618 Medellin; Traveling with Gloria Steinem and David McCullough
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 24 October 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Rick compares notes with travel writer Dave Seminara on Medellín, Colombia, as the "City of Eternal Spring" tries to shake off its former reputation for cartel violence and promote itself as a safe and family-friendly destination. Plus, we relive two of our favorite interviews, hearing how important travel has been to the work of writer and activist Gloria Steinem and historian David McCullough.
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| 0:00.0 | David McCullough tells us what a lifetime spent researching American history at home and overseas has shown him about the USA. |
| 0:09.0 | I always come back reassured that we are a good country, we are a good people, and great things are being |
| 0:16.0 | accomplished, it isn't all bad news. |
| 0:19.4 | Gloria Steinem's travels to a newly independent India guided her political goals for America too. |
| 0:25.0 | The way you conducted yourself determined your ends. |
| 0:28.0 | The ends didn't justify the means, the means dictated the end. |
| 0:32.0 | It took me a while to realize that this was true pretty much |
| 0:36.0 | everywhere and certainly in this country too. |
| 0:38.8 | And travel writer Dave Seminara tells us what he found when he took his whole family to Columbia on vacation. |
| 0:44.0 | This is almost one of the most perfect town square she'll find anywhere in Latin America. |
| 0:49.0 | How do you see the world? Let's explore it together in the hourhead on Travel with Rick Steeves. |
| 0:55.0 | Come along. |
| 1:00.0 | Hey I'm Rick Steeves. |
| 1:01.0 | In my latest book for the love of Europe, I share highlights of a lifetime of exploring Europe, |
| 1:07.0 | my favorite experiences, sites, and encounters in 100 essays. |
| 1:11.0 | Order your copy today at Rick Steves.com. |
| 1:15.0 | Gloria Steinham says she's lived out of a suitcase for years. |
| 1:19.0 | Her autobiography has been |
| 1:24.0 | adapted into a major motion picture. |
| 1:26.0 | Coming up, she tells us how traveling with her father from a young age |
| 1:29.0 | gave her the confidence to tackle the status quo. |
| 1:32.0 | And later in the hour we'll revisit the time |
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