All episodes
Wesley Morris on why Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” remains a classic
Explore Europe on Foot: The hows and whys of trek-travel on the continent
The case for why trekking on foot is the best way to embrace slow travel
Pico Iyer on travel, impermanence, and what Japan can teach us about life
A first- (or second-) timer’s guide to experiencing Paris at a slow pace
How keeping a travel journal can transform your experience of the journey
The Shawshank Redemption’s brilliant reworking of Stephen King, 25 years on
Celebrating the subtle (and not-so-subtle) genius of Pulp Fiction, 25 years on
Bonus: Nomadic Matt’s top-19 lessons learned from a decade of travel
Matt Kepnes on how to travel for years (instead of days or weeks) at a time
Alastair Humphreys on making outdoor adventure a more active part of your life
Will New Orleans still be there in 100 years? Examining the fate of a city.
Backpacker, Go Home: How Tourism Is Ruining Everything (or Not)
Seth Kugel on how to (truly) get off the beaten path as a global traveler
Sports-movie screenwriter Bettina Gilois on the art of depicting true-life stories
Why David Lynch’s The Straight Story is a travel classic (and how it got made)
Celebrating the best travel movies ever (and what, exactly, makes them good)
Storming (and making sense of) Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Beach, 20 years later
Author Dave Cullen on what the media gets wrong after mass-shootings
How to travel lighter, safer, and smarter (featuring Sarah von Bargen)
How to travel with no luggage at all (and what this teaches you)
5 ways indie travel has changed (and stayed the same) since 1999
How philosophy can (truly) improve your life, featuring Monica McCarthy
Ari Shaffir unpacks Rolf’s experience of doing psychedelics for the first time
Deviate Season One finale with Ari Shaffir
An outsider’s inside history of the Beat Generation, as told by Charles Plymell
Author Pam Houston on the joys of creating home amid a lifetime of travel
Andrew McCarthy on storytelling, celebrity, and how travel changed his life
Major Jackson on the poetics of time (and how best, in life, to spend it)
White Zombie guitarist J. Yuenger on music, expat life, and long-term travel
Traveling Russia onboard the Trans-Siberian express: A 2018 case study
The great railway bizarre: A Trans-Siberian story (plus audio endnotes)
Writer-producer LaToya Morgan on TV storytelling and creative self-discipline
Punk icon Ian MacKaye on why we should question the official history of rock music
How to survive a natural disaster (and recover when it’s over)
Wesley Morris on podcast-fame, sports, and performing blackness in America
Satanic backward masking changed 1980s rock (but not in the way you think)
Celebrating the best places to live (and the quest for home) in America
On American Highways II: A brief history of the Negro Motorist Green Book
On American Highways I: A brief history of family road-trips in the USA
How to break up with your smartphone (and rediscover your real-world life)
Classic rock is not dead. Classic rock is undead. Long live classic rock.
Remembering Bourdain, and what we talk about when we talk about travel writing
Why 1980s coming-of-age movies matter
How to talk to someone who is grieving the loss of a loved one
Paul Theroux on the art of listening, and the necessary obstacles of deep travel
The way we grow food has been broken for 10,000 years (but we can fix it)
Kevin Kelly on the lost world of 1970s Asia (and why you should travel now)
Kink Doctor Dulcinea Pitagora on sex therapy, BDSM, and dominatrix work
Sarah von Bargen is here to help you correct your bad self-help habits
The way we teach and learn has been broken for 300 years (but we can fix it)
How we die in America (and why it’s important to talk about it)
Deviate Live in New York City: Travel Stories and Souvenirs
How romance novels reveal the secret history of life in America
Ari Shaffir on travel, memory, and the odd psychology of souvenirs
Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Cobain and birth of Gen X
KCUR “Central Standard” radio interview with Rolf
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
Filmmaker Rod Pocowatchit on Native American zombie movies and DIY film
Baseball writer Rany Jazayerli on fandom, and growing up Muslim in America
Sophfronia Scott on God, mid-life career change, and defining a generation
The weird and complicated history of America’s national anthem
What it’s like to be a Latino police officer in America
What it’s like to be a black police officer in America
A Shadow History of Rock Music in the 1980s
Novelist Tod Goldberg on murder, and why sports is so emotionally affecting
Sharknado producer David Latt on how the B-movie sausage gets made
Novelist Cynthia Sweeney on getting your big creative break at mid-life
Bookslut Jessa Crispin on Keanu Reeves and the joys of celebrity fixation
The Sears Christmas Wish Book was (truly) great American literature
Comedian Ari Shaffir on ‘shrooms, hugging, and quitting smartphones
Disaster Artist writer Tom Bissell on bogus authenticity and violence in art
Everest mountaineer Alison Levine on introversion and finding mentors
Hollywood composer Rolfe Kent on the joys of throwing out quality work
TV host Ernest White II on black/white, gay/straight male friendships
Bestselling author Tim Ferriss on how to create a successful podcast
Raising My Parents in Mongolia
Super Bowl Exile
Anthem Soul
The baksheesh diaries