207. Escape From Gili T!
The Secret Room | True Stories
Ben Hamm
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Sarah tells Ben about the frenetic post-grad backpack trip she took through SE Asia. It’s the story of one woman’s solo adventure, and how she got exactly what she wanted, for better or worse.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's adult in nature. Please consider if this episode is right for you. |
| 0:04.1 | Hi Ben, my name is Sarah and like a lot of kids after college I went backpacking. |
| 0:09.5 | I chose Southeast Asia, but what happened to me was way more than just sightseeing, and it's a secret I'm keeping strictly between us. |
| 0:19.1 | Today the Secret Room presents Escape from Gilly T. Six or seven, 6 or 7.7 guys high on meth 8 a.m. are coming in the hostile. There were no cops. There was no cops. There was no one to go to. We were on an island that was like a |
| 0:44.7 | freaking prison. We're like grabbing each other's hands. Just like what the |
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| 1:05.0 | you'll get you'll get 25% off when you keep everything in your fix. Today Sarah joins me to tell us all about a postgraduate backpack trip she took through Southeast Asia. |
| 1:20.0 | The thing she saw and the things she did might alarm you. |
| 1:24.1 | It's the story of one woman's solo adventure and how she got exactly what she wanted, |
| 1:28.8 | for better or for worse. |
| 1:35.0 | Hi Sarah, welcome to the secret room. Hi Ben, thank you for having me. |
| 1:37.0 | Oh, I've always wanted to say that. |
| 1:38.3 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:39.5 | It's great to have you. |
| 1:41.0 | I've got your secret and I was just like, well, we gotta have Sarah on, like, |
| 1:45.1 | pronto. Because you have an amazing story to tell us. |
| 1:48.4 | Yeah, I survived and here I am. |
| 1:51.3 | Would it be fair to call your secret a coming of age story? |
| 1:54.0 | I think that is a great way to put it. |
| 1:57.0 | Okay. |
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