Speaker 1: Calm Down with Aaron and Carissa is a production of
Speaker 1: I Heart Radio Monday after the Masters. We're dropping this
Speaker 1: at the end of the week, but we're doing a
Speaker 1: recap right now. I've missed you so much so I
Speaker 1: wasn't able to have my phone Aaron. As you know,
Speaker 1: I have so many things I want to talk to
Speaker 1: you about. Go what have you been doing? Start from
Speaker 1: the beginning. I miss you, know I for two things.
Speaker 1: Thank god the Masters is only once a year, and
Speaker 1: two I mean this whole rule about not having your phone.
Speaker 1: I feel like this is long lost, you know, Kindred Spirits,
Speaker 1: you tell me everything. Go, How is Augusta? How is
Speaker 1: your dad? How is everything? Well? Scott is currently leaving
Speaker 1: the course right now because he got to Golf Augusta today,
Speaker 1: so he was so excited all the things. He was
Speaker 1: looking at the pin placement yesterday because they moved the
Speaker 1: pins around throughout the tournament, but on Sunday that pin
Speaker 1: placement was going to be where he was able to
Speaker 1: get some reads and was so excited. We're doing a
Speaker 1: whole scouting report, and you know, we've talked about it,
Speaker 1: and the love that we have for our dads is
Speaker 1: worth walking Miles and Miles and my else on a
Speaker 1: golf course any day of the week, but especially when
Speaker 1: the backdrop is the Masters. I loved watching will Zalatrus,
Speaker 1: this young kid that no one knew anything about. His
Speaker 1: waist is fatty smaller than mine exactly. I was like,
Speaker 1: I'd love to borrow his jeans. I can't. I can't
Speaker 1: fit up. There's no way I'm getting a leg in
Speaker 1: those things. So I loved that. Congratulations of course to Adexi, Hadeki,
Speaker 1: Mattis matsu Yama. I'm obviously very good at pronouncing names,
Speaker 1: but um, it was fun to watch and it was
Speaker 1: fun to be there, and a lot of good memories.
Speaker 1: Jason al Dean, as you know, I'm a huge fan
Speaker 1: of I waited. I waited fifteen years to see this
Speaker 1: dude in concert, and I finally got to see him
Speaker 1: in Nashville and I was in the nosebleed section. So
Speaker 1: thanks to again, Mercedes, this is not an ad Uh.
Speaker 1: They give me this incredible opportunity to go there, And
Speaker 1: when they told me he was performing, I was like,
Speaker 1: last year I got Lionel, this year I get Jason
Speaker 1: al Dean. Uh. It was awesome. And then I did
Speaker 1: a Q and A with Joe Montana and Conda Lisa
Speaker 1: Rice was also there. She told this incredible story about
Speaker 1: how she got into playing golf because she was always
Speaker 1: in the basement of the White House when she was
Speaker 1: Secretary of State and working all the time. She never
Speaker 1: got to be outside. She never got fresh air, and
Speaker 1: so she took up the game of golf, which, by
Speaker 1: the way, listening to her makes me want to go
Speaker 1: back to school and get a master's, a PhD. And
Speaker 1: start reading more books. It's so impressive to listen to
Speaker 1: her on so many levels. But she was saying that
Speaker 1: she would go out to Andrew's Air Force Base because
Speaker 1: they had three golf courses there apparently, and she didn't
Speaker 1: have to have security detail there because you're on a
Speaker 1: military base. So she's like, if I she goes, which
Speaker 1: I did many times, drive the ball into the woods,
Speaker 1: I could go in and find the ball without having security.
Speaker 1: So it was her place in sanctuary and freedom that
Speaker 1: she got. So it was interesting to listen to her story.
Speaker 1: So a lot of fun memories and good times. But
Speaker 1: again going back to the etiquette of the masters, you
Speaker 1: can't have your phone, so you and I not talking
Speaker 1: to each other for four days. Is like we've been,
Speaker 1: you know, putting time out. So what have you been doing? Go? Well,
Speaker 1: two questions before or you're done with that, Azaleas, did
Speaker 1: you have one? Look? I thought you'd never asked. Alright,
Speaker 1: so many I almost forgot what my name was. My dad.
Speaker 1: My dad probably thinks I have to go to rehab
Speaker 1: after this weekend because my dad doesn't drink, and so
Speaker 1: I know he was completely sober the whole time and
Speaker 1: watching me being like, wow, she really loves to drink
Speaker 1: her alcohol, right, But yeah, I had so many. They're
Speaker 1: so good. I don't know what I was doing last time,
Speaker 1: not drinking though, so yeah, I was in um is
Speaker 1: it Brookman's You know that back area. It's a restaurant thing. Anyways,
Speaker 1: I was going to town on them. I had a
Speaker 1: great time. I loved it, and I was curious when
Speaker 1: the rain delay happened. Did you go sit in your
Speaker 1: car as well? Or did you leave and come back?
