Rick Steves
@ricksteves.bsky.social
Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
This is just one entry in a 16-part series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 public television special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free and ad-free on the @pbs.org app and at www.ricksteves.com/hunger.
Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala
In his new hour-long special available February 1, 2020, Rick Steves travels through Ethiopia and Guatemala to learn about extreme poverty — the more than 700 million people who struggle to live on le...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is just one entry in a 16-part series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 public television special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free and ad-free on the @pbs.org app and at www.ricksteves.com/hunger.
You can listen in our 2016 conversation about the book here: www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l...
Program 445: Paul Theroux Deep South; More World War I Sites
Author Paul Theroux shares the insights he gleaned about America from the people he met in the small towns and backroads of the Deep South. Then history professor Mark D. Van Ells returns with more su...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
You can listen in our 2016 conversation about the book here: www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l...
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!
Where’s Rick?
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November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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!
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 www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/tv-specials/symphonic-journey.
Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey
Join Rick and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra on a spectacular musical journey through Europe. This unique special blends powerful Romantic-era anthems from composers like Strauss, Grieg, and Verdi with...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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 www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/tv-specials/symphonic-journey.
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: www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/tv-specials/luther-screening
Host Your Own Screening Event
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October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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: www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/tv-specials/luther-screening
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 at www.ricksteves.com/luther or with the @pbs.org app.
Luther and the Reformation
Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther kicked off the Protestant Reformation, which contributed to the birth of our modern age. In this one-hour special — filmed on location in Europe — Rick Steves tel...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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 at www.ricksteves.com/luther or with the @pbs.org app.
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.
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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.
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.
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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.
Take a trip to Roger Wilkins’ cider farm with me in this clip from Season 9 of “Rick Steves’ Europe” — or stream my full “West England” episode on the @pbs.org app or at www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/west-england.
Somerset, England: Cider Farm
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October 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Take a trip to Roger Wilkins’ cider farm with me in this clip from Season 9 of “Rick Steves’ Europe” — or stream my full “West England” episode on the @pbs.org app or at www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/west-england.
This is just one entry in a 16-part Bluesky series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 public television special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free & ad-free on the @pbs.org app and at www.ricksteves.com/hunger.
Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala
In his new hour-long special available February 1, 2020, Rick Steves travels through Ethiopia and Guatemala to learn about extreme poverty — the more than 700 million people who struggle to live on le...
www.ricksteves.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is just one entry in a 16-part Bluesky series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 public television special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free & ad-free on the @pbs.org app and at www.ricksteves.com/hunger.
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.
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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.
Rick or Treat — Part 5!
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rick or Treat — Part 5!
Rick or Treat — Part 4!
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rick or Treat — Part 4!
Rick or Treat — Part 3!
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rick or Treat — Part 3!
Rick or Treat — Part 2!
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rick or Treat — Part 2!
This is just one entry in a 16-part Bluesky series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 public television special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free & ad-free on the @pbs.org app and at www.ricksteves.com/hunger.
Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala
In his new hour-long special available February 1, 2020, Rick Steves travels through Ethiopia and Guatemala to learn about extreme poverty — the more than 700 million people who struggle to live on le...
www.ricksteves.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is just one entry in a 16-part Bluesky series sharing what I learned about smart development aid while filming my 2020 public television special “Hunger & Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala.” The full hour is streaming free & ad-free on the @pbs.org app and at www.ricksteves.com/hunger.
For more information on what @aclu.org does and how you can continue to help out, go to ACLU.org — and for more information on how you can have the trip of a lifetime in Europe, go to www.ricksteves.com. Thank you, happy travels, and God bless our freedom!
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October 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
For more information on what @aclu.org does and how you can continue to help out, go to ACLU.org — and for more information on how you can have the trip of a lifetime in Europe, go to www.ricksteves.com. Thank you, happy travels, and God bless our freedom!