Betty & Veronica

Avery Trufelman· Host0:00

This is a story about Archie Comics. So how many Archie comic fans are in the house tonight?

Robin0:05

Woo!

Avery Trufelman· Host0:06

Okay. All right. And this show was recorded in part live in Boston. We're at WBUR City Space. Okay. And before I got on stage, WBUR producer Steven Davey came up to ask the crowd a very important question. Well, who's Team Veronica?

Robin0:21

Woo!

Avery Trufelman· Host0:22

[laughs] Okay. Who is Team Betty?

Robin0:24

Woo.

Avery Trufelman· Host0:25

[laughs] Okay, some, this, this is a Team Betty situation here. Okay. Sorry to start up the Boston-New York rivalry immediately, but come on, that's so funny.

Jasmine Aguilera· Guest0:34

I have to say, it was the most Boston thing in the world that, like, everyone's a Betty. [laughs] [laughs] I'm sorry. In New York, you'd all be Veronicas.

Avery Trufelman· Host0:42

[laughs] Because for those unfamiliar with the franchise, in the comics, Betty is the sweet, blonde girl next door, and Veronica is the raven-haired, globe-trotting, glamorous rich girl.

Jasmine Aguilera· Guest0:53

I'll be Veronica, enough for everybody else.

Avery Trufelman· Host0:55

That is the most Veronica woman in Boston, senior audio producer and host for The Boston Globe, Jasmine Aguilera. She knows everything there is to know about Betty and Veronica and Archie and everybody in the fictitious town of Riverdale, which is actually a lot more like Boston than New York.

Jasmine Aguilera· Guest1:14

Even though there is an actual Riverdale that exists in- Yes, in New York ... New York [laughs] that is not Riverdale. Riverdale is based in a large part to Haverhill, nearby. They have New England roots.

Avery Trufelman· Host1:25

Even Veronica's name, Veronica Lodge, is bursting with Massachusetts