Speaker 1: These are details I needed, Oh bite, you know that
Speaker 1: I stayed. Scott Thompson was not leaving any minute earlier
Speaker 1: than he had to, so we went in and luckily,
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, those little cabins Mercedes had those little
Speaker 1: like safe haven she could go into. So we went
Speaker 1: in there. I had seven more Azalea's and then when
Speaker 1: play resumed, we went back out. But I'll tell you
Speaker 1: we got super lucky and this will never happen again.
Speaker 1: And going to a sporting event right now with limited capacity,
Speaker 1: you could stand on any hole, move around the course
Speaker 1: so freely because it's like one tenth of the occupancy.
Speaker 1: So I really, you know, sort of soaked in that
Speaker 1: as an opportunity, knowing that that's never gonna happen again,
Speaker 1: given that you know, eventually the you know, the numbers
Speaker 1: of people at any sporting event are going to be
Speaker 1: a lot. So good time. But what have you been
Speaker 1: up to? It looked amazing. We were looking for you
Speaker 1: on TV. Nothing. This was a very like kind of
Speaker 1: show weekend. It's kind of hockey hockey hockey in our
Speaker 1: house because obviously the NHL season is going on. My
Speaker 1: husband also works with the minor league team that's affiliated
Speaker 1: with the l A King's. I bought a taste of
Speaker 1: the Master's kind of lunch kit that we do so
Speaker 1: many things. By the way, I bought Jarrett so many things.
Speaker 1: I bought you so many things. You'll have so many
Speaker 1: coasters and blankets and pullovers. I didn't know if Jarrett
Speaker 1: was at large or an extra large, so I bottom ball.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, he's gonna die. Thank you. Yeah, that's awesome.
Speaker 1: And then yesterday kind of our Sunday was Sunday at
Speaker 1: the Masters. We were sitting there watching it. One of
Speaker 1: our friends had a birthday party and kind of a
Speaker 1: crazy time. You know, we talked about this life in
Speaker 1: the sports broadcasting world, how everybody thinks it's so glamorous,
Speaker 1: and it is. We're very thankful for our jobs. But
Speaker 1: yesterday it was kind of crazy because it turned into
Speaker 1: business and family. As we were sitting there, as you know,
Speaker 1: our group um that we've all been very close with,
Speaker 1: with the Los Angeles Kings. Um, there's a birthday party
Speaker 1: for one of the player's sons. And then in the
Speaker 1: middle of it, our good friend who was there with
Speaker 1: his wife and two kids, was traded. Literally happened like
Speaker 1: in the middle, you know, like of the party, and
Speaker 1: so you know, the party obviously took a different turn.
Speaker 1: And if you know hockey players, yeah, obviously Jeff Carter
Speaker 1: got sent to the Pittsburgh Penguins. But um, yeah, it
Speaker 1: took a little turn from your happy birthday too. Cheers
Speaker 1: and you know, and it was kind of special because
Speaker 1: everybody was together last night. It was um like, I
Speaker 1: get choked up about it just because that and this
Speaker 1: is what I know you'll get is that seeing my
Speaker 1: husband with that core group of guys that were there
Speaker 1: from the championship that they want or the Stanley Cup
Speaker 1: in two thousand and twelve and fourteen, they all sat
Speaker 1: together at a table and it was really cool being
Speaker 1: a sports fan but also a wife. They just were
Speaker 1: talking about they were breaking down the goals and this
Speaker 1: series in twelve and fourteen of the Stanley Cup, and
Speaker 1: I'd kind of look over a little bit, like, you know,
Speaker 1: you have the goalie sitting there breaking it down, and
Speaker 1: you have my husband and day Copitar and just everybody
Speaker 1: and it was just so special and um, you know,
Speaker 1: they all did it cheers and you know sometimes they
Speaker 1: get a little choked up and then the girls would
Speaker 1: be like, oh, well, because you can become family, you know,
Speaker 1: and especially when it's memorable and you win a standing
Speaker 1: memories and then their their recall. I always think it's
Speaker 1: fascinating whenever we hear you know players, uh talk about, hey,
Speaker 1: what play did we run? And they're like blue routes six,
Speaker 1: and I'm like, how do you remember the play from
Speaker 1: those specific moments? But it has left such a mark
Speaker 1: for them, So oh that's sad. But those boys had
Speaker 1: a good run. I mean, how lucky they were to
Speaker 1: be together for a long time and share those memories.
