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The River Morning Show Weekly Podcast
The River Morning Show Weekly Podcast | EP 142 | OCT 18 2025
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We trade dessert disasters, puppy chaos, and unwashed mug confessions for laughs, then shift into courage and comfort with Daniel’s lion’s den, a quiet park-bench prayer, and more. Along the way we celebrate small wins, own our age aches, and savor a surprise cheeseburger.
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Cold Open And Mug Hygiene
SPEAKER_03Here's what to expect on this week's episode of the River Morning Show Weekly Podcast.
SPEAKER_08If you drink coffee at work out of the same mug every day, you need to wash it. I don't watch this one until it starts getting gunky around the mouth hole. Look at it right now.
SPEAKER_04You just said gunky around the mouth hole, gosh. That should be your warning sign. But no.
Puppy Reality Check
SPEAKER_08Thank you so much for pressing play on this podcast. You can find way more when you click the on-demand link at riverradio.com. Hannah has the puppy. He's so cute. I love him so much. I know that oftentimes, you know, there are those picture perfect moments, but then there's the time when you're like, you're living the meme. Get a puppy, they said. It would be fun that he said.
SPEAKER_03The world's on fire.
SPEAKER_08Give me the reality, Hannah. How's the puppy?
SPEAKER_03You know, the reality is we're up every six to eight minutes because we're like, is he about to pee? Is he about to pee?
SPEAKER_08He's pacing. He's pacing.
Dessert Disasters Call-Ins
SPEAKER_03And then when he does go potty and you find spaghetti in it in the form of worms. What? He is worms. All puppies get it, but right now it looks like spaghetti noodles are coming out of his booty. Shivering.
SPEAKER_02First, there's a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam, then custard, raspberries, more ladyfingers, then beef sautéed with peas and onions. And then bananas, and then I just put some whipped cream on top.
SPEAKER_03You start off with such good intentions and end up with something that probably shouldn't be consumed by humans.
SPEAKER_08Even a dog would turn his nose up at that.
SPEAKER_03They are your dessert disasters. You can call or text to share the time your dessert failed you. Call or text 800-609-1049. Megan shared that she made pumpkin pie from scratch and she forgot the sugar. So when her whole family went to try it, they actually smiled politely through it. No way. They didn't tell her till she finally took a slice.
SPEAKER_08Honesty is the best policy. Spit that out and start painting the wall with it.
SPEAKER_03You're hurting yourself by eating that. Derek said he wanted to make homemade fudge to bring to his small group, except he doesn't know what he did wrong because it never hardened and they were all eating it with spoons. Oh, they ate it stupid. Yeah, yeah, it's just chocolate.
SPEAKER_08Wrong chocolate. There are two different conversations happening. One, dessert disasters, and two lying friends!
SPEAKER_04I know, I know. Stop that!
SPEAKER_03Well, and don't worry, you're not alone. I was in this too when I first tried to make carrot cake.
SPEAKER_08Yeah.
SPEAKER_03I was shook it. Because I cut into it and somehow all the carrots turned green. You know! And I'm not a baker now. I was not a baker then, and so I had no idea what went wrong. ChatGPT didn't even exist at the time.
SPEAKER_08Did somebody give you an idea? I found it on Google.
SPEAKER_03It was the wrong, like too much baking soda or something like that. But then you can't go serve it to other people because you just like you didn't know in this moment. If I gave you a piece of that carrot cake and you opened it and saw green carrots, would you politely eat it? Would you say something? What would you do?
SPEAKER_08Be like, did you sneeze while you were making this?
SPEAKER_03What happened? And I've just said, yep. And see what you do with it. So if you've ever had a dessert disaster, it is your turn to share your story. Call or text 800-609-1049.
SPEAKER_02First, there's a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam, then custard, raspberries, more ladyfingers, then beef sautéed with peas and onions. And then bananas, and then I just put some whipped cream on top.
SPEAKER_03Yes, it's just such a classic. I love it so much. Kim, what is your dessert disaster?
