Around the World in 50 Minutes
If you like exotic travel, or adventure, or world affairs, or just fascinating stories and spectacular slides by a top photo pro, come see and hear the presentation by Albert Podell ’58, author of the best-selling Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country in the World.
From close encounters with militant Islamists and a Pakistani lynch mob, to deadly Cape buffalo, child soldiers, voodoo priests, and tiger sharks, this record-setting adventure-traveler has seen it all and will regale you with his witty style of storytelling and his incisive observations about the world and its peoples. Podell has recently been featured in Fortune, National Geographic, the Daily Mail, the Wall Street Journal, and a five-page story, “King of the Road,” in the May issue of the Cornell Alumni Magazine. Tony Wheeler, the founder of Lonely Planet, said Podell’s book is “like Crocodile Dundee produced by Monty Python and directed by Woody Allen,” and Podell’s presentation lives up to that.
6:00pm cash bar reception, 6:30pm lecture, gratis. Copies of Around the World in 50 Years will be available for purchase. Members and guests are invited to dine at The Club following the lecture. The cost is $40 per person, inclusive of tax, gratuity and one glass of wine with dinner. Dinner reservations are required 48 hours prior to the program. Same-day cancellations and no shows will be charged.
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