The River Morning Show Weekly Podcast | EP 147 | NOV 22 2025

Rivalry jitters, a foil-wrapped potato for awkward parties, and the eternal holiday battle: leftovers or a clean kitchen. We discuss Oreo chaos, plan Turkey Trot costumes, dive into popular dog names, and end with an encouragement about living upside down.

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Transcript

Cold Open: The Foil Potato Bit

SPEAKER_06 0:00

Here's what to expect on this week's episode of the River Morning Show Weekly Podcast.

Welcome And Housekeeping

Rivalry Week Nerves And Superstitions

SPEAKER_03 0:04

And I found a bluproof way for folks like me to handle crowded rooms of people. Always carry a potato and foil. What? It's a conversation avoider. Excuse me. Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. Potato and foil. Thanks for pressing play on this podcast. There are more to encourage you and keep you smiling. When you go to riverradio.com, click on demand. Are you nervous yet?

SPEAKER_06 0:31

I mean, I have a little bit of anxiety, but I don't actually know what you're referencing.

SPEAKER_03 0:35

I have a pit in my stomach, generally speaking. Uh-huh. This is specifically, though, uh, at this recording, we're about a week out from the game.

SPEAKER_06 0:46

The countdown is on.

SPEAKER_03 0:47

I know. I mean, Ohio State, again, as of this recording, Ohio State still has to take care of Rutgers. They can do it blindfolded with their hands tied behind their back.

SPEAKER_06 0:55

Careful what you say there.

SPEAKER_03 0:56

It's not going to be a game.

SPEAKER_06 0:58

Uh I've already gone around the house and made sure that if I have any candles that start with the letter M. X amount. It's now AP syrup smelling candles.

SPEAKER_03 1:12

Wow. I'm trying to think of anything else with an M that might be on it in our kitchen.

SPEAKER_06 1:17

Be careful if there's any. What about tomatoes? Like you need to get it. Yeah, no, that's gotta go. That's gotta go. Pizza sauce and tomatoes. I mean, if they're Ellen's, you know, the the stuff that's fruit and large, they're now Ellen's.

Thanksgiving Would You Rather: Leftovers Vs. Mess

SPEAKER_03 1:32

I don't even like I don't like those anyway. I like them even less now. Well, have fun with this. Get yourself some red duct tape and go crazy. Just um whoever's gonna have to take that off and get some gooey gone or whatever. Let them know ahead of time. Every friend group's got one. I mean, we've got uh Josh and Hannah. Like this, that's the strangely enough, that's the normal part of the group. Uh then you have pot stirrers like producer Mike. Would you rather? Hi. Don't hide me.

SPEAKER_02 2:04

What? Alright, this week for Would You Rather, we're sticking with the Thanksgiving theme. Would you rather, for Thanksgiving, have no leftovers but a spotless kitchen or tons of leftovers, but a huge mess at the end.

SPEAKER_03 2:21

Tons of leftovers, huge mess. I can be uh nibbling on a dinner roll while I'm cleaning dishes. Like that's fine. I want all of the leftovers. Give me that smoke. Why are you thinking, Hannah?

SPEAKER_06 2:32

Well Are you serious right now? One, I really dislike dishes. And then two, whenever I have leftovers and I end I end up eating it all. Yeah. And then I feel really fat. I feel a little chunky. I don't feel great. My tummy hurts.

SPEAKER_03 2:50

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 2:50

I get a little tummy.

SPEAKER_03 2:52

That's a you well, I mean, this is about you, so you can't.

SPEAKER_06 2:55

If there's gonna be leftovers, I'm going to eat the whole Tupperware bowl the next day.

SPEAKER_03 2:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 3:00

Uh uh, don't feel great.

SPEAKER_03 3:02

I feel like that's why God gave us Black Friday. Not for shopping, for leftovers. That's why. Turkey for breakfast, turkey for lunch, turkey for dinner, turkey on Sunday. Yes, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_06 3:14

It just doesn't love me back. And, you know, I it just hurts my belly. And then the idea of no dirty dishes sounds so nice.

SPEAKER_03 3:22

Yeah, but I mean, you can clean dishes. You can't have this kind of food any old time.

