Erin & Charissa on Sideline Mishaps, Best Kelce Convo, Girl Dad Advice & Being a Plus One | EP 165

Summary

Podcast Summary: New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce – EP 165

Title: Erin & Charissa on Sideline Mishaps, Best Kelce Convo, Girl Dad Advice & Being a Plus One
Guests: Erin Andrews & Charissa Thompson
Release Date: November 24, 2025
Podcast Host: Wondery

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Episode Overview

In this lively and candid episode of New Heights, NFL brothers Jason and Travis Kelce welcome renowned sports broadcasters Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson. The quartet dives into the realities of life as sideline reporters, shares laugh-out-loud industry mishaps, reflects on legendary interviews, and offers genuine advice for aspiring broadcasters and "girl dads." Deep friendship, career insights, football tales, and sideline secrets come together for a rich, high-energy conversation sprinkled with humor and heartfelt moments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Walking Down Memory Lane as Sideline Reporters

(03:19–07:01)

• Erin and Charissa’s Career Highlights:
  • Covered Super Bowls, World Series, celebrity diving competitions, and more.
  • Erin: “Third place to Evan Lysacek, who had just won gold for figure skating. If I’d been asked to read a box score, I would have won. You know what I mean?” (05:24)
  • Charissa: Jokes about her diving tournament hosting being “more of a flop than a splash.” (05:51)
• On Interviewing the Kelce Brothers:
  • Erin: “...that’s when I learned, Travis, you wear number 87 because of Jason.” (06:16)
  • Travis: “Without Jason, I wouldn’t be where I am today.” (06:57)

2. Transitioning from Player to Broadcaster

(09:09–11:40)

• Jason’s Shift:
  • Biggest surprise? “How much more you have to lock into everything across the whole NFL... I’m probably watching more football than I’ve ever watched.”
  • “Every week’s an away game.”
• Stadium Experiences:
  • Jason: “Vegas is like a show... And the nostalgia of Lambeau is always one.” (13:23)
  • Erin: “Jerry World, they take care of you... The chicken fingers are fire.” (14:19)
  • Sideline challenges (hoping for a snow game – 12:24).

3. Holiday Games & Traditions

(15:36–18:52)

• Hosting games on Thanksgiving and Christmas:
  • Erin: “You’re sitting in a hotel room watching the Macy’s Parade... But then you have a front row seat to some of the best athletes in the world.” (16:08)
  • Travis: “I have a blast... I can almost feel the excitement of Christmas that everyone else is enjoying while I’m on the field.” (16:49)
• Food Talk:
  • Deep dive into fried turkey vs. turducken and KFC.
  • “Once you fry turkey, you can’t go back.” – Erin (19:52)
  • “Gotta brine it. Definitely make sure that it’s completely thawed.” – Jason on frying turkey (19:08)

4. Inspiration: The “Girl Dad” Upbringing

(21:49–29:44)

• Fathers as Influencers:
  • Charissa: “My motivation was because I loved hanging out with my dad. He’d teach me the game... everything was made into a game.” (21:55)
  • Erin: “My dad’s a great storyteller... I grew up thinking [players] were my friends.” (24:12)
• Meaningful Sports Moments with Their Dads:
  • Erin: “I met Larry Bird... absolutely vomited my life story... Called my dad right away...” (25:01)
  • Charissa: “Brought my dad to 2019 Masters. We witnessed Tiger win. That’s the greatest gift in the world.” (27:00)
• Advising Girl Dads:
  • “Kids want boundaries... Even if you feel like you’ve got to be lenient, don’t.” – Charissa (66:49)

5. Women in Sports Broadcasting & Representation

(29:44–33:51)

• Representation & Impact:
  • Erin on Taylor Swift: “Taylor’s impact cannot be overlooked. Little girls that maybe didn’t have an interest in football... all of a sudden, dads have a bond with their daughters.” (28:44)
  • Charissa: “There were some women not so nice to me coming up... I always made it a point: if there’s anyone coming behind me, I’d help. I’ll never forget those who weren’t nice.” (31:20)
• Legacy: “I want my kids to attack life like both of you did... I love football... There’s nothing more I want to do than be out there.” – Erin (32:11)

6. Broadcasting Beginnings and Industry Real Talk

(33:51–42:18)