Speaker 1: But hey, yeah, the blessing is better than the disappointment,
Speaker 1: right that you guys all totally got to be together,
Speaker 1: um for as long as you did. I had the
Speaker 1: biggest crush on Jeff Carter and his wife Megan. I
Speaker 1: love is. She's so nice and I can't even be
Speaker 1: mad at her because she's gorgeous and whatever. But I
Speaker 1: remember covering hockey and I had the biggest crush on
Speaker 1: him in Philadelphia, And anytime they said I had to
Speaker 1: interview Jeff Carter, I'd put a more makeup and I
Speaker 1: work a little harder to manage sure that I was
Speaker 1: like being all cute, but he is a special player.
Speaker 1: And I'm sorry that that obviously was in the celebrations,
Speaker 1: but no, no, no, it was all good. It's just
Speaker 1: crazy how you just start. You know, it's a business
Speaker 1: and you are reminded of that when things like that happened.
Speaker 1: But then you also remind yourself when you're sitting there
Speaker 1: crying and you're saying goodbye to someone, You're like, this
Speaker 1: is a family. I mean, these are these guys go
Speaker 1: out and they play and they beat their bodies up,
Speaker 1: but like, it's cool that we all have each other
Speaker 1: and we have the memories. It's it's hard seeing your husband,
Speaker 1: which mine is just a little broken up. You know,
Speaker 1: it's like his person, his buddy's gone. So it was
Speaker 1: very sweet, but very cool as a sports fan to
Speaker 1: watch them sit around and kind of break it all down.
Speaker 1: It was knee I love it. We love sports for
Speaker 1: a reason. Um, whether it's someone you know moving on
Speaker 1: in their career and going to another team, or obviously
Speaker 1: we've seen the news as various NFL players have either
Speaker 1: announced retirement or leaving the sport. Julian Edelman, we love you.
Speaker 1: The juxtaposition of that was watching will Zalatorus yesterday and
Speaker 1: the story was with Will if if you guys heard it,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if it was on the broadcast, because
Speaker 1: Jim Nance was talking about it early on in the
Speaker 1: week about how working with Tony Romo in the booth.
Speaker 1: Tony Romo is a very good golfer. In fact, like
Speaker 1: played in a pro am with will Zalatorus and he
Speaker 1: told Jim, he said, this kid is going to win
Speaker 1: a major in the next couple of years. And Jim goes,
Speaker 1: what's his name. Jim had no idea who he was,
Speaker 1: and he goes so he looks him up and Jim goes, hey, Tony,
Speaker 1: he's ranked two thousand in the world. And he was like,
Speaker 1: what me. He goes, I'm telling you, man, this kid
Speaker 1: is going to win a major in the next couple
Speaker 1: of years. And sure enough, he was in contention all
Speaker 1: the way up until the eighteenth and when Hudeki had
Speaker 1: missed that putt, and I was like, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: this might go to a tiebreaker. And of course, congratulations
Speaker 1: to Hudeki for pulling it out, but only by one
Speaker 1: stroke before they had to go to additional play there.
Speaker 1: But yeah, it's gonna be fun to watch this kid.
Speaker 1: And I was like, obsessed. I think it's his girlfriend.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I was watching her. She was traveling
Speaker 1: on every hole and I spotted her early and she
Speaker 1: you know, because there's not a lot of people there,
Speaker 1: so you can see, like who's going to each hole,
Speaker 1: and she like, again, I don't want to make assumptions,
Speaker 1: maybe it's not his girlfriend, but there was a girl
Speaker 1: who was very invested and she was so sweet and
Speaker 1: you could just see she was nervous and the whole thing.
Speaker 1: So that really cute. But I I'm excited to see
Speaker 1: And I loved his his post round interview where you know,
Speaker 1: he had said at the beginning of the tournament, I'm
Speaker 1: just young enough and dumb enough not to know that
Speaker 1: I'm not supposed to be here, so maybe I'm young
Speaker 1: and dumb enough to win it. Uh, And so then
Speaker 1: he was talking about how this is just the beginning
Speaker 1: for him, so it's exciting to see the youth in
Speaker 1: the game and also for Hideki. Yeah, oh my god.
Speaker 1: I was invested the end, the last shot of him
Speaker 1: walking up to the clubhouse and the tears in his
Speaker 1: eyes and then the caddy bowing stop it. I'm all in.
Speaker 1: I'm all in. And what that means for the growth
Speaker 1: of the game is a game that they've been trying
Speaker 1: to grow for a long time. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: in most recent years, because the interest isn't always there
Speaker 1: in various regions around the world. So to see the
Speaker 1: game grow and the impact that Hideki's win will have
Speaker 1: in Japan and internationally will be interesting and fun to watch.
