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Balloon Juice Podcast Episode 2 – Betty Cracker Comes to Town

by @heymistermix.com|  March 19, 20185:36 pm| 59 Comments

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Today’s podcast is Betty Cracker and mistermix discussing Florida politics, chickens, dogs and guns.

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  1. 1.

    Another Scott

    March 19, 2018 at 5:52 pm

    Neato. Thanks for doing this. I’ll try to make time to listen to the whole thing tonight.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  2. 2.

    germy

    March 19, 2018 at 5:54 pm

    Golf Cart-Driving Florida Man Tries to Blow Up Neighbor’s Chickens With Home-Made Whiskey Bomb During Dispute Over BB Gun https://t.co/GqzNNafj8S pic.twitter.com/hRckGpNnAB— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) March 19, 2018

  3. 3.

    Kay

    March 19, 2018 at 5:56 pm

    I like podcasts. I have to listen to this one and the other one. I’m already behind :)

  4. 4.

    Baud

    March 19, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    @Kay: I don’t like podcasts as a rule but I’m looking forward to this one. I hope you’re next, Kay.

  5. 5.

    MoxieM

    March 19, 2018 at 6:16 pm

    Exciting. But speak more slowly. (From a lifelong New Englander to a Floridian, that cracks me up.)

  6. 6.

    MomSense

    March 19, 2018 at 6:16 pm

    Ooh, I’ll give a listen. I’m about to pour a glass of wine and sit on the balcony. My dad is watching the local news channel and Florida news is weird.

  7. 7.

    rikyrah

    March 19, 2018 at 6:16 pm

    Thanks for this ?

  8. 8.

    Kay

    March 19, 2018 at 6:18 pm

    @Baud:

    I like them because you can do other things while you listen. I worry though that the entire podcast sector is supported by Blue Apron ads, and I’m not sure that Blue Apron is a company with a future.

    This makes me so happy:

    Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a sweeping election reform package on Monday that will make his state one of the leaders in the country in expanding voting rights. The “Access to Democracy” bills passed by Washington’s Legislature include automatic voter registration, Election Day registration, pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds, and a state version of the national Voting Rights Act.
    Washington becomes the second state after California to have all four of these policies in place. “We want to have the highest participation rate of anywhere in the country,” says Spencer Olson, communications director for the WA Voting Justice Coalition, a network of groups that lobbied for the bills.

    11 states now have automatic voter reg. People will love it and they’ll wonder why they didn’t always have it. It’s so convenient and it goes back to the olden days, pre-2001, where voting was considered a good thing and to be encouraged instead of this horrible mess where everyone is paranoid and nasty and hoarding access to the ballot.

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    p.a.

    March 19, 2018 at 6:25 pm

    Oh crap… podcast. Subscription next: Cole’s petfood budget, dontcha know…

  10. 10.

    MomSense

    March 19, 2018 at 6:29 pm

    @Kay:

    We have same day registration in Maine and automatic registration is on my list for 2019.

  11. 11.

    different-church-lady

    March 19, 2018 at 6:37 pm

    Edit: that should read…

    …Florida politics: chickens, dogs and guns.

  12. 12.

    geg6

    March 19, 2018 at 6:39 pm

    Thanks, mm. I’m really enjoying these podcasts. You and Doug sound just like I thought you would. But Betty does not sound at all like I thought! Loving these discussions. And Cole wimped out on you guys. What a putz.

  13. 13.

    PaulWartenberg

    March 19, 2018 at 6:40 pm

    what’s it like to do a podcast? Should I do one for my blog?

  14. 14.

    Yutsano

    March 19, 2018 at 6:41 pm

    @Kay: Dat’s mah guv. It wouldn’t hurt if he got some national play but Patty and Maria have their sinecures until they decide to quit.

    The other interesting point here is we were running about 75% participation with the all mail ballots. Man it’s so freaking easy to just sit, take your time, research, and decide. I would like to eliminate our jungle primary system but eh one battle at a time.

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    March 19, 2018 at 6:43 pm

    @germy:

    That’s in the running for greatest Florida man headline ever.

  16. 16.

    sharl

    March 19, 2018 at 6:45 pm

    An enjoyable listen; thanks! I expected Betty to sound very different (as apparently MoxieM did); I dunno, maybe something slower and slightly southern-sounding, though now that I think about it, I don’t recall a lot of heavy southern accents from long-ago vacations in those parts.