• First On-Air Moments:
  • Erin’s iconic green top for the Stanley Cup Finals: “We went to Ann Taylor, I picked out a green top that would be fire for Game 7.” (34:29)
  • Charissa’s bar interviews and Rockies reporting.
• Industry Changes:
  • “There’s a lot more avenues now... digital studios, social media, podcasts.” – Erin (37:39)
  • “Being a female helps you get a foot in the door. But to stay, you have to work your tail off.” – Erin, citing Leslie Visser (37:39)

7. Sports to Cover & Sideline Standouts

(42:00–46:56)

• Favorite Sport:
  • Unanimous vote: NFL.
  • Erin: “It’s because of you guys (players). Best sport to cover.” (42:18)
  • Charissa: “NHL athletes are the wildest, most fun.” (42:47)
  • Erin: “Nothing better than playoff hockey. Jarrett [her husband] has two Stanley Cups. That experience!” (43:11)

8. Sideline Mishaps & Unforgettable Interviews

(47:34–49:58; 58:57–61:34)

• Hockey Player Sideline Stories:
  • “Hockey players... will do an interview with half their face hanging off.” – Erin (47:35)
  • “Nobody could outdrink Jeremy Roenick.” – Charissa (48:16)
• Best and Hardest Coaches to Interview:
  • Erin: “Favorite: Kyle Shanahan—he doesn’t candy-coat. Hardest: Coach Belichick—never disrespectful, but you knew what you were going to get.” (60:21, 59:28)
  • Charissa: “You better have two questions ready for Shanahan. That’s all you’ll get.” (60:44)
• “Boyfriend Whistle” Gag:
  Hilarious recurring riff about a whistle to coach your significant other at home.
  • “I’m ordering a whistle right now off Amazon.” – Erin (62:16)

9. Advice for Aspiring Broadcasters

(37:39–41:36)

• Create Opportunity:
  • Charissa created a “microphone” out of a paper towel roll and tennis ball, made fake interviews with her brother, and led with that on her reel.
  • Charissa: “There’s room at the table for everybody. And if not, get another table.” (40:53)
• Work Ethic:
  • Erin: “Being a female helps you get in. To stay, you have to work your tail off. That’s the chip I have.” (37:39)

10. Plus-Ones and Parenting Talk

(63:15–65:09)

• Ideal Plus One for Travel:
  • Charissa: “Keep track of the passport. Be responsible so I can get into vacation mode.” (63:20)
  • Erin: “My husband plans everything. Sometimes too much!” (63:56)
• Girl Dad Parenting:
  • Charissa: “Not my job to be your friend. It’s my job to be your parent. When you turn 18, you get to decide.” (65:53)
  • Erin: “Jarrett is easier on Mac than I am... discipline vs. dad as the fun parent.” (67:28)

11. Favorite Former Athletes Turned Broadcasters

(53:03–55:35)

• Charissa: Amazed how colleagues like Whit, Germ, and Fitz adapted to broadcast—“They had never done TV before. Now in our 4th year, you’d never know.”
• Discussion on Tom Brady’s rapid improvement as a commentator.

12. Rapid-Fire Fun: Retro Tech, Pranks, and Team Culture

(71:05–73:39)

• Reflecting on calling cards, pay phones, and pranks.
• Jason and Travis recall prank calling and sharing landlines growing up.
• Erin’s Barbie confession when caught by the high school quarterback: “These are the neighbors’ Barbies, not mine.” (73:30)

13. Memorable Moments & Quotes

• On Representation:
  • Erin: “I love football and there’s nothing more I want to do than be out there.” (32:11)
• On Family:
  • Travis: “I’ve always been appreciative when I get asked about my family... that’s the core of it all.” (74:30)
• On Sideline Mishaps:
  • Erin: “I once had so much Listerine before an interview it hit Ryan Howard in the eyes!” (75:39)
• On Teamwork:
  • Charissa: “There’s room at the table for everyone. If there isn’t, then build another table.” (40:53)

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Notable Quotes

• Erin Andrews:
  “My dad’s a great storyteller. He made these people sound like my friends... Unfortunately, I grew up thinking that they were.” — (24:12)

• Charissa Thompson:
  “Being a female helps you get in. To stay, you have to work your tail off. That’s the chip I have on my shoulder.” — (37:39)

• Jason Kelce:
  “How much more you have to lock into everything across the NFL. I’m probably watching more football than I ever have!” — (09:37)

• Travis Kelce:
  “Without Jason, I wouldn’t be where I am today.” — (06:57)

• Charissa Thompson:
  “There’s room at the table for everyone. If there isn’t, then get another table.” — (40:53)

