Travel with Rick Steves is a weekly, one-hour podcast featuring guest experts and listener calls about travel, cultures, and people around the world. In my view, it’s the best travel podcast available.
Rick Steves is well-traveled, articulate, and endlessly curious. While his guidebooks and organized tours focus mainly on Europe, the podcast ranges far beyond, covering destinations and cultures across the globe.
Guests often include professional guides and authors who contribute to his tours and books. The conversations are timely, informative, and inspiring. Notable guests have included writers such as Paul Theroux and the late David McCullough (1933–2022).
I found McCullough’s interview especially moving. He began his explorations in my hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and went on to write extensively about American history—from The Johnstown Flood to his Pulitzer Prize–winning works. Listening to him talk with Steves was a reminder of how travel and curiosity can begin close to home and expand outward to the wider world.
That’s the caliber of guest Rick Steves brings to his listeners—week after week.