Trying to Declutter...Gone Wrong

We argue wet socks vs a day of chills, then discuss five tubs of childhood memories and the smarter ways to keep meaning without keeping clutter. Between space smelling like a steakhouse and playlist names with personality, we hope you'll have plenty of laughs hanging out with us.

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Cold Or Wet Socks Dilemma

SPEAKER_06 0:00

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

SPEAKER_14 0:04

Would you rather have wet socks for an entire day or feel just a little bit too cold all day? If you have wet socks, you can walk around like Squidward all day.

SPEAKER_03 0:14

That is not a perk. That is not a winning fight.

SPEAKER_11 0:18

No. SpongeBob!

Empty House And Empty Nester Feelings

SPEAKER_16 0:24

Thanks for pressing play on this podcast. You can find more when you click on demand at riverradio.com. And Hannah, it's quiet.

SPEAKER_05 0:32

Yeah? Too quiet. Okay.

SPEAKER_16 0:35

My kids are all out of the house this weekend.

SPEAKER_06 0:37

Oh, that's right.

SPEAKER_16 0:38

My daughter moved out, and my three boys are at winter church camp.

SPEAKER_06 0:43

But it's like you're an empty nester. You're getting a little taste of it.

SPEAKER_16 0:46

That's why it's too quiet, and I'm not so sure I like it. Plus, every time the dog rings the dog on bells to go outside, I've got to do it now.

SPEAKER_12 0:55

Come home, boys. Come home.

Parents Dump Childhood Tubs

SPEAKER_06 0:59

Curious if this has ever happened to you before. You're so excited about getting the house clean and decluttering and finally feeling organized. And then someone else who was thinking the same thing ruins your fresh start.

SPEAKER_16 1:20

How are they ruining your fresh start by cleaning their stuff?

SPEAKER_06 1:22

I'll ask you this way Have you ever had your parents drop off, I don't know, five tubs of elementary, middle school, and high school memories.

SPEAKER_16 1:33

Here, child, we love, take your junk.

SPEAKER_06 1:35

I know! Oh my goodness, there was so much. I am wildly impressed with my parents for two reasons. One, how sentimental they are and how much they kept throughout the years. And two, their ability to unload all of it in a single evening to myself and my siblings.

SPEAKER_16 1:54

Well, the fact that you now have a home, they must think, well, you have place to be.

SPEAKER_06 1:59

There you go. We got this text at like 3 p.m. on a Wednesday that said, Mom and I will be at each of your homes tonight. Mom has been decluttering the basement, so you know what that means.

SPEAKER_16 2:09

So if they're delivering like five tubs to three kids, did they rent a truck? Like, what in the world?

SPEAKER_06 2:15

But my dad has a truck. Like, so there was there was space, and I guess I got the most because yes, I am the most recent with a a new home with storage. I see. So over the years, my twin brother and my sister have gotten a few things here and there, but they decided that this Wednesday, this past week, was Unload Everything Day.

SPEAKER_16 2:34

I feel like my parents did this a while ago, and I didn't want most of it, so they just tossed it.

SPEAKER_06 2:39

Well, you have to go through it, because I mean, it meant yearbooks. It meant first grade art art projects, four different kinds of dolls and mismatched outfits for them. It meant undeveloped Kodak cameras, an entire bit of cards from my high school graduation.

SPEAKER_08 2:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 2:55

There were five soccer jerseys from various years. My very first checkbook was in there.

SPEAKER_16 3:03

So here's You recluttered with after you uncluttered.

What To Keep And What To Toss

SPEAKER_06 3:08

Yes. So at the core of all of this, here's what I need to know. If you've been through this, what did you keep? Nah, chuck it. I mean, all of it? What are you doing all? Because honestly, I don't have the storage for all of it, but I don't know what's important. I don't think I need my first grade art projects. I I don't, even though it's sad to be like, oh, like I this was little Hannah. Yeah. I just have to throw it in the trash.