SPEAKER_06 3:27

I don't think you understand how much I eat on Thanksgiving Day. Like it it lasts. Like, I'm pretty full until Sunday, but I eat anyway.

SPEAKER_03 3:34

Professor Mike, I'm throwing this back at you. Which would you rather?

SPEAKER_02 3:37

I'd rather have the no dishes because by this like sixth or seventh time I eat turkey, I'm done. No.

SPEAKER_03 3:44

Alright, so I can't believe that right now I'm choked up about anger. You're so upset. You're so sad. I am. I'm shook.

SPEAKER_06 3:53

It just look, I don't know if I can deal with the tummy age.

SPEAKER_03 3:57

Okay, alright. So you can call. Would you rather be correct and have all of the leftovers, or would you rather be with these two jabronies and have a clean kitchen but no tasty food? 800-609-1 overnight. Friendship is it's a it's a precarious position this morning. I cannot believe we can't agree on this.

SPEAKER_04 4:17

Would you rather?

SPEAKER_03 4:18

Producer Mike, you did it. So introduce everyone, might maybe somebody listening right now that didn't hear the first part of this.

Listeners Weigh In On The Dilemma

SPEAKER_02 4:25

All right. So for today's Would You Rather, uh-huh. Would you rather, for Thanksgiving, have zero leftovers, but a spotless kitchen with no dishes, or tons of leftovers, but a massive mess.

SPEAKER_03 4:38

Tons of leftovers, massive mess. You can clean the mess. You can't recreate leftovers. You must have leftovers. I will keep talking. This is like a filibuster.

SPEAKER_06 4:46

Because you can clean the mess, but do you want to? No, but I want to do that. You just ate all that turkey. You have that what a what trip to fan going? You don't want to clean a mess. Absolutely not.

SPEAKER_03 4:57

The thing you need to understand, and my wife still doesn't quite get this about me and my sons, is that once we eat a big meal, she thinks she like she thinks the eating is done. It's not done. We're still gonna go back.

SPEAKER_06 5:09

Yeah, but doesn't it give you a tum-tum ache? My tummy hurts if I eat too many leftovers. Look, because I do every year, I do and I will, but should I?

SPEAKER_03 5:17

Hashtag worth it.

SPEAKER_06 5:18

No, okay. The belly.

SPEAKER_03 5:20

The Uchis are it's okay.

SPEAKER_06 5:22

Um and I want a clean kitchen without having to touch it.

SPEAKER_03 5:25

Lori, where are you at on this? Would you rather? Uh, do you want leftovers in a mess? Or no leftovers in a clean kitchen.

SPEAKER_00 5:34

Well, you know what? I don't really fix Thanksgiving, so uh, we go out to eat.

SPEAKER_06 5:40

Oh, you're one of those families. So what that tells me though is that she has no dishes and probably no leftovers.

SPEAKER_00 5:49

Yeah, because you can only eat so much. I mean, and like try me. We eat so much that day that it's like I don't want anymore for a long, long time. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 6:00

Okay, so that means I'm putting you on team Hannah.

SPEAKER_03 6:04

I don't like this.

SPEAKER_06 6:05

Clean and spotless kitchen, no leftovers.

SPEAKER_03 6:11

News that'll make you go.

SPEAKER_06 6:12

Whee, wee wee. What? Josh, what in this wild, wacky world did you find today? Oreo is at it again. What are they doing?

SPEAKER_03 6:20

Messing with perfection, making me tilt my head like a little puppy being asked if they're a good boy.

SPEAKER_06 6:26

I get excited to hear what they come up with.

SPEAKER_03 6:28

In honor of Thanksgiving, Oreo has new flavors. Interesting. These first two, I guess they're okay. They have apple caramel and pumpkin spice.

unknown 6:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 6:38

Sure.

SPEAKER_06 6:39

Did they do the chocolate cookie with both of those? Because sometimes they do like okay.

SPEAKER_03 6:42

Sometimes they do. I believe so. Vanilla cookies. This is a chocolate cookie with those. And then there's these. Also for Thanksgiving. This is real. It's legit. Okay. Turkey and stuffing. Ew, what? No. Creamed corn. No. Sweet potato.

