#1725 2026 Kickoff: Bloopers & Big News
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Scott celebrates the New Year with a special episode featuring bloopers, a preview of 2026 content, event announcements, and more.
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Scott Benner (0:00) Hello, friends, and welcome to the Juice Box podcast. (0:03) Happy New Year. (0:34) Some people want content no matter what the day. (0:38) Some people don't. (0:40) So today, I thought this one's gonna be for diehard fans.
Scott Benner (0:42) Let's make it something special, something fun, and, of course, not too long. (0:47) Today, I'm gonna share with you some bloopers from our recordings this year and some ideas about where I think the podcast is headed in 2026. (0:56) There are ways that you can be involved as a guest or as a community member. (1:01) I've got a couple of events to go to. (1:04) I'll tell you about all of it interspersed here with some fun bloopers.
Scott Benner (1:25) Just diagnosed with if you were just diagnosed with if you or a loved one was just diagnosed with type one diabetes, meet the bold beginning series from the Juice Box podcast. (1:37) Oh, man. (1:37) This is hokey is a mother hold on. (1:40) Less hokey. (1:45) Sorry, Rob.
Scott Benner (1:46) I guess there's no better way to start than to talk about the lists of diabetes content that's available if you're looking for management content. (1:56) This is not conversational stuff or interviews. (1:59) This is like the bold beginning series, the pro tips, etcetera. (2:03) Head to juiceboxpodcast.com/lists. (2:09) And there, you're gonna get a comprehensive guide to all of the different episodes that are collected in series format for you.
Scott Benner (2:18) Bold Beginnings Diabetes Pro Tips, Defining Diabetes, Small Sips, Diabetes Variables, Fat and Protein, Algorithm Pumping, The Math Behind Mental Wellness, pregnancy, grand rounds, how we eat after dark, bolus four, disordered eating, GLP meds, quick start guide, runs in the family, talking with children, the myths around diabetes, glucagon stories, defining thyroid, talking celiac, and much more. (2:44) Juiceboxpodcast.com/lists. (2:48) Jordan Wagner's back. (2:50) You know Jordan. (2:50) He's a nurse, a type one diabetes fucking Wagner's back.
Scott Benner (2:56) Jordan, of course, a nurse. (2:58) Fuck me. (3:00) Anyway, you might have liked Jordan. (3:01) He was on a number of episodes this year that were awesome. (3:05) You should go find them, and I'm hoping to have him back.
Scott Benner (3:08) I hope you, enjoy listening to me try to make a bumper for his recent episode. (3:14) I'm gonna be talking about some stuff this year that I didn't imagine I'd ever be talking about on the podcast, and one of them is gonna come up pretty quickly in the first quarter. (3:24) Here's a little look into what that might be about. (3:28) And he's like, don't worry. (3:29) It's no big deal.
Scott Benner (3:30) She can watch the baby for a second. (3:32) She puts Cole behind a curtain. (3:33) Cole doesn't know he was there for that, by way. (3:35) But she puts Cole behind a curtain. (3:36) Thank god she puts Cole behind the curtain because then the nurse watches Cole instead of my instead of my balls hanging sideways next to my asshole while this guy cranks me open like a clam.
Scott Benner (3:47) You you know what I mean? (3:47) And then and you ladies gotta go to the the hoochie doctor. (3:51) You know what I'm talking about. (3:52) Imagine that in your butt. (3:53) So and by the way, I've never had an experience on my butt.
Scott Benner (3:56) So that was my first time he took my virginity. (3:59) I guess we're just talking about this now. (4:00) So he puts it in there and you can literally see him turning the thing. (4:03) I'm like, you are kidding me. (4:05) And it hurts, FYI.
Scott Benner (4:08) Yeah. (4:08) So look forward to me sharing a health issue that you didn't know I had coming up soon on the Juice Box podcast. (4:15) Wow. (4:15) I can't believe I said I that person, she tricked me into saying that. (4:20) When you hear the episode, you'll see why.