SPEAKER_16 3:33

Yeah, now it's a little kindling for the fireplace.

SPEAKER_06 3:36

I know. Oh, look at that. Up it goes. Uh so if you've been through this, what did you keep? How did you make these decisions? Call or text to share. 800-609-1049. You were so excited to finally declutter and get organized. Then your parents show up with five tubs of childhood memories, yearbooks and art projects, and dolls and old soccer jerseys. So now, now I'm wondering what what do you keep and what do you let go of? Because I've got five tubs staring at me saying, keep me, but I know I can't. Josh, have you been through this?

SPEAKER_16 4:20

I have. My my parents didn't do like a one-time drop it all off. Okay. They've had various stages of decluttering their basements. Yeah. So all I have really kept is uh that I can recall. Um there are a few things in like a single bin. Okay. All that I really kept were a bunch of my awards and stuff.

SPEAKER_06 4:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_16 4:42

And I wanted to show them like eventually to my kids when they were going through high school, not to be like I was great, but just like these are some of the things that I was involved in. You know, and I I have not shown them any of them.

SPEAKER_06 4:52

I know, see.

SPEAKER_16 4:53

If they've just stayed on a shelf in a box. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 4:56

It's so hard. Because then there's part of me that just wants to toss it all, but I know I'd regret it. Right.

SPEAKER_16 5:01

There's someday I'm gonna look at that.

SPEAKER_06 5:04

I know.

SPEAKER_05 5:05

Except I probably won't.

SPEAKER_16 5:07

I know.

Listener Hacks For Saving Memories

SPEAKER_06 5:08

I know it's I'm not helping anything. It's terrible. Push and pull. I don't, I can't even process what where to start. So have you been through this where you've received all the memories from your childhood, the dolls, the the the sporting events, the school projects. What did you keep and what did you let go of? You can call or text 800-609-1049. So, Stacy, you've been through this. And I'm a parent that sets clutter to my children.

SPEAKER_16 5:38

Uh-huh. You've been on both ends of this.

SPEAKER_06 5:40

So, what's your trick, or what do you, what do you think is the right move?

SPEAKER_09 5:44

So, line the artwork up on the table and take a picture of it. Oh, you have the picture of it. You don't need to keep the 16 pages. You can throw those away, and then you have one picture with all the artwork. That's good. That's good.

SPEAKER_06 6:01

You can add it to like a digital family photo album. Takes up zero space.

SPEAKER_09 6:06

Oh, that's genius, Stacey. Yeah. So for each category, like artwork or for reports or whatever you've kept, you can take photos of, and then you have photo in your cloud or wherever, and you don't have all the clutter.

SPEAKER_16 6:21

Did you say reports like report cards? I didn't keep any of those away.

SPEAKER_06 6:26

Exactly.

SPEAKER_16 6:26

There's a lot of red going on.

SPEAKER_06 6:29

No, I have an entire folder about my career projections. Like from, I don't know if it was middle school or high school, but you take this whole analysis that tells you your skill sets, and then you have to do reports on where you could end up. Just so you know, all of mine were journalism, reporting, and marketing and communication. And look where I ended up.

SPEAKER_09 6:51

Look at you now. Very good. Stop overthinking it.

Overthinking Stickers And Hoarding Jokes

SPEAKER_16 6:58

These thoughts of an overthinker brought to you by Cardstock and Adhesive. Oh. We get coffee every now and then from uh a local place near the station. It's Sgt.

SPEAKER_06 7:08

Oh, it's so good.

SPEAKER_16 7:09

Yeah, cool place, amazing people. When you get it to go, they put these cool little stickers on the mouth hole.

SPEAKER_06 7:14

Yeah, to keep it hot.

SPEAKER_16 7:15

Yes, it keep it hot and it doesn't splash out.

SPEAKER_06 7:17

Sure.

SPEAKER_16 7:18

These stickers are so great. They're so fun.