Speaker 1: So one of the announcers on the coverage and and
Speaker 1: that's what popps. You know, I'm not the biggest golf
Speaker 1: kind of gal. My husband's obsessed obviously, but they said
Speaker 1: him winning would be like Michael Jordan's status for him
Speaker 1: in Japan. So I was like, resonate, got it, Phil,
Speaker 1: You Yeah, it was really awesome to watch and uh
Speaker 1: a fun thing to be a part of. We've got
Speaker 1: an amazing show we do, and I'm really excited. We
Speaker 1: have a wonderful opportunity now that you've got me on
Speaker 1: cameo to talk to various fans and answer questions, and
Speaker 1: so we decided why not open that up to uh
Speaker 1: one of our some of our wonderful listeners. And that's
Speaker 1: our very own Michael Yeager, who didn't mute his computer
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna actually tell him to do that. There
Speaker 1: he goes technical difficulty. I assumed it was me. Um,
Speaker 1: But we've got a great show coming up. We are
Speaker 1: lucky enough to have people listen to our podcast. Oh
Speaker 1: I have I buried the lead. So I'm like hurrying
Speaker 1: back to leave the course to get on our production
Speaker 1: call since we're not allowed to have phones on set, right,
Speaker 1: so I had to leave the course snow phones allowed
Speaker 1: the whole thing. But as I'm sprinting out off the course,
Speaker 1: this sweet little old man who was in a green jacket,
Speaker 1: so he was a member. You love the podcast? I mean,
Speaker 1: stop it right now, my you think it was, I don't.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go through a member list and I hope
Speaker 1: they have some headshots because I'll be able to come
Speaker 1: out of a line couples. My dad was the well
Speaker 1: wasn't a golfer. It was just a member, So I mean,
Speaker 1: I wish I thought it was like a champion and
Speaker 1: master's champion. Tiger came back, put on the jacket and
Speaker 1: said love the podcast and went back home. You know,
Speaker 1: how's he feeling? Well? Good enough to tell us. Hopefully
Speaker 1: we'll get him on the podcast one day. A girl
Speaker 1: can dream. You know, we're going to take a break. Aaron,
Speaker 1: you handle the business because you're better at this girlfriend. Okay,
Speaker 1: I can't wait to hear what some of these ladies
Speaker 1: have in store for us and we're going to meet
Speaker 1: them coming up next her on the Calm Down Podcast.
Speaker 1: What's up? Hi? Right? Hi Anna? How are you good?
Speaker 1: How are you guys? We're great? So they wouldn't tell
Speaker 1: us anything about you other than your name. This is
Speaker 1: like we're on a dating show or something right now.
Speaker 1: So welcome to the Calm Down Podcast. Tell us everything
Speaker 1: about you where you are right now, you're profession and
Speaker 1: all the things, and we're so happy to have you.
Speaker 1: I'm having to, uh, well, they may have gotten the
Speaker 1: one thing wrong because can you claim my name is Anna?
Speaker 1: But I good by a J. So I love that.
Speaker 1: I feel like we can do nicknames. M hm um. So.
Speaker 1: I am a weekend sports anchor and reporter at a
Speaker 1: little television station in Louisiana. It's my first job out
Speaker 1: of college in three so about a year and a
Speaker 1: half into it and just kind of, you know, finding
Speaker 1: what work like balances apparently that's pretty important. I love
Speaker 1: that you start well, first of all, I gotta know
Speaker 1: are you doing one man banding over there or you
Speaker 1: weigh ahead of the game on that, because that was
Speaker 1: the worst I mean, getting it in focus. White balance
Speaker 1: always forgot that damn white balance. For those of you
Speaker 1: that are listening, what she means is you have to
Speaker 1: be your own producer, cameraman, audio person, and reporter. That's
Speaker 1: a one man band a j. You're clearly doing that.
Speaker 1: Good for you, Thank you. But yeah, I guess it's
Speaker 1: the big question that I said so I don't get
Speaker 1: in trouble, is, um, how do you balance being a
Speaker 1: go getter and being available to your boss without you know,
Speaker 1: lacking rest or burning out. Really, if I'll be honest
Speaker 1: with you, and this is probably not the correct politically
Speaker 1: correct thing to say, it's your first job, you said,
Speaker 1: your very first one out of college. You can rest later.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is like the time I hate to
Speaker 1: say it. For me, it would just be balls to
Speaker 1: the wall. It just really really would. It's just you've
Speaker 1: got plenty of time later on in your life to
Speaker 1: get those these be available for anything, because you know what,
Speaker 1: you don't know what's going to come your way. Say
Speaker 1: someone six, say someone's on vacation and oh they need
Speaker 1: you to go cover the top story in the A block.
Speaker 1: Maybe you're already doing that, but just with your first gig,
Speaker 1: your second gig. Shoot, I'm forty three and I don't
Speaker 1: know what gig this is for me, but chriss And
Speaker 1: knows this. When our boss, when Fox calls, we drop
Speaker 1: it all. Now listen, you know later on in your life,
Speaker 1: when you have your family, your husband, there's something really
Speaker 1: important in your life, Yes, you should, you know, probably
Speaker 1: be like this takes precedent, but right now this is
Speaker 1: such a cutthroat competitive industry. I would just be available,
Speaker 1: but make sure you get your sleep when you can.
