Best Adrien Behn Podcasts (2024)

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The Final Stage 28:22

7M ago28:22

28:22

What happens to the rest of Nellie and Liz's lives and why is their story important?By Adrien Behn

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Stage Nine: Father Time Outdone By A Woman 1:08:28

7M ago1:08:28

1:08:28

January 20th-26th: Both women rush closer to the finish line. Liz heads west on her tumultuous 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 race.By Adrien Behn

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Stage Eight: Elizabeth Bisland is Turned Around, Mislead, and Lost in Europe 1:09:22

8M ago1:09:22

1:09:22

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 thunderstorm of all storms as she grasps for her last bits of sanity and good temper.…

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Stage Seven, Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland Cuts Through Ceylon and the Middle East 53:57

8M ago53:57

53:57

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.By Adrien Behn

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Stage Seven, Part One: Nellie Bly Falls in Love with Japan 52:56

8M ago52:56

52:56

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 wishes she could pause the race to enjoy this enchanting country.…

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Announcement! 1:16

8M ago1:16

1:16

Announcement!

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Stage, Six Part 2: Elizabeth Bisland Is Homesick in Singapore 31:52

8M ago31:52

31:52

December 20th-25th: Elizabeth Bisland is deliciously indulgent in Malaysia. 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.By Adrien Behn

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Stage Six, Part 1: Nellie Bly Gets Turned Around in Hong Kong 55:48

8M ago55:48

55:48

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 another woman is in the race against time as well... Nellie takes charge and has an unforgettable Christ…

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Stage Five, Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland's Pleasure Trip in Hong Kong 38:52

9M ago38:52

38:52

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 pleasure. Something shifts in Elizabeth Bisland, and she starts wishing that she could stay longer in …

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Stage Five, Part 1: Nellie Bly Hits Her Halfway Point in Singapore 38:41

9M ago38:41

38:41

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 Singapore. While in Singapore, she analyzes how different cultures express the human experiences in vastly…

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Stage Four, Part Two: Nellie Bly is Stranded in Ceylon 42:17

9M ago42:17

42:17

December 8th- 12th: The same days that Elizabeth Bisland is falling in love with Japan, Nellie Bly is having a hard time being present in Ceylon. The fates have intervened, and Nellie’s plans get turned upside down. What will Nellie Bly do now that the unexpected has happened, and will she ever get off the paradisiacal island of Ceylon?…

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Stage Four, Part 1: Elizabeth Bisland Falls in Love with Japan 49:03

9M ago49:03

49:03

December 8th-12th: After 16 days at sea, Elizabeth Bisland finally sees land again. She explores the land of the rising sun and does everything she can in her short amount of time there. Elizabeth gets the first taste of how exhilarating falling in love with a country can be...and she starts to see this whole race differently.…

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Stage Three: Nellie Bly Summersaults through the Middle East 1:03:28

9M ago1:03:28

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November 25th- December 2nd: Nellie Bly sails through the Mediterranean, cuts through the Suez Canal, sails through the Red Sea and makes it to the Indian Ocean. She stops in Egypt and Yemen and explores the Middle East. Now that she is in the middle of it all, she sees both sides to travel, all of the beautiful and ugly parts of it.…

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How to Listen to the Full Series of A Race Around the World 0:40

9M ago0:40

0:40

If you loved episodes one and two of my new audio adventure A Race Around the World: Based on the True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, then head over to these feeds linked below. New episodes are out and you can listen to the full series at these links. Listen here -----> Apple Podcasts Listen here -----> Spotify Thank you so much for li…

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Stage Two: Nellie Bly Eurotreks from England to Italy 1:03:55

9M ago1:03:55

1:03:55

November 22nd-November 25th: While Elizabeth Bisland leaves America, Nellie Bly makes contact with her first country. She arrives in England and is informed by reporters, who escort her, that Jules Vern, the author of the fictional A Race Around the World would like to meet her. Is going to a small town in France worth the detour to meet this famou…

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Stage One: Elizabeth Bisland Takes on The Great American Road Trip 1:06:18

10M ago1:06:18

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November 14th- 21st: Elizabeth Bisland begrudgingly takes a trip across America. In this episode, we travel the northern route of the Great American road trip from New York to California. Over these 4000 miles, we stop in Chicago, pass through the Midwest, interact with Native American women, and explore San Francisco’s Chinatown. As Elizabeth Bisl…

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A Race Around the World: Episode Two 50:07

10M ago50:07

50:07

Please go to A Race Around the World feed for the remaining nine episodes. ___________________________________________________________________________ Nellie Bly isn’t the only woman to leave New York on November 14th to race around the world. On the same day, the editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine, John Brisben Walker, recognized the potential fo…

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A Race Around the World: Episode One 1:07:38

10M ago1:07:38

1:07:38

Please go to A Race Around the World feed for the remaining nine episodes. _______________________________________________________________________________ On November 14th, 1889, Nellie Bly left Manhattan to go on a race around the world in under 80 days. In this episode, host Adrien Behn will delve into the background of this extraordinary woman. …

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Elizabeth Bisland's Version: One Woman Goes East, the Other Goes West 50:07

