Welcome to the Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Art of Living Interview Series

on Radio & Podcast, I'm Paul Volgaelsang.

And today's show is part of our Smithsonian Associates interview series we have an excellent

program about travel in these days, post-pandemic about other cultures, food, and specifically

the food of Italy as we talk to Rick Steves about his new book co-authored by Rick Steves

and Fred Plotkin, Italy for Food Lovers.

Thank you so much for listening, we have got a great guest today in Rick Steves who,

after reading this new book Italy for food lovers I've been looking forward to speaking

with him for a while, I'll introduce him in just a moment but quickly if you missed

any episodes last week was our 690th episode when I spoke to author and Smithsonian associate

Dr. Eric Chandler about his new book Neuropedia, a brief compendium of brain phenomena.

Two weeks ago I spoke with first time author Danny Olms about his new book Memoirs

of an ordinary guy the everyday experiences that changed my life, wonderful subjects for

our Not Old Better Show audience, if you miss those shows, along with any others you can

go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows all free for you there

on our website, not old-better.com.

As I have said so many times I am so grateful for what I get to do talking to so many wonderful

people, many of whom we don't know but should.

Today our guest Rick Steves is someone we all know love and are so impressed with, his

approach to family and the family of humanity is wonderful and perfect for these times.

Our guest today is Rick Steves Smithsonian associate's popular expert on European travel.

He's a PBS star and, along with Fred Plotkin, has written the new book Italy for Food

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