1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Calm Down with Aaron and Carissa is a production of 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. Why do you boys? I'll ask this 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: question on a podcast. Well, I'll just welcome everyone to 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: the Calm Down Podcast. I'm extremely pale, and someone isn't. 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: It's better in the med look at you. Apparently I 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: wasn't prepared to start this because I'm still in a 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: different time zone. Hello, everybody. This year is the pregame, 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: and boy, oh boy, if you don't know what this is, 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: if you're new to the old Calm Down podcast, it's 10 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: ten minutes of fun. We give a precursory conversation. I 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: don't even know if that's the right use of precursory conversation, 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: but it makes me sound intelligent, So I'm just gonna 13 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: go with it. Uh about what we're gonna talk about 14 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: in our full length convosation on a Thursday. We haven't 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: had a podcast you and I together live to tape 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: in four weeks, almost a month for three weeks maybe 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: either way. Lots to get to and it starts, and 18 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: I just want to say this, and I'm going to 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: get into the full convo in the full length podcast 20 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: I ran into and again I never get recognized it anywhere. 21 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: I had two people in Italy come up to me, 22 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: one on a flight and one in the streets of 23 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: Ravello say are you the streets. Well, I'm I'm definitely 24 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: in the streets. Say to me, are you Charissa Thompson? 25 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: And I was like yeah, They're like, I love your podcast. 26 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: You and Naron shut your mouth listening. I know. So 27 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 1: for Alice, who I ran into on the plane, and 28 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: the sweet girl in Ravello, I just appreciated that, and 29 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: I like, we'll talk more about it in the full 30 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: length one. Anyways, the point is you guys writing questions 31 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: and we discussed them and we appreciate it so euro 32 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: At first, yep, we are hearing from soul full. Oh, 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: I get it. Soul full nine. Who are your spirit animals? Well, 34 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: I always joke about this, Ashley. I always see the 35 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders are my spirit animals? What about you? 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: Do you have to actually use an animal though, for 37 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: for spirit animals? Oh? Fact, spirited question. I thought, spirit 38 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: that this is my spirit animal. Okay, I'll tell you 39 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: what mine is because I've been asked this question. In fact, 40 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: I asked this question to a girlfriend of mine when 41 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: We're at the table and she was dating this guy 42 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: at the time, and I was like, oh, Chris, I 43 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: will admit his last nit in case he doesn't want 44 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: everyone to know this. My girlfriend Megan's boyfriend at the 45 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: time now fiance and have a baby together. I said, Chris, 46 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: what's your spirit animal? And he said a golden retriever. 47 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: It perfectly summarized who he was and it's so adorable. 48 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: Mine would be a dolphin. And I tell you this 49 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: because I am fun, I am flirty, I like people, 50 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: and I love the water. God. Now I feel like 51 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: mine has to be something that's really airheadish because that's 52 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,839 Speaker 1: the way I jump at That was so air headish, fun, flirty, 53 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: and I love the ladder. That sounds like your real housewife. 54 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: Intro Um, what would mind be? Golden retriever? Is my 55 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: husband always ready to play and have a good time 56 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: and likes to be like petted me? Um? Well whoa 57 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the com Down podcast Canadian repetted Um. 58 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: I would say a horse because I do have a 59 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: long nose. I try to have a good tail and 60 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: I can be something I could be. I'm irritable. I 61 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: don't know like horses could be irritable at times and 62 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: very powerful and very powerful, and you would be the 63 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: gal that runs. That would be the favorite of the 64 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: Kentucky Derby because you're a boss. You're a strong sty Yeah, 65 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: you're a strong animal. Um okay, that was a great question, 66 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: Soul for nine. Thank you very much for staying here. 67 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: We're all out of time. On the pregame, Emily m says, 68 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: is it hard to get back into work mindset after 69 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: a summer or relaxing and seeing friends or family. Well, 70 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: that's a perfect question for me, Emily, because it is 71 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: very difficult. I'm someone who when I'm on vacation, I'm 72 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: fully immersed. And so for me, I am playing that 73 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: ultimate game of catchup. You know, the one where you 74 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: don't answer any emails, you don't answer any text, nothing, 75 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: and a week ends up feeling like you have to 76 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: get cut up for three weeks. But it's worth it, 77 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: how about you? I feel the same way. But I 78 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: also feel like with our job, by the time we 79 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: actually go live and are on television. Um, the build 80 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: up is happening, right, guys are getting ready to go 81 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: to camp in the next couple of weeks. There's gonna 82 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: be a ton of storylines coming out. I was just 83 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: texting with Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen, and I'm like, 84 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: are you guys studying a lot? Like we have a 85 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: preseason game in a couple of weeks, and you know, 86 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: we were all kind of just catching up on some 87 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: headlines and some juicy details and page six. So by 88 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: the time you know the season rules around for us, 89 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: I think we're all like rare to go. Okay, Emily 90 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: Schmidty summer or winter. I like dressing up for winter. 