SPEAKER_06 7:22

Somehow you've overthought a sticker?

SPEAKER_16 7:24

Well, they're great quality. Like it's not even card stock. It's like double thick.

SPEAKER_06 7:29

It is, it's like the nicest of scrapbook material. Yeah, they're really nice.

SPEAKER_16 7:33

They're too good to throw away.

SPEAKER_06 7:35

Have you been keeping these?

SPEAKER_16 7:38

So I'm torn. Like it is just a sticker, but they're really good stickers. Like thick, great adhesive, fun designs. There was one, like the one we just got uh last week. Red and white stripes on it.

SPEAKER_06 7:52

Oh, I got the smiley face.

SPEAKER_16 7:53

Yeah, and I've gotten the smiley face before, and it makes me happy. It looks so smiley. Like they're really great stickers.

SPEAKER_06 8:00

What is the issue here?

SPEAKER_16 8:02

Is this how hoarding starts?

SPEAKER_06 8:04

Well, if you still have these stickers, then the answer is yes.

SPEAKER_16 8:07

Like someday there's gonna be an intervention, and the people who come into my house are instantly covered in sergeant coffee stickers. So it's like right on top of them.

SPEAKER_06 8:16

I hope they're listening and they're a little concerned for you guys.

SPEAKER_16 8:18

I can see the hoarders episode title flashing across my screen now. He chose to stick to it and now he's stuck.

SPEAKER_06 8:24

Oh my goodness.

Would You Rather: Wet Socks Returns

SPEAKER_16 8:26

Maybe these thoughts of an overthinker brought to you by Waste Management. Would you rather? He's producer Mike, and he has a question. I sure do. Alright.

SPEAKER_14 8:38

Would you rather have wet socks for an entire day? Yeah.

SPEAKER_13 8:42

Or feel just a little bit too cold all day. Oh, that's the worst. I mean, these are both awful, but Well, that's why we do would you rather with this.

SPEAKER_16 8:51

I would absolutely take wet socks. Really? Wet socks? I don't want either, but I've had wet socks before and I've been cold all day before. And while I like winter, I don't like feeling cold all the time.

SPEAKER_06 9:06

But it'd be for one day.

SPEAKER_16 9:07

Yeah, one no, that ruins the entire day. Wet socks, I can eventually, my brain shuts that off.

SPEAKER_06 9:12

You cannot shut off wet socks. That's not possible. I I think I have to go with just a little cold all day. Are you serious? I know I'm wearing a coat sitting here.

SPEAKER_16 9:20

You're always complaining about how cold it is.

SPEAKER_06 9:22

But if I had wet socks, I'd be cold anyway. No matter what, I'm cold. So why add wet to the situation?

SPEAKER_16 9:29

Wet socks make you cold.

SPEAKER_06 9:30

All of them. What? Wet socks on your toes.

SPEAKER_16 9:34

It makes the rest of you cold?

SPEAKER_06 9:35

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_16 9:36

They make your feet cold, but not the rest of you.

SPEAKER_06 9:38

Uh-huh. It starts there.

SPEAKER_16 9:39

She just said y'all. We were in junior high all over it. And not R2. So I would go wet socks. I go a little cold. And I think we're both surprised by each other's choices. I know.

SPEAKER_06 9:52

Do you? I mean, we both played soccer. You remember coming off the soccer field and your soccer socks were just soaked after a rainy game? It feels terrible. That's an awful feeling.

SPEAKER_16 10:02

Again, but you're talking about after a rainy game. I'm not all wet in this scenario.

SPEAKER_06 10:06

It's just starting to fear toes. It doesn't. This is insane. Have you ever stepped in something wet with your socks on? It's an awful feeling.

SPEAKER_16 10:15

I have children who spill things still.

SPEAKER_06 10:17

And you want to you want to feel that way all day.

SPEAKER_16 10:19

I don't like it, but I'd rather that than be cold. Plus, if you have wet socks, you can walk around like Squidward all day.

