The Anna and Raven Show

Binge watching is actually good for your brain and Anna and Raven talk about what they consider binge watching! If your kids are already over their school lunches, Chef Plum joins Anna and Raven to share the best lunches to make it less of a chore! He has the best tips to make the process more fun and give them food they will love! Americans say they would dig through some super inconvenient places to get their cell phone if they dropped it there. Where people have dropped their phones and how they got it back! It’s the return of Fired Friday! Call in and tell us what happened at your job, then Anna & Raven will guess whether you kept your job or not. Caiden has a chance to win a gift card for back-to-school shopping during Kid’s Beat Raven! Instead of pop culture trivia, this is a game around topics kids would know! Every week Anna and Raven invite a middle school student to participate in Middle Schooler News! They report the headline news and Anna and Raven comment on it! This week Houston joins the show! Anna says for all you do, and all you put up with this week, you've earned yourself a drink. What did you do to earn your Mommy Margarita? The NFL season is back! Anna and Raven speak to Freelance Sideline Reporter Morgan Bedard to talk about all things football as the season begins! Patricia is a nurse and has a regular, early, wake up call. But instead of setting one alarm for 4:30am, she sets an alarm for every ten minutes starting at 3:50am so she can “ease” into waking up. Her husband, Steve, says it’s obnoxious because the first one wakes him up, and the second one, and the third- and it’s ruining his sleep. She has told him maybe he should sleep in the guest room on her work nights (four nights a week) and he thinks it’s ridiculous. Set one alarm, wake up, and go! What do you think? Tatiana has a chance to win $5400! All she has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven! If your kids are already over their school lunches, Chef Plum joins Anna and Raven to share the best lunches to make it less of a chore! He has the best tips to make the process more fun and give them food they will love! Americans say they would dig through some super inconvenient places to get their cell phone if they dropped it there. Where people have dropped their phones and how they got it back! It’s the return of Fired Friday! Call in and tell us what happened at your job, then Anna & Raven will guess whether you kept your job or not. Caiden has a chance to win a gift card for back-to-school shopping during Kid’s Beat Raven! Instead of pop culture trivia, this is a game around topics kids would know! Every week Anna and Raven invite a middle school student to participate in Middle Schooler News! They report the headline news and Anna and Raven comment on it! This week Houston joins the show! Anna says for all you do, and all you put up with this week, you've earned yourself a drink. What did you do to earn your Mommy Margarita? The NFL season is back! Anna and Raven speak to Freelance Sideline Reporter Morgan Bedard to talk about all things football as the season begins! Patricia is a nurse and has a regular, early, wake up call. But instead of setting one alarm for 4:30am, she sets an alarm for every ten minutes starting at 3:50am so she can “ease” into waking up. Her husband, Steve, says it’s obnoxious because the first one wakes him up, and the second one, and the third- and it’s ruining his sleep. She has told him maybe he should sleep in the guest room on her work nights (four nights a week) and he thinks it’s ridiculous. Set one alarm, wake up, and go! What do you think? Tatiana has a chance to win $5400! All she has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

The NFL season is back! Anna and Raven speak to Freelance Sideline Reporter Morgan Bedard to talk about all things football as the season begins! Photo Credit: Morgan Bedard

Every week Anna and Raven invite a middle school student to participate in Middle Schooler News! They report the headline news and Anna and Raven comment on it! This week Houston joins the show!