SPEAKER_01I love a pumpkin roll. And so I've bought them, people have given them to me, and one year I thought, I'm just gonna make my own. I can do this. Fine. And so I found a recipe online, and um, you make the cake part in um a jelly roll pan. And so I did that, and mine puffed up, and I thought, oh gosh, this just looks so beautiful, this is going so well. Get out of the oven, I frost it, and then you roll it. And I waited till it cooled. I mean, I did all the things, and as I rolled it, it completely broke down into tons of pieces. No, your hard and beautiful words. I just dumped it in a bowl, and my husband came in, and my children, and they were like, Well, let's get a fork and taste it. So we literally ate it out of a bowl, and it looked awful, but it tasted delicious.
SPEAKER_08We've said stuff like that before. Like, listen, this looks suspect, but it tastes so good.
SPEAKER_03Honestly, I just love imagining you and your family on the couch with a big bowl of cake in between you. Like, that's too fun. Kim, thank you so much for sharing. You can share your disaster dessert disaster when you call or text 800-609-1049. Producer Mike, we are gearing up for the holiday season, which means there are more to come. What are friends sharing? What have been their dessert disasters?
SPEAKER_06We had a friend say that me and my daughter were making a cake. It also came with icing to make, and we put it all in the same bowl. Oh no. So the cake tasted like a sponge when it got cooked.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_06Swing and a miss. Oh my god. Real swing and a miss. We also heard from Kayla who said, first cake I ever baked, it pretty much bounced on the table. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. What's that old movie, Flubber? That's what I'm imagining. Okay.
SPEAKER_08Don't you ever say flubber again when you're talking about desserts, all right?
SPEAKER_03Awesome, awesome, awesome. It is okay. In fact, it is encouraged to celebrate your wins this week.
SPEAKER_08We salute your wins.
SPEAKER_03The little and big things that you're proud of or you're praising God for. We would love to celebrate with you. So call or text to share why you are awesome this week, 800-609-1049. Josh. Do we get to hear why Hannah's awesome? This is gonna shock you. Oh, I love it, I love it, okay. Absolutely shocked. Everyone, this is why Hannah is awesome. I'm so proud of myself. I organized my sock drawer. Who is she? Is she a grown-up now?
SPEAKER_08No, no, no, no, no.
SPEAKER_03No, never.
SPEAKER_08In order to be a grown-up, you need to do this over a consistent amount of time, like space, and all of these things. Just one off that's not grown-up, but it is a good job.
SPEAKER_03It is a good thing. It'll happen again in 10 years. But I had acquired so many different just like socks from like Christmas parties here at the station where I want to get a new fuzzy Christmas sock, or like, oh, those ones would be perfect for this concert or whatever.
SPEAKER_08You purged yourself.
SPEAKER_03I got rid of them. I made sure every single one that I have remaining has a match. Otherwise, it said bye-bye. The entire sectional couch was just covered in socks.
SPEAKER_08And that is stressful.
SPEAKER_03It's so stressful. I was sweating. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why was it so hard?
SPEAKER_08Because you are mentally and physically. You don't physically do that. You up, down, up, down all the time. And then trying to remember, I've seen this sock. Is it 15? Was it 15 weeks ago or was it 15 seconds ago?
SPEAKER_03Oh, and Fish the Cat was just having a heyday. He was like toys everywhere. Forgot about him. I know. But I feel pretty awesome this week for organizing my sock drawer. It is your turn to share. Why are you awesome? We want to celebrate it. Call or text 800-609-1049.
SPEAKER_07How old are you?
SPEAKER_08I'm not telling. You know you're getting old when. And then the truth comes and your knees hurt. Uh, you can fill in that blank any way you like. Call or text 800-609-1049. You know you're getting old when. For me, it was when the college admissions mailer came for the parents of. You know, and it's not even that. It's not even that. I've been getting stuff to the parents of for my kids' entire lives. We have we have a high school senior, he's gonna be going to college. It was the people on the picture.