SPEAKER_06 6:59

You know what? I'm actually. That one I knew you would like. Even the creamed corn. No! There's a cake you can make with corn.

SPEAKER_03 7:06

Cranberry sauce is the last one. No, I don't want any of this. Stop it.

SPEAKER_06 7:11

Creamed corn and what'd you say, sweet potato? I would give it a shot. The turkey and stuffing? What's happening there?

SPEAKER_03 7:18

The fact that you're even entertaining any of these last four options.

SPEAKER_06 7:23

Look. Is it an Oreo? Yes. Am I gonna eat it? Yes. Does it have mint in it? No. So we're good.

SPEAKER_03 7:30

Hannah? Yeah. I'm not mad. I am disappointed.

Turkey Trot Traditions And Kid Races

SPEAKER_06 7:33

That's fine. Look out. The turkey is chasing the next generation.

SPEAKER_03 7:40

Excuse you?

SPEAKER_06 7:42

You know that my family is one of those families that runs the turkey trot every year. Yeah, you're not entertained. And we make we make it a really big stinking deal. The night before we get all of our church friends together and we do a spaghetti dinner and we guess who will finish in what order, and everyone is kind of analyzing how we've all been training and whatnot.

SPEAKER_03 8:04

Have you ever won this race?

SPEAKER_06 8:05

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 8:06

The overall race or the family portion of the race?

SPEAKER_06 8:09

Yeah, no, not everyone.

SPEAKER_03 8:10

I mean, listen, you do sports. I don't know.

SPEAKER_06 8:12

The family and friends portion. Is that the year you tripped everyone? Totally, yes. It's the year I uh used spoiled milk in my recipe. Oh gosh. Chunky style milk. Ew. Right. Anyway, I make you digress. Anyway. So I kind of thought this year that it was, I hate to say this, but kind of dying out a little bit. Interesting. Everyone, everyone from even the younger generations of when I started running this are now in college or older. So it's hard to get everyone together to make it happen. So I was like, oh, this might be running out of time. And then my sister sends the text to save it all. Uh-oh. The kiddos are running the little gobbler trot.

SPEAKER_03 8:58

So everyone's gotta come. I know. And you're gonna have to run anyway.

SPEAKER_06 9:02

So now the six-year-old is running, the almost five-year-old is running. So the turkey has come for the next generation.

SPEAKER_03 9:09

Do they know this and are they okay with it?

SPEAKER_06 9:12

I think they are thrilled because I think they're gonna join Aunt Hannah, and we know we can't win the whip race anymore. We just can't. But we can win the best dressed competition. Oh my word. So I'm on the lookout for the best turkey costume to run this race in. If you're running the Delaware turkey trot, I'm gonna try to be as flashy as possible.

SPEAKER_03 9:34

If you are not yet a member of the River Morning Show Facebook group, you need to be a member. Because Thanksgiving morning, that is gonna be a vibe.

SPEAKER_06 9:41

If I can't win the race, I will win something because it matters.

Are Pet Names Original? Top Dog Names

SPEAKER_03 9:46

It's not every day we find out Hannah is unoriginal. She's not special.

SPEAKER_06 9:51

What? What is happening?

SPEAKER_03 9:53

Here's the reason why. What is your dog's name? Bear. Boring! What? Rude!

SPEAKER_06 10:00

Not when you put it with Fish the Cat.

SPEAKER_03 10:02

That is the sixth most popular name for dogs this year. Bear.

SPEAKER_06 10:07

Maybe because it's a good one, Jimmy.

SPEAKER_03 10:09

Maybe everyone's just stealing off each other's test papers.

SPEAKER_06 10:12

No, we just like to be ironic.

SPEAKER_03 10:14

These are the top five. Bear is number six.

SPEAKER_06 10:18

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 10:19

Max is number one. That's a classic. Hank.

SPEAKER_06 10:22

I love that.

SPEAKER_03 10:23

Yeah, it's cute. There's Teddy.

SPEAKER_06 10:25

Teddy is super sweet. Cooper? Really? Actually, I do know a Cooper dog.