Speaker 1: I was just gonna say, hey, I have a list
Speaker 1: in case anybody asked what my advice was for you.
Speaker 1: Number four on the list says, say yes, figure out
Speaker 1: the rest later. And the reason I say that is
Speaker 1: because right before we came on, I got a call
Speaker 1: from our executive producer for our NFL show and he
Speaker 1: asked me to do something completely unrelated to football. Uh
Speaker 1: And he said, what are you doing on May one?
Speaker 1: I have a birthday trip planned on May first, But
Speaker 1: I didn't tell him that. I said nothing. What do
Speaker 1: you need And I said yes, and I'll figure out
Speaker 1: the rest later. And I'm a hundred years old and
Speaker 1: been doing this luckily for a long enough time, but
Speaker 1: say yes and figure out the rest later. I know
Speaker 1: you'll be tired and all of the things, but if
Speaker 1: you love this job enough, you'll figure it out and
Speaker 1: they won't forget that you made the adjust mints and
Speaker 1: the time will come for them to give you a break.
Speaker 1: And that's why there's botox by the way, for those
Speaker 1: wrinkles and under black eye. I mean, shoot it up
Speaker 1: later on in your life. I just don't do too
Speaker 1: much because I also made that mistake and my dad said, whoa,
Speaker 1: you're looking like a cat. So just be careful, you
Speaker 1: don't do too much. Didn't we answer your question? Oh?
Speaker 1: Is it not the answer you wanted. I'm probably not.
Speaker 1: Whatever y'all say is the right answer. Well, thank you
Speaker 1: for thank you for reaching out. We really appreciate it
Speaker 1: and your accent. I'm so envious. Yes, yes, good luck
Speaker 1: to you. I like it. Good luck bye, Molly, for
Speaker 1: you look fantastic. Thank you more than we can say
Speaker 1: for ourselves. I don't want to do my hair and
Speaker 1: makeup nice for you guys. So, Molly is a dream.
Speaker 1: Where are you coming to us from? Where are you? So?
Speaker 1: I'm currently a student at the University of Nebraska, so
Speaker 1: I'm in Lincoln, but I'm from Huntsville, Alabama, so all
Speaker 1: over the place. Check. I want to talk about this
Speaker 1: blow up that you have I doing my here years ago.
Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us. You're so sweet that I
Speaker 1: heard you have a few questions. What would maybe one
Speaker 1: or two of your top favorite meat that you want
Speaker 1: to ask us? For sure? So my first question is
Speaker 1: for miss Aaron specifically, and I am also a dancer,
Speaker 1: and I also know that you grew up a d answer,
Speaker 1: so I want to know kind of how you felt
Speaker 1: dancing might have helped you with your career or even
Speaker 1: with your confidence in the world of broadcasting. Well, funny
Speaker 1: you should mention that, Molly, I have my pom poms
Speaker 1: right here. Oh yeah, they don't leave me, Molly. You
Speaker 1: know you always hold on to those puppies. Um. It's
Speaker 1: an interesting question because I started dancing early in my
Speaker 1: life and then obviously did it through college. But it's
Speaker 1: kind of like you're on when you know it's them
Speaker 1: to be on, and Cursa can attest to this. Listen,
Speaker 1: if you're having a bad day, you know you got
Speaker 1: bad news at home, somebody's sick, fight with your husband,
Speaker 1: your girlfriend's going through something, crappy, text message just comes
Speaker 1: through and they're like five four three, welcome back there
Speaker 1: you are. I mean, it's just you have to put
Speaker 1: it all aside, right, And that's the same kind of
Speaker 1: thing with dance competitions. My sister and I used to
Speaker 1: always joke we'd be like beating the crap out of
Speaker 1: each other. I want the hair brush, now you want
Speaker 1: the hairbrush, and five since in seven and eight, So
Speaker 1: it's like you know when to turn it on, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: for sure. So my other question is what was a
Speaker 1: moment in your career that you felt like really took
Speaker 1: you to the next level, like a very pivotal moment
Speaker 1: for you. Yeah. Mine was I had just been let
Speaker 1: go by TBS and Turner, and I knew that the
Speaker 1: NHL team that I had covered as my first job
Speaker 1: out of college was going to make it to the
Speaker 1: Stanley Cup playoffs. And so it worked really hard reaching
Speaker 1: out to ESPN and just said, hey, give me, you know,
Speaker 1: a try out kind of for your Stanley Cup playoff coverage,
Speaker 1: and they did. I had a three month try out.
