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The Woman Dancing in the Sahara Arrived Terrified - Why the Right Adventure Trip Brings You Home to Yourself","slug":"167-the-woman-dancing-in-the-sahara-arrived-terrified-why-the-right-adventure-trip-brings-you-home-to-yourself","published_at":"2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/point-me-to-first-class-6237146/167-the-woman-dancing-in-the-sahara-arrived-terrified-why-the-right-adventure-trip-brings-you-home-to-yourself","url":"https://pointmetofirstclass.com/wellness-adventure-travel-stacey-funt","duration_seconds":2167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/point-me-to-first-class-6237146/episodes/167-the-woman-dancing-in-the-sahara-arrived-terrified-why-the-right-adventure-trip-brings-you-home-to-yourself/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/point-me-to-first-class-6237146/167-the-woman-dancing-in-the-sahara-arrived-terrified-why-the-right-adventure-trip-brings-you-home-to-yourself.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]},{"title":"166. 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