91 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: I love a coco situation, cozy, you know, restaurant fireside 92 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: kind of thing. But I also do love us summer 93 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: like Casita's, Margarita's chips and guak trying to get this 94 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: sun on my body, which obviously I haven't done out 95 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: here in Montana. What about you because of Margarita, Um, 96 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: I am definitely a summer person. I like winter because 97 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: I love Jackets, so I'm a you know, love a 98 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,239 Speaker 1: good winter schmock. But um definitely more of a summer person. 99 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: And next up we have Holly Loves Michael. You're adorable. 100 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: What are some of the weirdest pregame rituals you see 101 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,119 Speaker 1: players and coaches do. That'd be more of you, sister. 102 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: I don't really ever see anything weird, you know what. 103 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: A lot of guys do. A lot of guys FaceTime 104 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: on the field, which I think is so interesting, which 105 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: I'm always like, don't act like you can't talk to 106 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: me on the field because you're FaceTime and your family 107 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: whoa UM. I like to walk up to guys right 108 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: away during the pre pre game and say what are 109 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: you listening to right now? Like I'm so curious this song? 110 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: And then I write it down so I can jam 111 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: out to it. That is a wonderful segue into my 112 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: I thought about it right when I asked you the question. 113 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: Josh Allen uh sit down interview that I had with 114 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: him for those of you that aren't you, by the way, 115 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: before the match, which pissed me off. Everybody was like, 116 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: oh my god, he said he does this, and I 117 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: was like, yeah, Chris, I had it inner feature anyway 118 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: you um yeah. Josh Allen quarterback of the Buffalo Bills. 119 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: He listens to Frank Sinatra very like melodic music, something 120 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: that gets him in like a zen place. He also 121 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: throws up before every game. He said, it's not nerves 122 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: it's just a habit that he has adopted and there's 123 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: a little bit of superstition in it. And he also said, 124 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: didn't say who said other guys on his team now 125 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: also do it. So there's that thank you to the 126 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: janitorial services at the Buffalo Bills. Hey, did you ask 127 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: is that actually a finger down the throat? Or does 128 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: he just sniff the toilet bowl? Like? How does that? Actually? 129 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: That is a fantastic question, and that is why you 130 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: are better at asking questions than I am, because I 131 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: didn't go with a follow up. I just thought we're here, 132 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: But that is a great question. Can you when's your 133 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills game on the schedule? Do you have that? 134 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: Because I would love for that to be a pregame hit. 135 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: I gotta find out, But can I tell you? Can 136 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: you imagine if you had that in a feature and 137 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, so is it sticking your finger down 138 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: your throat or do you just get a sniff of 139 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: the toilet bowl? Can you imagine Terry Bradshaw call menting 140 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: on that, did she say sniff of the toilet bowl? 141 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: I mean that's like when Glazer reported that the deal 142 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: for Matthew Stafford got done in the hot tub with 143 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh in Cabo and then Terry goes lots of things, 144 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: lots of deals get done in the hot tub. I'm like, okay, 145 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: here we go, this guy, Terry Terry blind one. Okay, 146 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: Aaron Dot Danielle, You're adorable. Um, I want to get 147 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: your middle name. This is for you, Aaron Jill. Have 148 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: you ever met Carrie Underwood? I have met Carrie Underwood. 149 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: I got to host the cmt S one year and 150 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: she was obviously performing and she was so great to 151 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: take a photo with me. And the worst part about it, 152 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: I will post the photo on the Calm Down podcast. 153 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: I g segue. It came out horrible. It was absolutely 154 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: we were like black, like like we had a massive 155 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: shadow on us. It was awful. So you can just 156 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: see our silhouette. I will tell you though. My husband 157 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: was very sweet and reached out to her husband when 158 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: I first started Where and asked for her address. They 159 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: sent it and then she tweeted about Where, and I 160 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: remember I was at an Italian restaurant and I started crying. 161 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: And it's not even because I drank too much. I 162 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: was just so excited. I love that have you met her, Yeah, 163 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: we were. It was when I was working at Extra. 164 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: Took a picture with her and I vainly didn't post 165 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: the picture because I was nineteen times her size. She 166 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: was sitting in a chair and I was like this, 167 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: let's take a picture, and it was it was I 168 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: might might as well have been in like a mascot uniform. 169 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: I was that much bigger than her, and so I 170 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: was like, oh, yeah to my executive producer was like, oh, 171 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: the picture didn't turn out. No, I just was math 172 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: she's a little Yeah, she is the size of my arm, 173 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 1: which currently isn't little. Okay, hardest part. Oh, we're wrapping, 174 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: We're wrapping. Here's here's a teasee h for Alison Shine. 175 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: We're going to answer your question on the full length 176 00:08:54,320 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: podcast and see you Thursday. Fine. Calm Down with Aaron 177 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: and Chrissa is a production of I Heart Radio. For 178 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: more podcasts from my Heart Radio, visit the I Heart 179 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.