Speaker 1: I was so excited. I took three flights and a
Speaker 1: drive to get from Calgary to Tampa to cover the
Speaker 1: Stanley Cup. You know finals, which my team was in,
Speaker 1: which was so freaking awesome. I was so excited. I
Speaker 1: lost ten to fifteen pounds, which was also great, But no,
Speaker 1: I mean I afterwards, the doctor was like, are you okay?
Speaker 1: And I was like, yes, I just covered the Stanley
Speaker 1: Cup finals, um, and my and my team that I
Speaker 1: you know, started my career with one it, which was awesome.
Speaker 1: And then I signed a three year deal with the
Speaker 1: ESPN after that and started Saturday night football in college
Speaker 1: game Day, so that really kicked it off for me.
Speaker 1: But I don't think I ever believed, you know, doing
Speaker 1: that Stanley Cup run would kind of propel my career
Speaker 1: and my journey throughout all this. It was freaking awesome,
Speaker 1: and uh, I loved every minute of it. And it's
Speaker 1: always on sometimes, you know, on the NHL Network. And
Speaker 1: I'm wearing this fabulous lime green and Taylor top for
Speaker 1: the game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. It's a winner,
Speaker 1: that was your top alfit at the point. Again, Mom,
Speaker 1: I wasn't born then when Anne Taylor with your own
Speaker 1: But yeah, I haven't been doing Aunt Taylor Molly. I
Speaker 1: don't believe that, not not with that hair. You've Molly
Speaker 1: for the wind. They are funny in Nebraska. No, I'm kidding.
Speaker 1: It's called a walk off, Molly. That's a rap, Molly.
Speaker 1: I want to get you in some Nebraska where gear.
Speaker 1: We've got to get your information. After this, we're gonna
Speaker 1: hook you up awesome than well. No, thank you for
Speaker 1: being a dream. That means so much hearing that from
Speaker 1: both of y'all because you two are both people I've
Speaker 1: looked up to for literally my whole entire life, and
Speaker 1: you guys like part of the reason why I want
Speaker 1: to get into sports broadcasting. So thank you, Thank you
Speaker 1: so so so so much. I look up to your
Speaker 1: hair care Molly, I really do, thank you. It's an
Speaker 1: old Southern trick, what is it? So mine? Ever since
Speaker 1: I was like three years old, my mom has always
Speaker 1: used like those phone rollers are and if you like
Speaker 1: put them in like away from your face and makes
Speaker 1: your hair just so beautiful. I have pictures of me
Speaker 1: from like Easter when I'm like two years old, and
Speaker 1: I had like this huge head of curly hair, and
Speaker 1: I still use it now, even in my twenties. So
Speaker 1: the pink sponge ones with the clasp on it. Yes, ma'am,
Speaker 1: You're adorable. Thank you so much. Hi, Hi Jessica, Hi,
Speaker 1: how are you good? What's happening? I'm good? Where are
Speaker 1: you right now? I'm out of Maryland. I'm originally from Jersey,
Speaker 1: but i'm at of Maryland. I love it. You're great lighting.
Speaker 1: Thank you for reaching out to us. We heard you
Speaker 1: have a question and we will answer it the best
Speaker 1: we can. And if you hang up and you're like
Speaker 1: that's a terrible answer, I'm sorry. You're you're ready? Yeah? Wow?
Speaker 1: How do you be assertive with your colleagues or team
Speaker 1: without seeming like a bit o? Good question? You better work, bitch.
Speaker 1: I'll take this. I mean I think you have to
Speaker 1: kind of read the room and know your place. I
Speaker 1: mean I was thinking about, like if I marched into
Speaker 1: the room and I was like, you listen up, Joe Buck,
Speaker 1: you listen up. Troy Aikman, maybe not the approach you
Speaker 1: want to take. I mean, look, if I feel like
Speaker 1: I need to be heard and there's a point i'd
Speaker 1: like them to help, you know, listen to or get
Speaker 1: help with, they will. But also, Troy Aikman's got three
Speaker 1: Super Bowls, you know, Joe Box Hall of Fame broadcaster,
Speaker 1: he's been doing this forever, so they do hear me
Speaker 1: when I need to. Now, I when I first saw
Speaker 1: your question, I will tell you I read it wrong
Speaker 1: because I was like, no, no, no, I am assertive.
