When most people fly between North America and Europe, they rarely think much about what they're flying over.

But to Simon Winchester, you're flying over centuries of turmoil and discovery, and there's a lot more to the Atlantic then meets the eye.

All the ocean really is to most of us these days is just an inconvenient expanse of distance,

but what you are flying over, it's full of history and romance and daring do and we

should care for it a little more than we do.

I'm Rick Steve's. Today on Travel with Rick Steve's we consider what the busiest

ocean in the world has to say to us.

And Reverend Jim Wallace shares how his travels have sharpened his perspective as a religious leader.

Two countries side by side, and going to the one I wasn't supposed to be in taught me most about the

one I was already in.

Glanbeck says, Jim Wallace is one of the most dangerous men in America.

Well, from his point of view, I hope that's true.

The power of our travels to teach us about our place in the world. It's just

ahead on Travel with Rick Steve's. Instead of exploring a particular destination today on Travel with Rick Steeves,

I think you'll find that today's guests so help us find a big picture view of the

voyage we're all on together.

Reverend Jim Wallace advocates for the needs of people Jesus called the least among us.

He joins us in just a bit to explain how traveling the places others warn you about

opened his eyes to the needs of others.

We'll start today with author Simon Winchester.

His latest book sums up years of research and travel.

It shares the epic tales the Atlantic Ocean can tell us,

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