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American Fever Dream

#830 Biden And The Big Balloon

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Alise Topics: Where were you when Joe Biden personally shot a spy balloon out of the sky? Unpacking why an inflated espionage device became a social media sensation Will Joe Biden say abortion at this year’s State of the Union? Here’s what else we’ll be watching for ahead his potential 2024 re-election campaign Marjorie Taylor Greene, performance arts critic, reacts to the Grammys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Bette's media presents I would like to speak to America's men for one minute that's slacker barista. I start getting full of emotion

0:07.3

Now we're gonna build this new bridge here. Can I provide a definition? I can't. Bette's sub podcast. Like how are people surviving?

0:18.9

Hello, I'm Amanda Dumberman. I'm Elise Morales. I'm Lily Tameris. And this is the Bette's sub podcast where seespan meets the group chat

0:26.3

he'll be processing laugh at the biggest topics in US news and politics. It is Monday after a weekend. Millions sounds like neither of us did our vocal exercises this morning.

0:35.8

No, I probably should do vocal exercises. I'm constantly losing my voice.

0:41.9

You know the one I do that helps let I do it right before the podcast or sometimes during the podcast. I'll mute myself. You just make a sound like you're

0:48.0

blowing into a straw and it makes you just like sound better. And I think it makes you talk like in a more healthy way.

0:53.7

Are you as a female podcast host telling me about vocal fry? No, it is for the help of your vocal cords because we don't want to have to get the Adele surgery, Lily.

1:05.2

I just want everyone to know how massage massage needs shows up internally in the batches. Millie will be filing a report that I criticized.

1:14.9

Yeah, no, I'm using it. I'm going to try it right now. Okay, that's good.

1:20.1

But you know, there's there's really.

1:24.6

There's really only only one question that we need to ask to begin this show. And that is I'll start with you Elise. Where were you?

1:31.5

When Joe Biden personally shot down a Chinese spy balloon. I think that's what happened.

1:36.8

Yes, he took he did one of those darts that you go like and just shot it right down.

1:45.0

I was getting ready for my friend to come over. Um, we had a friend over. He brought his we had a little dog play date.

1:52.4

The best man in old pal and the balloon was shot down on his way over. So then when he arrived, we did discuss the balloon.

2:02.9

What about you, Millie? How did you experience this event in American history?

2:07.0

I just saw all these people talking about a balloon and I'm like, oh, Lord, not the balloon boy again.

2:13.7

I didn't know it was a real terror to act or whatever until much much later. I thought it was literally like a bad

2:24.4

beam that was circulating. I'm like, oh, my God, people let it go. Yes. Let the balloon go. Let it go. I mean, that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you guys about.

2:32.6

Because I also, you know, I feel like the stuck boat in the Suez Canal walked so that Chinese spy balloon could run.

2:40.2

This became an instant meme in a way that it's sort of, it's like we all are in a particularly, we all have seasonal depression.

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