Travel with Rick Steves
Arts & Culture Podcasts
A weekly one-hour conversation with guest experts and callers about travel, cultures, people, and the things we find around the world that give life its extra sparkle. Rick Steves is America's leading authority on travel to Europe and beyond. Host and writer of over a hundred public television travel shows and author of 30 best-selling guidebooks, Rick now brings his passion for exploring and understanding our world to public radio. Related travel information and message boards on www.ricksteves.com
Location:
Edmonds, WA
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
A weekly one-hour conversation with guest experts and callers about travel, cultures, people, and the things we find around the world that give life its extra sparkle. Rick Steves is America's leading authority on travel to Europe and beyond. Host and writer of over a hundred public television travel shows and author of 30 best-selling guidebooks, Rick now brings his passion for exploring and understanding our world to public radio. Related travel information and message boards on www.ricksteves.com
Twitter:
@RickSteves
Language:
English
Contact:
130 Fourth Avenue North PO Box 2009 Edmonds, WA 98020 425-771-8303
Website:
https://www.ricksteves.com/
Email:
rick@ricksteves.com
Episodes
767 Eastern European Folklore; Unknown Balkans; Milan
9/13/2024
A historian discusses some of the most salient narratives about themselves that eastern Europeans have been passing down through generations of folklore. Then a Bulgarian tour guide lets us in on why the smaller Balkan countries of Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia are emerging as "back-door" destinations. And tour guides from Italy share tips for people-watching among the chic and sleek in Milan's fashionable café scene — and the cocktails to enjoy while doing so.
For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.
Duration:00:52:00
766 Endangered European Languages; Black Women Travelers; Beating the Crowds, Part 2
9/6/2024
Coming soon.
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Duration:00:52:00
765 Sicilian Splendors; Off the Rails; Favorite Hot Springs
8/30/2024
A longtime Italophile shares the charms and rich culture of Sicily. Then a popular columnist and avowed train buff recounts tales of his rail travels the world over. And a photojournalist takes a deep dive into the ways we soak, swim, and slow down in hot springs.
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Duration:00:52:00
697a Sacred Paris; Raising a Family in France; A Place in the World
8/23/2024
Author Susan Cahill recommends some of the most magnificent religious architecture to explore in Paris, then an American who married a Frenchman describes her experiences raising three young children in a small town outside Paris. And writer Frances Mayes, who lives in both Tuscany and North Carolina, discusses just what makes a place feel like home.
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Duration:00:52:00
764 South Wales; Two Years in Kazakhstan; Global Empty Spaces
8/16/2024
Delve into southern Wales and its evocative landscape of castles, pilgrim trails, and coal mines. Then get a rare glimpse into Central Asia's largest country from a former Peace Corps volunteer. And vicariously explore some of our world's remaining desolate places.
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Duration:00:52:00
763 Favorite Scottish Walks; Oslo Harbor Front; Beating the Crowds
8/9/2024
Get recommendations for enjoying scenic hiking trails in the Scottish countryside. Then learn how Oslo's renovated harbor front has become a popular place to enjoy the city's art, culture, scenery, food, and even saunas. And hear how fellow listeners have been coping with crowds at Europe's major sights.
For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.
Duration:00:52:00
762 Athens Day Trips; More Greek Islands; Joanna Lumley in Northern Greece
8/2/2024
Tour guides from Athens recommend easy day trips from the capital into the historic Greek countryside, then let us in on some lesser-known island getaways in the Aegean and Ionian seas. Plus, British actress Dame Joanna Lumley shares her favorite highlights from exploring northern Greece for a TV special she filmed there.
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Duration:00:52:00
658a Humble American Bragging; Why I Love Madrid; Deep Time Journey
7/26/2024
British travel writer Richard Grant discusses the sporting sense of humor he's observed (and appreciated) behind the distinctly American talent for over-the-top bragging. Then tour guides from Madrid let us in on their favorite places to take visitors in the Spanish capital. And we ponder our place in the planet's history with author Robert Macfarlane, who shares insights gained from a decade of investigating, from a perspective of geologic time, humanity's relationship with our landscape.
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Duration:00:52:00
761 Nicholas Kristof Chasing Hope; Fabulous Food in Paris
7/19/2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof has witnessed his share of danger and strife as a foreign correspondent. Listen in as he reflects on his career and helps us look for hope beyond the headlines that bombard us daily. Plus, get a taste of the culinary delights of Paris with a foodie so enamored of France that he moved there from Australia.