• Erin Andrews (On Parenting):
  “Kids want boundaries. Even if you’ve got to be lenient since they’re little girls, don’t.” — (66:49)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:00–03:00: Introductions, playful banter, and warm-up
• 03:19–07:01: Erin & Charissa’s Broadcasting Careers
• 09:09–11:40: Jason on Broadcasting – Surprises Beyond Football
• 15:36–18:52: Holiday Work, Fried Turkey & Broadcast Traditions
• 21:49–29:44: Early Inspirations & Girl Dad Wisdom
• 33:51–42:18: Getting In the Door—First Media Gigs & Industry Tips
• 42:00–46:56: Favorite Sports to Cover – NFL Rules
• 47:34–49:58: Sideline Mishaps—Hockey Tales
• 58:57–61:34: Best/Worst Coaches to Interview & “Boyfriend Whistle”
• 63:15–65:09: Plus-Ones: Ideal Travel Companions
• 65:53–69:47: Deep Dive—Parenting Style & Advice for Dads
• 71:05–73:39: Retro Tech, Childhood Pranks, Barbie Confessions
• 74:10–77:43: Erin & Charissa Ask: Unasked Interview Questions
• 77:53–78:23: Reflections and Sign Off

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Tone & Takeaway

The episode is an exuberant blend of behind-the-scenes sports broadcasting, powerful testimony on female mentorship and legacy, sideline comedy, and a real-life “girl dad” survival guide. With generous doses of laughter and raw honesty, Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson give listeners a heartfelt look at what it means to break barriers, chase stories, and share the stage with family—on and off the field.

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Perfect For:
Anyone interested in sports media, football fans, aspiring broadcasters, parents (especially “girl dads”), and fans of the Kelce brothers’ unique brand of humor and big-hearted storytelling.

Transcript

[Erin Andrews]

This is a real good story about Bronx and his dad, Ryan. Real United Airlines customers.

[Travis Kelce]

We were returning home and one of the flight attendants asked Bronx if he wanted to see the flight deck and meet Captain Andrew.

[Erin Andrews]

I got to sit in the driver's seat.

[Carissa Thompson]

I grew up in an aviation family.

[Travis Kelce]

And seeing Bronx kind of reminded me.

[Carissa Thompson]

Of myself when I was that age.

[Erin Andrews]

That's Andrew, a real United pilot.

[Carissa Thompson]

These small interactions can shape a kid's future.

[Erin Andrews]

It felt like I was the captain.

[Aaron Andrews]

Allowing my son to see the flight.

[Travis Kelce]

Deck will stick with us forever.

[Aaron Andrews]

That's how good leads the way.

[Travis Kelce]

Wait, so Reese's color is orange and the Oreo cookie was invented in 1912. This one's been in the vault waiting for its moment. Reese's Oreo, the biggest drop since.

[Carissa Thompson]

Well, thank you to our sponsor, kfc. Thanks. Jimmy's coming up and KFC starting a little holiday debate. Turkey or chicken? Not much of a debate if you ask me.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, let's be real. It's the unique gravy to survive it bird.

[Carissa Thompson]

Let's be honest. Is it really worth spending eight hours cooking a turkey when you could just get something better? Especially if it just causes you to go through a drive through and get a bucket of it? Maybe.

[Travis Kelce]

How about KFC's Extra Crispy Chicken? Juicy crispy and always finger licking good, baby.

[Carissa Thompson]

Extra crispy does sound good.

[Travis Kelce]

The underdog choice for all your holiday gatherings.

[Carissa Thompson]

KFC is saying cluck turkey this Thanksgiving. That's right. We're inviting all of you to give dry turkey the bird.

[Travis Kelce]

It's time to ditch the dry boring bird this holiday and order KFC instead. You can't go wrong with a bucket of chicken. A good game or movie or just some good times with friends and family.

[Carissa Thompson]

This year, skip the turkey and celebrate with KFC's Extra Crispy Chicken. 92%. You already know what time it is. That's right. We got a very special guest episode for you today. We have got Aaron Andrews and Carissa Thompson on the show.

[Erin Andrews]

What are we the first females to be on this podcast since a certain incredible interview?

[Aaron Andrews]

Almost have the same views.

[Carissa Thompson]

A lot of great stuff about their careers.

[Aaron Andrews]

I worked in Olympics with him. Nobody could out drink who their favorite.

[Carissa Thompson]

Athletes are to interview.

