diff --git a/TTS/engine_wrapper.py b/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
index e8643e1..bfd5a73 100644
--- a/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
+++ b/TTS/engine_wrapper.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import translators as ts
 from rich.progress import track
 from attr import attrs, attrib
 
+from moviepy.editor import AudioFileClip, CompositeAudioClip, concatenate_audioclips
+
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from utils.voice import sanitize_text
 from utils import settings
@@ -70,6 +72,29 @@ class TTSEngine:
             if condition
         ]
 
+    def split_post(self, text: str, idx: int):
+        split_files = []
+        split_text = [
+            x.group().strip()
+            for x in re.finditer(
+                r" *(((.|\n){0," + str(self.tts_module().max_chars) + "})(\.|.$))", text
+            )
+        ]
+
+        idy = None
+        for idy, text_cut in enumerate(split_text):
+            # print(f"{idx}-{idy}: {text_cut}\n")
+            self.call_tts(f"{idx}-{idy}.part", text_cut)
+            split_files.append(AudioFileClip(f"{self.path}/{idx}-{idy}.part.mp3"))
+        CompositeAudioClip([concatenate_audioclips(split_files)]).write_audiofile(
+            f"{self.path}/{idx}.mp3", fps=44100, verbose=False, logger=None
+        )
+
+        for i in split_files:
+            name = i.filename
+            i.close()
+            Path(name).unlink()
+
     def call_tts(
             self,
             filename: str,
diff --git a/reddit/subreddit.py b/reddit/subreddit.py
index 2ce80ce..31eb712 100644
--- a/reddit/subreddit.py
+++ b/reddit/subreddit.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from praw.models import MoreComments
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from utils.subreddit import get_subreddit_undone
 from utils.videos import check_done
+from utils.voice import sanitize_text
 
 
 def get_subreddit_threads(
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ def get_subreddit_threads(
         if top_level_comment.body in ["[removed]", "[deleted]"]:
             continue  # # see https://github.com/JasonLovesDoggo/RedditVideoMakerBot/issues/78
         if not top_level_comment.stickied:
+            sanitised = sanitize_text(top_level_comment.body)
+            if not sanitised or sanitised == " ":
+                continue
             if len(top_level_comment.body) <= int(
                 settings.config["reddit"]["thread"]["max_comment_length"]
             ):
diff --git a/utils/voice.py b/utils/voice.py
index 0272b09..4a77833 100644
--- a/utils/voice.py
+++ b/utils/voice.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def sanitize_text(text: str) -> str:
     result = re.sub(regex_urls, " ", text)
 
     # note: not removing apostrophes
-    regex_expr = r"\s['|’]|['|’]\s|[\^_~@!&;#:\-%“”‘\"%\*/{}\[\]\(\)\\|<>=+]"
+    regex_expr = r"\s['|’]|['|’]\s|[\^_~@!&;#:\-–—%“”‘\"%\*/{}\[\]\(\)\\|<>=+]"
     result = re.sub(regex_expr, " ", result)
     result = result.replace("+", "plus").replace("&", "and")
     # remove extra whitespace