With the prices of everything constantly rising, Anna & Raven find out what peoples’ breaking point is regarding one essential daily staple!   

Do you need some gift budget tips this holiday season? Anna & Raven dive into the most efficient way to not break the bank this year! 

Raven is back! After a long week of recovery, he is excited to return to work! Anna and Raven discuss his procedure and progress!

Anna and Raven received surprise Venmo payments – check your account, because Facebook and Amazon Prime may be dropping cash into yours too! 

Anna and her friends recently experienced a situation where she was forced to bite her tongue to avoid laughter. Anna and Raven discuss the awkward interaction and hear several more!  

If robots and AI were to take over your job and money became irrelevant, would you still feel the need to work? Anna and Raven debate whether showing up for work would be worth it, if it wasn’t completely necessary! 

Miss Universe, Fatima Bosch, has been raising controversy recently after a live mishap. Was she awarded the crown for petty reasons, in lieu of her being called out publicly a few days ago? Anna and Raven discuss what they think the reasoning is.  

Listener Mike had an amazing story and caught himself in the predicament of ‘What Would Anna and Raven Do?’. After hearing his story, Anna and Raven decide whether he would have been right! 

Couples Court: Gary and Julie are hosting their first Thanksgiving and are very excited to have the whole family at their home. Gary’s mother is allergic to cats and offered to have the home professionally cleaned before they come on Thursday and asked if they would secure the cat somewhere far away from the dining room and living areas. Julie is furious – is she trying to insinuate that her house is dirty and wants to cage their pet?  Gary says that she has a serious allergy, just lock the cat in the upstairs bathroom and let her pay for the steam cleaning. What would you do? 
After his time away, Raven is back to play!

Tom has a chance to take him down to win $3300! All he has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven! 

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Canned or homemade? Anna got her cooking assignment for her family’s Thanksgiving, and she has questions for Chef Plum.  

Food Fight Friday! Anna and Chef Plum dish out their unfiltered Thanksgiving hot takes. Nothing is sacred; everything is on the chopping block! 

Need a trip down memory lane… or not? Anna and Chef Plum discuss the gifts you wanted as a child but never got. 

Anna and Chef Plum give their two cents on unspoken Thanksgiving rules, with a just-in-time public service announcement on Holiday Do’s and Don’ts.  

Every week Anna and Raven invite a student to report the headlines in Middle Schooler News!  This week Julia joins the show, and Anna and Chef Plum find out what’s going on in the world! 

It’s Mommy’s Margarita Friday!  For all you do, and all you put up with this week, you earned yourself a reward!  What did you do for your Mommy Margarita? 

Happy “Wicked: For Good” day! The Office Squad sings their renditions of “Popular” and “Defying Gravity” in honor of release day! 

Tim and Zoey are going to visit their daughter at college, and she has a fake ID and is only 19. Dad thinks it’ll be fun to go out with her to the bars. Get the full college experience. Mom says no way, what if they get in trouble? It sends the wrong message; he says there’s no “wrong message”. All the kids go out and it’s not a secret that she has a fake ID, just go out and have fun. They’ll Uber, what’s the difference? What do you think? 

Nicole has a chance to win a Target gift card just in time for the holidays!  She will team up with Chef Plum in a lightning round of holiday-themed Q&A! 

From shocking textures to strange flavors, Anna and Plum hear listeners wildest cuisines listeners have dared to try this time!

Anna thought it was normal that her family had tortellini soup every Thanksgiving, until she found out that it isn’t traditional. She and Chef Plum hear all about other unique dishes from other families.

With the biggest cooking week of the year coming up, Anna and Chef Plum answer questions about how to prepare for the best holiday ever.

Will mom-guilt keep Christmas cards in business? Maybe for Annas family. Is there a controversy about reciprocal card sending?

Annas daughter recently received a fun but ptoentioanlly ddangerous toy for her birthday. Anna and Chef Plum discuss the most dangerous toys from their own childhoods!

Everyone knows not to talk about politics around the Thanksgiving table. Anna and Chef Plum try to eliminate more touchy subjects.

For everyone feeling adventurous, Anna asks Chef Plum what the best, safest way to fry a turkey this season is!

Couples Court: Denise and Steve are pregnant with their first baby and don’t live near much family. She’s almost 37 weeks. His boss just informed him that he needs to do a quick three-day trip to Chicago for work to meet with a client and he said yes. She is furious. He says that she’s not due for three weeks, babies rarely come early. And it’s only three days! She’ll be fine and he’s not going to miss the birth. Is he wrong to go?

Jeanine has a chance to win a Target gift card right in time for the holidays! All she has to do is win a round of Thanksgiving-themed Heads Up with Anna and Chef Plum.

Chex Mix has announced a vote to eliminate one item from their party packs. Anna and Chef Plum discussed the options and came to an agreement! 

Martha Stewart explained what she thought was the perfect time to serve Thanksgiving dinner. Anna and Chef Plum can’t decide if it’s too early or too late.  

Khloe Kardashian recently hosted an adult slumber party with her sister Kim and Britney Spears. Who would be your celebrity sleepover guest? Anna and Chef Plum have thoughts. 

From shocking textures to strange flavors, Anna and Plum hear all about the wildest cuisines listeners have dared to try! 

For yet another consecutive year, holiday travel is expected to be greater than ever before. How far are you going and how long are you willing to wait in traffic?  

KFC just launched their three new Thanksgiving gravies, and everyone’s losing it. Is a bucket of fried chicken the new homemade roasted turkey, and is Anna willing to follow Chef Plums homemade gravy recipe? 

Miss Piggy is finally getting her own movie, and Anna and Chef Plum hear suggestions about other characters getting their own spin-offs, including Mr. Krabs, Robin, and Oscar the Grouch. 

Couples Court: Margaret and Will’s teenage son sideswiped a guardrail when he swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel. He works part time for their family business, and now Dad wants to dock his pay until he covers the deductible and the cost of the premium going up. Mom says it was an honest accident and that’s why they have insurance; he was apologetic about it and that should be enough. Making him work for free isn’t fair. Dad says it’s a learning lesson on how sometimes life just isn’t fair and you need to deal with unplanned expenses. What do you think?  Listen at 7:10 and you be the judge! 

Gail has a chance to win a Target gift card just in time for the holidays! All she has to do is win a holiday-themed round of Heads Up with Anna and Chef Plum! 

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