Best Sunrise Labs Podcasts (2025)

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Before Sunrise (redo): Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic travel-romance movie 57:33

13d ago57:33

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"Time spent traveling on trains, just staring out the window: I don't think that's lost time. That's when we have our best ideas." –Kim Krizan In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kiki introduce their interview with Kim Krizan by talking about their own personal love of the movie Before Sunrise, and how they first experienced it (0:30); Kim talks a…

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Before Sunrise: Screenwriter Kim Krizan on what led up to the classic 1995 travel-romance movie 57:21

18d ago57:21

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"Time spent traveling on trains, just staring out the window: I don't think that's lost time. That's when we have our best ideas." –Kim Krizan In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kiki introduce their interview with Kim Krizan by talking about their own personal love of the movie Before Sunrise, and how they first experienced it (0:30); Kim talks a…

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E184 Aired 05-08-2025 Gold Star Wives Return and Natick Labs 49:45

18d ago49:45

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E183 Aired 05-01-2025 Amy Bradford VOA and Creation of Veterans Cafe 49:15

18d ago49:15

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E182 Aired 04-24-2025 Mark from US Family Health and Congressman Lynch Update 50:56

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Mars on Earth: The world’s driest desert, and what travelers might find when they go there 49:22

28d ago49:22

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“If you're someone who's always dreamed of going to Mars but you don't have the time to become an astronaut, you can just visit the Atacama Desert.” –Mark Johanson In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Mark talk about how Mark became interested in the Atacama Desert, and his experience in other world deserts (1:45); what Mark sought when he traveled…

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E181 Aired 04-17-2025 Wreathes Across America update and APDAMA Information 48:26

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E180 Aired 04-10-2025 Recap and Updates 50:00

2M ago50:00

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E179 Aired 04-03-2025 Callers for Upcoming Parkinson Event 50:15

2M ago50:15

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E178 Aired 03-27-2025 Bob Notch and Scott Pitta of the OVA 50:09

2M ago50:09

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E177 Aired 03-20-2025 Tom Gilligan of Medtronics 49:14

2M ago49:14

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Why a chapter about “slum tourism” was edited out of The Vagabond’s Way (with Chloe Cooper Jones) 56:25

2M ago56:25

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“Travel does not require leaving your city or state or country, but it does require leaving your comfort zone. And that can happen a block or two away from where you live.”–Chloe Cooper Jones In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Chloe talk about why a section about “slum tourism” was cut out of Rolf’s newest book The Vagabond’s Way (2:30); how so m…

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Long-term travel 101: Matt Kepnes on how to slow down and save money on an extended global journey 28:29

2M ago28:29

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“The most difficult part about traveling the world isn’t actually the logistics of a trip—it’s finding the courage to go in the first place.” —Matt Kepnes In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Matt talk about how his travel style has changed over the years, and how fears affect people’s travels (1:00); strategies for saving money on the road (10:30)…

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E176 Aired 03-13-2025 Tom Santos VSA Bristol County and Call in from Scott of Sunrise Rotary Group 49:05

3M ago49:05

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E175 Aired 03-06-2025 Woman's Veterans Spotlight with Caroline Mason Connolly and Sue Katz 49:12

3M ago49:12

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Travel memoir lab: On blending travel narrative with a broader memoiristic life-narrative 37:07

3M ago37:07

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“We do a lot of writing alone, in our own space. But writing is not a solitary practice. The business of writing requires a community.” –Angelique Stevens In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Angelique talk about what her writing life is like in the decade since she first took Rolf’s Paris class, with the ambition of becoming a travel writer, and h…

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E174 Interview with Brett Miller from 110 Fitness 48:54

3M ago48:54

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E173 Aired 02-20-2025 Current Events and Updates 48:55

3M ago48:55

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E172 Aired 02-13-2025 Interview with Bob Notch Office of the Veterans Advocate 49:24

4M ago49:24

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How a journey on the Hippie Trail changed Rick Steves’ life (and influenced Rolf’s travels too) 44:26

4M ago44:26

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“Anybody with curiosity and wanderlust can have their own Hippie Trail. They just need to get away from home, embrace the world, and have an adventure.” –Rick Steves In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Rick talk about Rick’s 1990s book Asia Through the Back Door, and how Rick recently rediscovered the old Asia travel journals he kept as a young ma…

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E171 Aired 02-06-2025 Hanscom Federal Credit Union 47:55

4M ago47:55

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E170 Aired 01-30-2025 Interviews with Doug and Jeff from Natick Labs 50:28

4M ago50:28

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A travel writers’ Super Bowl special: Pico Iyer and Rolf discuss NFL football from the global perspective 38:55

4M ago38:55

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“My life has often forced me to follow the Super Bowl in unusual circumstances. The first Super Bowl found me in boarding school in England, huddled under my bedclothes with an illegal transistor radio.” –Pico Iyer In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Pico talk about the novelty of two travel writers talking about the Super Bowl, and Pico’s NFL fan…

