A Race Around the World: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland
By Adrien Behn
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.
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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The Final Stage
What happens to the rest of Nellie and Liz's lives and why is their story important? -
Stage Ten: Father Time Outdone By A Woman
January 20th-26th: Both women rush closer to the finish line. Liz heads west on her tumultous ride across the Atlantic while Nellie moves east on high speed trains across the country. And after months of calculation, there is finally a winner to this… -
Stage Nine: Elizabeth Bisland is Turned Around, Mislead, and Lost in Europe
January 15th-19th: Elizabeth Bisland travels through Europe to try to catch the fastest steamship to get her back to New York in under 80 days. But every steamship bails in the last minute; she gets confusing information, and is stuck in a... -
Stage Eight, Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland Cuts Through Ceylon and the Middle East
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..… -
Stage Eight, Part One: Nellie Bly Falls in Love with Japan
December 30th- January 8th: Nellie Bly rings in the New Year on a steamship headed to Yokohama. And something happens to Nellie when she arrives in Japan. For the first time, she doesn't want to rush through this country. Japan seduces her and Nellie… -
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Stage, Seven Part 2: Elizabeth Bisland Is Homesick in Singapore
December 20th-25th: Elizabeth Bisland is delisciously indulgent in Malyasia. But even in all the beauty of the tropics, she can't help feeling homesick as she sits on the thousands of miles from home. -
Stage Seven, Part 1: Nellie Bly Gets Turned Around in Hong Kong
December 19th-December 25th: Nellie Bly surpasses her halfway point, but bad luck and worse news meet her at every corner. She suffers through a monsoon, receives aggressive unwanted male attention, is rescheduled again, all before learning that... -
Episode Seven Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland's Pleasure Trip in Hong Kong
December 13th- 18th: Thirty-one days out from New York, Elizabeth Bisland arrives in Hong Kong. She is lucky because she has friends in Hong Kong who show her the best parts of the city. She hikes mountains, explores markets, and indulges in every... -
Episode Seven Part 1: Nellie Bly Hits Her Halfway Point in Singapore
December 13th- 16th: Nellie Bly is anxious as her steamship crosses through the Bay of Bengal and the Straits of Malacca to make up for lost time. In these few days, she does make progress. She touches down in two ports in Malaysia: Penang and...