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Duration:00:52:00
644a Underappreciated Paris Museums; Many Lives of the Louvre; Cote d'Azur
7/12/2024
Get ideas for visiting some of Paris' unique, under-appreciated small museums, as well as tips for tackling its massive grande dame, the Louvre — and an author's insights into the former palace's remarkable history. And French tour guides tell us what they love best about the cities along the Mediterranean's sparkling Cote d'Azur.
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Duration:00:52:00
760 Sweet Southern Treats; Ben Franklin and Me; Nearby Travels
7/5/2024
Get a taste of the hearty, homespun cuisine of the American South from a writer who has documented our nation through the foods we celebrate. Then hear about a man's quest to trace the travels of Ben Franklin — and to uncover the founder's life lessons. And listen in as callers recount meaningful travel experiences close to home in North America.
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Duration:00:52:00
529b Newfoundland with Alan Doyle; Rick Mercer's Canada Day; Drink Dat New Orleans
6/28/2024
A Newfoundland musician lets us in on the sights he recommends to best enjoy the rugged beauty of his Atlantic island home. Then an award-winning Canadian TV personality shares his own favorite places and things to enjoy across Canada. Plus, a culinary historian raises a glass to New Orleans and unveils how to appreciate the history of America's most "spirited" city through its distinctive cocktails.
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Duration:00:52:00
759 Bowen Island, BC; Alaska Beyond the Cruise Ports; Iceland Summer
6/21/2024
Hear about the slower pace of life on Bowen Island, just offshore from bustling Vancouver, British Columbia. Then get tips for exploring Alaska beyond its cruise ship ports. And vicariously experience a summer hike across Iceland's dramatic backcountry.
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Duration:00:52:00
758 Reasons to Scuba Dive; Italy's Amalfi Coast; England's SW Coast Path
6/14/2024
Hear from a scuba diving enthusiast how the scenery beneath the surface can be breathtaking in unexpected ways. Then get tips from a tour guide for enjoying Italy's gorgeous Amalfi Coast in spite of the crowds. And discover how you can enjoy a ramble on one of England's most popular hiking trails, the South West Coast Path.
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Duration:00:52:00
757 Portugal's Algarve; Spain's Costa del Sol; Vanishing Traditions of Asia
6/7/2024
The Iberian Peninsula takes center stage as tour guides tell us what they like best about the scenic Algarve region of Portugal, and recommend where to find the charming parts of Spain's crowded and touristy Costa del Sol. Plus, futurist Kevin Kelly tells us what traditional aspects of Asia have impressed him the most over fifty years of photo journeys across the continent.
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Duration:00:52:00
756 Resurrecting Roman Rubble; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; European Travel Serendipity
5/31/2024
A self-described "Rome nerd" helps us picture what it was like to live in the Roman Empire and explains how much we can learn about the era from its now 2,000-year-old rubble. Then a tour guide from Bulgaria sings the praises of its cultural capital, Plovdiv — one of the oldest cities in Europe, possibly in the whole world. And listeners share serendipitous stories from their European travels.
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Duration:00:52:00
755 Soldier Poets of WWI; Village Turkey
5/24/2024
Historian, novelist, and legendary editor Michael Korda invites us to look back on World War I through the eyes of its soldier poets, whose works — often composed in the trenches — offer an unusually personal and uncensored perspective on the horrors of "the war to end all wars." And a Turkish tour guide takes listener calls while offering advice for finding a friendly welcome in the rural villages of Turkey, where the main attraction might just be…you.
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Duration:00:52:00
754 Central Europe; Norway’s Prosperity; Somali Pirates
5/17/2024
Rick and his senior writer discuss why so much of what Americans have long called "Eastern Europe" is better termed "Central Europe," especially with the Cold War now several decades behind us. Then a tour guide from Oslo explains how Norway cleverly uses its oil-industry revenues to maintain a flourishing society. And German-American journalist Michael Scott Moore tells us how he survived nearly three years as a hostage of pirates in Somalia.
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Duration:00:52:00
367a Driving in Europe; Getting Around Ireland; Exploring Provence
5/10/2024
A pair of tour-bus drivers offer their expert tips on what to expect when navigating the highways of Europe. Then we discuss ideas for exploring two of Europe's most scenic regions: the lush Irish countryside and the floral landscapes and villages of southern France — and pop into a Dublin pub for a wee sing-along.
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Duration:00:52:00
753 German Views; Mudlarking the Thames
5/3/2024
A German journalist shares some timely thoughts on what his fellow citizens find appealing about America, as well as his insights into the intriguing differences between our two societies. Then a London "mudlarker" who searches the River Thames at low tide for buried objects describes how discarded items can connect us with life in the Victorian era, and even as far back as Roman times.
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Duration:00:52:00