Each week, our hour-long Travel with Rick Steves show airs on 150 public radio stations across the country. It sounds live, with people calling in (like Car Talk)…but (also like Car Talk) it’s actually prerecorded. And next week we’ll be recording some fascinating interviews that will be “webcast” ‘ with the live feed streaming on our website.
On Monday and Tuesday, I’ll be interviewing a host of fascinating travelers about their adventures, and we always like to “open up the phone lines” to have our readers ask questions. Read our list of topics and let us know which interview you’d like to be a part of.
We’ll be talking with a couple who just retraced the steps of Martin Luther on the thousand-mile, 70-day trek from his German monastery to Rome. We’ll interview one of the last surviving original “monuments men” ‘ from the army corps dedicated to getting all the art treasures the Nazis took in WWII back to their original owners. We’ll talk with Paul Theroux, a former Peace Corps volunteer himself, about the fiftieth anniversary of the Peace Corps. We’ll hear from a pair of adventure-seekers who raced in their humble little car from London all the way to Mongolia to raise money for charity, debrief a couple who get all dressed up each year for an extravagant ball in Vienna, and talk with Jeff Greenwald about life in Katmandu. We’ll also take calls from our listeners about Christmas overseas, love abroad, and undiscovered Europe. If you always wanted to be on the radio, this is your chance. (And we’d love to have you!)
What a great post, Rick! Thanks for advertising this on your blog. My only regret is that I`ll be working and won`t be able to participate. Will there be a transcript available afterwards on your website?
Sounds great! It doesn`t broadcast in my area of Northern California. I am surprised that it doesn`t air in the Sacramento area. Or up in the Sierra Foothills where I live. A lot of people live here.
Lack of feedback should provide some feed back.
WIth the wiki leaks coming out this weekend which is supposed to injure our international relations with other countries I wonder if that will be food for fodder for a show and how that will impact travel.