web01.fireside.fm Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:03:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) There She Goes - Episodes Tagged with “Trains” https://thereshegoes.fireside.fm/tags/trains Sun, 25 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0400 Welcome to There She Goes: travel stories told by the women who wrote them. There She Goes is a place to hear travel essays by women--their words and experiences, told in their own voices. No interviews, no conversation, just great storytelling by women travelers. Each week, escape to a different elsewhere with a new travel companion. Trek through a Thai jungle with a guide of dubious intentions. Take a road trip with your family along the Boudin Trail in Southern Louisiana. Lean out a window in Bangalore, India, and learn about the politics of desire. Fear for your life while navigating the switchbacks of Sicily. Head to Suriname, Paraguay, Guyana and French Guiana on a personal quest. Find comfort in a silent twilight ritual in Iran. Flirt with a stranger on the cliffs of Santorini. There She Goes reminds us of the power and importance of women’s travel narratives. Proves they are nothing short of essential. *Our theme music is a selection from the song “City of Refuge” created and performed by Abigail Washburn. en-us episodic travel stories told by the women who wrote them Kelly & Lavinia Welcome to There She Goes: travel stories told by the women who wrote them. There She Goes is a place to hear travel essays by women--their words and experiences, told in their own voices. No interviews, no conversation, just great storytelling by women travelers. Each week, escape to a different elsewhere with a new travel companion. Trek through a Thai jungle with a guide of dubious intentions. Take a road trip with your family along the Boudin Trail in Southern Louisiana. Lean out a window in Bangalore, India, and learn about the politics of desire. Fear for your life while navigating the switchbacks of Sicily. Head to Suriname, Paraguay, Guyana and French Guiana on a personal quest. Find comfort in a silent twilight ritual in Iran. Flirt with a stranger on the cliffs of Santorini. There She Goes reminds us of the power and importance of women’s travel narratives. Proves they are nothing short of essential. *Our theme music is a selection from the song “City of Refuge” created and performed by Abigail Washburn. no travel, women, stories Kelly & Lavinia diemosquitos@gmail.com S1Bonus: There She Goes...AGAIN: with Faith Adiele http://thereshegoes.fireside.fm/b1 83e5d3d6-b594-40fd-8603-9a04e861a037 Sun, 25 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0400 Kelly & Lavinia full 1 Kelly & Lavinia We visit with Faith to learn more about how her story ends and what she takes away from her time in Thailand. 13:47 no There She Goes...AGAIN Today we’re here with Faith Adiele in our first bonus episode of There She Goes … Again. We know we said we wouldn’t be doing interviews, but we’ve heard the requests for follow-ups with our storytellers, so -on occasion- we’ll be offering these short bonus episodes--in which one of our guests answers THREE questions that bring you a little deeper into her story. We visit with Faith to learn more about how her story ends and what she takes away from her time in Thailand. Thailand, travel, bandits, trains, bonus, Faith Adiele There She Goes...AGAIN

Today we’re here with Faith Adiele in our first bonus episode of There She Goes … Again.
We know we said we wouldn’t be doing interviews, but we’ve heard the requests for follow-ups with our storytellers, so -on occasion- we’ll be offering these short bonus episodes--in which one of our guests answers THREE questions that bring you a little deeper into her story.

We visit with Faith to learn more about how her story ends and what she takes away from her time in Thailand.

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Today we’re here with Faith Adiele in our first bonus episode of There She Goes … Again.
We know we said we wouldn’t be doing interviews, but we’ve heard the requests for follow-ups with our storytellers, so -on occasion- we’ll be offering these short bonus episodes--in which one of our guests answers THREE questions that bring you a little deeper into her story.

We visit with Faith to learn more about how her story ends and what she takes away from her time in Thailand.

]]> Episode 5: S1E4: There She Goes: Faith Adiele, Passing Through Bandit Territory http://thereshegoes.fireside.fm/5 3ae71443-a444-4cc7-85d6-a7a754021541 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:00:00 -0400 Kelly & Lavinia 5 S1E4: There She Goes: Faith Adiele, Passing Through Bandit Territory full Kelly & Lavinia Today we travel with Faith Adiele to Thailand, where, on a pilgrimage in search of famous nuns, she finds her plans abruptly changed by a group of drunken businessmen, one small, sleepy boy, and the threat of bandits. 13:28 no Today we travel with Faith Adiele to Thailand, where, on a pilgrimage in search of famous nuns, she finds her plans abruptly changed by a group of drunken businessmen, one small, sleepy boy, and the threat of bandits. FAITH is the author of the memoir MEETING FAITH, an account of becoming Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun that won the PEN Open Book Award. Her media writing credits include the HBO-Max limited series, A WORLD OF CALM, and the PBS documentary MY JOURNEY HOME. Her essays appear in numerous anthologies, including four volumes of BEST WOMEN’S TRAVEL WRITING. Faith founded the nation's first writing workshop for travelers of color through VONA/Voices, and she teaches and lectures around the world on decolonial and inclusive travel writing. Thailand, travel, bandits, trains Today we travel with Faith Adiele to Thailand, where, on a pilgrimage in search of famous nuns, she finds her plans abruptly changed by a group of drunken businessmen, one small, sleepy boy, and the threat of bandits.

FAITH is the author of the memoir MEETING FAITH, an account of becoming Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun that won the PEN Open Book Award. Her media writing credits include the HBO-Max limited series, A WORLD OF CALM, and the PBS documentary MY JOURNEY HOME. Her essays appear in numerous anthologies, including four volumes of BEST WOMEN’S TRAVEL WRITING. Faith founded the nation's first writing workshop for travelers of color through VONA/Voices, and she teaches and lectures around the world on decolonial and inclusive travel writing.

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FAITH is the author of the memoir MEETING FAITH, an account of becoming Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun that won the PEN Open Book Award. Her media writing credits include the HBO-Max limited series, A WORLD OF CALM, and the PBS documentary MY JOURNEY HOME. Her essays appear in numerous anthologies, including four volumes of BEST WOMEN’S TRAVEL WRITING. Faith founded the nation's first writing workshop for travelers of color through VONA/Voices, and she teaches and lectures around the world on decolonial and inclusive travel writing.

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