    I see you’re using Soundcloud. Regarding the lead-in music you select, Soundcloud (or someone with access) apparently uses some kind of software to scan for and identify music that is protected under DMCA or whatever, and takes down the entire podcast if it finds any such music, so watch for that. The legal podcast Mic-Dicta had that happen to them; ironic for a bunch of lawyers to get tripped up on that, I guess. Anyhoo, they had to take out the offending interstitial bit and repost the episode.

  17. 17.

    David Anderson

    March 19, 2018 at 7:03 pm

    We have a podcast?

  18. 18.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 19, 2018 at 7:03 pm

    @David Anderson: news to me, too. missed the first one

  19. 19.

    Baud

    March 19, 2018 at 7:07 pm

    @Kay:

    I like them because you can do other things while you listen.

    I have enough voices in my head.

  20. 20.

    opiejeanne

    March 19, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    That was fun. Thanks Betty and mistermix; you kept me company while I assembled a blackberry pie.

  21. 21.

    Calouste

    March 19, 2018 at 7:16 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    Florida politics: chickens

    That’s enough about Marco Rubio for now.

  22. 22.

    Gelfling 545

    March 19, 2018 at 7:19 pm

    Just listened to this. Not generally a podcast fan but this was way cool!

  23. 23.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 19, 2018 at 7:20 pm

    @Kay:

    Can I add (yes I am repeating myself) that the Democratic Party needs to be leading the charge to an all-mail ballot. It increases participation without the need for legislative action (which is certainly welcome).

  24. 24.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 19, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    Is that Clinton HHS secretary Donna Shallala who’s running for congress?

  25. 25.

    MisterForkbeard

    March 19, 2018 at 7:25 pm

    Rad – I’m going to have to listen to this on my way home tonight. Probably much more informative than my audiobook. :P

  26. 26.

    Ruckus

    March 19, 2018 at 7:27 pm

    Joe Biden and BS are too old. Way to fucking old.
    And I’m an old myself, I can see exactly why they are too old. Too old candidates are a real part of the problem as to where we are as a country.

  27. 27.

    Mike J

    March 19, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    @opiejeanne:

    you kept me company while I assembled a blackberry pie.

    I heard they were working on a new project with Microsoft. Is that like a Raspberry Pi?

  28. 28.

    Aleta

    March 19, 2018 at 7:36 pm

    Listening now. Sitting on my couch with the dog, Betty Cracker! and mistermix! You guys.

  29. 29.

    cosima

    March 19, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    It’s interesting listening to them — putting voices to (blogging) names. People never sound like you think they will!

  30. 30.

    different-church-lady

    March 19, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    @David Anderson: We… uh… yeah, we were going to tell you about it when we… uh… shaved the rough edges off of it, yeah…

  31. 31.

    Fair Economist

    March 19, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    @sharl:

    though now that I think about it, I don’t recall a lot of heavy southern accents from long-ago vacations in those parts.

    Southern accents have also gotten substantially weaker since “How to Speak Southern” was published in the 70’s. Notably, the “r” has returned in most places for people under about 40. People older than that aren’t as affected, but even they are affected some.

  32. 32.

    Mike J

    March 19, 2018 at 7:49 pm

    @sharl:

    Anyhoo, they had to take out the offending interstitial bit and repost the episode.

    Always save all your source files and edit projects. Never, ever throw them away. Much easier to swap in a royalty free track later if you do.

  33. 33.

    hitchhiker

    March 19, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    @Baud:

    +1

    And then rikryrah with Baud.

  34. 34.

    Gravie

    March 19, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    Floridians don’t really have the Southern drawl y’all might be expecting. It’s more in the way vowels are turned and edges folded, if that makes any sense. I’m a central Floridian, born and raised, and it was nice to hear some home sounds.

  35. 35.

    Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)

    March 19, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    I just listened to this. It was great to hear the voices of people I ordinarily see only in fonts. Interesting discussion too.

  36. 36.

    opiejeanne

    March 19, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    @Mike J: Ha! They’re about 4 miles from my house, as the crow flies. Blackberries are black raspberries.

  37. 37.

    opiejeanne

    March 19, 2018 at 8:28 pm

    @Gravie: We were just in Florida a week ago and no one sounded even slightly southern. Betty’s accent was a surprise to me but it was soft and hardly there half of the time.

  38. 38.

    donnah

    March 19, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    I enjoyed it! I hope you do more.

  39. 39.

    Mike J

    March 19, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    ESSENCE @Essence 10m
    Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says some of the allegations the adult film star has made against Donald Trump occurred during his presidency.

  40. 40.

