Resubmitting a podcast feed using Feedburner

I submitted my podcast feed through the iTunes store, and I received an email saying it was rejected. I used Feedburner to submit my feed, and I think it was rejected because I had the "Smartcast" setting activated, but completely blank.
I deactivated the setting on Feedburner, and then resubmitted through the iTunes store, but a message comes up saying "The feed has already been submitted." I know the feed was already submitted, but it was rejected, and now I am trying to submit the feed again with (hopefully) the problem fixed.
I don't think there is a problem with the feed since I can subscribe to it through iTunes, and it works fine.
feed address:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/FifthAveSounds-ReggaeAndDancehall
Any advice?

Make a small change to the title (you can always change it back later) and resubmit.

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