SPEAKER_03What was wrong with the people?
SPEAKER_08They look so old.
SPEAKER_03And then I realized they think that's me. Wait, I'm old! So in the picture, they had what they believe. Our college parents look like please tell me that they were all like a like the the dad was a little silver.
SPEAKER_08Salt and pepper. Yeah. Yep. Mom had some gray, and they were just looking feebly at this thing. I'm like, doggone it. I don't feel that old, Hannah.
SPEAKER_03Do you think that was a swing and a miss by them?
SPEAKER_08Like Of course I do!
SPEAKER_03You just offended your audience.
SPEAKER_08I never say stuff like this. Look at look at me. I'm not that. I'm not them, am I?
SPEAKER_03No, you're not. I mean, I haven't seen it, but I'm gonna guess no. I don't believe you! And I don't believe you! You're not silver. And it would be okay if you were, because I've got grace.
SPEAKER_08I got a few in my beard. Anyway, that's how I knew I was getting old. Not only did I get something from a college labeled to the parents of, but it looked like my parents on the cover, and that's me. Call or text 800-609-1049.
SPEAKER_07How old are you?
SPEAKER_08I'm not telling. Everybody fills in the blank differently. You know you're getting old when? Call or text 800-609-1049. Ryan, how did you know you were getting old?
SPEAKER_00So I woke up one morning, had a golf uh golf outing with some friends, and uh got up, got out of bed, and I sneezed and I pulled my back. And all my buddies were like, Well, what happened to you? You know, you're back at the gym or something? I said, No, I got up and I sneezed and I pulled my back. That's when I realized I was getting old.
SPEAKER_08Yeah. There's no coming back from that one, Ryan. I'm sorry. I'd like I'd like to have something positive and encouraging to say to you. I got nothing. I just I'm with you, man. I feel that.
SPEAKER_00Love listening to you guys every morning. So thanks, dude.
SPEAKER_03Thank you. You have a wonderful day. Be careful with those sneezes.
SPEAKER_08Uh-huh. Yeah, right.
unknownThank you.
SPEAKER_08All right, so Ryan has broken the ice for you, Hannah. How did you know you were getting? I'm gonna put you on the spot. How did you know you were getting?
SPEAKER_03Because I actually had a moment recently. So, you know, we just got our puppy bear. Yeah. And he's so sweet and cuddly. So I was doing my Bible study and he was sleeping on my lap. So I was sitting on the floor. That is the best. I know, and I was sitting crisscross applesauce, and by the time Bible study ended, I went to get up. And I went to get up. And I went to get up. I thought I was gonna have to call for Chris, my husband. You'd be like, Hell! Your legs were asleep. Not only were they asleep, they were like cramped. They were like stuck in position. I felt like the tin man in the Wizard of Oz was like, somebody put oil on my joints, I can't move.
SPEAKER_08I don't feel bad for you at all. You had a puppy sleeping on your lap. Yeah, that was really cute, actually.
SPEAKER_03In the kitchen justice system. There is one. The people are represented by two separate but equally important groups: the chefs who make the food and the people who eat the food. That's me. These are their stories. The horrible crimes committed against food. Discontinued candy edition. Excuse you? From the sticky evidence vault, Booger's Candy by Flix Candy. No! Was busted for being too gross to survive. No kidding! The gummy snot treats came in green, red, and other questionable colors. Red! Oh my god! And featured a marketing mascot named Booger Man.
SPEAKER_05Oh my god!
SPEAKER_03Evidence shows trolley's roadkill gummies rolled into trouble. Who thought that was a good idea? Featuring flattened squirrels, cakes, and chickens.
SPEAKER_08Wait, was the squirrel tail still popped up? That's what I meant.
SPEAKER_03They were stamped with tire tracks. And after protests from animal advocates, these fruity felons were squashed from store shelves in 2005. Bye-bye. Case closed, foie gras bubblegum, once packing the flavor of the controversial French delicacy goose or duck liver into a chewable green stick has been retired from the candy world. Thank God! Taste testers reported greasy aftertaste, weird livery notes, and an indescribable funk. Leading authorities.