SPEAKER_03 10:30

Do you know a Cooper dog? And then Gus.

SPEAKER_06 10:32

Gus? I feel like that's a cat name.

SPEAKER_03 10:33

I don't know if it could be. Gus is a cat name. Tell that to the person who has a Husky whose name is Gus. That's cute.

SPEAKER_06 10:41

That's cute, though.

SPEAKER_03 10:43

He's a Gusky. Husky, Gusky. If uh you can uh you can call and uh share your dog's name, whether you got the dog this year or not. We'll see where it's at on the most popular 2025 dog names list. So those are the top six because of Bear, the top six boy names. What do you think the top girl name is, Hannah, for dogs this year? This year, 2025's top girl dog names.

SPEAKER_06 11:38

I really is it something I don't know. I'm trying to think of the girl dogs in my family. We had Maddie. Is Maddie on the list? No, Maddie's not on the list.

SPEAKER_03 11:48

We have some friends who their their dog is Macy.

SPEAKER_06 11:51

Macy, yeah. I have my cousin's dog's name was Macy.

SPEAKER_03 11:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 11:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 11:55

Uh those aren't anywhere on the list. Okay, so uh number one is Luna.

SPEAKER_06 11:59

Yes, I've heard that one.

SPEAKER_03 12:00

Then you have Bella.

SPEAKER_06 12:01

Oh, of course. Why didn't I think of that?

SPEAKER_03 12:03

Then Daisy.

SPEAKER_06 12:05

I have a friend who has a dog named.

SPEAKER_03 12:06

I think of a border collie named Daisy.

SPEAKER_06 12:08

Oh, she's a King Charles fan. Okay. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 12:11

Uh there's Lucy.

SPEAKER_06 12:12

Yes, my cousin's dog was Lucy.

SPEAKER_03 12:14

And then rounding out the top five for girl dog names this year, it's a Ruby.

SPEAKER_06 12:18

Ruby! I have not met a Ruby, but that's adorable. Ruby girl? Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 12:23

Right. So you can call and share yours. We'll see where it's at on the list and see if you're more original than Hannah. 800-609-1049. You can call our text. You could have named your dog Maggie or Penny or Ruby or Lucy if you have a girl. Hannah, you could have named your dog Finn or Maverick or Duke or Gus.

SPEAKER_06 12:45

Those are all great names.

SPEAKER_03 12:46

But you chose Bear. I did. Bear is number six on the most popular list. Bear's going to encounter a lot of bears in his life because you're unoriginal.

SPEAKER_06 12:54

Nah, stop it. Or just you can't go wrong with a classic.

SPEAKER_03 12:59

I suppose. I suppose so. You can share what your dog's name is. We'll see if it's on the most popular list or if you had a creative streak there for a moment. Call or text 800-609-1049. Lola, how about you?

SPEAKER_05 13:11

Okay, so I don't think these are gonna be on the list. Oh, that makes it exciting.

SPEAKER_06 13:15

Okay, bring it on.

SPEAKER_05 13:17

My boy dog's name is Zeus.

SPEAKER_03 13:21

No. Not on the top 10 list. I love it. I love that name.

Callers Share Unique Pet Names

SPEAKER_05 13:25

And and then my uh girl dog's name is Viola, but we call her Vazai.

SPEAKER_03 13:32

Those are very original. You are not on the list. Congratulations.

SPEAKER_06 13:36

You're more creative than I am, apparently.

SPEAKER_05 13:41

Oh, what kind of dogs are they? Um the girl is like a miniature pincher mix, but he's really fat, so she looks like a little sausage.

SPEAKER_03 13:51

Here's our potato.

SPEAKER_05 13:53

And then yeah. And then the boy dog is a um Cain Corso black lab mix.

SPEAKER_06 14:01

Oh. Zeus is a fitting name for that dog for sure.

SPEAKER_03 14:06

I'm a little afraid of him, just in in concept right now.

SPEAKER_06 14:09

Yeah, he's a big baby.

SPEAKER_05 14:11

Yeah, he's witches.

SPEAKER_03 14:13

Hi, the river. What's your name?