[Erin Andrews]

Hi, I'm Erin Andrews. I work on college game day. But you're my first crush ever and Shut up. Shut up.

[Travis Kelce]

Boyfriend whistles.

[Aaron Andrews]

I'm ordering a whistle right now off Amazon. Steve, you're gonna have a long night ahead of you, sweetheart.

[Carissa Thompson]

Parenting.

[Aaron Andrews]

Everything should revolve around you sitting your Ass on the couch. Still being a great dad.

[Erin Andrews]

Sports, do you know how much shrimp etouffee I had working at espn? Fathers grabbed my dad and started swinging him around like a rag doll.

[Carissa Thompson]

A lot of great stuff coming up right now.

[Aaron Andrews]

And I just invited myself over to the Kelsey household for Thanksgiving.

[Carissa Thompson]

Krissa, we're having a tan.

[Travis Kelce]

Welcome back to New heights. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls at Wonry show brought to you by kfc.

[Carissa Thompson]

Woo.

[Travis Kelce]

Some famous bowls and a and a bucket of kfc. Check it, baby. That's what I'm talking about. Take me back. We're your host. I'm Travis Kelsey. This is my big brother, Jason kelce. Subscribe on YouTube onery plus wherever you get your podcast and follow the show on all social media at new Heights show with one ass. Jason, tell the people what we got coming up today.

[Carissa Thompson]

All righty. Our guests today are two legends in the sports media world. Hey, you know them from Fox, NFL Sunday, Thursday night Football, and as the co host of the calm down podcast, they covered super bowls, the world series, BCS championships, NBA all star games, celebrity diving competitions, and even spelling bees. That's right. Between them, they've got an Emmy, a Pat Summeral award and a third place finish on Dancing with the Stars. Two of the most requested guests we've ever had on the show. 92 percenters. Please welcome Aaron Andrews and Carissa Thompson.

[Aaron Andrews]

Aaron doesn't break those pom poms out for nothing. Go united.

[Erin Andrews]

I keep them locked down.

[Aaron Andrews]

Hi, guys.

[Carissa Thompson]

Thanks. What's going on? I was fired up too. Get out.

[Aaron Andrews]

Bring them back. Come on, all of your children.

[Erin Andrews]

Can we make the joke? Carissa, are we the first females to be on this podcast since a certain incredible interview that you had? And we're going to be.

[Aaron Andrews]

We'll almost have the same views.

[Erin Andrews]

I'm sorry, guys.

[Travis Kelce]

In this one we're just lucky enough to have you guys on here. I got to know who did the spelling beef.

[Erin Andrews]

I can't read. I mean I can't. I can't read or speak. I can't.

[Aaron Andrews]

She just took it. You travel.

[Travis Kelce]

Everyone knows at this point they got.

[Carissa Thompson]

To right Self professed.

[Erin Andrews]

Yes.

[Carissa Thompson]

By Travis.

[Travis Kelce]

Yes. If I can't read, I sure as hell can't spell. That's the damn thing.

[Aaron Andrews]

You and Julian Edelman. Jules also says that he can't read, so there's that. And he says he likes big men, so there's that. I appreciate you guys including the diving competition. Respectfully, I say this, that the diving competition that I hosted on ABC was More of a flop than it was a splash, which was the name of it. Kareem Abdul Jabbar on a, you know, 35 meter platform and see what happens. I was like, whose ice?

[Erin Andrews]

And I'd like to say third place was. I lost. She won the competition to Nicole Scherzinger, Pussycat Doll. She had been in performing art school since she was 14 years old. And I got third to Evan Lysach, who had just won the gold medal for figure skating in the Winter Olympics. If I had been asked to read a box score, I would have won. You know what I mean?

[Travis Kelce]

That's a banger.

[Aaron Andrews]

Number one in our heart.

[Erin Andrews]

Thank you.

[Travis Kelce]

You were first place in my mind. All right, let's get into it. You guys have interviewed both me and Jason. Who's a better interviewee?

[Carissa Thompson]

Interviewee.

[Aaron Andrews]

Yeah, interviewee. Oh, you guys. Well, I had the great privilege of interviewing you both at the same time. I don't know when this was. This was like 10 lifetimes ago. It's got to be at least 10 years ago that I sat down with you guys for NFL Films.

[Travis Kelce]

I think it was Jason's Super Bowl.

[Aaron Andrews]

Yeah. And it was. We were in. Were we in?

[Carissa Thompson]

We were.

