18 Episodes

  1. The Final Stage

    Published: 19/12/2023

  2. Stage Nine: Father Time Outdone By A Woman

    Published: 12/12/2023

  3. Stage Eight: Elizabeth Bisland is Turned Around, Mislead, and Lost in Europe

    Published: 5/12/2023

  4. Stage Seven, Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland Cuts Through Ceylon and the Middle East

    Published: 29/11/2023

  5. Stage Seven, Part One: Nellie Bly Falls in Love with Japan

    Published: 28/11/2023

  6. Announcement!

    Published: 21/11/2023

  7. Stage, Six Part 2: Elizabeth Bisland Is Homesick in Singapore

    Published: 15/11/2023

  8. Stage Six, Part 1: Nellie Bly Gets Turned Around in Hong Kong

    Published: 14/11/2023

  9. Stage Five, Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland's Pleasure Trip in Hong Kong

    Published: 8/11/2023

  10. Stage Five, Part 1: Nellie Bly Hits Her Halfway Point in Singapore

    Published: 7/11/2023

  11. Stage Four, Part Two: Nellie Bly is Stranded in Ceylon

    Published: 1/11/2023

  12. Stage Four, Part 1: Elizabeth Bisland Falls in Love with Japan

    Published: 31/10/2023

  13. Stage Three: Nellie Bly Summersaults through the Middle East

    Published: 24/10/2023

  14. Stage Two: Nellie Bly Eurotreks from England to Italy

    Published: 17/10/2023

  15. Stage One: Elizabeth Bisland Takes on The Great American Road Trip

    Published: 10/10/2023

  16. Elizabeth Bisland's Version: One Woman Goes East, the Other Goes West

    Published: 3/10/2023

  17. Nellie Bly's Version: How Fast Can A Woman Go Around the World?

    Published: 3/10/2023

  18. A Race Around the World Trailer: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland

    Published: 4/09/2023

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On November 14th, 1889, two female writers entered a race to go around the world in under 80 days. Nellie Bly went east, and Elizabeth Bisland headed west. This eleven part series will unpack their whirlwind adventure and what it was like to circumnavigate the globe alone as a woman at a time where women had no rights. Storyteller and travel writer Adrien Behn brings Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bislands’ experiences, emotions, and adventures to life in this serialized podcast. A Race Around the World brings the incredible accomplishments of these two bold solo female travelers to life, going through every country and feeling they face while braving the world on their own, in under 80 days.

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