SPEAKER_03 10:25

That is not a perk. That is not a winning fight.

SPEAKER_11 10:30

No. SpongeBob!

SPEAKER_16 10:32

I think it is. I think it absolutely is. I like it. All right. So where do you come in on this? Because you've got to play tiebreaker as this typically goes. Would you rather have wet socks all day? It's just one day, right, producer? Just one day. Okay, all day wet socks or all day just a little cold. I think it's an obvious choice. 800-609-1049.

SPEAKER_00 10:55

Would you rather?

Audience Weighs In On Comfort

SPEAKER_16 10:57

This one this morning is it's kind of out of left field, but it's got us all in the feels. And uh, because you have to feel it, would you rather have wet socks all day for a day or be just a little cold all day for a day? Uh-huh. I like winter. I don't mind the cold, but there are some days where I've just been cold all day. I hate that.

SPEAKER_06 11:20

But the idea that you that means you would rather pick soggy socks all day long.

SPEAKER_05 11:26

I think so. No, Josh. Don't tell me no.

SPEAKER_16 11:29

That can't be good for your toes. It's would it's would you rather ask to each person, not would they rather. So you can't answer for me. I would rather have wet socks.

SPEAKER_06 11:41

And I would rather just be slightly cold because.

SPEAKER_16 11:43

And I'm shocked by that.

SPEAKER_06 11:44

Because I know I hate being cold, but if I have soggy socks, I'm gonna be cold anyway. That's not how that works. Both options are going. Yes, it is. Both options are gonna make me cold. So why add wet to the equation?

SPEAKER_16 11:55

So we've already had one person chime in on text who agrees with Hannah on that.

SPEAKER_12 11:59

Thanks, Erica.

SPEAKER_16 12:01

You can call or text. 800-609-1049. All right, Gina, wet socks or just a little cold all day.

SPEAKER_01 12:40

Uh, just a little cold. I absolutely could not stand wet socks for any longer than two minutes. Thank you.

The First “I’m Getting Old” Moment

SPEAKER_06 12:45

Yes, you have to rip those off immediately, right? Like, absolutely not.

SPEAKER_16 12:50

There's something cool though about at the end of the day, if you have had wet socks and like, you know how your fingers get pruney in water, then your toes are that way.

SPEAKER_06 12:58

Nobody wants that, Josh. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_16 13:02

I always show my wife, like, look, I have raisin feet.

SPEAKER_06 13:07

Gina, thank you for sharing some of your sanity with us because Josh needs to lean into you a bit. Excuse you.

SPEAKER_17 13:17

How old are you?

SPEAKER_16 13:19

I'm not telling. So apparently it's not us old people who are the only old people.

SPEAKER_14 13:23

Okay.

SPEAKER_16 13:24

Producer Mike?

SPEAKER_14 13:25

Apparently I'm getting old now. I'm only 24.

SPEAKER_16 13:28

How did you know you were getting old, producer Mike?

SPEAKER_14 13:31

So over Christmas, I got an Amazon gift card. And in the past, I've spent it on fun stuff. Right, right. But now I have an apartment. Oh, housewares. You know what I'm saying? I put that gift card on. What was it? A bath mat.

SPEAKER_06 13:48

You know what? That's necessary though.

SPEAKER_14 13:50

You stop. I'm laughing.

SPEAKER_06 13:51

No, that is a needed purchase. Definitely you have a you have a roommate, so it's a bunch of boys. You're an apartment.

SPEAKER_16 13:58

You're a gen Z and you bought a bath mat. I did. Did you have one?

SPEAKER_14 14:04

I did have one, thank goodness. I wasn't that bad. Yeah. But I got a stone bath mat.

SPEAKER_16 14:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 14:10

That doesn't sound cozy.