There is a list of the top natural disasters that most Americans are afraid of! Anna realizes she doesn’t have a plan if there was a natural disaster, but Raven is prepared! Anna got a $2 bill in the mail and asked Producer Julie to find out if it’s real! Then, Raven and Producer Julie compete for the $2! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including a Powerball jackpot update, and how Taylor Swift may be performing at the Super Bowl! Raven’s not a fan of the seasonal drink that seems to take over the world every September! But why does he despise pumpkin spice so much! Today is the kickoff to the NFL and Anna has some football related questions! Smelling Salts are banned from the NFL but they are not banned from The Anna and Raven Show. Anna, Raven, and Producer Julie try them! Anna lists three news stories that seem almost out of this world, and Raven can only pick and hear about one! Emilie has a chance to win a gift card for back-to-school shopping during Kid’s Beat Raven! Instead of pop culture trivia, this is a game around topics kids would know! Anna’s husband was left in charge of showing their six-year-old daughter, Dakota, Ghostbusters. She’s been begging to watch it. He showed her the LAST film that came out last year, not the original and Anna was flabbergasted. He thinks it doesn’t matter, do you think it matters? Ashley and Jim have been dating for about a year and she is finally traveling to Florida with him to meet his parents. He has just notified her that his parents are very religious and old school and don’t approve of tattoos. He would like it if for the first time they meet, that she wears long sleeves to cover her arms that are covered in tattoos. She thinks that this is ridiculous, eventually, one day they’ll see them, and it’s Florida! It’s hot! He thinks for the sake of first impressions, this will be the best route. Ryan has a chance to win $5300! All he has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

Everyone has trackers in everything, wallets, purses, etc. But one couple’s wedding was saved because of a tracking device! There’s a video circulating with President Trump throwing stuff out of the window of the White House! He explains how it’s impossible because the windows don’t open! Anna and Raven talk about what they would throw out the window! A little boy got stuck on the monorail track at Hershey Park and Dad jumped to the track to save him! There are so many videos of it and Anna and Raven talk about how people take out their phones to record when something out of the ordinary happens! Cracker Barrel has reversed their decision to change their logo after backlash! Anna and Raven have things in their home that are considered old fashioned too! Ryan has a chance to win a gift card for back-to-school shopping during Kid’s Beat Raven! Instead of pop culture trivia, this is a game around topics kids would know! Cardi B was sued for $24 million and won! Find out why she was sued and get all the details!  As a restaurant, when you get a one-star review at a hotel, it can hurt. But Anna and Raven have kids read the one-star reviews to make it sound a little nicer! Robert has a photography business and uses his own home as a studio. His wife, Lina, is over it. She’s tired of getting texts saying “Come home later, client still here”, plus he’ll use their kitchen, yard, even bedroom. She says it’s time for him to rent space somewhere outside their home. He says that’ll cut massively into his profits, plus, he’s not always so busy so it’ll be a waste of money at certain times during the year. Would you continue to use your home as a studio? Salina has a chance to win $5200! All she has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

It’s September and the new iPhone has a way to screen calls! Anna had an incident with spam caller where she wanted to call back because she felt bad! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including “The Rock’s” new film, and gel nail polish is now banned in Europe! Longer thumbs mean that you have a bigger brain! Anna, Raven and Producer Julie measure their thumbs to see who has the longest thumb and is the smartest! Less people are reading books than in the past but don’t count Raven in that stat! He reads everyone an expert from book he is currently reading! A few months ago, we had a psychic predict Anna and Raven’s summer and Producer Julie opens the letter on air to see what she predicted! Grayson has a chance to win a gift card for back-to-school shopping during Kid’s Beat Raven! Instead of pop culture trivia, this is a game around topics kids would know! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including why you need to change your Gmail password, the Powerball jackpot is breaking records! As the summer comes to a close, Anna and Raven want to know what you learned over the summer that you can’t wait to tell your classmates (or coworkers)!  Conner has taken it upon himself to be the parking lot police at their local shopping center. Twice in the last month, his car was dented by a car parked too close to his vehicle. Now, he’s called the police three times when people were parked too close to the lines/on the lines/over the lines and started leaving notes on people’s cars that they park terribly. His wife, Mary, thinks this is embarrassing. They live in a small town, people are going to recognize him, and they have three kids in the schools. He needs to get over it and stop doing this. Walter and Hunter have a chance to win $5100! All they have to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