Speaker 1: I am not so much with my team because again,
Speaker 1: if if there's something I need to say and I
Speaker 1: want to be listened to, they will. I just I
Speaker 1: want to make sure they're taken care of. You just
Speaker 1: read the room. You don't want to march in Because Chris,
Speaker 1: I'll say this and and this is point blank. If
Speaker 1: your bossy, you'll always be labeled as a bit being
Speaker 1: a female, which sucks, but that's just part of the
Speaker 1: whole gender thing. So I think there's a way to
Speaker 1: really wow. This is like advice for my marriage. There's
Speaker 1: a way to really communicate how you're feeling and what
Speaker 1: you want the boys to hear or the men that
Speaker 1: you work with to hear. Now, the other side, when
Speaker 1: I read this question really fast, I was like, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I'm assertive. And I don't understand when people don't love
Speaker 1: the job as much as me, or they aren't obsessed
Speaker 1: about it, or they aren't wanting to talk about the
Speaker 1: super Bowl for five hours the day after like Chris
Speaker 1: and I did. That's a totally separate question. We can,
Speaker 1: you know, delete this point out, But yeah, I I
Speaker 1: am assertive, I am very very passionate. But I think
Speaker 1: it's very important with being a female, knowing who you
Speaker 1: work with, reading the room to kind of communicate all
Speaker 1: of that. I agree with you. A lot of those
Speaker 1: points resonate with me. I would say Jessica on the
Speaker 1: pregame show, for example, as the only female on that set. Um,
Speaker 1: I recognize that I am in a unique position, but
Speaker 1: I've been given that position by my boss is because
Speaker 1: they think that I can handle it. And what I
Speaker 1: mean handle it is there's a lot of personalities and
Speaker 1: egos and it's my job to be the quarterback of that.
Speaker 1: And so I don't need to tell all the guys
Speaker 1: how smart I am or how much I know about
Speaker 1: the game, or I don't need to tell the viewer
Speaker 1: how smart I am or how much I know about
Speaker 1: the game. That position has already warranted that. So I
Speaker 1: think that if you remember that you're there because people
Speaker 1: that sign our checks gave you that opportunity, you don't
Speaker 1: need to over emphasize it. Pick your spots, like Aaron said,
Speaker 1: and remember that the experience from Troy or you know Joe,
Speaker 1: even if he hasn't played the game of football, his
Speaker 1: experience in that seat was provided by our bosses. So
Speaker 1: defer to the authorities. But remember your position is authoritative
Speaker 1: in and of itself. Yeah, thank you, ladies. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Doesn't help being from Jersey because I have that little
Speaker 1: sassy attitude, No it house. It helps. You gotta throw
Speaker 1: elbows when you want to. And I would just say this,
Speaker 1: give it back to them, but be self deprecating. For example,
Speaker 1: one time on set, you know, I took a job
Speaker 1: at Tony and he said something back like, oh cool extensions.
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, thanks for noticing. You can't be offended.
Speaker 1: If you're gonna give it, then you have to take it.
Speaker 1: And I think a big part of that I don't
Speaker 1: want to always equate. This is like a boys club,
Speaker 1: but you are in the locker room that they're used
Speaker 1: to being in it, so they talk in a certain way.
Speaker 1: So be strong enough to be in there, but respectful
Speaker 1: enough that someone's letting you in there because of your
Speaker 1: skill set and your ability not to take things too seriously. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a good point. I hope that helpsesome, No, I did,
Speaker 1: thank you so much extensions to by the way, I
Speaker 1: mean I did mention something, maybe some lip cloth, I
Speaker 1: don't know. Thank you Bye, nice meeting you. Thanks for
Speaker 1: your question. Hi, how are you? Hi? Thank you for listening,
Speaker 1: and thank you for caring enough to ask a question.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I love the podcast. I feel like
Speaker 1: it's like listening to my two like really cool older
Speaker 1: sisters talk, not too old, just too very useful. You know.
Speaker 1: I really enjoyed all the episodes so far, and you
Speaker 1: answered one of my questions too in the last episode.
Speaker 1: So I feel like I'm on fire. Oh love it.
Speaker 1: We'll fire away some more. So my question for you
Speaker 1: guys this time is what is the number one piece
Speaker 1: of career advice that you would give to someone. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm glad you asked Emily, because I've got five options here. Okay,
Speaker 1: how are you writing it down? Write it down? I
Speaker 1: write everything down? Okay, So I would say this, I'm
Speaker 1: going to give you five and then you can pick
Speaker 1: out which one you think is the best. Alright. My
Speaker 1: number one is be willing to do the work for
Speaker 1: the least amount of money, because the money will come
Speaker 1: if you do the work. My next is be kind
Speaker 1: to everyone, and by everyone I mean audio lighting, the
Speaker 1: security guard that works the front desk. Uh. Just because
Speaker 1: you're quote talent doesn't mean you should act like it.
Speaker 1: And you never know where those people are gonna end up,
Speaker 1: So just treat everyone the same. But there's always preconceived
Speaker 1: notions about you now that your talent. Yeah, like, just
Speaker 1: because someone offers to carry your clothes, for you to
Speaker 1: carry them yourself, you got two hands, okay, Um, be
Speaker 1: a good be a good teammate. Remember let in broadcasting
Speaker 1: you're part of a team. It's not an individual sport.