SPEAKER_08You got me on funk.
SPEAKER_03So all you perpetrators of food crimes out there, beware! We will share your stories, there will be justice, and of course, there will be fridge and order.
SPEAKER_08News that'll make you go.
Science Vs. The Unwashed Coffee Mug
SPEAKER_03Will wee wee? What? Josh, what in this wacky world did you find today? Science says stuff we don't like all the time.
SPEAKER_08Yep. Stuff like hot dogs are bad for you.
SPEAKER_03Come on. Get out of here with that negativity.
SPEAKER_08Stuff like my body mass index says I'm obese.
SPEAKER_03Oh, it's the worst.
SPEAKER_08I have gotten out of that number. Thank the law. Alright, but now science is really starting to meddle. If you drink coffee at work out of the same mug every day, you need to wash it.
SPEAKER_03Yeah?
SPEAKER_08What do you mean, yeah?
SPEAKER_03What do you mean you're mad and confused at science right now? Yeah?
SPEAKER_08I don't wash my mugs. Germs? My germs?
SPEAKER_03No, it then sits in the germs from the air getting it. What?
SPEAKER_08No, it's it's like seasoning.
SPEAKER_03It's flavors.
SPEAKER_08It's yesterday's coffee today.
SPEAKER_03Well, so how often do you wash your mugs?
SPEAKER_08I don't. Period. Ever. You don't even you rinse it? Sometimes. Not usually. That includes my travel mode. One right here. I don't watch this one until it starts getting gunky around the mouth hole. We look at it right now.
SPEAKER_04You just said gunky around the mouth hole, gosh. That should be your warning sign. But I know I disagree.
SPEAKER_08And plus, these are Canadian researchers. Love our brothers and sisters to the north, but come on!
SPEAKER_04Oh my god.
SPEAKER_08They ran swabs around the rims and tested for bacteria on these coffee mugs, and they found more than 100 bacterial colonies in mugs, presumed clean by the people who use them. And I don't even presume mine clean. I know they're dirty.
SPEAKER_03You're talking about germ colonies and gunk around the mouthholes. I think you have your sign to go wash your mugs. And if you don't, I'm throwing them out.
SPEAKER_08Does this mean I'm licking bacteria colonies every day?
SPEAKER_03Yes. Yes.
Surprise Cheeseburger Joy
SPEAKER_08Alright, nobody tell my wife. I still want kisses. Breaking news, you can surprise someone with a cheeseburger. Did you know you could do such a thing? I've never thought about it. No, I've never thought of it either, but it happened recently, and I surprised my son Will with a cheeseburger the other day. He had been uh having track practice, and so he came home and was hungry, and I was grilling, but I had the burgers inside already. He didn't know I had done it. And then I was doing some grilled cheese. Uh-huh. I was making a patty melt.
SPEAKER_03Yes.
SPEAKER_08So good. All he saw was a grilled cheese, and so he's like, thanks, Dad. Starts eating. His eyes got as big as saucers. And he was with a full mouth like a burger in there? Like, yeah, man, there's a burger. He's like, came over, give me a high five. I'm like, that's right. That is right. Surprise.
SPEAKER_03Most people's dream, but then you add in that he's a teenage boy. Yes. I mean, that's top tier right there.
SPEAKER_08And he just got done exercising, so he had used all his calories and he needed more. So I surprised my son with a cheeseburger. Mike, you were duh producer, Mike is here. You were talking about your roommate getting surprised with a cheeseburger one time.
SPEAKER_06Yeah, so my roommate, he doesn't like anything on his burger. He always orders it plain. It's just a patty and then cheese, sometimes bacon, but no vegetables, no sauce. Who heard him as a child? All right. And so he always orders it plain. And if it comes with anything, he will not eat it. And so there have been many times when we've gone through the drive-thru together and he opens the burger. He's like, there's lettuce and tomato on this.
