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Are you planning to see the world this summer? Or enjoy the frugal pleasure of a stay-cation? Remember, the best travel isn't about miles logged – it's about minds expanded. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, travel stories. Travel guru Rick Steves develops an unexpected passion for war-torn countries. And writer William Least-heat Moon moseys along some new back roads.
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Rick Steves is the author of 30 European guidebooks, and host of public radio and television travel shows. He's also done a one-hour special (available on DVD)on travel in Iran. His new book is "Travel as a Political Act." Steves talks with Jim Fleming about the advantages of travel in war-torn areas. Check out his website at http://www.ricksteves.com/iran/. Also, Mark Johnson has spent years traveling around the world recording street musicians. He calls his project "Playing for Change" and talks about it with Steve Paulson. Check out "Playing for Change Stand by Me" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI_0Hyn57Lk
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Lynn Sharon Schwartz is a novelist and a veteran traveler. She tells Anne Strainchamps that she's finally admitted to herself that at this stage in her life, she doesn't like traveling. Her memoir is called "Not Now, Voyager." Also, Raphael Kadushin is a senior travel writer for Conde Nast magazines, and author of "Big Trips: More Good Gay Travel Writing."He talks with Steve Paulson about travel writing's utility for the armchair traveler.
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William Least Heat Moon created a sensation with his book "Blue Highways." He's back now with "Roads to Quoz," about traveling along America's back roads. Moon talks with Anne Strainchamps about the trips that inspired the new book.
CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 09-07-19-B.
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Books & CDs:
| William Least Heat-Moon, Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey (Little, Brown) |  |
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Rick Steves, Travel as a Political Act (Nation Books) |
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| Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Not Now, Voyager (Counterpoint) | |
| Raphael Kadushin, ed, Big Trips, More Good Gay Travel Writing (Wisconsin) |  |
Films:
- Playing for Change: Songs Around the World (PBS August
2009)
http://www.playingforchange.com/
Websites:
- Rick Steves Iran
http://www.ricksteves.com/iran/ - Playing for Change Stand By Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI_0Hyn57Lk
Music:
- - Tugba Ekinci, “Oha Falan Oldum Yani”,
on the CD “Turkish Groove” (Putumayo)
- - “Stand By Me,” “One Love,”
“War/No More Trouble,” and “Don’t Worry” off
of the “Songs Around the World” CD by Playing for Change on
Hear Music Records.
- - Willie Nelson, “On the Road Again”
- - Sarah Vaughn, “I’ve Got the World on a
String,” (Sarah Vaughn, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Louie Bellson,
Ray Brown) off the CD “How Long This Been Going On?” (Pablo)
- - Doris Day with Les Brown, “Sentimental Journey”
off the CD “Artist’s Choice: Tony Bennett” (Hear Music
Records)
- - Natalie Cole, “Route 66” off the CD “Unforgettable With Love, Natalie Cole” (Elektra)
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Distribution dates: week of 07/19/2009
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