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

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

FromA Race Around the World: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland


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

FromA Race Around the World: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Nov 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

December 30th- January 9th: Elizabeth Bisland had not felt the pressure of the race until now. She starts to feel the pace of the race pick up and the faster it goes by her the less she wants it to end. But she feels a great shift in herself as she explores the oldest civilizations in the world. 
Released:
Nov 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (18)

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.