Feb 27

1m 10s

New Brains On tour dates added: St. Paul...

About this episode

Exciting news! We’ve announced a bunch of new tour stops for this spring! Learn more about the show and get tickets here!

Mar 7............MILWAUKEE

Mar 8..................ST PAUL

Mar 28..............ATLANTA

Mar 29.....FT LAUDERDALE

Apr 11......CHATTANOOGA

Apr 12.................DURHAM

Apr 25.....SAN FRANCISCO

Apr 26.............PORTLAND

May 30...............BUFFALO

May 31..............TORONTO

Jun 6.............ANN ARBOR

Get tickets at brainson.org/events -- hope to see you there!!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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