655 SF East Bay; A Week in London; Climate Crucible
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.3 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Roman Mars, host of the podcast "99 Percent Invisible," describes some of his favorite examples of clever design from his home turf in Oakland and Berkeley. Then two tour guides from London team up with Rick to recommend an ideal sightseeing week in the British capital. And poet and essayist Lisa Wells shares the insights — and optimism — she gained from interviewing a geographically and ideologically wide range of people battling climate change by improving their own communities.
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| 0:00.0 | One of the top sites a good tour guide in London will take you to is Westminster Abbey. |
| 0:05.0 | 900 years of England's history, over 36 kings and queens are buried and they're the good and the great. |
| 0:11.0 | Coming up, we look at your options for a glorious week in London. |
| 0:15.0 | There's a lot to explore when you walk around San Francisco and its neighboring cities in the East Bay. |
| 0:21.0 | Berkeley in particular is littered with sidewalk stamps or one of my favorite little design features of a city. |
| 0:28.0 | And while the news on the terrifying impacts of climate change has been pretty grim, |
| 0:32.0 | other Lisa Wells tells us about people she's met who have not given up. |
| 0:37.0 | They know we're not powerless in making a difference for our planet. |
| 0:41.0 | You belong here on earth and your particular human efforts are needed if we're going to survive this thing. |
| 0:48.0 | So get out there. |
| 0:49.0 | Exploring London, the streets where you live and finding hope for making a better world around us. |
| 0:54.0 | Come along for the hour ahead. It's travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:00.0 | Visit Europe in 2022. Rick Steves Europe bus tours are designed to economically and efficiently share our love of Europe through my favorite places, people and experiences. |
| 1:11.0 | With small groups, strict health and safety protocols, great guides, and more than 40 itineraries, |
| 1:17.0 | a Rick Steves Europe tour just might be the perfect fit for your travel dreams. |
| 1:22.0 | Learn more at ricksteves.com. |
| 1:25.0 | If the world's on fire, then how should we live? |
| 1:28.0 | That's the question Lisa Wells poses in her new book, Believers. |
| 1:32.0 | She tells us about the people she met who are making a difference in spite of today's obstacles. |
| 1:38.0 | That's coming up in a bit on today's travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:41.0 | We'll also look at a city that's endured more than its share of hard times with insider tips for a week-long itinerary for London. |
| 1:49.0 | Let's start the hour looking for some of the less obvious attractions wherever you are. |
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