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E169 Aired 01-23-2025 Tom Gilligan of Medtronics 48:16

4M ago48:16

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E168 Aired 01-16-2025 Update on Parkinson's with Justin 47:44

4M ago47:44

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Pico Iyer on how solitude, stillness, and silence play an essential counterbalance to the traveling life 55:24

5M ago55:24

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“In solitude, I often feel closer to the people I care for than when they’re in the same room.” –Pico Iyer In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Pico talk about how the best travels are often counterbalanced with a kind of stillness, in which one can find one’s “best self” (3:00); Pico’s decades-long experiences with monks in a California monastery,…

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E167 Aired 01-09-2025 Update in Studio and look to Upcoming Events 48:29

5M ago48:29

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E166 Interview with Amy Belmore Executive Director at Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth 50:12

5M ago50:12

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Life changing travel experiences: Memories of traveling to Syria, 25 years on (with Ari Shaffir) 1:23:01

5M ago1:23:01

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“Syria is a mix of everything. There are multiple Christian cultures, multiple Muslim cultures, and multiple languages. It’s the crossroads of the world. It made for some of my best travel memories from that time of my life.” —Rolf Potts In this episode of Deviate (which was remixed from an episode of Ari Shaffir’s You Be Trippin’ podcast), Rolf an…

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E165 Follow up Interviews with the Wehr Family of Marshfield 48:31

5M ago48:31

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E164 Aired 12-19-2024 Christmas Edition 48:19

5M ago48:19

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E163 Aired 12-12-2024 Donna and Donna Gold Star Wives 48:05

6M ago48:05

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Travel memoir lab: How to fast-track your travel book by working with a hybrid publisher 1:01:36

6M ago1:01:36

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“In El Salvador, I dropped $5 out of my pocket at the border, and some guy came running up to me. At the beginning of the trip I would have been surprised by that. But by that point I would have been surprised if it didn’t happen.” —Matt Savino In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Matt talk about how the first version of his travel book was way too…

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E162 Aired 12-05-2024 Women's Veterans Issues with Dr. Norah Keenan 45:48

6M ago45:48

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E161 Aired 11-21-2024 Healing Heros with John Doherty 49:29

6M ago49:29

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E160 Aired 11-14-2024 Veterans Week with Dennis D and George R 49:35

6M ago49:35

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E159 Aired 11-07-2024 Robert Belcher Borne Nat. Cemetery and John Summer Marine Reserves 49:24

6M ago49:24

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HoneyTrek: A case study in making a full-time living as travel influencers and content creators 43:18

6M ago43:18

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“When we got into this, we didn’t know how to make videos. That’s a skill we’ve had to learn, because the industry has changed so much, from photos to videos. We are still learning all the time.” —Anne Howard In this episode of Deviate, Rolf, Mike, Anne and Kiki talk about they got started traveling as a couple, how they made it affordable, and how…

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Live from Bali: How tourists, influencers, and nomads transform destinations (for good and for bad) 38:59

7M ago38:59

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“Influencers are forever reinforcing the same images. They’re spending no time in the actual place, other than the requisite time to take the photo. From the local community’s point of view, these kinds of tourists bring very little value.” –Stuart McDonald In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Stuart talk about why Stuart chose to make his office i…

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E158 Aired 10-31-2024 Goodbye to Gino and Info for Veterans day and Next Food Drive 46:25

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E157 Aired 10-24-2024 Interview with Larry NE Regional Manager of Helmets to Hard Hats 46:03

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E156 Aired 10-17-2024 Interviews with Chris Buckley and Anthony O'Brien 48:20

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Vagabonding audio companion: Obnoxious travelers (and how to avoid being one) 45:40

7M ago45:40

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“We’re having less enjoyable travel experiences, even as our photos show us having this amazing time, because we’re performing a version of travel for people who aren’t even there.” In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and David talk about the time-honored practice of Americans pretending to be Canadian on the road, and why Americans at times have had …

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E15 Aired 10-10-2024 Update Info for Battle of the Badges 5 and VFW Auxiliary Update with Kelly 49:20

8M ago49:20

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E154 Aired 09-26-2024 Interview with Phyllis Wilson-Women's Veteran Memorial Washington DC 48:58

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E153 Aired 09-19-2024 Interview with Dennis Badore and Robert Callahan Scituate American Legion Post #144 48:55

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What you discover when you walk down every single street in New York City (encore) 1:30:57

9M ago1:30:57

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“Traveling, for me, is all about destroying stereotypes and narratives about people and places.” – Matt Green In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Matt discuss Matt’s mission to walk every street in New York City (3:00); walking across the entire United States and breaking stereotypes (12:00); bucket lists as a catalyst for action (28:00); and Matt…

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E152 Aired 09-12-2024 Interview with Michael Goldstein from Franklin Cummings Institute 47:46

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E151 Aired 09-05-2024 Jessica van der Stad (AFSD) Suicide Awareness Month Discussion 55:06

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E150 Aired 08-29-2024 C. Andrew McCawley New England Center and Home for Veterans 50:17

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