COULD CRASH TESTS BE KELLY'S NEXT MICRO-HOBBY?

The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz

The Car Mom LLC / tentwentytwo Projects

Kids & Family, Automotive, Leisure, Parenting

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Lizz is officially in her third trimester but don't ask her if she is ready. The world has stopped until the Car Mom Auto Show and there's nothing else to talk about. Kelly is feeling the same, except when it comes to George's 7th birthday. She reveals what she got him this year and which one she thinks will be the biggest hit. Insurprisingly, Kelly is also working on a new micro-hobby: perfecting taking people a meal. Will she have it right by the time Lizz gives birth? Then it's time for a chat with one of our favorite guests, Jessica Jermakian from the IIHS. There was a lot of talk about the 2026 and all the vehicles that were suddenly no longer top safety picks. So what happened? Jessica explains why changes in the testing and requirements pushed certain cars out. Also, Kelly is on her way to visit the IIHS headquarters, and Jessica will tell her what to expect.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Carpool podcast with Kelly. I'd like to work my way up to at my school's dinner auction doing what my sister-in-law does, which is donating for her health cook meals for the month of April. I know. Now, as of today, I'm not there, wouldn't dream of it. And Liz. Someone said to Maddie the other day, like, oh, she's pregnant and then the baby's
0:21.0	going to come. And Maddie's like, no, I can only focus on the fact that she's pregnant
0:24.9	right now. Like the baby is like separate. Your mom time off starts now. Welcome back to the
0:32.6	Carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz. And we just wrapped,
0:38.1	this episode is going to be so good.
0:40.2	We just wrapped like one of my favorite interviews ever with Jessica
0:42.4	Jamaican,
0:43.5	the queen of the IHS.
0:45.8	I don't remember her title.
0:46.8	I think that's her official title is the queen.
0:51.2	Like the 2026 top safety pick list like really made some headlines.
0:56.7	Like respectfully, like it's the equivalent of me of like people's sexiest man alive.
1:04.1	Like who's on the top safety pick list?
1:05.8	And it's jarring the cars that fell off from 25.
1:09.8	It's jarring.
1:13.9	You know what we like love is we love a girl with high standards and the IHS standards are just continue to get higher and we love that. That's like
1:22.1	their whole shtick. Like every year they're like, oh, you passed. Well, now we're going to make it harder.
1:26.0	They're so funny like that. I know. They're like constantly thinking of ways that they can like make harder to pass.
1:32.6	And we love that about them. So we have that interview at the end of this episode. But before that,
1:37.8	we have a lot to catch up on. And I just want to first say, I'm in my third trimester today.
1:46.1	What?
1:50.5	Countdown is on.
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