Rick Steves. In 1978, he was a piano teacher with a touch of wanderlust. Two months traveling overland from Istanbul to Kathmandu changed that. The trip ultimately made him what he is today: a storyteller, a critical source of information about travel in Europe, and our country’s foremost cheerleader for the value of travel. For the past half century, Rick Steves has taught his fellow Americans how to travel better, through his guidebooks, radio program, app, TV series, and bus tours. He recently turned 70, and many of his globetrotting followers are now older adults, too.
On the second episode of season 8 of Century Lives, the team talks with Rick Steves about how he has reinvented himself—and his industry—as he ages.