Scott Benner (4:22) I I guess I hadn't actually decided how open I was gonna be about that. (4:25) No pun intended. (4:27) But that actually helped me make a couple decisions moving forward that I'm very, very happy about. (4:32) You'll hear more about them as well. (4:35) Alright, Rob.
Scott Benner (4:36) There's some cursing. (4:37) I apologize for that. (4:38) But I there's a title in here. (4:40) I forgot it. (4:42) Things have changed.
Scott Benner (4:43) Nothing's ever gonna be the same. (4:44) Something in that vein she said in the last quarter of the converse goddamn it. (4:50) Oh, Rob. (4:51) I'm so mad. (4:51) It was a perfect title.
Scott Benner (4:52) I didn't write it down. (4:54) Goddamn it. (4:55) Not the same. (4:56) Never the same. (4:57) Things have changed.
Scott Benner (5:00) Fuck. (5:00) Fuck. (5:01) Fuck. (5:01) Fuck. (5:01) Fuck.
Scott Benner (5:02) If you don't know what I'm talking I'm so mad at myself. (5:05) If you don't know what I'm talking about, tell me, and I'll relisten to it before I put it up to get the title out because the title's too good. (5:11) That's it. (5:12) Goddamn it. (5:13) That pisses me off.
Scott Benner (5:15) So you must be thinking, Scott, you've obviously put a piece of paper by your desk so you can write things down as you're recording. (5:20) No. (5:20) I have not. (5:21) I I what's the word I want? (5:24) Frequently.
Scott Benner (5:26) I frequently forget the titles that I wanna make the podcast, and then I drop it on poor Rob during editing to figure out what I was talking about. (5:33) Anyway, I do say fuck a number of times and shit twice. (5:39) I think they're grouped together. (5:41) Robbie. (5:42) What's up, Robbie?
Scott Benner (5:43) Hey, Robbie. (5:43) So the episodes end. (5:46) I usually say, hey, Rob. (5:47) I wanna call this episode this. (5:48) I curse here or there, and then I say his name oddly.
Scott Benner (5:52) I don't know why I do all of that, but you're now getting to hear private messages that I leave for my editor, Rob, who does a wonderful job. (5:59) By the way, he's, available to, edit your podcast as well if you have one and you're looking for a great editor. (6:07) Oh my god. (6:07) I'm dying. (6:08) Hold on a second.
Scott Benner (6:11) Oh my god. (6:12) Hold on. (6:13) Rob, cut that out. (6:14) Would you If you're looking for community, I really think you should check out the private Facebook group for the Juice Box podcast. (6:24) It now has 78,000 active members, and it it's absolutely wonderful.
Scott Benner (6:28) It does about a 150 new posts a day. (6:31) Those posts, they get up to 8,000 likes, hearts, and comments every day. (6:38) About a 150 new people join the group every two to three days. (6:43) It is really just a wonderful, a wonderful place. (6:47) I highly suggest even if you don't think you wanna talk or interact with people directly, just watching, lurking, seeing how people are, you could find it incredibly comforting.
Scott Benner (6:57) I'm very proud of that group. (6:58) Go check it out. (6:59) If you don't like Facebook, I also have a private group on Circle. (7:02) There's links in the show notes for that. (7:05) It's, most people charge for their Circle groups.
Scott Benner (7:07) Mine's completely free. (7:08) I hope you you take a look at that too. (7:12) Listen. (7:12) I'm just gonna come out and say it. (7:14) We shouldn't have let everybody use the Internet.
Scott Benner (7:16) It should have just I don't know how we should have chosen who, but there can't be 17 different answers for one fucking question. (7:22) Okay? (7:23) There are so many opinions on the Internet, but I find that that private Facebook group is just uniquely wonderful about giving their perspectives that are very helpful for people. (7:37) It's not a whole lot of junk opinions that waste your time. (7:41) This year, longtime listeners must have laughed at me over and over again talking about how I would never get another dog, and then Arden asked for a puppy, and I got her a puppy.
Scott Benner (7:50) Robert, I got you a two parter here, my friend. (7:53) I curse a fair amount. (7:54) So there's that. (7:56) She's sick. (7:57) She coughs a couple of times, but she doesn't cough over herself while she was talking, so it's probably pretty easy to lift out.
