Rolf Potts: Cultural Body Language, Vagabonding, Minimalism | Ep.124

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Rolf Potts (born October 13, 1970) is an American travel writer, essayist, and author. He has written two books, Vagabonding(Random House, 2003) and Marco Polo Didn’t Go There (Travelers Tales, 2008), and his travel writing has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Salon.com, Slate.com, The Guardian, and World Hum. His non-travel essays and criticism have appeared in The New Yorker, The Believer, the New York Times Magazine, and the digital versions of The Nation and The Atlantic.[1]

Potts directs the summer creative writing workshop at the Paris American Academy,[2] and he was the 2011-2012 ArtsEdge Writer-in-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] He currently teaches nonfiction writing at Yale University.

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Show Notes:

  • Aaron’s Quote from Bruce Lee: I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times. [02:00]
  • Cultural differences in body language. [08:08[
  • Public Nudity in Morocco. [08:30]
  • A kind of beauty: Brazil’s millennial women. [09:17]
  • Cultural awareness and body language. [11:06]
  • Fitting into a place. [13:22]
  • How Americans behave according to where he is. [13:57]
  • Americans are friendly and fun. [14:48]
  • Americans in Asia. [15:03]
  • Usage of headphones in travel. [15:48]
  • The impression of a place when you first get there. [17:48]
  • Detribalization. [18:33]
  • Anxiety because of Culture shock. [20:45]
  • Reverse culture shock when coming back home. [22:20]
  • Experiencing different lifestyle. [24:26]
  • Psychogeography. [26:15]
  • Different ways of going to the city. [27:16]
  • Walking to the city in search of experience. [28:23]
  • Develop new strategies for embracing your surroundings and life. [31:25]
  • How we subconciously fit ourselves into our own belief system. [33:32]
  • Trying different things when travelling. [34:42]
  • Female travel writing in Europe. [36:08]
  • Objects we keep that we should get rid of. [38:26]
  • Souvenirs from travelling. [39:45]
  • Reusing clothes. [41:08]
  • Pull-on boots. [43:04]
  • The way we treat our relatives like nursing home. [44:46]
  • Guinea pig in Peru. [46:56]
  • The role religion plays in twentieth century people. [48:10]
  • The ups and downs emotionally when travelling. [50:48]
  • Staycation; travelling without leaving. [51:33]
  • Valuing own culture after coming back from travel. [53:13]
  • Satisfaction coming from travelling before settling down. [55:34]
  • Other topics to talk about. [58:05]
  • Top things to have in backpacks. [59:18]


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