Travel with Rick Steves is a fun, hour-long, and practical talk show with guest experts and calls and questions from travelers.  This weekly program is a lively conversation between travelers and the experts as we learn to explore our world smartly, smoothly, and thoughtfully.  Travel with Rick Steves goes beyond the Europe that Mr. Steves is famous for, with shows covering travel and cultures across every continent.

The author of 30 travel guidebooks and longtime host of the Rick Steves' Europe TV series, Steves was attracted to radio because of its ability to interact with listeners in ways that TV cannot.

"Radio provides a virtual café for travelers to meet up, sharing tips, insights and discoveries," says Steves.  "On my radio show, rather than being the tour guide, as I am on TV, I get to host the coming together of experts on various cultures and travel themes with our callers and listeners.  Serving as the conduit for all this exciting travel information comes with a downside: now I want to travel everywhere our radio show does."

Travel with Rick Steves has been running since 2006 on public radio stations throughout the country, and has been downloaded from the Internet more than a million times.

Airs: 8 p.m. Tuesday on KSTX 89.1 FM
Website: www.ricksteves.com/radio