Episode 215. Touring In January

Published by austin on January 17, 2011January 17, 2011

“It was a week right out of Planes, Trains, & Automobiles as we attempted to dodge winter storms. Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor, Matt Rippy, and stage manager Elaine Randolph regale us with tales of canceled flights and performances, lost luggage and personnel, impromptu trains, rescheduled hotels, and rerouted trunks. Featuring some impressive stats, great customer service (via Twitter), help from all over the country, and weapons of plastic destruction. (MP3. Length 22:37)

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5 Comments

Madelyn · January 26, 2011 at 8:12 pm

I have an Amtrak story for you. My first ever train ride was delayed a couple hours, due to the engine needing to be changed in Chicago (I got on in Kansas City). This wouldn’t be so bad, except that I was supposed to get on at 10:50pm. Since it was late, I started my 2-day train ride at 1:30am. There were a lot of people laying on the floor of the waiting room.

austin · January 19, 2011 at 11:16 am

We have restored iTunes functionality! Check it here (with a cool new black background too): http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reduced-shakespeare-company/id207994337

admin · January 18, 2011 at 11:47 pm

Turn on, plug in and pod out! The Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast is back on iTunes! Glitch resolved. 3 new episodes to please yur ear!

austin · January 18, 2011 at 1:32 pm

There’s definitely SOME reason, we just don’t know what it is yet. We’ve submitted a tech support request to iTunes and will post & Tweet & Facebook about it when it gets resolved. Thanks!

Greg · January 18, 2011 at 1:02 pm

Any reason why the last two podcasts aren’t appearing in iTunes?

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