Program 787: Twenty Years; The Vanishing Point; Martin Sheen's Travels

Where does the time go? On the next Travel with Rick Steves, we look back on 20 years of wanderlust and conversations about exploring the world.

Also, Paul Theroux tells us how a lifetime of travels can bring us perspective, which inspired his stories in "The Vanishing Point."

Actor Martin Sheen tells us how filming on location in India opened his eyes to our place in the world.

And Rick remembers how an epic backpacking trip, right out of high school, helped to shape his future.

If you plan to pre-empt this week's program to use the latest fundraising edition of Travel with Rick Steves, we suggest you save the program 787 files and air it instead of the repeat program that will be scheduled for the weekend of April 26. That way, your listeners can celebrate with our 20th anniversary show, too.

• Excerpts from past interviews with Willie Weir, David Sedaris, Maeve Higgins, Lord Alderdice, Terry Tempest-Williams, Gloria Steinem, Pico Iyer, and Cady Coleman
• Author Paul Theroux
• Actor Martin Sheen
• Gene Openshaw, co-author of the Rick Steves art guides and the "Rick Steves Art of Europe" TV series.

• Paul Theroux's latest collection of stories is called "The Vanishing Point."
• Paul Theroux has had many previous visits with us on Travel with Rick Steves. You can listen to archived podcasts in our show archives, as he talks about his novel "Under the Wave at Waimea" on program #640 in 2021. Paul tells us more about what he found in his travels on program #660 and program #614.
• You can also look in the show archives for Rick's interviews with Paul Theroux on road trip encounters across the American Deep South on program #445A from October 21, 2017, and across Mexico on program #589 on January 4, 2020. Paul describes the experiences behind his book "Dark Start Safari" on program #252A from August 2012 and his work in the early years of the Peace Corps in Africa on program #237 from March 2011.
• Rick spoke with Martin Sheen and his son Emilio Estevez about the value of travel, in this video feature that was included with the re-release of their movie "The Way."
• Information about Martin Sheen's career, personal life, and political activism, is included on his Wikipedia page.
• "The Way" was originally released in 2010. The revised 2023 version is available to watch on multiple streaming services, including Peacock. Martin and Emilio talked about it with Rick on program #713 in 2023.
• Gene Openshaw is Rick's co-author on the TV series "Rick Steves Art of Europe" and the book "Europe's Top 100 Masterpieces."
• Rick and Gene ventured "On the Hippie Trail" in 1978, which is the topic of Rick's latest book.

• Gotan Project, "Diferente," Lunático / XL Recordings
• BRU_BR_0062_01101_Timepiece_1_APM
• John Cale, "Bicycle," Hobo Sapiens / Or Music
• Django Reinhardt, "The Sheik of Araby," The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order, vol. 5 / JSP Records
• The Eamonn Ceannt Ceili Band, "The Fox on the Prowl," Souvenir from the Derryhale Hotel, Dundalk / IML
• David Russell, "Cherish The Ladies," The Emerald Isles (collection) / Telarc
• Rita Connolly, Shaun Davey, "Death of Richard-An-Iarainn (Intro)," Granuaile / Tara Music
• Herb Ellis, "America the Beautiful," Texas Swings / Justice Records - Fontana
• Toufic Farroukh, "Destins et Désirs," Euro Groove (collection) / Putumayo
• Sadgangbeats, "Cherry Blossom," Beat Collection, Vol. 4 / Sad Boy Clique
• Elizabeth Drake, "Chinsagu No Hana," Japanese Story (motion picture soundtrack) / Move Australia
• Ian Tamblyn, "Higher Plane," Kicking Up Dust: The Dawson City Music Festival, disc 1 (collection) / (custom)
• * Jobim, "Wave," Wave / A&M
• Ketama-Diabate-Soto, "Pozo del deseo," Songhai 2 / Hannibal
• Dennis Kamakahi, "'Ulili E," The Descendants (soundtrack) / Sony Masterworks
• Han-Na Chang, cello, "'Sicilienne,' from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' (Faure)," The Swan / EMI Classics
• Anja Lechner & Pablo Márquez, "Fischerweise, op. 96, no. 4, D.881 (Schubert)," Die Nacht / ECM
• Rosie Ledet, "Easy Come, Easy Go," Sweet Brown Sugar / Maison de Soul
• Hetty King, "Fill 'Em Up (It Is My Birthday) (1934 recording)," Music Hall, disc 3 (collection) / Big 3
• Hugh Masekela, "Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub)," Verve Remixed (collection) / Verve
• * Massimo Farao Trio, "Ode to Joy," The Classic Jazz Lounge / Azzurra Music
• Philharmonia Virtuosi, Richard Kapp, cond., "Appalachian Spring Variations on a Shaker Melody ('Simple Gifts') (Copland)," Out Classics (collection) / BMG Classics
• O'Neill Brothers Group, "I Walk the Line," 50s Greatest Hits: Instrumental / Shamrock-n-Roll
• MTA_MTA_0016_02901_Telling_Your_Truth_a_APM
• SON_ISCD_0212_01601_Highly_Delighted_APM
• The Wallace Family, "Wayfaring Stranger," Texas Serenade / (self-released)
• Love Unlimited Orchestra, "Love's Theme," Barry White: The Ultimate Collection / Hip-O Records
• Peter Thomas, "Theme for Airport," Deutsche Filmkomponisten Folge 5 / Bear Family Records (Germany)
• The New Seekers, "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," The New Seekers: Their Very Best / K-Tel
• Rome Symphony Orchestra, "Pieta, Signore (Agnus Dei) (Stradella)," Magnificat: A Musical Celebration of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 / Velas-Amiata Records
• Grateful Dead, "Truckin' (in concert at Rheinhalle in Dusseldorf, W. Germany, April 24, 1972)," Europe 72, vol. 8 / Rhino-Warner Bros.
• Grateful Dead, "Truckin' (remastered version)," American Beauty / Grateful Dead-Rhino
• Country Fair, "Der Froliche Wandersmann," Oktoberfest / Columbia River Entertainment

* Indicates filler music used during internal breaks on the broadcast

• Rick mentions that this is our 20th anniversary show in this week's promo, billboard, throughout segment A, and in the open to segment B.
• In starting his interview with Paul Theroux, Rick notes that the author's 84th birthday is coming up (April 10, 1941). Paul adds at 23:15 that Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, and Martha Stewart are all going strong in their 80s.