Princess Diana’s time capsule from the 90s was found, and it was the most random item to represent the times! Anna and Raven pick what they would put in their 90s-time capsule! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including the drama at the U.S. Open! Anna and Raven talked about how they both had Thai food and it was crazy hot! Raven quizzes Anna about spice and for every question she gets wrong, she has to eat a Shishito Pepper! Anna’s school lunch update! Anna asked ChatGPT to come up with new menus all week and today she tried a new one to see if her 6-year-old will eat healthier food! Find out what her favorite food was this week! Anna lists three news stories that seem almost out of this world, and Raven can only pick and hear about one! Every week Anna and Raven invite a middle school student to participate in Middle Schooler News! They report the headline news and Anna and Raven comment on it! This week Sara joins the show! Anna says for all you do, and all you put up with this week, you've earned yourself a drink. What did you do to earn your Mommy Margarita? Donovan bought his girlfriend, Britney, a cat for her birthday because she’s such a huge Taylor Swift fan and thought it would be a personal and fun gift. She does not agree and has no interest in having any pets. She’s in medical school, constantly working, and adding a pet to her routine is not something that she ever wanted. He thinks it’s too late now; he got the cat, she wants him to return it to the organization where he got it. They don’t live together yet, but he also can’t bring a cat back to his rental because of their no pet policy. What would you do? He wants her to keep it so when they do move in, it can be their shared cat. Bruna and Mark have a chance to win $5000! All they have to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

Every week Anna and Raven invite a middle school student to participate in Middle Schooler News! They report the headline news and Anna and Raven comment on it! This week Sara joins the show!

SNL cast member Emil Wakim was fired from SNL after the first season at Six Flags! Raven found out he was fired from another job while on vacation and Anna’s husband was fired the day after they found out something life changing! What will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce serve at their wedding? Chef Plum joins Anna and Raven and he has the menu! Find Chef Plum on his podcast @PlumLuvFoods! Anna and her daughter saw an old couple giving them a good representation of why PDA shouldn’t be a thing! Anna and Raven go through the list of where PDA shouldn’t happen! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including the annual LA Tomatina festival and UGG has to change their name! There are two types of people with the whole Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engagement: those who don’t really care and those who are SO EXCITED! Anna and Raven speak to Swiftie Brooke Fitzsimmons!  Anna’s school lunch update! Anna asked CHATGPT to come up with new menus all week and today she tried a new one to see if her 6-year-old will eat healthier food! She almost fooled Anna that she liked this food! Anna and Raven ask Lisa Antonecchia, Owner, Lead Designer, and Planner of Creative Concepts by Lisa, LLC, how she would plan and design Taylor Swift’s wedding! You can find her at https://creativeconceptsbylisact.com/ ! There was a lot of news that you may have missed because of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement! Anna and Raven get you caught up! Sourdough has a cult-like following now! Anna and Raven talk to Anna’s friend on how to start your sourdough journey! Making friends can be hard!! Anna’s six-year-old has advice on how to make friends! It might not be as hard as you thought! Megan and Mark asked their friends to come over for an “End of Summer” party last weekend and made it clear that they wanted a “no cell phone party”. But one of his buddies and his wife were constantly on their phones and posting pics on their Insta story. She told them to stop and reminded them that this was all part of being a no cell party, but they laughed it off. She then asked them to leave. Her husband says it was too far. You can’t kick people out of your house because they have their cell phone out, she says they shouldn’t have come if they weren’t going to follow the rules on the invite. What do you think? Juliana and Dana have a chance to win $4900! All they to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

Anna and Raven ask Lisa Antonecchia, Owner, Lead Designer, and Planner of Creative Concepts by Lisa, LLC, how she would plan and design Taylor Swift’s wedding! You can find her at https://creativeconceptsbylisact.com/ ! Photo Credit: Lisa Antonecchia

