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Join Me on the Radio

As we near the fifth anniversary of our public radio program, we now have 150 cities airing us for an hour each week. And we have nearly 200 hours of shows in our radio archive.

Thinking back on the roots of this little enterprise, I remember enjoying fascinating conversations with guide friends and guidebook researchers. We’d debate the fine points of European travel and tour routes, and I’d think, “I find this so interesting…I wish more people could enjoy this conversation. If we simply had recorded this, it would have been great talk radio.” At the same time, I was spending more and more time helping stations with radio pledge work and realizing that this “travel talk” was really good at raising money for public radio — even better than the TV pledge work we do. And on Seattle’s KUOW, it seemed Steve Scher (on whose show I was a regular guest) and I were having more fun than ever talking travel on the air.

I asked my friends at KUOW if they’d run a show if I produced it. They agreed to run it for an hour on Saturday afternoon. So I gathered my staff and I announced that we’d begin producing a public radio program. I found a great producer (Tim Tattan), we designed Travel with Rick Steves, KUOW ran it and, little by little, we built our carriage.

I’m thankful to KUOW and lots of people for helping get our program off the ground and firmly on the air…and that includes the countless people who call in and take part in our interviews.

Every couple of months, I do a flurry in interviews to generate material for an hour-long show every week. Starting on Wednesday, December 9th, and finishing up on Tuesday, December 15th, I’ll be taping several new and exciting radio shows. And I’d love to include your comments and questions!

This upcoming recording session will include a wide variety of interesting guests. I get to talk with Greg Mortenson, author of the bestseller Three Cups of Tea, about his work in the villages of Afghanistan. Richard Ellis talks about his book On Thin Ice, detailing the changing world of the polar bear. Harry Rutstein describes the hardships he endured while retracing the fabled route of Marco Polo from Venice across Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, and China. Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt were commissioned by the Royal Geographic Society to travel the length of the mysterious Casiquiare River in Venezuela…and they’ll tell us about their great adventure.

Also, Angela Nickerson explains some of the highlights of Michelangelo’s Rome, Keith Bowden chats about what he’s learned from spending months at a time on the Rio Grande, Barry Foy shares tips on enjoying traditional Irish music in its natural habitat, and Nikki Goth Itoi gives us good advice for enjoying Baja California from the border to Cabo San Lucas. And the brilliant Fred Plotkin joins us again to discuss Finland and Italian cuisine.

I will also have several “open mike” sessions for you to share your travel tips, discoveries, and questions with topics ranging from crazy people you’ve met on the road to recent discoveries and memorable meals.

If you’d like to be a part of our upcoming shows, you’d be doing me a favor. I’d love to work you in. Just go to the radio section at ricksteves.com and sign up.

Thanks.

Comments

13 Replies to “Join Me on the Radio”

  1. I know this is way off the subject, but I just wanted to say that I absolutely love Rick’s “European Christmas” special and wish that he would consider doing a Part II with it. I don’t want to ruin an already great thing, but I’d love to see another Christmas special with even more countries featured. Some suggestions are Russia (would be especially great), Ireland, Poland, Greece, Hungary, Lebanon, and a Christian family in the Holy Land. Watching Rick’s European Christmas has become a tradition in our family, right next to the (in)famous “A Christmas Story” and the older Miracle on 34th Street. Okay, I made my suggestion. We can get back on topic now.

  2. I love the radio show, which I listen to as podcasts. While walking the dog or working in the garden or folding laundry, I’m whisked away to Italy, Ireland, Spain, or our own southwest. My mind is opened up to many new ideas and my imagination is revived. Thanks Rick – I’m looking forward to the new shows.

  3. I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your travel show on public television. It is my favorite travel show and always very interested. Thanks.

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