Scott Benner (8:06) And I of course, I don't really understand your job, so maybe it's easy and maybe it's not. (8:10) I really don't know. (8:11) Sorry. (8:12) Crumble in paper. (8:14) And my dog hello, dog.
Scott Benner (8:16) Had to be in here with me today. (8:18) So I don't in the beginning, you might hear him licking his feet. (8:21) You monster. (8:22) Look at why you lick your feet so much? (8:25) Robbie just was like he was like it was just happening a lot.
Scott Benner (8:29) So, if you hear that, I'm sorry. (8:32) But I tried not to talk over it, so it'd be easy to lift. (8:35) That's pretty much it, my friend. (8:36) I'll see you soon. (8:38) I hope you guys don't skip the bumpers that we put at the beginning of the end to tell you about the different series and where you can go get more information that will help you because I work really hard on those.
Scott Benner (8:47) And I they're not as easy for me as they may sound in the final edit. (8:53) Though once in a while, I get it right, and I am incredibly proud of myself when that happens. (8:58) How's that, Rob? (9:00) In one take, motherfucker. (9:03) Fuck you.
Scott Benner (9:04) God, you do it one time. (9:05) You can't. (9:07) It's you and your laptop out in the woods. (9:10) I don't know what you do out there. (9:12) Also, sometimes Rob goes on bike rides and then edits the show in, like, coffee shops and stuff like that.
Scott Benner (9:17) And I get a little jealous in case you're wondering what that was. (9:20) If you've ever recorded with me and something that's in my office has made a bunch of noise, it's usually paraphernalia keeping my many lizards alive. (9:28) I apologize for that. (9:30) However, if you would like to be on the Juice Box podcast, now is the time to send in your pitch. (9:36) Scott@JuiceBoxpodcast.com.
Scott Benner (9:38) I am currently filling the 2026. (9:42) My calendar fills up incredibly quickly. (9:45) Please do not hesitate. (9:48) Noisy thing in the background. (9:49) Gonna get rid of it, and I will go right back to my thought.
Scott Benner (9:51) Rob, I apologize about this, of course, about the pause. (9:57) I was talking about this with Jenny today while we were recording, but I've been using, different AI models to synthesize conversations from the podcast, taking a number of different conversations about certain topics and then creating, blog posts basically that direct you through those ideas a little more specifically. (10:18) And I have to tell you, I know some of you don't love the, don't love the computers, but I am finding it incredibly valuable. (10:26) Like, I don't know that I could ever sit down, listen to three hours worth of stuff, synthesize it out, you know, pull out the very the very, important unique points that need to be made over and over again, then regurgitate them again in a way that are is valuable for you. (10:42) You should check it out.
Scott Benner (10:43) If you go to juiceboxpodcast.com up to the top, there are, guides like fat and protein insulin calculator, you know, how to improve your you know, how how physician can improve their care for people. (10:57) Like, that's the entire grand round series broken down. (11:02) There's caregiver burnout stuff, GLP medication, understanding thyroid. (11:06) This stuff is all I mean, they're my words and, you know, conversations that I've had with other people, so, you know, other people's words as well. (11:14) But I just don't have the staff to sit down and and parse through everything, and and AI has been really helpful for that.
Scott Benner (11:20) So I know some of you are scared of it, but I really appreciate it. (11:24) I hope you guys are enjoying what it's, churning out for you. (11:29) Now the people who are like, you're ruining the world with ChatGPT. (11:33) The whole world the whole podcast is about that now. (11:35) I hear you fucking crybabies.
Scott Benner (11:39) I've made over, I don't know, 220 episodes this year. (11:42) Some of them have been awesome. (11:44) All of them have been good, my opinion. (11:46) But once in a while, I get knocked over by by how honest and forthright you guys are, and I can't thank you enough for coming on and sharing your stories like that. (11:54) It sometimes boils over even when I'm done recording.
