A 2018 case study |
Sept. 19, 2018 |
| 47. |
White Zombie guitarist J. Yuenger on music, expat life, and long-term travel |
Sept. 25, 2018 |
| 48. |
Major Jackson on the poetics of time (and how best, in life, to spend it) |
Oct. 2, 2018 |
| 49. |
Andrew McCarthy on storytelling, celebrity, and how travel changed his life |
Oct. 9, 2018 |
| 50. |
Author Pam Houston on the joys of creating home amid a lifetime of travel |
Oct. 16, 2018 |
| 51. |
An outsider’s inside history of the Beat Generation, as told by Charles Plymell |
Nov. 6, 2018 |
| 52. |
Deviate Season One finale with Ari Shaffir |
Nov. 13, 2018 |
| 53. |
Ari Shaffir unpacks Rolf’s experience of doing psychedelics for the first time |
May 7, 2019 |
| 54. |
How philosophy can (truly) improve your life, featuring Monica McCarthy |
May 8, 2019 |
| 55. |
5 ways indie travel has changed (and stayed the same) since 1999 |
May 9, 2019 |
| 56. |
How to travel with no luggage at all (and what this teaches you) |
May 21, 2019 |
| 57. |
How to travel lighter, safer, and smarter (featuring Sarah von Bargen) |
May 22, 2019 |
| 58. |
Author Dave Cullen on what the media gets wrong after mass-shootings |
June 4, 2019 |
| 59. |
Storming (and making sense of) Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Beach, 20 years later |
June 11, 2019 |
| 60. |
Celebrating the best travel movies ever (and what, exactly, makes them good) |
June 18, 2019 |
| 61. |
Why David Lynch’s The Straight Story is a travel classic (and how it got made) |
July 2, 2019 |
| 62. |
Sports-movie screenwriter Bettina Gilois on the art of depicting true-life stories |
July 3, 2019 |
| 63. |
Seth Kugel on how to (truly) get off the beaten path as a global traveler |
July 9, 2019 |
| 64. |
Backpacker, Go Home: How Tourism Is Ruining Everything (or Not) |
July 16, 2019 |
| 65. |
Will New Orleans still be there in 100 years? Examining the fate of a city. |
July 17, 2019 |
| 66. |
Alastair Humphreys on making outdoor adventure a more active part of your life |
July 23, 2019 |
| 67. |
Matt Kepnes on how to travel for years (instead of days or weeks) at a time |
July 30, 2019 |
| 68. |
Bonus: Nomadic Matt’s top-19 lessons learned from a decade of travel |
Aug. 1, 2019 |
| 69. |
Celebrating the subtle (and not-so-subtle) genius of Pulp Fiction, 25 years on |
Aug. 6, 2019 |
| 70. |
The Shawshank Redemption’s brilliant reworking of Stephen King, 25 years on |
Aug. 13, 2019 |
| 71. |
How keeping a travel journal can transform your experience of the journey |
Aug. 20, 2019 |
| 72. |
A first- (or second-) timer’s guide to experiencing Paris at a slow pace |
Aug. 29, 2019 |
| 73. |
Pico Iyer on travel, impermanence, and what Japan can teach us about life |
Sept. 3, 2019 |
| 74. |
The case for why trekking on foot is the best way to embrace slow travel |
Sept. 10, 2019 |
| 75. |
Explore Europe on Foot: The hows and whys of trek-travel on the continent |
Sept. 17, 2019 |
| 76. |
Wesley Morris on why Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” remains a classic |
Sept. 24, 2019 |
| 77. |
“American Beauty” has not aged well: Reconsidering the film, 20 years on |
Sept. 26, 2019 |
| 78. |
Ryan Holiday on how to conceive, research, and write a “Big Idea” book |
Oct. 1, 2019 |
| 79. |
Van Life before #VanLife: Rolf unpacks his very first vagabonding journey |
Oct. 8, 2019 |
| 80. |
An insider’s guide to traveling America’s National Parks in the 21st century |
Oct. 15, 2019 |
| 81. |
Why travel guidebooks still matter (and how to best use them on the road) |
Oct. 22, 2019 |
| 82. |
Benjamin Percy on how comics and movies teach the best lessons about telling stories |
Oct. 29, 2019 |
| 83. |
Bonus: Storytelling for the screen: A lecture from the Paris Writing Workshop |
Oct. 31, 2019 |
| 84. |
Paul Theroux on aging, slow travel, and the inherent complexity of Mexico |
Nov. 5, 2019 |
| 85. |
The world’s cheapest destinations, and why (besides savings) they’re great |
Nov. 12, 2019 |
| 86. |
On the under-appreciated reality of revelry, sex, and misadventure in travel |
Nov. 19, 2019 |
| 87. |
Author Alex Banayan on seeking mentors for life (and writing) guidance |
Nov. 26, 2019 |
| 88. |
America’s most solemn historical sites rarely offer an honest take on history |
Dec. 3, 2019 |
| 89. |
What narrative therapy is, and how it can make your life feel more coherent |
Dec. 10, 2019 |
| 90. |
Bonus: On the therapeutic uses of reading classic literature and scripture |
Dec. 12, 2019 |
| 91. |
Deviate Christmas Special: Celebrating the Sears Wish Book [Rebroadcast] |
Dec. 17, 2019 |
| 92. |
Why Noah Baumbach’s “Kicking & Screaming” might be the best movie ever |
Dec. 24, 2019 |
| 93. |
Indonesia: An argument for (and essential tips on) traveling the archipelago |
Dec. 31, 2019 |
| 94. |
How to balance a life of artistic ambition with sanity and happiness |
Jan. 7, 2020 |
| 95. |
Chris Guillebeau on goals, writing books, and travel as alt-university |
Jan. 14, 2020 |
| 96. |
The power of small choices across decades: The Sgt. John Monk story |
Jan. 21, 2020 |
| 97. |
A personal history of being a lifelong pro-sports fan (Super Bowl special) |
Jan. 28, 2020 |
| 98. |
What Matt Green discovered by walking every single street in New York City |
Feb. 4, 2020 |
| 99. |
Why dinosaurs matter (also: Rolf fact-checks the dino book he wrote at age 7) |
Feb. 11, 2020 |
| 100. |
Life-changing travel experiences: China and Mongolia with my parents |
Feb. 18, 2020 |
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