10M ago50:07

50:07

Nellie Bly isn’t the only woman to leave New York on November 14th to race around the world. On the same day, the editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine, John Brisben Walker, recognized the potential for a sensational story. He dispatched ( aka bribed, badgered, and threatened) his literary writer Elizabeth Bisland to jump into the race as well. But, …

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Nellie Bly's Version: How Fast Can A Woman Go Around the World? 1:07:38

10M ago1:07:38

1:07:38

On November 14th, 1889, Nellie Bly left Manhattan to go on a race around the world in under 80 days. In this episode, host Adrien Behn will delve into the background of this extraordinary woman. She will explore Nellie Bly’s upbringing and aspirations, the obstacles she summersaulted over to become a female investigative journalist, her groundbreak…

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A Race Around the World Trailer: Based on the True Adventure of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland 3:24

10M ago3:24

3:24

NEW SHOW ALERT Hi Strangers! I have been working on a new podcast series and wanted to share the trailer here. Take a listen! ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 …

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A Race Around the World Trailer: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland 2:33

11M ago2:33

2:33

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…

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Following Our Blue Dot Back Home 14:47

3y ago14:47

14:47

Adrien and Sam hear avalanches. Adrien reflects on her trip and the last year of stillness as her and Sam make their way back home.

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Love on the Road 1:02:12

3y ago1:02:12

1:02:12

Adrien describes a day in Bryce Canyon with her partner Sam that tests their relationship. She then interviews Sam about their time on the road and how well they faired as travel companions.

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Hostels, Hotels, Motels and All the Right Places in Between 43:44

3y ago43:44

43:44

Adrien and Sam head out west. Adrien talks to managers of Indy Hostel in Indianapolis and Food of the Mountain Motel in Boulder to see how COVID has effected their business and how they have learned to roll with every changing mandate. We discuss post-covid travel predictions, roadside attractions, and never ending stretches of desert.…

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Road Trip Series Part 1: The Desert Absolute 9:03

3y ago9:03

9:03

This episode kicks of Strangers Abroad Road Trip mini-series. Listen to why Adrien had a sudden urge to go into the desert and how she started planning her trip across the country with her intrepid partner Sam.

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The Progress:How Race Impacts Travel: COVID 3 40:27

4y ago40:27

40:27

Although our American passports give us all equal access to the world, we don't come back with the same experiences. In light of the Black Lives Matter protests and shifts, we talk to travelers of color who share their stories about being a person of color abroad. We discuss common frustrations and how to be a good ally at home and onboard. Feature…

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The Wait: COVID 2 34:04

4y ago34:04

34:04

We talk to travelers to reexamine their relationships with themselves and their home as they wait through quarantine. Adrien get's used to seeing more of her family and long walks through the woods. Featured Guests: Ticket to Anywhere Podcast

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The Shock: COVID1 41:17

4y ago41:17

41:17

Adrien escapes to upstate, and we speak to travelers who had there plans canceled due to the pandemic Featured Guests: Full Time Travel and Delux Life Media

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Thank You for a Wonderful Second Season: Please Rate and Review 1:13

4y ago1:13

1:13

Thank you to all of my listeners and guests for an incredible second season! I hope you all enjoyed it and I would love to hear your thoughts and desires for the next season. Email me at strangersabroadpodcast@gmail.com PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW THE SHOW You can do it by going to Strangers Abroad under Apple Podcasts LASTLY, if you love what we do her…

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Home 1:07:24

4y ago1:07:24

1:07:24

The more we travel, the more we find that home becomes more illusive. Home is a place we crave in our most harrowing moments and forget in the spontaneous bliss. But, the farther we travel from it, the more foreign it seems. It slowly becomes but a dream to us. Our lives consist of backpacks and tickets instead of a bed and a mortgage. Many of us l…

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Grown 1:07:20

4y ago1:07:20

1:07:20

Home is hopefully a wonderful place to grow. But it can keep us stagnant. Never challenge us for bigger things in life. Travel has ways of challenging us and forcing us to grow in ways we couldn’t have anticipated. We see what we are good at and where we can improve and reveal to us what our full potential is. But growth is not a singular moment- i…

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Inspired 1:04:57

4y ago1:04:57

1:04:57

When we travel, many of us come back with more photos on our phones and souvenirs in our bags. We may feel a deeper shift within us. We have experienced things that we cannot unsee. We have to do better; we know we can. This could be as simple as giving more compliments to people, being kinder. Or it could be enough to evoke a humanitarian career. …

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Healed 1:07:36

4y ago1:07:36

1:07:36

Sometimes we don’t know we are sick until we have left our homes. New environments have ways of challenging us. We can push our strengths to a new limit. We can see how adaptable our bodies are in new territories. We get over the limitations our bodies and minds put on us. We see what we can and cannot do without sacrificing our joy and need to tra…

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Humbled 57:28

4y ago57:28

57:28

Travel invites us to climb mountains, internal or external. And once we leave the small backyards we were raised in and are exposed to the great landscapes of the world, something shifts within us. Our egos crack. Our minds quiet. Our true selves show up. Today on the episode, we are humbled. We talk to people who begin the transformational process…