[Aaron Andrews]

By your old high school because NFL Films was doing a feature on you guys. And so I sat down with both of you, and it was so wonderful. And that's when I learned, Travis, that you wear number 87 because of Jason.

[Carissa Thompson]

Don't let him tell you which Jason's biggest load of shit he's not. That a lot of did not pick that number because of that. You've summoned how retroactively worked this in. There's no way. It was.

[Travis Kelce]

It was. It was the only number that I had a connection to you, just like Tony Gonzalez.

[Carissa Thompson]

And you are. What did you wear 87 for? What did you wear 87 for?

[Travis Kelce]

We went over this in the interview that Clarissa had with us in Cleveland.

[Aaron Andrews]

Travis told me that he wears number 87 because that's the year that Jason was born. And I thought that was so nice.

[Travis Kelce]

And that's how it all started. Without Jason, I wouldn't be where I am today.

[Aaron Andrews]

Exactly.

[Travis Kelce]

Now say it back.

[Carissa Thompson]

Jason, without Travis, I would be. I'd be way more successful than I am.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm holding them back.

[Carissa Thompson]

Complete opposite.

[Travis Kelce]

On the flip side, though, Jason has been known to be the. What is it the Sandra. The. The what? What was the woman that everyone's calling. I was. No, I wish I was. At this point, Jason has been known as a journalist himself. Now being with espn what do you think of his interviewing skill?

[Aaron Andrews]

Are you gonna say Barbara Walters?

[Travis Kelce]

I think you're killing it.

[Erin Andrews]

Jason. We saw you. I. I don't know where we saw you recently, but, yeah, I think you're doing an amazing job. I will tell you, though, we were just making a joke about, you know, when you guys had Taylor on. Chris and I were both saying after that, you nailed that. You freaking crushed that.

[Carissa Thompson]

I don't.

[Erin Andrews]

And actually, I'm gonna ask you some questions pre prepared. I mean, because you just were banging them out.

[Carissa Thompson]

We have a great editing team. They're very good. And I think anybody could have done a good job interviewing Tara. She was. Oh, well, yeah, she was fantastic. And I. I don't know. I just. I appreciate you saying that. It was a lot of fun.

[Erin Andrews]

You did a good job together.

[Carissa Thompson]

I'm terrible. I can't interview anybody. I. I flip over my words. I stumble.

[Erin Andrews]

No, you don't.

[Carissa Thompson]

But that was. That was a fun one, for sure.

[Erin Andrews]

I've been in production meetings with you, remember? I don't know.

[Carissa Thompson]

We were.

[Erin Andrews]

Sit back. We were sitting with you and Tom Rinaldi. Rinaldi do. And he asked you something about a family member. Yeah. You started bawling in our production meeting. Do you remember that?

[Carissa Thompson]

I do remember it. Tom Rinaldi can make anybody cry.

[Erin Andrews]

Oh, yeah.

[Carissa Thompson]

That guy is just, like, perfect. Tugging at the heartstrings. But, yeah, I've been known to shed a couple tears. I try to hold it back. Like, I know that I'm not supposed to, but I can't not do it. I don't know.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Carissa Thompson]

Anyways. Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

What's the big what's. Okay, you go ahead. This is your podcast. You asked the question.

[Travis Kelce]

No, no, please take this over from you guys.

[Carissa Thompson]

They've heard from us.

[Aaron Andrews]

Well, because the last time that I saw you, you were a guest. Like, a weak guest on Not a Week. Don't take that out of context. Don't edit that out. You were. Yeah, we were in Chicago and we did the kicking contest. But on Thursday Night Football, you came in and you filled in for. For the week, and it was awesome. And just, you know, we're a guest of ours, but I haven't seen you since then. And so obviously now with, you know, almost a full year under your belt in broadcasting, what's been the biggest surprise for you?

[Carissa Thompson]

Oh, man. How much travel it is and how much more you have to lock into everything across the whole, like, NFL.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Carissa Thompson]

Like, I think when you play, you get so used to just focusing on your team and who you're playing that week. And a lot of times you kind of don't know what's happening, like, holistically across the whole league. Now I'm probably watching more football than I've ever watched because you have to watch as many games as possible. You're watching press conferences. You're doing all these things that, as a player, you just don't pay attention to. And then on top of that, every week's an away game. Every week you're traveling, and that is awesome. In some ways. You get to go to a lot of cool cities and there's not as much pressure as playing, but at the same time, it is a lot of travel, so I enjoy the ability to stay involved with the games. I like the fact that we get to go to the games, so we get to see players and coaches, but. But I would say those are the two things that probably were the most, like, getting used to.