SPEAKER_01 14:15

Hi, this is Crystal, and I have my daughter Nadia. We're on the way to school.

SPEAKER_06 14:19

Hey guys! Oh, we can't wait to hear what is your pet's name.

Introvert Hack: The Foil Potato Explained

SPEAKER_01 14:23

So we have a bear at home who's too anxious to ride in the car with us. Yes. We have two chihuahuas with us, and their names are Bandit and Goldie. Both girls.

SPEAKER_06 14:34

Those are not on the list. You're original, ladies! Yes. Okay, what type of dog is Bear, though?

SPEAKER_01 14:40

He is a big thing. We're not really sure. Lab, golden retriever, maybe.

SPEAKER_03 14:46

Some pieces of parks thrown in there for a good boy.

SPEAKER_06 14:48

Sprinkle and a dash of all the good things. We love that. Guys, thank you for sharing. Nadia. Have a wonderful day at school. Thanks for listening. Yeah, thank you guys. Have a blessed day.

SPEAKER_03 15:02

Some people love crowds. Some people do not. Generally speaking, introverted people are the ones who do not. Hi. Yeah. As the introvert in the room, I don't like crowds that I need to mingle with and like have conversation because I just don't know how to do that. I'm not good at that. I overthink too much. You're smiling because you smiled.

Producer Mike’s Apartment Cooking Fails

SPEAKER_06 15:27

I just think it's, yeah, I think it's so funny because you you share so much of your story and you're so good, even like on stage. We're separated. But the second you plop down into the audience, you're like, ah, what am I doing? No, no. I'm shaking chihuahua.

SPEAKER_03 15:41

Alright, so uh the internet is undefeated, and I found a foolproof way for folks like me to handle crowded rooms of people.

SPEAKER_06 15:48

That's exciting.

SPEAKER_03 15:50

Alright, so here we go. Always carry a potato and foil. It's a convert, it's a conversation starter. You can hold it out. Ever seen a lion's egg?

SPEAKER_06 16:03

What?

SPEAKER_03 16:04

Potato and foil.

SPEAKER_06 16:05

A lion's egg?

SPEAKER_03 16:06

Yeah, it's a conversation avoider. Excuse me. Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. Potato and foil.

SPEAKER_06 16:14

The extent to which you will go to avoid conversation.

SPEAKER_03 16:17

It's a conversation ender. Just got this cyst removed. Feel how heavy.

SPEAKER_05 16:22

Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_03 16:23

Don't squeeze it though.

SPEAKER_05 16:25

What?

SPEAKER_03 16:26

Always carry a potato wrapped in foil. I think everybody's like been there, done that, but right now producer Mike is doing that. He is in there and he's in an apartment. I am. And then last we checked in with producer Mike on becoming an adult. He had to ask his mom how to set up a doctor's appointment. That's right. So, you small baby child, how is apartment living going so far?

SPEAKER_02 16:50

I mean, it definitely has its ups and downs. Uh, there are some moments when it's great. And there are other moments where I feel like my life is a constant battle with my living space. Well, yeah, because it's super tight.

SPEAKER_03 17:02

Yeah. Yeah, not a lot of room. I get it.

SPEAKER_02 17:04

And part of that also is with the kitchen. Being a young, single guy, trying not to eat McDonald's every day.

SPEAKER_04 17:12

Good for you! Way to go!

SPEAKER_02 17:15

Congratulations! Your cholesterol thanks you.

SPEAKER_04 17:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:19

But part of that is also now I have to make my own food. And my roommate's gone a lot. Um, and he works a lot of evenings, and so I end up having to fend for myself. Um, and I also have this thing where I have a hard time buying kitchen supplies for myself. It's like a mental block, and I don't understand why.

SPEAKER_06 17:39

Do you just forget to, or you are looking at the spatula hanging there, and you just say not today.

First Bite Of Thanksgiving: Strategies

SPEAKER_02 17:45

Kind of both, to be honest.

SPEAKER_03 17:48

It's the worst of both worlds, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:50

All right. Yeah, and so I finally got around to spending four dollars on a baking sheet. And I was like, this is a big step in the right direction. She's growing up right before our very eyes. And so I was so excited. I had this like package of chicken that I was gonna cook, and things were going great. It was in the oven, it looked really good. It was time to take it out, and I realized, wait a second, I don't have an oven mitt.