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Coincidences 1:00:46

4y ago1:00:46

1:00:46

“What are the chances?” is how it always starts. We bump into a middle school friend in Prague, book the same hotel as a high school friend in Argentina, or end up sitting next to someone from home on a bus in Ireland. When we travel, we sometimes find ourselves running into people we already know but didn’t expect to see. Your brain is shocked bec…

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Strangers 53:03

4y ago53:03

53:03

Strangers are an inevitable part of our trip. Their presence is like oxygen: invisible but breathes life into our trips. These random interactions Being pointed in the right direction ( or often wrong) by someone sitting next to you on the bus. Sharing a dessert with someone you met on a tour Having a small laugh with the barista in a cafe Make a q…

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Worried 1:02:25

4y ago1:02:25

1:02:25

er, it seems that when we travel to new lands, what we are afraid of is more that we don’t know our surroundings. We are unfamiliar with the customs, our surroundings, the cultural mannerisms, the speed of the city, or even how to order. Our discomfort in a new place can prick our brains to believe that mischief looms behind every door. But that’s …

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Transit 59:38

4y ago59:38

59:38

It isn't about the destination, it’s about the journey is one of the most overused, cliche, eye-roll sayings around travel. But it reminds us to not take for granted what gets us from point A to point B. The buses, the planes, the cars, the trains, the conductors and all of the wonderful and weird people you met along the way. But it is when we are…

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Amore 1:00:49

4y ago1:00:49

1:00:49

Travel has a way of redefining our romantic needs and helps us expand more than our horizons. What can travel tell us about this silent connection. An eye glance or whiff of someone's pheromones can magnetize us to someone we might not normally be attracted to. We will talk to travelers who adjust their romantic needs, desire, chemistry, and commit…

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Hungry 1:04:53

4+ y ago1:04:53

1:04:53

The whiff of challah bread or bite into roasted corn can transport you back to journeys you had long ago. Nothing like food can stir a deep hunger within us to trekk thousands of miles to find the perfect spring roll. It not only motivates our travels but helps us understand where we are and who we are with. Invisible lines portion Moroccan tagine …

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Wander 55:21

4+ y ago55:21

55:21

Now comes the time that most travelers anticipate the most: the wandering. The musing through streets for hours, the hidden staircases, the gardens behind bookstores, and random conversations with locals. All of the things we find outside of the guide book make our trip. We enjoyed these surprises more because we had no expectation to find them. An…

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Together 1:06:09

4+ y ago1:06:09

1:06:09

Travel is the truest test of a relationship. It bonds unlikely people together and tests old relationships. It puts it to the test and finds the weak spots in a relationship like a raccoon sitting on a chicken coop, trying to find the weak spots. But it also bonds you in ways that you couldn’t have imagined. In this podcast episode, we are travelin…

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Alone 54:58

4+ y ago54:58

54:58

Out of all the states that we will travel to, traveling alone usually brings up the most trepidation in people. To many, that idea seems as foreign as the places they want to travel to. Why would you do anything alone? Why not just wait for someone? But that underlying fear might be because solitude is often misinterpreted as loneliness. Both menta…

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Lost 1:00:27

4+ y ago1:00:27

1:00:27

One of the largest plights of traveling is not knowing exactly where you are. It doesn’t matter how many websites you have on a travel board on Pinterest or how long you have stared at Google Maps, once you land it is easy to take a wrong turn. Your internal GPS glitches out because you have no idea where you are. Nothing is familiar. Everything is…

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Identity 1:00:36

4+ y ago1:00:36

1:00:36

Our identities shift when we go abroad. When we leave the familiar surroundings of home, we start to see ourselves from a new light and angle of the sun. What will going abroad show us about ourselves that we couldn't see and help us take control of our own identities? Guest Travelers: Michelle Carlo, Tayo Rockson, Vanessa Valeria, Alexandra Tracy,…

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Anxiety 9:36

4+ y ago9:36

9:36

This mini episode is the prologue to the second season of Strangers Abroad. We all experience moments of anxiety during or around the planning of our trip . The planning. The packing. The waiting. And then the day arrives when our flight is about to take off. Carry us to far off corners of the world. Maybe new adventures or repeating affairs. But t…

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Strangers Abroad Sample Audio 2:45

6y ago2:45

2:45

This is a sample clip of Strangers Abroad by Adrien BehnBy Adrien Behn

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E26-In Defense of Strangers 19:06

6+ y ago19:06

19:06

Three years ago, I was sitting on an uninspired carpet on my living room floor in Portland,OR and was planning my trip for Latin America. I was living in a sterol apartment with a partner who didn’t understand me, a job that was exhausting my passions, and a parasitic feelings of having no direction, which would leave me crying on that irksome carp…

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E25-Home is Where You Recharge for the World 40:15

6+ y ago40:15

40:15

I met Doron at the beginning of his journey and in my last days of traveling. Although we were at the opposite ends of travel, we still shared one striking commonality: home. Where he had been walking around just hours earlier, was a place I hadn’t stood on in months and while he was ready to jump out into the big wide world, I was ready to cozy up…

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