[Erin Andrews]

Can I ask now that you aren't playing in the game, but you're watching from the viewpoint that we have every week, is there a particular stadium or area that you've been to? And you're like, this is awesome. This is really cool.

[Carissa Thompson]

Oh, man, I hate to say this. And Eagles fans are going to be furious. I never liked playing in Jerry world. I hated that stadium.

[Erin Andrews]

Isn't it the best?

[Carissa Thompson]

It's fucking awesome. It's a cool spot. As a spectator, do you have the.

[Erin Andrews]

Chicken fingers there yet? Fire?

[Carissa Thompson]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Everything. I mean, it's. They've done a really good job with that place. From a viewing standpoint, Vegas is like a show. Like, it feels like you're at a. Like a legitimate concert there, which we were just there this week, so I think that's probably just fresh. And then, you know, there's the places you'd like playing as a player, too. There's, like, a charm to it as well. Like, I've always loved going to the Packer Stadium for much different reasons. In Jerry world, it's awesome. So, yeah. And then trying to think of, like, another spot that would be Bills. I think it's like, of course, I can't wait to see the new stadium when they build that. What. What it feels like. But I've been enjoying the last couple seasons.

[Aaron Andrews]

You know what it looks like? It looks. Jason, it looks like from the outside, it looks like Allegiant Stadium. It looks like that kind. Like that same design, that kind of spaceship thing. But I kind of miss that. I don't know. I mean, the Nostalgia of Orchard park is like its own.

[Carissa Thompson]

It's going to be hard to. Yeah. You can't replicate it.

[Travis Kelce]

No.

[Carissa Thompson]

I am happy that it's open, though. You're gonna still see Buffalo.

[Erin Andrews]

Snow games I get this year. I've never really in my career done a massive, like, snow game. And I wanted to so bad. You watch these people, like, Rams, Philly playoff game last year. I wanted to do something like that so bad where I just look like Ralphie and Randy in Christmas Story.

[Aaron Andrews]

Oh, yeah, you did Angels. Yes. In Cleveland. And then they made the playoff. Yeah, it was really fun, but. Sorry, go ahead.

[Erin Andrews]

No, no, no. But we're doing Philly at Bill's, I believe, later. I think it's right after Christmas, so the potential of, you know, a snow globe game could be fire. So it'd be on the lake. Yeah.

[Travis Kelce]

The guarantee you're going to get a little bit of snow.

[Erin Andrews]

Oh, for sure.

[Aaron Andrews]

I hope so.

[Travis Kelce]

Was that the Jameis west is. How lucky are we? How lucky are we to be playing football in Cleveland, Ohio?

[Aaron Andrews]

Exactly. And he's talking about the Calvary with the horses and the whole thing and killing pregame football.

[Travis Kelce]

Just better when Jameis is starting.

[Aaron Andrews]

Yes. It's not even a question. Also, too, because from our vantage point, I just think about the reporters. Like when he stands up there at the podium, like, you know you're going to get something, even if it's bad. You know, obviously he ends that game by throwing the interception. And he still is, like, positive. And you're like, this guy is the ultimate optimist.

[Travis Kelce]

He's one at life. He's one of life. I got to shoot that question. Back to you guys, though. Going into every single NFL stadium all over the country. Which one's your favorite to. To visit?

[Aaron Andrews]

Hit it, ct. Well, the nostalgia of Lambeau is always one. I mean, that is. That is football. So that's number one for me. But also, I love Arrowhead's great, too. I'm not just saying that because it's huge, Rav.

[Erin Andrews]

It's.

[Aaron Andrews]

It's because it doesn't. It's not. It hasn't gone corporate. And as much as these big stadiums are great, for some reason you start to lose that feel. This your stadium is very much like a college feel because the fans are right on top of the field and you don't have all the suites down below and that kind of stuff. I also love Charlotte has some bangers I always like.

[Erin Andrews]

They play some tunes.

[Aaron Andrews]

At Levi the music. Aaron and I are big on the DJs like if they Atlantis, obviously they're.

[Travis Kelce]

Playing some pretty Pablo or good music of people.

[Aaron Andrews]

So good helicopter. And then, of course, in Atlanta, you get Luda every other second, so it's good.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

What about you?

