List all Audiences in a site (in Console App)

Question

I'm in the beginning of creating a custom web part that allows users to add themselves to Audiences and I'm first trying to get a feel for the API, by trying to simply list all Audiences I have on my site:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
            {
                using (var site = new SPSite("http://localhost/"))
                {
                    var context = SPServiceContext.GetContext(site);
                    var audManager = new AudienceManager(context);

                    AudienceCollection audCollection = audManager.Audiences;

                    foreach (Audience audience in audCollection)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(audience.AudienceName);
                    }
                }                                    
            });
        }
        catch(AudienceExecutionException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString() + "\n\n");
            Console.Read();
        }
        catch (Exception exception)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(exception.ToString());
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

I can connect to the site but keep receiving the following error:

AudienceExecutionException was unhandled by user code
Retrieving overall status encountered an error. 
Error is: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Answer 1

It seems that since Audiences are tied into the UserProfile service, you need to add yourself as Full Control to either the Administrators or Permissions tab for the User Profile Service Application. I added myself to both -- not sure which one did the trick though I'm inclined to say it's the Permissions tab that did the trick.