Summer is almost officially over! Anna and Raven talk about their Labor Day plans and Triple AAA has a list for the best times to travel! Anna found out Taylor Swift is engaged but it wasn’t the only news that was all over Anna’s phone! There was a lot going on at once! Anna and Raven talk about how Travis Kelce’s father is the one who is explaining all of details of the proposal! But there was one person that no one expected to wish them “a lot of luck.” Kylie Kelce said that there is one sport that she doesn’t want her children to participate in because of the chlorine! But what’s the hardest sport or activity to have your kids a part of? Anna is back with more school lunches! She is trying to make her 6-year-olds lunch heathier by using ChatGPT to help design the menus! Travis Kelce’s father Ed told the news all about the engagement! The info he provided helped Swifties figure out when they really got engaged! Find out who overshares in Anna and Raven’s families! With all the Taylor Swift buzz, many businesses and classes are canceling work! One company called it “Yay Day” and sent everyone home for the day! Anna’s daughter thinks that buying Taylor Swift merch will help her pay for the wedding! Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez are engaged at the same time! But should friends get permission for their wedding details if they’re engaged at the same time? There was one piece of advice that Ed Kelce and Scott Swift both gave to Travis before he proposed! Anna is glad Travis didn’t follow that advice! Heir and Larry’s daughter is getting married next month, and he doesn’t want to wear a tux. He’s never worn a tux in his life, he happily lives the “sweatpants life” especially since he’s a chef. He told his daughter that he planned to wear a pink sweat suit to walk her down the aisle, and she laughed and said that would be fine. Mom is not fine with it and thinks he’s making a mockery of their only daughter’s wedding. It’s a formal affair and despite what she says, it’ll look disrespectful to the groom’s side if he doesn’t wear a tux like everyone else.  Anthony has a chance to win $4800! All he has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

Anna said she wasn’t going to be one of those parents with the first day of school posts of her kids, but she was! Anna and Raven talk about how these posts evolved! When you’re in an airport, would you watch someone else’s stuff? This person said no, which is exactly what you are supposed to do! But find out what Anna and Raven would do! Anna’s daughter Hayden just took the SAT for the first time and Anna asks her how it went and what advice she would give people taking the exam! To see how hard it was Anna, Raven, Producer Julie, and Producer Justin take the SAT! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including the professional softball pitcher, Odicci Alexander-Bennett, who played an entire softball season while pregnant! Anna is back to making school lunches for her 6-year-old daughter and this year she is hellbent on making lunches healthy. Anna asked ChatGPT to create a new menu and she is going to test if these work! A travel agent for the super wealthy goes viral for their ridiculous requests which leads to the bigger question, what was the worst thing that happened on your vacation or the worst vacation you took?! As we head into the holiday weekend, there is a notice to beware of the creeps out there! Anna and Raven talk about how to deal with it and how to spot a creep! The U.S. Open is in full swing and after losing a match, a Russian player, Daniil Medvedev, smashed his racket! Raven tries to smash a tennis racket, and we learn it’s harder than you might think! Hailey recently dyed her hair platinum blonde, and her husband Brett hates it. Brett thinks it looks tacky and trashy; he wants her usual brown hair back. He thinks it’s also a dumb move since she has a great job at a very conservative company, why would she do this? She says she loves it, it’s trendy, and he doesn’t have a say in her hair. Does he? Paige has a chance to win $4700! All she has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

