500 Cats
From the creators of How to Ski It, 500 Cats is BCC Live's newest and most unpredictable podcast. Dive into the wild, unfiltered world of event professionals as they share the highs, lows, and hilarious moments from behind the scenes. Unhinged, a little chaotic, but always entertaining—this is the podcast that gives you a front-row seat to the fun, challenges, and camaraderie that make the event industry tick. Tune in for candid conversations, stories, and a lot of laughs. 500 Cats is only here for 500 episodes... so don't miss it!
500 Cats
32 - How to Circumnavigate the Globe for Nothing
In Episode 32, we kick things off with a recap of the Louisville Turkey Trot, where the team volunteered and filmed to support the Community Food Share. But the warm fuzzy feelings end there as we dive into the absolute disaster that was our trip to Qatar.
What was supposed to be a standard broadcast installation turned into a travel nightmare. We recount the journey from hell, featuring a passenger vaping in the bathroom, a "cattle car" flight experience, and a vomiting incident in the aisle.
Things didn't improve upon landing. After navigating abandoned cables from the World Cup, we were promptly fired by the TV station before we even plugged in at the studio.
In this episode:
- The Flight from Hell: Dealing with entitled passengers, the "assistant to the assistant," and taking a blind man to the lavatory.
- The Job That Wasn't: How we flew halfway across the world only to be told "we won't need your graphics" less than an hour after arriving.
- Airport Security Drama: Marcus gets flagged for hours over a pair of snips and a tool bag.
- Duty-Free Dreams: Window shopping for McLarens and Sony cameras at the Doha airport.
- Lessons Learned: Why you should always have a production doc and a deposit before flying 7,000 miles.
Join us as we explain how we accidentally circumnavigated the globe in three days just to come home with nothing but a story.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Community Food Share - https://communityfoodshare.org/
- The Compton Museum - https://www.comptonmuseum.org/
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