Calm Down with Erin and Charissa

Calm Down with Erin and Charissa

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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August 4, 2025 25 mins

It’s the “Pregame” of Calm Down where you ask the questions and Erin and Charissa provide the answers! They share what they plan to improve before the upcoming football season as well as the favorite hair treatments to keep everything healthy and fresh. They also take a trip down memory lane reminiscing about break up CDs and getting your parents to lie for you.

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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 o...

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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". 

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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.

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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! 

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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?

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July 3, 2025 49 mins

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.

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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! 

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Erin and Charissa talk to Jane Wakely, Executive Vice President, Chief Consumer and Marketing Officer and Chief Growth Officer of International Foods at PepsiCo live onstage from Cannes. 

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Erin and Charissa talk to Ed Pilkington, Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer at Diageo live onstage from Cannes. 

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June 19, 2025 29 mins

Erin and Charissa refuse to Calm Down bringing you a new episode from Cannes! They (over)share on their recent travel struggles and why Charissa says it’s officially time to give up on AirPods. Erin worries that she’s sweating through her dress, but thinks back to her time on the sidelines in Tampa Bay. They praise Taylor Swift for her latest trip to a children’s hospital and why they need to come up with a secret...

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June 12, 2025 31 mins

Erin and Charissa are still on the road as summer approaches! While trying to stay off social media, Charissa has fallen hard back into watching people make food and "get ready with me" videos, exclusively! Erin is having a hard time to adapting to life in England as she tries to find her travel swag. She also talks about her celeb siting on the flight over. Charissa shares an update on her driver's license photo situation form sev...

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Erin and Charissa are on fire in this Pregame edition of the Calm Down podcast, giving hard advice to those in need. They talk about Father’s Day gifts, advice for making career changes, what to do if you love your partner, but hate their friends and how to be a roommate with your best friend.

 

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June 5, 2025 31 mins

Erin and Charissa connect for the first time in weeks, and they can hardly contain themselves! Erin talks about the challenges of working overseas while exposing the locals to PB&Js. Charissa shares tales from the bachelorette trip she attended spanning the globe and having an absolute blast. They also discuss the latest Taylor Swift news and the powerful message about a woman fighting for what’s hers.

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Erin AND Charissa are back together again bringing you an all-new Pregame answering questions that including:

  • First reaction to seeing yourself on TV
  • Dating your ex’s twin
  • Dealing with a neighbor who’s feeding raccoons

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May 29, 2025 35 mins

On this episode of the Calm Down podcast, Charissa is still on the road and Erin is once again joined by Ryan. Erin talks about her upcoming hosting gig on the game show, 99 to Beat. Ryan makes a huge mistake. He also catches himself pulling an Erin on a flight, and they talk about why you may want to protect your eyes and cover your drink in the airport lounge.

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While Charissa is away, producer Ryan Musick joins Erin for this week’s episode of the Calm Down podcast. They answer your questions, give you their in-car essentials and share their differing views about long distance relationships. Then Erin can’t hold it in any longer as she shares some devastating news.

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