SPEAKER_03He won't touch it. He won't just take it off?
SPEAKER_06No, he won't eat it. So he gave it to me instead. What a diva!
SPEAKER_03So you're getting these free burgers because lettuce touch it. Oh my goodness. So I'm not gonna say that I was hoping they would get his order wrong, but not a bad deal whatsoever. I remember when I was a kiddo, we had these family friends that we'd go hang out with all the time. And whenever they made burgers, we were trying to get out of dinner with them because we didn't want it. We didn't want it. My brother and I, anytime we were in the same house as an onion, we would be upset. Oh. And they would surprise the first time we were at their house and had burgers, they surprised us because they cut up the burger or the onions real fine and put them in the burger. Like they mixed it in.
SPEAKER_08It's like a meatloaf almost.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, it's kind of like doesn't White Castle do that?
SPEAKER_08Put the onions in the burger? Yeah, that's true.
SPEAKER_03Well, now I would love it. I would eat like 12 of them. Back then we were crying and we weren't even cutting the onions.
SPEAKER_08It was unexpected, but it happened. Bingo! What was not on your bingo card this week? Call or text 800-609-1049. Heather texted, and I already feel a little itchy from this. Oh no. She did not have on her bingo card her four-year-old son getting strep throat and hand, foot, and mouth.
SPEAKER_03Oh, it's the worst. I'm so sorry.
SPEAKER_08We are praying for you and we are putting masks on simultaneously. My kids, my three oldest kids had hand, foot, and mouth when our youngest was born. So my wife had to go home from the hospital to her parents' house while I had the three sicko's at home. We weren't even a family all together for a week. It was awesome. Yeah, that's that's just no joke and no joke. So bad. Uh Hannah, do you have anything that was not on your bingo card this week?
SPEAKER_03Yes. Because last night, as you know, a few uh River team members we got together for a dinner, which is really great, always a fun time.
SPEAKER_08She said I know because I was there. You were there, sorry.
SPEAKER_03Josh, you Josh was there. What I wasn't expecting is Haley from the afternoon show was there, knew that, but we're all snacking on some appetizers and charcuterie board. Charcuterie board, and there are some black olives, which flip. Not an olive fan. But I look over and Haley has an olive on every finger.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, this was a moment.
SPEAKER_03She became olive hand.
SPEAKER_04I'm like, what are you doing? This is what happens when you get out of the studio? You become olive fingers?
SPEAKER_08That's why she's not allowed at Olive Garden anymore. It has been a week. So, what's something you weren't expecting?
SPEAKER_05Bingo!
SPEAKER_08What wasn't on your bingo card this week? Call or text 800-609-1049. It can be a great thing, it could be a not so great thing, it can be funny. Whatever. Uh-huh. Something that you just didn't see coming. For me, it actually came from a Hannah. Me? You mentioned earlier this week in News You Can Use. Yeah. The most expensive gas in Ohio is in my hometown. Yes, in Mansfield. Yeah. Shocking. And I didn't plant it properly. I needed to get gas this week, and wouldn't you know? I was low enough I had to get it in Mansfield and pay 20 cents more per gallon.
Praise Anyway: Daniel And The Lions
SPEAKER_03For the love, people! I know. My husband, every time we've been driving around like the Columbus, Central Ohio area, he keeps going, Wow, look how low that one is. Wow, look how low that one is. Sorry, Mansfield.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, I don't I don't know what we did. I don't know. To upset it. Now I know we're mad. We got it way better than like California. What are they? So like six something a gallon or something. I don't even want to think about it. Whatever insanity that is. But why Mansfield has got to be so so high so that'sn't on my bingo card today, spending two extra dollars on my gap my tank of gas. I'm so furious. Call or text what wasn't on your bingo card this week? 800-609-1049.