Scott Benner (11:59) Holy Roberto, hold on to your knickers. (12:03) I wanna take a moment to thank all the great sponsors for the podcast. (12:07) They're in your show notes right now and at juiceboxpodcast.com. (12:10) Every one of them is back for 2026. (12:12) I can't thank you guys enough.
Scott Benner (12:14) I worked very hard on those ads. (12:15) I hope you guys appreciate it. (12:18) Holy balls. (12:21) That ain't gonna fit in thirty six seconds. (12:22) What the fuck?
Scott Benner (12:23) Maybe it will. (12:25) Crafting a good thirty or sixty second ad is a lot more work than you think. (12:29) Getting everything in there just right so that it's memorable and and, been said correctly, it's, you should see the beginning of every year as me sitting in here for a while sounding just like that. (12:40) I don't remember what this one's about, but Rob sent me something about the Beatles. (12:45) It was a video or something, and this was my response to it.
Scott Benner (12:49) Oh, by the way, that Beatles thing was fucking creepy, man. (12:52) Don't send me shit like that again. (12:53) You're gonna make me sad. (12:55) How the fuck did why did someone even do that? (12:57) The Internet.
Scott Benner (12:58) You know what I mean? (12:59) Too many people. (13:01) Speaking of the Internet, if you're not following me on Facebook, on the public page or part of the Facebook group on the private page. (13:08) You could also follow me on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok. (13:11) We're about everywhere.
Scott Benner (13:12) Speaking of that, if you're interested right now, I just got back from a cruise on the Celebrity Beyond cruise ship. (13:20) This is the same ship we're going out on in June for the Juice Cruise. (13:23) That's Juice Cruise, 2026. (13:27) Right now, we have a nice group together. (13:29) We're building it up.
Scott Benner (13:30) It's getting bigger every day. (13:31) I mean, quite honestly, if you'd like to get together, you know, at the days at sea or during the days at sea, hear me talk about some diabetes stuff, do some q and a's. (13:41) We're having Jenny come on again, remotely. (13:44) Jenny does a great, two hour talk. (13:48) Last time, I don't know how we're gonna do it this time, but Jenny comes on, chats with you guys.
Scott Benner (13:52) The Internet, by the way, while we're complaining about the Internet, out in the middle of the ocean, the Internet is rock solid. (13:58) I don't know how they do that. (13:59) It's amazing. (14:00) But Jenny's, Zooms in. (14:02) So does Erica, if you know Erica from the mental health stuff.
Scott Benner (14:06) It's a really nice opportunity for you to go on vacation, to meet a lot of other people with type one diabetes, to be on a premium boat. (14:13) I like I said, I just got back from basically taste testing the Celebrity Beyond, and it is an exceptionally clean, well run ship. (14:21) Kelly and I just got back from a week on it. (14:23) It was awesome. (14:25) What I'll say is this.
Scott Benner (14:26) If you're a person who loves cruising, this is a no brainer for you. (14:31) If you can afford it, because it's not inexpensive. (14:33) Right? (14:34) Juiceboxpodcast.com/juicecruise to learn more. (14:38) But it's also not crazy if, cruises are something that you're accustomed to doing.
Scott Benner (14:42) Get off at different ports of call. (14:44) I love it. (14:44) You get up in the morning. (14:45) You're in a completely different country. (14:47) You go enjoy it for a full day.
Scott Benner (14:49) Come back. (14:49) Have a nice meal. (14:50) Go for a swim. (14:51) I watched a football game up on the deck, Saturday night. (14:54) My god.
Scott Benner (14:55) I was 40 yards from the TV, and it was still massive. (14:58) Looked like a a drive in movie screen. (15:00) So, anyway, if you wanna come along, again, there's links in the show notes, but juiceboxpodcast.com/juicecruise. (15:07) Give it a try. (15:09) I I learned a lot last year seeing, a diverse group of people living with type one together, and I'm talking about, like, from kids and their families, young kids, you know, eight, nine, ten, three, four, five, 17, 18, 19, parents, adults, up to people in their seventies were there who had type one diabetes.
