Episode 383: Pregame - The Importance of Earning the Ability to Pop Off
Calm Down with Erin and Charissa
iHeartPodcasts
5.0 • 11 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Fresh off week 16 on this Pregame edition of the Calm Down podcast, Erin and Charissa unpack the emotions they are feeling as we enter the finale of the NFL season.
With so many possible options of how the story can end, the NFC championship game outfit options are already being heavily contemplated. The talk about how it is important to earn the ability to pop off when are are in a male-dominated industry.
Also hear them talk about the importance of paying attention to the action when on the sidelines and how to stay positive while trying to balance a job with finding a partner, and learn which cocktails they would cut, bench and start.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:21.6 | If anyone starts popping off, go right back at them. It takes a minute to be able to pop off, though. You got to earn it. Yeah, don't come in hot. Mm-hmm. Here's what I would say. It's an uphill battle, but you kind of have to get off on it. Like, I love that I'm always trying to prove myself. Calm down with Aaron and Carissa is a production of IHeart Radio. It's the holidays. Things are going great. How's this |
| 0:33.8 | lipstick? Because I'm in my pajamas. I was like, oh, we have our podcast. So let me put on lipstick because that's going to make up for this. Hi, everybody. Welcome to the pregame. Her hair looks great. Oh, is Chris right off a very expensive shopping trip. Owl's crazy. First of all, for any of you wondering, I know you're not wondering, it was not real fur. |
| 0:54.9 | It's shop-op. |
| 0:55.9 | We love shop-op. |
| 0:57.2 | Not an ad. |
| 0:58.0 | Wish it was. |
| 0:59.5 | Ooh, me too. |
| 1:00.4 | It was very expensive. |
| 1:01.9 | I will say that. |
| 1:02.8 | But less expensive on shop. |
| 1:04.9 | It's very expensive. |
| 1:07.2 | Is that a liar? |
| 1:09.3 | Welcome to the pregame. |
| 1:10.6 | It is Christmas week and we're all miserable. |
| 1:13.6 | We are. |
| 1:14.5 | We're all in misery. |
| 1:16.3 | That's not. |
| 1:17.8 | That's a movie line. |
| 1:19.0 | If you don't know what it is, that's your problem. |
| 1:21.1 | Welcome. |
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