SPEAKER_06 18:13

Uh yes. What that would do helpful.

SPEAKER_03 18:20

This is amazing.

SPEAKER_06 18:22

Oh, I love that we're seeing you grow up and have these little missteps along the way.

SPEAKER_02 18:28

What did you do? So I ended up taking two like paper towels and putting them on top of each other. And I was just like, I have to be so fast. So I reached my hands in there and did it, like grabbed it as fast as I possibly could because I knew if I wasn't quick, I would be cooked. I'm afraid to ask this.

SPEAKER_06 18:47

Yeah. Mike, do you have like kitchen towels?

SPEAKER_02 18:51

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_03 18:51

That's an option.

SPEAKER_02 18:52

For some reason, I didn't think of that.

SPEAKER_03 18:54

Here's the other thing. You had tongs, right? You have tongs? I think so. Okay, you could have you could have tonged out the chicken off the off the chicken.

SPEAKER_06 19:03

Even like uh towels from the bathroom? Yeah, something like you could have used a pillowcase. I don't know, but paper towels!

SPEAKER_03 19:11

Producer Mike, we're not we're not mad, we're just we're just disappointed. Imagine this, because you're gonna be seeing it soon. The table is set, the plate is full. What do you go after with your first Thanksgiving bite? Ooh. And Hannah, you don't count. You don't count. What? What this is important. Everything gets put in a blender for you and then put on your plate.

SPEAKER_06 19:37

There is a strategy. So you have your fork. You start with a piece of turkey and make sure it gets all the way to the base of the fork. Then you have to go for anything you can stab. So, like a green bean, maybe a sweet potato. If it's not like this the softer sweet potato, you have to make sure it all pushes down against the turkey. Whatever you can stab goes on the fork. Then you scoop the rest. So all the things are still on the fork. So then you start scooping like a mashed potato, glob, maybe some corn castrel. There's a stab and scoop strategy. That's your first bite.

SPEAKER_03 20:11

Are you done?

SPEAKER_06 20:13

No, I could keep going.

Calls: Best First Bite And Dessert Hacks

SPEAKER_03 20:14

No, that's fine. You're done. Producer Mike is here. Producer Mike, what is your first like no? That's not rude. What you just did was gross. Um, so you can answer the question properly. What's your first bite on Thanksgiving?

SPEAKER_02 20:27

It's definitely not a Thanksgiving tornado.

SPEAKER_06 20:29

Uh, you're missing out, I'll tell you that. Missing out.

SPEAKER_02 20:32

I always go for that turkey leg. Oh, nice! The problem is that I feel like the turkey leg always falls apart when you try and grab it. I'm gonna go off the bird.

SPEAKER_03 20:42

It's a sign of a correctly cooked turkey.

SPEAKER_06 20:44

Just eat the turkey plain, or is there gravy with it? Is there mashed potato with it?

SPEAKER_02 20:50

That thing is drowned in gravy. Okay.

SPEAKER_06 20:52

So you're telling me you're mixing some food.

SPEAKER_03 20:55

No, there's a lot of things.

SPEAKER_06 20:58

We're gonna get him there.

SPEAKER_03 20:59

No, we're not. We're not. So I'm gonna say this because of what you so his is the turkey leg. So he likes the dark turkey meat. Is yours dark or light turkey? The first part of your tornado.

SPEAKER_06 21:10

I do agree. I love the dark meat.

SPEAKER_03 21:12

Okay, yeah, dark meat there for you. So you guys are the same. Forgetting everything else that you said, you went for the turkey first. I'm um I'm a stop arguing. I'm a mashed potatoes guy. And I will go back multiple times for mashed potatoes, and so I start and finish with mashed potatoes.

SPEAKER_06 21:29

Which is like the best way to go as long as it's mixed in together, though. The mashed potatoes is a glue. It's a great place to mash it all together.