News: Space Smells Like Steak

SPEAKER_16 14:12

Yeah, but those are kind of cool. Have you seen those? They like sop up the water. They dry instantly. It's amazing. It is life-changing. And we were talking about wet socks and how much you can stand on your stone tablet thing. Stone tablet. Is it the Ten Commandments?

SPEAKER_06 14:30

Touched by Moses.

SPEAKER_14 14:32

This is great.

SPEAKER_06 14:32

Wow, where did you get this bath mat?

SPEAKER_14 14:34

Yeah, that's right. I better not just like throw it down and break it. Don't do it.

SPEAKER_16 14:40

You'll have to climb the mountain all over again.

SPEAKER_13 14:42

You do that.

SPEAKER_16 14:43

Good man. You can jump in how you knew you were getting old when. Fill in the blank when you call or text. 800-609-1049. Producer Mike, I'm already seeing a few texts uh fly in here on you know you're getting old when.

SPEAKER_14 14:56

Kelly from Mount Sterling said, I knew I was old when other people commented about the size of the text on my phone.

SPEAKER_06 15:04

No, that's necessary.

SPEAKER_16 15:05

I feel better about myself when I see my parents' phones because they are big time zoomed in on the text.

SPEAKER_06 15:11

Mine is the medicine uh jars now. I can't I can't read what's on the the outside.

SPEAKER_16 15:17

I thought you were gonna say you couldn't get into it.

Chick-fil-A Nostalgia And Rants

SPEAKER_06 15:19

No. I have to like tilt it away, you know? It's like, what does the how many can I take of these?

SPEAKER_14 15:27

Joel and Brewster said, I knew I was getting old when I walked into an antique store and saw stuff being sold from my childhood. That's it!

SPEAKER_03 15:36

That hurts.

SPEAKER_16 15:36

I knew I was getting old when they started making movies about my toys as a child.

SPEAKER_03 15:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_16 15:41

Transformers, anyone? Yeah. I've been catered to now for like a decade and a half. You can fill in the blank, call or text, how you knew you were getting old. 800-609-1049.

SPEAKER_00 15:54

News that'll make you go.

SPEAKER_06 15:55

Whee wee wee. What? Josh, what in this wild world did you find today?

SPEAKER_16 15:59

They say if you scream in space, no one can hear you.

SPEAKER_05 16:03

Oh. But have you ever wondered how space smells?

SPEAKER_06 16:08

Have you ever no, because if you were to smell it, it wouldn't there's no oxygen. Right, so without a mask.

SPEAKER_15 16:14

Uh you have, though. Just play along. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 16:18

I mean, yeah, yeah. What in the world does space smell like?

SPEAKER_16 16:21

Now, Hannah, you're right. Astronauts can't smell space directly because hashtag death. Um would not work, but it is full of molecules that cling to stuff. Oh. So when they do a spacewalk, all those molecules in the vacuum are like something and they hang on to all the equipment. Yeah, all the equipment, the suits, and everything. And astronauts keep saying that when they're like getting undone and everything, and they're like from their space gear. From their spacewalk, that it smells like.

SPEAKER_12 16:53

Are you ready for this? I don't know. Smells like a steakhouse.

SPEAKER_02 16:58

What?

SPEAKER_12 16:59

A steakhouse.

SPEAKER_02 17:00

What? It smells like a steakhouse. How is that possible?

SPEAKER_16 17:03

Outback, no rules, just right. It smells like a steakhouse ham.

SPEAKER_06 17:10

God's just out there in space grilling some burgers. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_16 17:15

My father's house has many rooms, and I have many ribeye ready to go. I want to know what the next time is that Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos is sending normal people up there because I am in space steakhouse.

SPEAKER_17 17:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_16 17:31

And it would be my pleasure to walk with you down memory lane. Ooh. Chick-fil-A is celebrating their 80th year by turning back the clock and then bringing back some favorites, Hannah.

SPEAKER_02 17:43

No!

