Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. ricksteves.bsky.social
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Rick Steves joins the #Phoenix Symphony for a musical journey across Europe, blending his historical expertise with 19th-century anthems. #AZNEWSMEDIA
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This is just one entry in a 16-part series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 TV special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free and ad-free on the @PBS app and at ricksteves.com/hunger
Globalization in the Developing World: Lessons from My Travels in Guatemala
Globalization is a powerful force — and it's here to stay. Smart modern aid programs understand globalization is like a big train, and the developing world can either hop on... or get run over. These programs (many of which were once supported by USAID) recognize that small farmers can be empowered to join the free market — whether by simply selling their extra produce in the next village or by becoming part of the “value chain” that links their farm to the global economy. Guatemala's sugar and coffee industries provide instructive examples of how this works:
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Wellness Wednesday Challenge: Take a break and tune into something that inspires you. Try our Men’s Health podcast featuring council member Neil Scott and guest Rick Steves!
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He won’t be bringing a sousaphone, but he can play one. newscentermaine.com/article/…
If you’re nearby, I hope to see you. If not, you can watch the Symphonic Journey concert we performed in Cincinnati, which was filmed for a public television special, at ricksteves.com/watch-read-li….
And in 2026, I’ll be bringing my orchestral road show to Buffalo, Detroit, Merrifield, and more — all for the love of travel, history, and live classical music. Stay tuned!
I’m packing my shiny black shoes for an exciting ten-concerts-in-five-cities road trip, and I’m eager to take music lovers in Raleigh, Portland, Columbia, Charleston, and Phoenix on a symphonic journey they’ll never forget: ricksteves.com/about-rick/wh…
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To celebrate the release of our new Greece guidebook, tour guide Colleen Schaffer returns to Monday Night Travel tonight at 6pm PT to report on her recent odyssey around the cradle of Western civilization. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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I had such a lovely time on Travel with Rick Steves, talking about the Gothic, and monsters - and what they tell us about ourselves. Thank you!
This week on the Travel with Rick Steves radio show: Hear about the supernatural (and super scary) tales of nineteenth-century Europe, Mexico's annual celebration of departed loved ones, and the spooky, spiritual layers of New Orleans. Listen online at ricksteves.com/radio.
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This week on the Travel with Rick Steves radio show: Hear about the supernatural (and super scary) tales of nineteenth-century Europe, Mexico's annual celebration of departed loved ones, and the spooky, spiritual layers of New Orleans. Listen online at ricksteves.com/radio.
P.S. We provide all the materials you'll need for a viewing party of “Rick Steves' Luther and the Reformation” in this free toolkit: ricksteves.com/watch-read-li…
Happy Halloween — and Happy Reformation Day!
Today is the anniversary of the day Martin Luther challenged Roman Catholic doctrine by posting his 95 Theses on a church door.
Halloween ghouls can be pretty scary — but 500 years ago, if you were a corrupt Church trying to keep the Bible away from people who didn't speak Latin (in other words, regular people), Martin Luther was scary, too.
In 2017, I helped celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by producing the “Rick Steves’ Luther and the Reformation" TV special — my gift to about 10,000 Lutheran churches across the USA that have this in their libraries.
If you missed that party and wonder what all the 1517 commotion was about — an event that, along with the Renaissance, helped usher Western civilization out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world — you can watch the show anytime on my website or with the @PBS app.
So, when the last goblin rings your doorbell and the sky is no longer filled with the cries of crows, sit down with some leftover candy and let me take you back to a tumultuous time in Germany: ricksteves.com/luther
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New episode of Rick Steves' Europe: Italy’s Highlights
Check your local public television station for airdates and times, stream new episodes of Season 13 with PBS Passport, or watch on our website:
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Thank you for organizing this event, South Snohomish County Indivisible — and thanks for the drone footage, @StudioEdmonds!
I’ve been speaking out in defense of our democracy lately, and people have been telling me that’s courageous. But my first thought is: “Well, if speaking out is courageous...that’s a very good reason for a good American citizen — me and, perhaps, you? — to do exactly that.”
And speaking of speaking out, here’s 13 minutes of the talk I gave at my town’s recent “No Kings” rally. Looking at the faces of the good and caring neighbors who packed Edmonds City Park for this event reminds me how high the stakes are...and that we are not alone. Solidarity!
You can stream my full “West England” episode for free (and ad-free) at ricksteves.com/watch-read-li….
England's hottest summer on record has produced a bumper crop of unusually sweet apples — which, in turn, have bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider) from its typical 6-8% ABV to as high as 10.5% ABV. As a result, scrumpy is now classified as “wine,” meaning it’s taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
Take a trip to Roger Wilkins’ cider farm with me in this clip from “Rick Steves’ Europe” — and ponder yet another example of an industry impacted by climate change.
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This is just one entry in a 16-part series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 TV special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free and ad-free on the @PBS app and at ricksteves.com/hunger.
Conflict Derails Development: Lessons from My Travels in Guatemala
In this clip, we learn how wars, drug trade, gangs, and sectarian violence all push people deeper into poverty. When there's conflict, it's the poorest who suffer most. Experts believe that if development aid is properly funded and implemented, there could be no more famines in the future… except those that are intentionally caused as tools of war.
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