Scott Benner (15:30) It's a really awesome opportunity to mingle together an eclectic group of people who would not normally be together. (15:37) I watch these people immediately become comfortable, And then, of course, you're not stuck together. (15:44) It's a giant ship and there's a lot to do. (15:46) So you can see people when you want, have that experience, move on, have your vacation at the same time. (15:51) I'll do a little chitting and chatting about diabetes.
Scott Benner (15:53) We'll get Jenny there. (15:54) We'll get Erica there. (15:55) We're working on some other stuff as well. (15:56) I think you're gonna love it. (15:58) Check it out.
Scott Benner (16:00) Oh gosh. (16:00) And I said all that because on my social media, can see some videos of the ship. (16:04) I think that's how I started down that path. (16:05) Sorry. (16:06) Alright.
Scott Benner (16:06) Let's give you one more of these and wrap this sucker up, shall we? (16:09) What do I want to play for you Right when my dick stops working. (16:15) No. (16:15) We'll save that one for later. (16:19) Rob, we're I can't do custom intros for all the episodes.
Scott Benner (16:25) Let's see. (16:27) No. (16:27) That's funny. (16:27) I can't do that for you. (16:30) Let's do this one.
Scott Benner (16:31) I used to have this awesome skill when I was younger, like stopping myself from breathing and then making noises, and I tried it for Rob one day. (16:39) Robert, I have no idea what to call this one. (16:41) This one took me by surprise. (16:54) You ever do this? (16:55) Do you ever go I used to be better at this when I was younger.
Scott Benner (17:02) Maybe I need a drink. (17:03) Hold on. (17:05) It's like you stop breathing, and then you make, like, a noise in the back of your throat. (17:11) So good when I was a kid. (17:12) Ready?
Scott Benner (17:42) Oh my god. (17:43) Almost passed out. (17:46) That's how it's too long to hold my breath. (17:49) Alright, guys. (17:50) Listen.
Scott Benner (17:51) It is time for me to go, but I want you to know that I'm recording this on December 22. (17:57) There is a full year of podcast coming up for you. (18:00) We're gonna be running a Monday, but I'll tell you what. (18:02) Don't I know how many I'm putting up. (18:03) We're definitely doing Monday through Friday.
Scott Benner (18:05) We'll probably slip in some bolus for stuff on the weekends without ads on it, give you some ideas about how to bolus for simple, simple one item meals and more combo meals. (18:17) Jenny and I just did a combo meal one today. (18:19) It went really well. (18:19) We're gonna probably do more of that. (18:22) But I'm already looking at the first couple of weeks set up on the podcast.
Scott Benner (18:26) Emma's dad, bloopers, DK has become a problem. (18:31) Cinderella story. (18:33) Oh, squishy pushy is coming out soon. (18:36) Medtronic for the win. (18:38) There's a lot here.
Scott Benner (18:39) The other thing that you're gonna be seeing in 2026 is me at events. (18:44) So ADA, a d c e s, Friends for Life, Touched by Type one, Juice Cruise twenty twenty six. (18:52) Finalizing a deal to by the way, a deal. (18:55) They're not paying me. (18:56) I'm just showing up.
Scott Benner (18:57) A hospital in Long Island. (18:59) If you have a an event you'd like me to come out to, like, you know, come find me. (19:03) This is the year of Scott. (19:04) I'm gonna be a little bit of everywhere this year. (19:07) A lot of public events.
Scott Benner (19:09) We are trying right now. (19:10) I hope the person listening to this hears me. (19:12) I really wanna get together and do that Phillies game this summer in Philadelphia, like, you know, where everybody can buy tickets, we'll sit in the same section together. (19:20) I'll be out and about. (19:22) So come find me on the socials, in the Facebook group, you know, however you want to.
Scott Benner (19:27) You can email me through the website. (19:29) And if you'd like to be a guest on the Juice Box podcast, go to the website. (19:33) Email me, Scott@JuiceBoxpodcast.com. (19:36) Just let me know what it is you'd like to talk about, and we're gonna get you out a link, get you set up on the show, and you're gonna be part of the stories that people hear in 2026. (19:45) There'll be a ton of stories for you next year, more new series with Jenny, with Erica, and other prominent people in the diabetes community.