SPEAKER_16 17:44

This is gonna be right up your alley, right? Because your dad used to own one. I worked there for years. You still smell a little of fried chicken. I'm not even mad.

SPEAKER_06 17:54

Oh my goodness, what are they bringing back?

SPEAKER_16 17:56

Alright, so the first thing, they are bringing back retro style cups featuring designs from the Chick-fil-A archives.

SPEAKER_03 18:03

Okay.

SPEAKER_16 18:03

So it's like a memorabilia, you know, that sort of thing. Frosted sodas and floats are joining the menu permanently. So they're bringing those back from like the 50s. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. And then there's limited time retro packaging for the original chicken sandwich. Welcome to nostalgia 2026.

SPEAKER_06 18:23

Is that it though? That's it? That's all they're bringing back?

SPEAKER_16 18:27

Those are the three things I found in the article.

Creative Playlist Names

SPEAKER_06 18:29

Stop it. There are so many other things that they need to bring back. Like they should never even have left the menu. The chicken salad sandwich, their coleslaw, the carrot raisin salad was so good. Their original brownies, the cheesecake, the spicy cool wrap cheesecake. What? Yes, I used to have to make it because when somebody would order it, then you would ask, Do you want chocolate sauce or do you want cherries on top? And I'd go back in the back and I'd get the cheesecake and I'd put the chocolate sauce on top. That's it. But there are so many other good things that they're they choose the styrofoam cup.

SPEAKER_16 19:04

Yeah, they they picked the cups and the wrappers.

SPEAKER_06 19:07

Oh my heart is broken. You just got me so excited. I thought they were finally going to bring back the carrot raisin salad.

SPEAKER_16 19:13

Why is it with what is it with you and the carrot raisin salad?

SPEAKER_06 19:16

It's so good. I don't know. It's so weird. I mean, it had like this light, like I don't even want to call it a vinaigrette, but like on it, but it just was so refreshing. And there's just the brownies, like, why the so much?

SPEAKER_16 19:31

Attention Chick-fil-A. There is no pleasure in this room.

SPEAKER_00 19:37

News that'll make you go.

SPEAKER_06 19:39

Wait, wait, wait. What? Josh, what in this wild world did you find today?

SPEAKER_16 19:43

They say if you scream in space, no one can hear you.

SPEAKER_05 19:46

Oh. But have you ever wondered how space smells?

SPEAKER_06 19:51

Have you ever no, because if you were to smell it, it wouldn't be there's no oxygen. Right, so without a mass.

SPEAKER_15 19:57

Uh you have, though. Just play along. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 20:01

I mean, yeah, yeah. What in the world does space smell like?

SPEAKER_16 20:04

Now, Hannah, you're right. Astronauts can't smell space directly because hashtag death. Um would not work, but it is full of molecules that cling to stuff. Oh. So when they do a space walk, all those molecules in the vacuum are like something and they hang on to all the equipment. Yeah. All the equipment, the suits, and everything. And astronauts keep saying that when they're like getting Undone and everything, and they're like from their space game. From their spacewalk, then it smells like.

SPEAKER_12 20:36

Are you ready for this? I don't know. It smells like a steakhouse.

SPEAKER_02 20:41

What?

SPEAKER_12 20:42

A steakhouse.

SPEAKER_02 20:43

What? It smells like a steakhouse. How is that possible?

SPEAKER_16 20:47

Outback, no rules, just right. It smells like a steakhouse ham.

SPEAKER_06 20:53

God's just out there in space grilling some burgers. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_16 20:58

My father's house has many rooms and I have many ribeye ready to go. I want to know what the next time is that Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos is sending normal people up there because I am in space steakhouse.

SPEAKER_17 21:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_16 21:14

Those questions sometimes pop in your head and you just have to ask them because otherwise you're gonna go crazy if you don't ask them. So Hannah, I'm gonna ask you, and producer Mike, I'm gonna ask you like, guys, do you name your music playlists?

