Nellie Bly: Ten Days in a Mad-House and Around the World in 72 Days
About this episode
The episode explores Nellie Bly's groundbreaking investigative journalism and her adventurous race around the world.
A young reporter weaponises performance to reveal what happens when society locks people away and calls it care. Then she flips the whole enterprise into a global spectacle, racing the world itself - and winning.
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