What is “Shrekking” and why are people doing it when it comes to dating? Anna and Raven talk about if it’s right to purposefully date someone who is less attractive than you! The Powerball jackpot is at a record breaking amount of money, but only 45 of the 50 US states participate in the Powerball! Anna and Raven talk about why and what Americans do with the money and how it’s different compared to other countries! Airlines are facing hefty lawsuits from upset customers because they are booking a window seat but not having a window! Anna only books seats on one side of the plane! Millie Bobby Brown, 21, and her husband, Jake Bongiovi, 23, announced that they adopted their first daughter! Anna was a younger mom and an older mom with a big difference between her two daughters! Speaking of being a young mom, how about getting married so young too! Raven’s wedding company just booked a wedding with a couple of 21-year-olds! Is that too young to get married? Anna and Raven speak to Daniel Loria, the author and editor at Boxoffice Pro about what the movie theaters are doing to stay current! You may not have even noticed some of these changes. You can find Daniel and more at https://www.boxofficepro.com/ ! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including Cracker Barrel’s new logo and the study that shows why men are the reason for the decreased birth rate! It’s the worst when your child breaks something in public, one mother had to pay for a whole table! Anna and Raven give you the floor to vent about what your child broke and what happened! Diana’s mother recently passed away and her 17-year-old daughter was very close with her grandmother. She has sketched an image and wants to get it tattooed but she needs one of her parents to sign for her to get it. Dad (Richard) says no way. She just turned 17, she’s too young, she needs to wait to get a tattoo. Diana disagrees, it’s meaningful, she wants it, just let her get it.  Kim and Rick have a chance to win $4600! All they have to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

Anna and Raven speak to Daniel Loria, the author and editor at Boxoffice Pro about what the movie theaters are doing to stay current! You may not have even noticed some of these changes. You can find Daniel and more at https://www.boxofficepro.com/ ! Photo Credit: Getty Images

Anna and Raven talk about how the NFL season is about to kick off and there are lots of new foods coming to the stadiums! Ever eat pork belly bowl at the stadium? If you were wondering if TikTok was ending, the White House is now on TikTok! The Anna and Raven Show has now had three TikTok accounts (two got hacked) and they ask Producer Julie how their current TikTok account is doing and it’s not good! The internet comments are criticizing the handwriting of an inmate! Anna and Raven talk about if penmanship and cursive should still be a focus in schools! Plus, vote who has the best handwriting on Instagram @AnnaAndRaven! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including Lil Nas X walking around the street in his underwear, but is there a deeper meaning behind it? Leggings used to be the thing to wear, but Gen Z says that they are cringe, Producer Julie goes around the Office Squad to see what they say! Jason Kelce said that normal people don’t wash their feet or calves in the shower, Anna has been saying this FOR YEARS. Five calls says it all, do you? Anna says for all you do, and all you put up with this week, you've earned yourself a drink. What did you do to earn your Mommy Margarita? Andrew and Megan have twins that are turning Sweet 16 in a few months. They have come forward and said that they each want their own party. Two different venues, different weekends, different friends, same family. Mom says this is ridiculous, they’ve had the same party every year their entire lives. It’ll be ridiculously expensive to have two parties and how are they going to have their family come twice? Dad says that it’s probably their last big party, if they want to do a separate party, let them do it. She says you’re talking thousands of dollars between catering and rental venue! Lucinda has a chance to win $4500! All she has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

There are 33 states in the US that banned cell phones in schools. Anna and Raven talk about the one teacher who is going viral for his report on the positive response from students!  Back to school means back to school shopping! Anna and Raven speak to Katherine Cullen, Vice President of Industry and Consumer Insights at the National Retail Federation! Anna and Raven’s boss says that bees get very aggressive in September! One handsome celebrity confirmed it and has his own advice to avoid them and it’s probably better advice then the internet! Anna lists three news stories that seem almost out of this world, and Raven can only pick and hear about one! Kelly Clarkson made a comment about how annoying it is that schools have every event during the workday and Anna agrees! Time to vent: what is the most annoying thing your child’s school does! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including money in a potato chip bag? Drake Solomon, a former NBA mascot, is suing because he was terminated because of hip surgery! Producer Julie’s Uncle, Rob Hooper, was the mascot for Seton Hall University’s Basketball team so Anna and Raven ask Rob what it was like! Lots of high school seniors are about to leave for college! The big question is whether to break up with their high school relationships! Anna and Producer Julie both had boyfriends going into college, find out what their advice is! Bobby’s brother is coming to visit for ten days. He wants to offer his brother to stay with them for the time he is coming to visit. His wife, Gwen, says no way! She loves his brother, but he has an issue with staying out late and partying too hard. They both get up early for work, and she doesn’t want to deal with his brother coming in late when they need to be sleeping. She thinks they should tell him to just stay in a hotel for ten days. Diane and Katelyn have a chance to win $4400! All they have to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