SPEAKER_06 21:26

Well, you have to title them something.

SPEAKER_16 21:28

Right, but like do you creatively name them? So here's here's what I mean. Like, if you listen here every day to the river, then the river is your playlist. That's great. So keep doing that. But I was talking to my son this week and he started mentioning Walkman, rain clouds, and light noise. Like, what are you talking about? Those are his playlist names. Walkman is his 80s pop playlist.

SPEAKER_06 21:54

Oh sure, that adds up.

SPEAKER_16 21:56

Rain clouds is his 90s grunge rock, because like Seattle, Nirvana, you know, all of this. And then light noise is like his Christian underground stuff. So that's like light being the light. Jesus is the light.

More Listener Playlists And Laughs

SPEAKER_06 22:09

I I like it. It just feels like in five years will he remember why he named them?

SPEAKER_16 22:15

So that I think so because he gets this naturally. I also creatively name my playlists.

SPEAKER_13 22:22

Really? Yeah.

SPEAKER_16 22:23

So if you do this, I want to hear it. We could talk about this all morning long. Because people are creative. Call or text with your creative playlist names, 800-609-1049. Um, some of my favorites are breathing treatment. That's my calming music.

SPEAKER_04 22:42

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_16 22:43

It helps me relax.

SPEAKER_06 22:44

Yes. Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_16 22:45

Um, another one is earth tones. What is that? It's the closest thing to country that I like. And so I thought Earth Tones.

SPEAKER_06 22:53

I thought this was like your go sit in the grass, put your toes in it, and just like sit quietly music.

SPEAKER_16 22:59

No, it's like this is the acoustic stuff. Like uh, like Need to Breathe ends up there and Kane and Caleb and John. Like really?

SPEAKER_06 23:06

Because that's more up. Kane's pretty upbeat.

SPEAKER_16 23:07

Yeah, upbeat is fine. It's not a calming thing, it's a style. Right, right, right. That's right. That's where my brain ranks. I've got Coffee House. Yeah. And then we have friends over. I got everything in there from like jars of clay in the 90s to Sinatra to some forest Frank is in there. And then uh my last two, I have for my most favorite worship songs that really get me going. I have a crown emoji. And then a fire emoji for my most very favorite ones.

SPEAKER_06 23:33

Okay.

SPEAKER_16 23:33

My very most favorites.

SPEAKER_06 23:34

So list those off again. Definitely like the descriptive ones.

SPEAKER_16 23:37

Breathing treatment, uh-huh, earth tongues, coffee house.

SPEAKER_06 23:41

These are your playlists. Those are my playlists.

SPEAKER_16 23:44

Yeah. And I will always know what those mean. I've had those names for years. Wow. Years and years.

SPEAKER_06 23:49

Hmm. I I do not reach your level, but I am I'm impressed by the amount of.

SPEAKER_16 23:55

I want to I want to hear from both of you what you do have as the labels for your playlists. And as you're listening, I want to hear yours too. Call or text 800-609-1049. For some people, it's things like playlist one, playlist two. For others, like me, who overthinks everything, I decided to be a little creative. And I've got playlists called Breathing Treatment. And that's like my calming songs. I've got a playlist called Earth Tones, and that's as close to country as I'll get.

SPEAKER_06 24:27

Is there like a lot of pressure for you as you're naming these though? Because you want to get it just right.

SPEAKER_16 24:31

Yeah, and it's interesting because no one will ever see them. This is the only time I ever talked about them, but I am so proud of them.

SPEAKER_06 24:39

Because they really You know what? If it makes you feel good, that's great.

SPEAKER_16 24:42

I've got kids who play an orchestra and I like movie soundtracks and things like that. So I have one called Screen and Stage.

SPEAKER_03 24:48

Okay.

SPEAKER_16 24:49

Because it's like from an orchestra on stage. It's like where my classical music or stuff from movies and TV shows goes and all of that. So, what are your playlists if you creatively name them? You can call or text, 800-609-1049. Producer Mike, how about you? I mean, you're the Gen Z. I imagine you've got a lot of playlists, but do you creatively name them?