[Erin Andrews]

I feel like, because I've been doing this a hundred years. It's the little things like Jerry's World, they take care of you. It's inside. I mean, I know the players have the sun in their eyes, and that sucks for a 425, you know, game. But me, I'm looking great. The chicken fingers are fire. I love going to the link because obviously, you know, it's fun. Great hotel fire, dinner the night before. Dom, I know he's trying to take care of the team, but he's looking out for the girl, which I appreciate. You need an iv. You need to work out Fine. Dom will take care of me. Lampos fire. Like, it's. It's always such a fun time. I've done games -10 there. I've done games that are hot there. I've done games that we didn't think it was supposed to snow, and all of a sudden it did. It's just a pain in the butt getting to I love you, Wisconsin. You're so much fun, you know, to. Once we're there, it's a time, but, man, it's hard getting out.

[Aaron Andrews]

I'm gonna tell you what she. She misses Troy Aikman's plane is what she misses. In, and I'm out. Thank God.

[Carissa Thompson]

You know who's taking advantage of the Troy Aikman playing these days is swagu. Swaggy's always hopping on. Yeah.

[Erin Andrews]

Oh, I bet he better not be in my seat.

[Carissa Thompson]

He keeps calling Troy his best friend, so he keeps that playing situation fresh.

[Aaron Andrews]

I bet he does. You're all, FBO is your best friend. Got it.

[Travis Kelce]

We were talking about Jerry's World. I'm actually going to Jerry's World on Thanksgiving.

[Aaron Andrews]

You are?

[Travis Kelce]

You guys have a few Thanksgiving games, I believe, and a Black Friday game as well, right?

[Carissa Thompson]

Yep.

[Travis Kelce]

What's that like doing, like a. Like hosting a holiday game? And is that any different than the actual ones, or is it just kind of getting away from the family or.

[Erin Andrews]

Since I've gone into this industry because I used to do Thursday Night Football with Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreet. We had a group together. I mean, we were doing West Virginia games, you know, though, and Louisville, West Virginia on Thursday.

[Aaron Andrews]

Oh, yeah.

[Erin Andrews]

So it's hard, but I think it's, you know, Chris and I say it all the time. To women that ask us about being in the industry, it's one of the best jobs. But you have to love it because, you know, on, in the morning, on Thanksgiving, you're sitting in a hotel room watching the Macy's Day Parade, but then you have a front row seat to some of the best athletes in the world. So it's also pretty badass because we have some amazing games that we get to watch.

[Aaron Andrews]

And I just invited myself over to the Kelsey household for the black. For, for Thanksgiving.

[Carissa Thompson]

Come on, come on over, Chris.

[Aaron Andrews]

So, yeah, it's great. And then I'm gonna be with you, Trav. In Kansas City, I got, we got Broncos, Chiefs. On Christmas. Do you like playing on Christmas? Because you did it last year too. You do love it.

[Erin Andrews]

Why?

[Travis Kelce]

I do. I love it. I just, you know, I, I think I have a blast going outside and just playing the game I love on, on a, on a day like that when every, when I know everybody's enjoying their families together sitting around a campfire or sitting around the, the, the chimney or the Christmas tree, watching the games at home. And I just know it's, I could, I can, I, I can almost feel the, the excitement of Christmas that everyone else is enjoying while I'm on the field.

[Aaron Andrews]

And.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I don't know, it's just, it's a fun, it's a fun atmosphere. I mean, I've, I've had the pleasure of playing, I think three games on Christmas and, and every, each and every single one of them I had a blast in. And on top of that, I, I get to have everybody come through to Kansas City. Christmas in Casey this year. So it'll be a good time.

[Carissa Thompson]

That's right.

[Erin Andrews]

Those games just feel different. They do. Like Thanksgiving, we all, on Fox, we pay tribute to John Madden, which is really, really special. So that day just feels different for us. Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

You guys ever had the production?

[Carissa Thompson]

I have never had one. I've always wanted to. I don't even know where you get that.

[Erin Andrews]

I'll get one sent to your house. They send us all one. Yeah, we'll get them for you guys.

[Carissa Thompson]

Carissa, we're having a turducken.

[Aaron Andrews]

Goddamn right. By the way, I'm packing that on air, Al, and I'll see you in Philadelphia. It is so good.

[Carissa Thompson]

Can you fry a turducken or does it have to be roasted? How do you cook a turducken?