SPEAKER_03 21:39

If you are listening this morning, can you please redeem this conversation? Because I'm getting frustrated. I'm getting hungry. What is your first bite of Thanksgiving? Because it's just about here. Call or text 800-609-1049. As I'm keeping track here this morning, so far we've got turkey, turkey, and taters. These are the first bites of Thanksgiving. And I I'm I'm kind of tweaking things a little because Hannah puts everything on her fork. And so, but turkey's the first one you go for because it's the base.

SPEAKER_06 22:11

It just helps everything hold. Like if I'm just eating one food which doesn't happen, it wouldn't be turkey.

SPEAKER_03 22:17

Well, what would it be?

SPEAKER_06 22:18

Probably corn casserole.

SPEAKER_03 22:20

Could you not, seven minutes ago, have answered the question that way?

SPEAKER_06 22:23

No, because it's not true. Because my first bite is always a little bit of everything on my fork. You stab the things you can stab, you scoop the things you can scoop all into one bite.

SPEAKER_03 22:32

And producer Mike, you go full Viking and you're like, just grab the turkey leg, right? I sure do. Yeah. Okay. Caleb, how about you? What's the first bite on Thanksgiving?

SPEAKER_05 22:43

Bumbleid turkey with mashed potatoes.

SPEAKER_06 22:47

Yeah. Uh, see, we love that combo style. Yes. So there's a little bit of potato, a little bit of gravy with the turkey. Oh, it's a chef's kiss.

SPEAKER_03 22:55

Yeah, but see, Caleb, your cranberry sauce didn't also get mixed in there with the stuffing, right? You're just doing turkey, potatoes, gravy. I could get behind this.

SPEAKER_05 23:04

No way.

SPEAKER_06 23:05

No way. That's right. That's right. Caleb, what do you got going on this morning?

SPEAKER_05 23:09

Just going to school right now.

SPEAKER_06 23:11

What grade are you in? Sixth. Sixth grade. And you're telling me in sixth grade you don't love the sound of a Thanksgiving tornado?

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Come on.

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Come on.

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Mom thought so too, Anna.

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Well, mom, since you're here, what's your first bite?

Faith Segment: Jesus Turns Life Upside Down

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My first bite actually is a pumpkin roll. Dessert first. Yes. Early morning, I put the cream in, and then I cut the ends to make them pretty, and it's the end I eat with coffee every Thanksgiving.

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This is a Thanksgiving hack. I am so excited now.

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I eat the not pretty stuff for Thanksgiving morning coffee with anyone is up.

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It ain't gotta look good, but it tastes good.

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Yes. Guys, thank you so much for being a part of the River family. We hope you have a wonderful day and a great Thanksgiving. Okay, thank you. You too. Thank you. Bye-bye. Thank you. Bye, guys.

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I hope you're ready to stand on your head today.

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What did we learn?

How To Listen Live And Closing CTA

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Because that's what uh my church has been teaching over the last few weeks. Is that Jesus turns everything upside down, the way you logically thought it should be? Nope. Because we're the messed up ones. So I mean you can get kind of lost. This is the overthinking part of me. Are we flying upside down or is the world upside down? Regardless. The way God intended it ain't happening. And it's because of us. But here's what Jesus says: things like whoever wishes to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. He says, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. That doesn't come natural. He says, You've been born once, you must be born again. And even in Jesus' times, the the wisest teachers of the Word, of the Old Testament, of the Scriptures, they didn't get this. They were like, what are you talking about? Be born again. I'm a grown man. Like, that doesn't happen. How am I supposed to do all this? So it it looks in practical life like this way for the first one. Whoever wants to save his life will lose it. We have to give up our own way. We have to lose our life the way I want it. And then I find real life. The life I was born to live with real purpose in Jesus. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Well, God loved his enemies. He did this. He loved you and me. And he calls us to do the same for their sake. They will see Jesus when we love them, even in the worst and darkest circumstances. And then the whole be born again thing. God created you once. And he can't wait to create you again. You know, we're born from our mother. They Jesus talked about flesh being born of flesh, but then spirit being born of spirit. God is ready to make you new today and ready to make me new today. We might have to stand on our heads to understand it, but that's okay. We're gonna see Jesus how he really is when we do. Hey, 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. It 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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