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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Rhode Island Teenager Turns Hobby Into Act of Kindness

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Rhode Island Teenager Turns Hobby Into Act of Kindness

We’ve all rummaged through a yard sale or thrift store and found a few items we could turn around for profit. But how often have you used that hobby for good?

This 16-year-old kid in Rhode Island has been buying up abandoned storage units after people can’t pay their bill. Then going through all the stuff to see what he could keep and sell to make money. Until recently when he had the epiphany that he should try and do something good with these units. So what he started to do was keep some of the items and then track down the original owner of the unit to give them all their stuff back. As you can imagine the people are usually shocked when he shows up.

What a great idea.

 

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why do pirates wear earrings?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why do pirates wear earrings?

Pirates do a lot of wacky things. But one staple of every pirate it seems is wearing lots of jewelry. Especially earrings.

Why is that?

A few reasons actually. First, is that back in the day lots of sailors and pirates collected trinkets from their travels which they made into earrings to show off how many places they’ve been to. Another reason is that there used to be an old belief that wearing earrings could prevent and even CURE bad eyesight. If you’re on lookout for enemies you need that good eyesight from the perch. The third reason was that some believed having earrings in prevented seasickness. And anyone that’s ever been sick at sea can agree you’ll try ANYTHING to stop that from happening.

ARRRRRR!

 

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Walking Out Of A Job

Walking Out Of A Job

40% of Americans are expected to quit their jobs in the upcoming year. The number one thing you’re supposed to do when quitting? Give two weeks notice, when didn’t you give notice and left your job hanging?!

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The Anna & Raven Show: Monday June 21st, 2021: What’s Trending; Quitting Your Job; Ridiculous House Rules

The Anna & Raven Show: Monday June 21st, 2021: What’s Trending; Quitting Your Job; Ridiculous House Rules

Anna has been having troubles with her phone and doesn’t know if it something she has done or if it’s Russian hackers. You be the judge. (0:30)
What is trending? We have everything that happened over the weekend that you may have missed that is trending and being talking about right now! (3:56)

If you forget to call THIS person on their special day, that’s all I need to know about you! (7:51)

You won’t believe just how many people have quit their job this past April, and how many more people plan on leaving their job right now! Catch up with the podcast to find out just how many and why, and some great “I quit!” stories! (11:29)

What was the best (or worst) thing to happen to you over the Father’s Day weekend!? (17:57)

Couples Court: John and Lyla’s twin sons are headed off to college in the Fall. John would like to convert their bedroom into a home office since he works from home now and has been set up in the living room for a year. Lyla says no way, it’s their childhood bedroom and it needs to stay that way so that they’ll come home for breaks and holidays. Whose side are you on? (25:04)

Raven is on a short vacation so we decided to play the times that you could beat Raven! (32:32)

It’s Amazon Prime Day, and you won’t believe how much Amazon is estimated to make today alone! Anna and her producers check out some amazing (or not so amazing) deals on some strange items… (36:31)

Did you have any ridiculous rules in your house? Anna was at a party and noticed a bucket with crayons in it. Why was there a bucket of crayons in the living room? The answer is both weird and genius all in one! Find out why in the podcast. (40:09)

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Guy Sets World Record AND Raises Money For Charity

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Guy Sets World Record AND Raises Money For Charity

Push-ups are not an easy thing to do. If you’ve ever tried you know how difficult it can be. For the past year I’ve been doing 60 a day in the morning and it’s still a struggle once I get past the 30 mark. So I can’t even imagine doing what this Dad in Wisconsin did.

His name is Nate Carroll and he recently set a world record by doing more than 1.5 MILLION push-ups for charity over the past year.  If you’re wondering, that’s an average of about 4,000 a day. WAY more than my daily 60.

Nate is doing the challenge for great cause to. Raising money for a group called the Tunnels to Towers Foundation. They are an organization that offers housing and mortgage assistance to the families of officers and firefighters who are killed in the line of duty.

Great job, Nate. I am now motivated to up my push-up game a bit.

 

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where does the term “dog days of summer” come from?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where does the term “dog days of summer” come from?

Even though it’s been feeling like summer lately, summer officially starts this Sunday at 11:32pm. In the next few months you might hear the term “dog days of summer” pretty often. But what does it actually mean?

The phrase “dog days of summer” comes from astronomy.  Sirius which is the “Dog Star”, rises in late July.  In ancient Greece, the “dog days” meant the hottest part of the year. That’s why they started calling it the “dog days of summer”.

Now when someone says that to you this year you can drop this knowledge on them.

 

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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better!

Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better!

We found a list of the thing that dads can do that mothers can’t, and Anna wants to prove that she can do everything on that list better! Who do you think did better!? Anna or Producer Jon?

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