SPEAKER_03You probably know this story, but every time you and I open our Bibles, the Word of God just speaks in new ways. This week in Bible study, we studied when Daniel was thrown into the den of lions. Daniel was a faith-filled man living in a foreign land, taken from home to serve a foreign king, and throughout his life, he was honored for his faithfulness to God. But eventually, the officials around him got super jealous and they decided to plot against him.
SPEAKER_08It always works out this way. It does.
SPEAKER_03I know. They tricked the king into signing a law that no one could pray to anyone except him for 30 days.
SPEAKER_08Him being the king. The king. Yeah. That's not how that works.
Park Bench With Jesus Reflection
SPEAKER_03And Daniel knew this was a trap. The petty, jealous officials either wanted him to deny his faith in the one true God, or, and what they really hoped for, to get him in trouble for his faith. Well, Daniel decided to praise God and pray anyway. And just as the law decreed, he was thrown into this den of lions. And here's the heart of it. When life gets tough, praise anyway. When enemies surround you, praise anyway. When the world tries to pressure you to conform, praise anyway. And when you get thrown into a den of lions with zero clue if God will rescue you physically, praise anyway.
SPEAKER_08Praise on the way down to the ground. Like through the air.
SPEAKER_03Because he can close the mouths of lions, like he did for Daniel. And even if he doesn't, praise anyway. That's bold faith. That's worship that refuses to bend. And that's the kind of faith I hope and pray for in my own life and for yours too.
True Story: Sandals That Didn’t Wear Out
SPEAKER_08It was another win for the nightly devotional. The U Version Bible app led me through this last night, and I want you to experience it too, because it was really good. So imagine you're sitting on a bench in the park, and Jesus is sitting next to you. Okay, so just set that scene. Jesus asks you, What's on your mind? Now tell him what's going on. Tell him what you need. Jesus is there with you, he's there just for you. It's just the two of you. It's a beautiful morning as the sun peeks up over the trees. You see a little of the mist over the grass. And as you share with Jesus your needs, your concerns, your excitements, what does he do? And the amazing thing about this is each of us will have a different idea in our head because we each need something different. But that's what Jesus does. Just what you need. In that moment, right there. For me, he listens. And he smiles and he gives me a hug. Whatever he's doing for you in your mind in this moment, stay there. Just be. It's just you and Jesus on a park bench. Let him listen to you and love you. Because he's always doing both.
SPEAKER_03Is that real? True story. True story. The Israelites, God's people, had just escaped slavery in Egypt, finally free after generations of hard labor. They thought they were heading straight to the Promised Land.
SPEAKER_08Well, that was the plan anyway.
SPEAKER_03But instead, they found themselves in the middle of a desert. No cities, no grocery stores, no closets full of back out backup outfits. Just 40 years of wandering through through wilderness.
SPEAKER_08I want to say too, this is because of their own choice. Yes. They chose this. God didn't go. Oh, just kidding.
SPEAKER_03But anyway, on with your story. And here's what's absolutely crazy. Their clothes never wore out. Their sandals didn't crack or fall apart. Through blistering heat and rocky ground, everything held together. I mean, come on.
SPEAKER_08Can I get some of that?
SPEAKER_03I got three teenage sons.
SPEAKER_08They are still growing like weeds. I gotta buy five pairs of shoes for each of them every year.
Live Listening Info And Closing CTA
SPEAKER_03But the same sandals that stepped through the Red Sea, walked across 40 years of dust and desert, and never failed. That's wild. Deuteronomy 8.4 says, Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these 40 years. It's right there. While they learned to trust God for food, for water, for direction, he was already taking care of the details. Even the threads on their backs. Because that's what God does. He provides in ways you might not even notice until you look back and realize the miracle was walking with you the whole time. And that's a true story.
SPEAKER_07Hey, you're invited to listen to the recording of this podcast live. How? Where? It's simple. You can share every weekday morning with Josh and Hannah on 1049 The River in Columbus, Ohio, or online at riverradio.com.
SPEAKER_08It was a journey, but we've made it together. Thanks for listening to this episode of the River Morning Show weekly podcast.
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