Calm Down with Erin and Charissa
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Calm Down With Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson is all about the conversations you would have with your friends when you think others aren't listening. It's like a text chain put into a podcast. This is the place where Erin and Charissa get real, and no subject is off limits. It’s a “pull back the curtain” look into their lives, while they also ask questions about everyone else’s. Get ready for unfiltered conversations between two girlfriends about life, gossip, sports, and pretty much every random topic that needs to be dissected. Get ready to Calm Down with Erin and Charissa.
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Jul 31, 2025 • 38min
Episode 346: Deion Sanders Health Update & Getting Tom Brady’s Haircut
The Big Show has arrived! Erin and Charissa send their well wishes and support to “Coach Prime” Deion Sanders after he announced his recovery from bladder cancer and echo the importance of early detection. Erin’s husband Jarret makes a surprise appearance to explain why he went with the “Tom Brady haircut” and Charissa shares some AI photos of Steve, hoping to encourage him to grow his hair out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 29, 2025 • 26min
Episode 345: Pregame - Taylor's Version
Erin and Charissa are ready to Pregame and answer your questions! They tell you how to handle messy roommates and those people who like to invite themselves onto trips. Oh yeah, they also talk about "that picture". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 24, 2025 • 38min
Episode 344: Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’
Erin and Charissa catch up on Erin’s quest toward pickleball greatness and why she keeps saying that she is sorry and fighting with the instructor. They also want to go on a cruise together badly and Charissa has an experience in a bookstore that makes her reminisce on the “old” adage, “life isn’t fair”. All this and more, plus new Headlines on this episode of the Calm Down podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 21, 2025 • 19min
Episode 343: Pregame - Elastic Jeans and Weird Childhood Choices
On this Pregame edition of the Calm Down podcast, Erin and Charissa talk about how to break up with a longtime friend, revisit childhood memories from last episode, discuss personal and professional do-overs and giving ultimatums in relationships. Also, what song was playing when Charissa danced with Mick Jagger and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 17, 2025 • 39min
Episode 342: Pickleball, Banning the Word “Obsessed” & Starting Therapy
This episode of Calm Down with Erin and Charissa wastes no time because Erin is starting pickleball and Charissa has some issues with what she’s been noticing on social media recently. They also dive deep on starting therapy again, why the beginning is always the hardest but why it’s so important to do it anyway. Striving for toned legs, banning the word “obsessed” and childhood stories about going to class with your underwear around your ankles… this week has it all!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 15, 2025 • 18min
Episode 341: Pregame - Grabbing Life by the Balls
No messing around when Erin and Charissa drop a new episode of the Pregame answering some of your questions. They tell you what they are most looking forward to with the upcoming football season, how to handle “mean girls” and why you need to step up and go for it when you’re asking that woman out on a date! You also don’t want to miss “Anonymous Follow Up” and what happens when two best friends become roommates.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 10, 2025 • 39min
Episode 340: When The Boys Aren’t Around
The Big Show edition of Calm Down with Erin and Charissa has arrived recapping the 4th of July weekend! The ladies reminisce on their holiday weekend together and why it might be time to stop using the f-word so casually. Charissa admits she refuses to make the bed when Steve is out of town while Erin explains why she needs to start prioritizing sleep. They also try to figure out why everyone is talking about “Utah curls”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 9, 2025 • 15min
Episode 339: Pregame - Using AI to Flirt
Erin and Charissa are staying out of trouble to bring you a new episode of the Pregame! They answer your questions including: Hobbies to engage in so that motherhood and work aren’t my entire identity? I think a guy I like is using AI to text me?! Thoughts on this? Red flag? What are the keys to a good marriage proposal / what not to do?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 3, 2025 • 49min
Episode 338: Moves Like Jagger
BIG things are happening on this BIG Show edition of Calm Down with Erin and Charissa. London, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Lake Cuomo… These ladies have been traveling the world, and they have stories to tell! Buckle up for good times, lots of laughs and how Charissa found herself dancing with a rock and roll legend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 2, 2025 • 22min
Episode 337: Pregame - The Band's Back Together
Erin and Charissa are back, baby! And on this Pregame edition of the Calm Down podcast, they talk about how to be a good host for the 4th of July, how to deal with a misbehaving child on a plane, a 95-year-old mom with a rude boyfriend (!), a listener's plea for Charissa and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
