Why Getting Lost Might Be the Point (Rick Steves)

Labyrinths with Amanda Knox

Knox Robinson Productions

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, True Crime, Mental Health

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Rick Steves is a renowned travel writer, television host, and guidebook author known for turning tourism into a tool for cultural connection, personal growth, and global citizenship. In this episode, Rick Steves shares how decades of exploring the world have shaped his values, his politics, and his understanding of what makes life meaningful. He and Amanda talk about finding joy in discomfort, why venturing outside your comfort zone builds resilience, and how travel can be a spiritual act—not because it offers answers, but because it teaches you how to ask better questions. Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠www.amandaknox.com⁠ ⁠⁠or ⁠⁠⁠amandaknox.substack.com⁠⁠ X: @amandaknox IG: @amamaknox Bluesky: @⁠⁠⁠amandaknox.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Free: My Search for Meaning⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.1	I'm Amanda Knox, and you're listening to Hard Knocks.
1:01.5	Today on Hard Knocks, we have Rick Steves, the acclaimed travel writer and television host.
1:07.6	His latest memoir is called On the Hippie Trail, Istanbul to Kathmandu and the making of a travel writer.
1:12.5	It's about his formative 1978 journey that influences lifelong advocacy and interest in cultural immersion and open-minded travel. So this was a really fun conversation
1:19.7	because obviously he has had a lot of great travel experiences, and I have had less nice
1:27.2	once. So we talk about what it means to travel
1:30.8	through not just the world, but through life, how to have different kinds of ideas of how to
1:36.6	navigate the challenges and opportunities of travel and life. So, you know, what is an abundant
1:43.1	versus scarcity mindset? What does it
1:45.7	mean to think communally versus individually? How to be, you know, what is more important
1:52.8	generosity or greed, affinity and fear? How does that impact our how we encounter life both
1:59.2	personally and socially and politically. Rick has some
2:02.7	very strong political feelings, and we get into that, so I hope you enjoy.
2:12.5	Welcome to Hard Knocks. I'm so excited to talk to you. I mean, you know, you're this acclaimed travel writer
2:19.9	who has a big heart and an open mind and all these great experiences. And I am super
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