“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’s experiences walking in unfamiliar places and finding comfort in being a stranger (50:00).

Matt Green is the wanderer who was profiled within the documentary The World Before your Feet, directed by filmmaker Jeremy Workman and produced by Jesse Eisenberg. Matt has walked across the entire United States and is currently in the process of walking every street in New York City. For more about Matt and his current project, check out https://imjustwalkin.com/.

Notable Links:

East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (book)
East of Eden excerpt
The Journey Home, by Edward Abbey (book)
Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck (book)
Cannery Row excerpt
Gary House (traveler)
The World Before Your Feet at Kanopy

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lu mber.

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