SPEAKER_14 25:08

I do, yeah. My Christian rap playlist is called The Biggest Fire.

SPEAKER_03 25:13

The biggest fire. That's amazing.

SPEAKER_14 25:16

It's also 19 hours long. You could call that one Shedrack. Yeah. Throw it in there, yeah. I have like a chill upbeat pop playlist that I call Issa Vibe. Well, myself, all one word. That's ridiculous. And then you might not like the name for my 80s rock uh playlist. It's called Oldies. All right, his mic is turned off.

SPEAKER_16 25:41

Oh boy.

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SPEAKER_06 25:42

Microphone is turned off.

SPEAKER_16 25:43

Hannah, how about yours? What are your playlist names?

SPEAKER_06 25:45

They're not creative. No. There is summer 2016, summer 2017, summer 2018. Those are not creative. On and on and on. And then there's the Christian running playlist.

SPEAKER_16 25:57

So basically, it's whatever you're doing or whatever time.

SPEAKER_06 26:01

Apparently, I only make playlists in the summertime.

SPEAKER_16 26:03

Sitting in a parking lot 2026.

SPEAKER_06 26:05

Yes. That is the best of my ability. But I think the playlists are pretty good. They just aren't named fun.

SPEAKER_14 26:12

Well, you missed an opportunity. We've gotten some texts and producer Mike. Tomorrow from Marysville said, I have a playlist called Accidentally Christian.

SPEAKER_02 26:19

Oh.

SPEAKER_14 26:20

It contains mainstream music that has Christian undertones, Christian themes, or Christian stories in it.

SPEAKER_06 26:26

I love that. I want your playlist.

SPEAKER_14 26:28

I know I wink at my uh radio when those come across. See what you did there, whether you meant to or not. Jake said my playlist is called Jake's Mixed Bag of Nuts because it has a broad variety of styles. You name it. I possibly have it.

SPEAKER_06 26:42

I like that. Mine needs something like that because it's the moods change dramatically. So that was a good one.

SPEAKER_16 26:48

Denise, thanks for calling. Do you have creatively named playlists?

SPEAKER_07 26:52

I do not have a name for my playlist, but that's because I don't know how to make one. That'll do it.

SPEAKER_16 27:00

It's a completely other segment we oftentimes do called You know You're Getting Old Wynn.

SPEAKER_07 27:04

Yeah, I think I've officially hit it.

SPEAKER_16 27:10

And we can be so dense.

SPEAKER_04 27:13

Oh, yeah.

How To Listen Live And Farewell

SPEAKER_16 27:15

And I'm not just talking about Hannah and me, but I am talking about Hannah and me because we're part of the human population. People can be so dense. The example comes from the disciples, Jesus's closest friends and followers. I was reading my devotion this morning. It talked about a time when Jesus had told them he was gonna go to the cross, he was going to die, and he was going to raise again. Like this is serious, big time guys, this isn't what you think, kinds of conversations. And immediately following that, the disciples got into an argument about which one of them was the greatest.

SPEAKER_06 27:51

Yeah. He had just spelled out everything. Yeah.

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SPEAKER_16 27:54

And they're like, Yeah, well, I bet in heaven I'm gonna be at his right hand. Well, I'm gonna be at his left hand. Are you serious right now? So we can be that way, but God always has the antidote. And I put it in this journal I'm keeping for my kids. I call it Thoughts, Prayers, and Observations. This is entry 125. It's easy to wonder where you're at on the pecking order. Who's ahead of who? You're better than them, or the other way around, but it's the wrong thing to look for. In Matthew 6, verse 33, it says, Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. It's like C.S. Lewis says, put first things first, and you get second things thrown in. These are just some thoughts, prayers, and observations. 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.

SPEAKER_06 29:07

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