‘New Heights’ Restores 20 Minutes of Taylor Swift Content After Technical Glitch

The “New Heights” podcast experienced a technical glitch during Taylor Swift’s debut appearance, cutting off the YouTube livestream after 1 hour 45 minutes. The stream crashed when viewership peaked at 1.3 million people. The show’s account posted “We hit a glitch but will be back shortly!!!” around 8:45 p.m. ET on August 13. The YouTube version ended abruptly mid-sentence at 1:44:55 runtime. The podcast later restored the full episode with additional content featuring Swift announcing her new album “The Life of a Showgirl.”