Drake Solomon, a former NBA mascot, is suing after being terminated because of hip surgery! Producer Julie’s Uncle, Rob Hooper, was the mascot for Seton Hall University’s Basketball team so Anna and Raven ask Rob what it was like! Photo Credit: Rob Hooper

Back to school means back to school shopping! Anna and Raven speak to Katherine Cullen, Vice President of Industry and Consumer Insights at the National Retail Federation! Photo Credit: National Retail Federation

Almost half of American’s have lied about their age! Anna had an incident where her friend lied about her age for years and Raven wonders why! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including Kendall Jenner’s Tequila Company’s Free The Nip campaign! It’s National Radio Day! Anna gives the history of how radio broadcasting began but she and Raven talk about why radio hosts and DJs have fake names! Anna’s going to change her name! The Netflix Documentary about ‘The Biggest Loser’ and while Jillian Michaels is excluded from the film, she is planning to sue!  Anna and Raven talk about the crazy diets that are out there and how nuts they are! You may have heard of RushTok, Bama Rush, or Kylan Darnell! Kylan has become the face of The University of Alabama’s sorority recruitment! Anna explains who she is and why she has become so famous through RushTok! Anna calls a few of her sorority sisters to talk about their time together in the Panhellenic community! Yesterday Anna challenged Raven to buy tampons, but he had to record the whole thing, and he couldn’t use self-checkout! Find out how it went! There is a viral video of a first-grade teacher teaching her students where others should not touch! Anna made her own song for all the moms out there! John and Sara’s daughter keeps talking about how she is going to rush and wants to join a sorority. Mom doesn’t understand why and wants to threaten to pull funding if she does. She should be focused on her studies as a freshman and not on a sorority, she doesn’t need to buy her friends. Dad says that this is one of the decisions she must make on her own and who knows? Maybe it’ll be a great thing for her, just because they were not into Greek life when they were in school doesn’t mean she won’t be. Steve has a chance to win $4300! All he has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!

Is the 5 Second Rule real? Find out what the experts say, but first Anna and Raven decide which food they would eat if it fell on the floor!  Anna recently got the back-to-school “family form” from her daughter’s new teacher to fill out information about her daughter, so she and Raven fill out the form about each other! There is a couple that has gone viral for how they discipline their children, but are push ups really that effective in public? A study found four things “make you an adult”, but what accomplishment do you think solidified your role as a full grown up? Producer Julie asks the Office Squad what they think those things are! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including how everyone is Job Hugging and the highest paying jobs in America! Last week we had a Chicken Call Competition to celebrate the Iowa State Fair and there are a ton of different types of calling competitions! Anna and Raven try it out! Anna’s daughter could win the Mom Calling contest! Anna reads the college advice she wrote for her sister when she went to college and Producer Julie decides if her advice is still relevant! Anna saw a man walking out of the Walmart parking lot with his arms full of one item and it is a big tell-tale that he is a good man! Anna wants to see if Raven would do this, but he can’t use self-checkout! Are you up to date on this week’s biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including some of the more tangible jobs if you want to make a career change! Seth and Jen’s home is positioned on a main road and is the corner house. There is a very busy bus stop at the corner that gets traffic from school buses four times a day. (2x in the morning, 2x in the afternoon) The kids are constantly leaving trash on their yard, walking on their grass, yelling and hanging out outside. He works from home, and his office oversees all of it. He reached out to the bus company twice last year, complained to the town, and nothing changed. Before the school starts in their district this year, he wants to file a lawsuit with the town to change the stop. Jen thinks he’s going overboard. There’s no need to get a lawyer involved. What would you do? Angie and Drew have a chance to win $4200! All they have to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can’t Beat Raven!