Program 715: San Juan Islands; Martin Sheen’s Travels; Imagine a City

Actor Martin Sheen reveals how his travels to overseas filming locations have influenced his political activism.

An intercontinental pilot shares his cockpit view of great cities around the world.

And get to know the different personalities of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, on the next Travel with Rick Steves.

• Chandler O'Leary, author/illustrator of "On Island Time: A Traveler's Atlas" (Sasquatch Books)
• Actor/activist Martin Sheen
• Pilot Mark Vanhoenacker, author of "Imagine a City" (Knopf)

• Chandler O'Leary illustrated her entries about the islands of the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest, with her own watercolor sketches, in her book "On Island Time."
• A retrospective of Chandler's art work, "Drawn to Tacoma: The Illustrative Art of Chandler O'Leary," is on exhibit through May 24, 2023 at Collins Memorial Library at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.  
• Sucia Island is a Washington State Park in the San Juan Islands.
• Martin and Emilio's movie "The Way" was originally released in 2010. The revised version, which includes a conversation with Rick at the end, is available to watch on streaming services.
• Information about Martin Sheen's career, personal life, and political activism is included on his Wikipedia page.  
• Mark Vanhoenacker is the author of "Imagine a City: A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World."
• Rick spoke with Mark about his book "Skyfaring" in 2018 on Travel with Rick Steves program #426a and program #460a.
• Cameron Hewitt provides tales from his European travels in his book "The Temporary European."  He shares photos and thoughts from his recent travels in his blog entries as well. 

• Ray Lynch, "Here & Never Found," No Blue Thing / Ray Lynch Productions
• Richard Souther, "Word of Light (arranged for solo piano and cello) (Hildegard von Bingen)," Illumination / Sony Masterworks
• Ryuichi Sakamoto, "Opus," BTTB / Sony Masterworks
• Penguin Café Orchestra, "Perpetuum Mobile (2008 digital remaster)," Signs of Life / Virgin
• New England Music Collection, "The Water is Wide," The Wind In the Rigging / North Star Records
• Lights & Motion, "Fireflies," Chronicle / Deep Elm Digital LLC
• * BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba cond., "49th Parallel IX: Winnipeg 2 (R. Vaughan Williams, arr. S. Hogger)," The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, vol. 2 / Chandos
• Tyler Bates, "Roncesvalles," "This Must Be the Place,"  The Way (soundtrack) / Tyler Bates Music-Milan Entertainment
• Horace Parlan, "Congalegre," Roots of Afro-Cuban Jazz (collection) / Blue Note
• Mose Allison, "The Seventh Son," Oxford American Southern Sampler 2000 (collection) / Oxford American
• Katia Cardenal y el coro Scrunk de Noruega, "Santo," Misa Campesina Nicaraguense / Moka Discos
• Jean-Luc Ponty, "Eulogy to Oscar Romero," Individual Choice / Atlantic
• Kamil Alipour, "Afshari," Music from the Tea Lands (collection) / Putumayo
• Old Crow Medicine Show, "Wagon Wheel," Americana (collection) / Putumayo
• * Azymuth, "Estreito de Taruma," Telecommunication / Milestone
• Baltimore Consort, "Scotch Cap," The Dorian Stereo Morning Sampler (collection) / Dorian
• The BBC Concert Orchestra, "Around the World in 80 Days," Music from the Silver Screen / Chapel Music
• Instrumental intro to Minoo Javan, "Djooni Djooni," Persian Folk Songs / JEI Music
• Debbie Wiseman and the Locrian Ensemble of London, "The Smallest Compliment," Wolf Hall (soundtrack) / Silva Screen Records
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Murray Gold cond., "Fish Custard," Doctor Who, Series 5 (soundtrack) / Silva Screen
• Domenico Modugno, "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)," World Masters: Grazie dei Fiori / Carinco AG
• DJ Kwena and Mosotho MusiQ, "Just Something," Monello / (self-released)
• Henry Mancini, "Something for Cat," Cocktail Mix, vol. 3 (collection) / Rhino

• Rick mentions the death of guest Chandler O'Leary in the segment A open, reset and close, and notes it happened "in early April" in the reset at 14:12. 
• At 10:08, Chandler mentions "Pig War" re-enactments and barbecues are held around the Fourth of July in the San Juan islands.
• At 18:18, Rick mentions that we'll continue our tribute to Chandler O'Leary on next week's edition of the show, and again on Canada Day.
• Rick opens segment B, noting that Martin Sheen and his son Emilio Estevez have been promoting the re-release of their movie "The Way," which just had a one-day nationwide showing in cinemas.
• In the reset at 26:16, Rick notes that Martin and his son Emilio were on the show "two weeks ago" to talk about the re-release of their movie "The Way," which was showing in cinemas "a few days ago" and will be available on streaming services.
• Rick describes "Imagine a City" as Mark Vanhoenacker's "latest book" in the segment C open and in the segment's first reset at 46:00.