Speaker 1: So the better teammate you are, the longer people want
Speaker 1: to keep you on the team. Another one is say yes,
Speaker 1: figure out the rest later. In The last I would
Speaker 1: say is listen. So many times, I think early on
Speaker 1: in my career I was worried about what question I
Speaker 1: was going to ask next, and I think it's really
Speaker 1: important to listen to the answer of the original question
Speaker 1: and that might lead to a better second question. So
Speaker 1: do what you want with that. It's um hopefully served
Speaker 1: me well in my career, but I think that we
Speaker 1: continue and I don't want to speak for him, but
Speaker 1: I know she feels this way. Continue to learn and
Speaker 1: always have new advice that's been given to us from
Speaker 1: people that have done this even longer than we have. Yeah,
Speaker 1: those are also good. I don't know how to pick one. Well,
Speaker 1: you don't even have Well, I'll send this to you
Speaker 1: in an email. Perfect. I actually wrote them down because
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm gonna get fired now that I
Speaker 1: hadn't been obeying a couple of those. Um. I would
Speaker 1: also add have thick skin. That's something in NHL head
Speaker 1: coach told me when I complained to him about what
Speaker 1: people were writing about me on the blogs back in
Speaker 1: the day. So I really would be your older sister
Speaker 1: or or older friend by saying that word. And then
Speaker 1: study like I. I I didn't even apply myself for study
Speaker 1: this hard in college, got through it in four years.
Speaker 1: My parents were probably gonna kill me if I didn't.
Speaker 1: But if I had applied this much passion maybe to
Speaker 1: my school work, I would have done a little better.
Speaker 1: But yeah, you just you really really have to study.
Speaker 1: And I would say too, And this is something my
Speaker 1: college professor said, was that you just really we really
Speaker 1: have to love it because you're gonna miss holidays. I
Speaker 1: work Thanksgiving and Christmas. You're gonna miss weddings, You're going
Speaker 1: to miss time with your family. Marriage is you know,
Speaker 1: going to be a lot harder. Dating is a lot
Speaker 1: harder when you're in this industry, so you genuinely have
Speaker 1: to love it. I love living out of a suitcase.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's nothing more I love. And don't forget
Speaker 1: the hello, Well, thank you all, very helpful, very useful.
Speaker 1: So definitely things joke fly in real life. Emily is
Speaker 1: never going to listen again. And we're all at a
Speaker 1: time that's been sixty years of answering one question. No,
Speaker 1: not at all. I'm so excited to be here and
Speaker 1: can't wait to call my dad as soon as we
Speaker 1: hang up and tell him what's your dad's name? His
Speaker 1: name is Tom? Tom. Well, as you're with two people
Speaker 1: who couldn't love their dads anymore. In fact, our husbands
Speaker 1: sometimes were like, do you love us at all? Compared
Speaker 1: to the way that we talk about our dads. So
Speaker 1: tell your father we said hello, I will be so
Speaker 1: excitedly you want a good one? You two wait, doute,
Speaker 1: calm down, We're back. Hey, guys, don't forget to check
Speaker 1: us out on Instagram at calm down podcast. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I've been having a lot of fun on our I G.
Speaker 1: I've been just you know, putting my own little touches
Speaker 1: on the stories. I've missed you. I don't like again
Speaker 1: that the Master doesn't allow you to have your phone
Speaker 1: because I'm like content content CT, but how can you
Speaker 1: I'm back. I'm back, but I'll tell you what, You're
Speaker 1: doing a great job because we're getting a lot of
Speaker 1: viewer questions, um, and those were great questions that were
Speaker 1: asked by some of those young ladies and their adorable
Speaker 1: they're like your sister and moms. But that's exactly who
Speaker 1: we are, and I'm glad to be on the other
Speaker 1: side of this thing, um as far as our age,
Speaker 1: because we're supposed to be wiser technically. So it was
Speaker 1: very sweet of them to reach out and ask questions,
Speaker 1: and we encourage you guys to keep doing that because again,
Speaker 1: I had a lot of fun and I'm always happy
Speaker 1: to if somebody wants advice from me, I'll give them
Speaker 1: the good, the bad, and the ugly. So that was
Speaker 1: enjoyable for me. Thank you, lady, thanks for reaching out, yes,
Speaker 1: and thank you for your blowouts. You all look so wonderful.
Speaker 1: Um not a requirement, by the way, but thank you.
Speaker 1: We'll try harder. How about that, and get excited. Guess
Speaker 1: who's back next week? Everybody? Bill Ryan's for those of
Speaker 1: you drum roll that miss it the first time around,
Speaker 1: Ryan Russillo, Ryan Randall two names the same but very
Speaker 1: different opinions spelled differently as well, and double rs. Anyways,
Speaker 1: enjoy your week. We will talk to you next week.
Speaker 1: And Aaron, I'll talk to you about five minutes. I'm
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