Ticketmaster (Taylor’s Version)

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🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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It’s me, Ticketmaster. I’m the problem, it’s me. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. This episode features a fun Taylor Swift parody courtesy of Miranda Hardy and Liz Larkin on TikTok @MirandaHardyMusic. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you ready for it?
0:01.4	Taylor Swift's fans were, but Ticketmaster wasn't.
0:05.4	Ticketmaster announcing that it is now cancelling
0:08.8	the general public ticket sale for Taylor's swish first tour
0:12.2	in five years after a chaotic and glitch-filled presale event.
0:16.6	Uh, it was canceled.
0:18.9	That's so interesting.
0:19.9	That means it's never going to happen again.
0:21.2	That's what canceled means.
0:22.9	The Great War has begun between Taylor's swift fans
0:26.9	and Ticketmaster.
0:28.0	Why is Ticketmaster still in business?
0:31.9	Why?
0:32.4	It's like the situation was already bad
0:34.9	and it just keeps getting worse.
0:37.6	The one job it's to sell tickets.
0:39.4	Why are you so bad at it?
0:40.9	If I were this bad at my job, I would have been fired.
0:43.5	Swifties still haven't forgiven Jake Gyllenhaal.
0:46.7	What will they do to live music's biggest monopoly?
0:49.8	That's coming up on today's spleen.
0:51.7	You don't even need a ticket.
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