    Roger Moore

    March 19, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    @Mike J:

    Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says some of the allegations the adult film star has made against Donald Trump occurred during his presidency.

    Damn. These guys have the “drip, drip, drip” approach to media management down cold.

  41. 41.

    evap

    March 19, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    The podcast was great! Very informative and fun as well. As others have said, it’s great to put voices to names.

  42. 42.

    Alain the site fixer

    March 19, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    Mistermix and Betty, great job! And kudos on the wicked lead-in music.

  43. 43.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 19, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    @Fair Economist:

    Southern accents have also gotten substantially weaker since “How to Speak Southern” was published in the 70’s. Notably, the “r” has returned in most places for people under about 40. People older than that aren’t as affected, but even they are affected some.

    Mine varies greatly, depending on the makeup of the jury

  44. 44.

    cain

    March 19, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    @PaulWartenberg:

    what’s it like to do a podcast? Should I do one for my blog?

    I’m planning to do one myself. But it is on open source and developers, not politics.

  45. 45.

    Baud

    March 19, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    I’m about 10 minutes in, and I’m disappointed in the absence of profanity so far.

  46. 46.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 19, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    Its not a podcast yet, but I recorded a review of Madras Cafe, husband kitteh and I reviewed it. We saw it last week. I may put it up on my blog after cleaning it up a bit.

  47. 47.

    Jager

    March 19, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    You can use up to 16 seconds of a copyrighted song that’s legal. Anymore than that they can chase you down. Good material on the podcast, however slow down, stay on the mic or whatever you’re using, be natural but push it a bit more than in normal conversation, most people are boring as hell to listen to. Podcasting like broadcasting is voice acting, it’s okay to punch your lines sometimes. I saw some research last week that most people drop off a podcast well before it’s finished. I’m guessing they get bored or tired of people talking to themselves or worse yet, entertaining themselves. Mentally you have to visualize that you are communicating with one person and not an audience. One last thing, as my old news director used to say edit, god damn it! Edit!

  48. 48.

    Matt McIrvin

    March 19, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    @Kay:

    People will love it and they’ll wonder why they didn’t always have it.

    And the people who don’t want those people to vote will know why not.

  49. 49.

    Matt McIrvin

    March 19, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    @Fair Economist: On the spread of rhoticity in Southern accents. I always associate Southern non-rhoticity with Jimmy Carter’s Georgia accent–the Virginia accents I heard growing up were usually rhotic, but that article mentions coastal Virginia as one of the pockets of non-rhoticity.

    I suspect that New England non-rhoticity is declining as well.

  50. 50.

    Steeplejack

    March 19, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    @Fair Economist:

    Southern accents have also gotten substantially weaker since [. . .] the ’70s.

    One word: television.

  51. 51.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    March 19, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    @Steeplejack:
    I would think radio would have also had an effect even earlier as well.

  52. 52.

    sharl

    March 19, 2018 at 9:54 pm

    I just noticed the map attached to the podcast. For future posts with significant Florida-related political content, my vote is for the state map in this January 2012 post by Betty, which I love mightily (even if mortality may require updating the bit in the SE corner).

  53. 53.

    raven

    March 19, 2018 at 9:55 pm

    Southern Accents, Tom Petty

    I got my own way of livin’
    But everything gets done
    With a southern accent
    Where I come from

  54. 54.

    Patricia Kayden

    March 19, 2018 at 10:21 pm

    @Baud: Add your own. Shout them out every so often. Do Betty and Mistermix have to do everything? Sheesh!!

  55. 55.

    seaboogie

    March 19, 2018 at 10:49 pm

    @Yutsano: West coast is the best coast! (Our podcast fp’ers notwithstanding) I do the same with my mail in ballot in CA.

  56. 56.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    March 19, 2018 at 11:09 pm

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:

    Until the tide of corporate (national) ownership and homogenification (’80s-90s?), radio was always more local and “casual” than TV. A lot more “accents” on local radio stations then on local (regional) TV stations.

  57. 57.

    Aleta

    March 20, 2018 at 12:48 am

    For me this was a great podcast. I don’t think I’m being biased. I don’t ever hear people talk state politics like this (They sure don’t on TV, state or national politics.) You two are good together. I felt optimistic listening, learned a lot, got a better attitude. I want to get smarter and know more.

  58. 58.

    Aleta

    March 20, 2018 at 12:55 am

    @raven: He wasn’t supposed to go yet.

  59. 59.

    manyakitty

    March 20, 2018 at 9:13 am

    Good stuff! Betty, your writing already made me think of Mollie Ivins, and your voice seals it.

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