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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Army & Navy
Recipe: Liquour.com
2 ounces London dry gin
1 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce orgeat
1 dash Angostura bitters
Grapefruit twist
Instructions: Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into chilled coupe glass. Garnish with grapefruit twist.
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How Matt and Abby Went From Broke College Kids to “Unplanned” Influencers
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Matt and Abby from The Unplanned Podcast join Rachel and George to reminisce on early married life working the Ramsey plan, dancing through their pandemic TikTok success and so much more.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Moscow Mule Mocktail
Recipe: Mallory the Dietician
1/2 cup light ginger beer
1/4 cup sparkling water or soda water
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon fresh mint, muddled
Ice cubes
Instructions: Pour the ginger beer, squeeze of lime juice, and sparkling water or soda water in a glass over ice and give it a good stir. Garnish with a slice of lime and fresh mint and enjoy!
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Pros and Cons of Shopping in 2005 (Should We Go Back?)
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Claire’s, Sbarro, Great American Cookies—can we go back to ’90s mall culture? In today’s episode, George and Rachel are taking a nostalgic trip down memory lane to weigh the pros and cons of shopping in 2005 vs. 2025.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Enzoni
Recipe: @deadendwest
1 ounce gin
1 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce simple syrup
3/4 ounce lemon juice
5 grapes
Instructions: Add ingredients to a shaking tin. Muddle grapes. Add ice and shake. Fine strain into rocks glass of ice. Garnish with a grape.
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Are These Common Money Habits Broke, Average or Wealthy?
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When you think you’re slaying the personal finance game by following the latest money trend . . . but you’re really just taking one step forward and two steps back—no more! Today, George and Rachel are explaining why these common financial habits will make you broke, average or wealthy.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍋🟩 Cucumber Lime Mocktail
Recipe: Vibrant Plate
· 1 large cucumber
· 1 cup of water
· 2 limes
· 3 tablespoons mint leaves
· 2 tablespoons maple syrup
· Pinch of salt
· 1 cup carbonated mineral water
· 2 cups of ice cubes (or more as needed)
Instructions: Peel and dice one large cucumber, then add to a high-speed blender. To the blender, add one cup of water, the juice of two limes, three tablespoons of mint leaves, two tablespoons of maple syrup, and a pinch of salt. Blend until smooth. Strain the cucumber juice through a fine strainer or cheesecloth into a jar. To the jar, add one cup carbonated mineral water and two cups of ice cubes (you can add more ice cubes if you like). Serve in glasses with ice cubes. For decoration, you can add some cucumber slices, a lime wedge and some more mint.
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Date Nights from $0 to $10,000? We’ve Got You Covered!
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Is it actually possible to plan a quality date night at any budget level? In this episode, you’re going to find out! George and Rachel are looking at real-life, real-budget scenarios and creating fun date nights on the spot.
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Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 Ragg’s Rye-Tai
Recipe: Gastrohub
· 3/4 ounce lemon juice
· 3/4 ounce pineapple juice
· 1/2 ounce orgeat
· 1/2 ounce amaretto
· 2 ounces Elijah Craig rye whiskey
Instructions: Add all ingredients to a tin, and whip shake. Pour drink into glass, then add a GENEROUS amount of crushed/pebble ice until it’s pouring over. Add a couple dashes of angostura bitters to the top of the ice mountain. Garnish with some clean pineapple leaves and a pineapple chunk and cheers!
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