Scott Benner (19:54) We're gonna be talking to people from different companies about their devices. (19:58) I have a series coming out with Tandem about using their algorithm. (20:02) I've got stuff coming out with Omnipod. (20:04) I've been talking to Medtronic about making some stuff. (20:07) I've been talking to Dexcom.
Scott Benner (20:08) We're gonna get you a lot, a lot of content that you're looking for. (20:11) I hope you have an absolutely wonderful New Year, and I hope you enjoy Rob, who is not just a great editor, but a really awesome guitar player, giving you a little old Lang Syne. (20:23) Did you know it was old Lang Syne? (20:25) It's not old Lang Syne. (20:26) You know, some people think that.
Scott Benner (20:28) May old acquaintance be for you know that whole thing? (20:32) Can can I give it to you a little bit? (20:38) I'm gonna get the meaning for you. (20:40) I forget where I learned this. (20:42) I think in one of my first jobs as an adult, we were doing something for New Year's, and someone's like, you are saying that wrong.
Scott Benner (20:48) So it's often people say old long since, or it's misspelled as old langs ein, but it's old lang sine, a u l d l a n g s y n e. (21:02) I believe it's Scottish, and it does mean old long since or more naturally times long past or days gone by. (21:12) So Rob does a beautiful version of it on guitar. (21:15) I'm trying to get him to put it in right here. (21:17) Obviously, it's what I'm doing.
Scott Benner (21:18) We sing it, farewells, funerals, graduations, New Year's Eve, anytime where you kinda pause, look back in song. (21:26) And, I'm gonna give you the, I'm gonna give you the lyrics for it. (21:30) So when you hear Rob playing, you kinda sing along if you want. (21:35) Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? (21:39) Should old acquaintance be forgot and old lang sein?
Scott Benner (21:44) For old lang sein, my dear. (21:46) For old lang sein. (21:48) Will take a cup, oh, kindness yet, And surely, you and surely, you'll be your surely, you'll be your pint stop. (22:01) Leave this in, Rob, for people so they can hear the bloopers live. (22:04) And surely ye okay.
Scott Benner (22:06) Ready? (22:07) And surely you'll be your pint stop, and surely I'll be mine, and we'll take a cup of kindness yet for Auld Lang Syne. (22:16) We toa run about the braze and pal the goin's fine, but we've wandered money a weary fit. (22:26) Sin on Lang Syne. (22:28) Wow.
Scott Benner (22:28) This gets, like, really. (22:30) I'd oh, jeez. (22:33) We'd I'd I'd the burn. (22:37) Fry morning sun till dine, but sees between us, braid Hayward. (22:43) Sin on all the lang sign.
Scott Benner (22:47) And there's a hand, my trusty fire, and guys, a hand, o thine, and will take a right guild willy wot for all the lang sign. (22:57) Alright. (22:57) Let's let's see that in modern English, shall we? (23:00) See if I can get you like a I didn't know I was gonna be doing this. (23:04) It's kind of interesting.
Scott Benner (23:05) I hope you think it's interesting. (23:07) Modern English. (23:08) Should old friendships be forgotten and never remembered? (23:11) Should old friendships be forgotten and days long past? (23:14) This is kind of a translation.
Scott Benner (23:15) For days long past, my friend, for days long past, we'll share a cup of kindness for days long past. (23:22) You'll buy your drink and I'll buy mine, and we'll share kindness again for days long past. (23:29) We ran together through the hills and picked wildflowers, but we've walked many tired miles since days long past. (23:36) We paddled in the streams from morning until dinner, but wide oceans now lie between us since days long past. (23:43) So take my hand, my trusted friend, and give me yours, and we'll drink with goodwill for days long past.
Scott Benner (23:51) And then it goes on. (23:53) Anyway, we can all do that together. (23:56) Right? (23:56) Let's take our hands and, walk forward in 2026, learn more about taking care of ourselves and our health and our families. (24:04) Here's to a bright and prosperous New Year and a great future for people living with type one diabetes.
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