[Erin Andrews]

That's a great question. Well, because there's stuffing on the inside. Yeah, there's a lot of things in there. Hey, one guy that we all love on this podcast a lot, Greg Olson. We had Greg Olsen eat a turducken one year and it was just like he went crazy. Oh, my God. So good. Hands through the hair. You know, by the third quarter, it was so fabulous.

[Aaron Andrews]

Yeah, forget the gel. It's just straight grease.

[Travis Kelce]

Jason likes to do a fried turkey.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah, we do too.

[Carissa Thompson]

I like, I prefer the fried same.

[Travis Kelce]

No, I'm saying you like to. You like to fry your turkey.

[Carissa Thompson]

I'm frying it.

[Travis Kelce]

All right.

[Carissa Thompson]

All right.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

Wait, you actually do it, Jace.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, yeah.

[Erin Andrews]

Jared does it too.

[Travis Kelce]

He's gone through three fryers.

[Carissa Thompson]

I do tend to leave the oil in the fryer outside for too long and then we got to pitch the fryer. But. Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

What's the key to a perfect fried turkey?

[Carissa Thompson]

Gotta brine it. Definitely make sure that it's completely thawed and there's no. It's not frozen. All that leads to a disaster. You got to make sure you get the fill line properly right. Because obviously proper fill line, when you, when you put the turkey in, the oil is going to come up. So you don't want that oil too high, but you want enough that it's going to cover the bird. Yeah, you brine it. There's an injector, one of our former strength coaches told me, I forget the name, but there's a specific injector of like butter creole seasoning that you inject right before you put it in the fryer. It is real good. Very good. Yeah, that's about it. Yeah, we love it. Put the seasoning on the outside of it. Yeah, they're good.

[Erin Andrews]

I feel like once you fry turkey, you can't go back. Jared does one every year. I love it.

[Carissa Thompson]

I'm with you 100%.

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[Carissa Thompson]

How did you guys decide you want to do this with your lives? What leads to becoming a broadcaster journalist in sports?

[Aaron Andrews]

Aaron and I have very similar motivations. I'll let her tell her side of the story. But mine was because I loved hanging out with my dad and he would watch football every Sunday. I would beg my mom to miss church so I could just hang out with my dad. I would sit next to him and I had one very just one simple rule. I wasn't allowed to talk. He would teach me the game. If I had a question, I'd have to raise my hand and he would teach me the game of football. And it was so because he's like, hey, I'm not going to have you yapping over here the whole time. So I will teach you the game. But you know what, Jason, you'll appreciate this. And Travis, when you have kids as well, he would make everything a game, right? So he's like, all right, we're going to play school. So you're going to raise your hand and I'm the teacher and I'll teach you. And those kinds of things. Also had long hair. And so it was like if he wanted to be lazy and watch us, he's like, okay, I'm the patient. I broke my leg. I can't get off the couch, so fix my broken leg. Or so every game he played revolves sitting on the couch. And it was still playing with us. It was Brilliant.

[Travis Kelce]

Brilliant.

[Aaron Andrews]

He had long hair, and he's like, look, I need my haircut. You got to fix my hair again. Hasn't moved from the couch.

[Carissa Thompson]

But anyways, I need to get some of these games.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, you're playing games all wrong, Jason.

[Aaron Andrews]

Everything should revolve around you sitting your ass on the couch, still being a great dad. But, yeah, he loved sports, so I love sports, and I had a brother who played baseball growing up. I played sports growing up, and for me, you know, sports was so much a part of who I was growing up. And so I was a big believer that anything I could do professionally that kept me in sports was the ideal situation. Work as a team, we win together, we lose together, all of that. And I just love the idea of being able to have a profession that evolved, involved sports, involved, and, you know, worked around it. So that's sort of my motivation. And then, you know, the path to actually getting on air is a little circuitous. But, yeah, I started in HR because I just wanted to get in the building. Went through everyone's files, ended up blackmailing them.

[Erin Andrews]

No, Smart.

[Aaron Andrews]

So smart.

[Travis Kelce]

I was like, oh, this is great.

[Erin Andrews]

I have this on you. Let me do. Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

Who have you been hanging out with? I got in the building through HR and just ended up in production. And then, you know, different things from there. But, no, I just have always loved. Love sports. So that's sort of my quick 20 second background.

[Travis Kelce]

It was awesome. I love it.

[Erin Andrews]

Mine's my dad. He's from New England. Big, big, you know, Celtics, Red Sox. He grew up liking the packers because he always said the Patriots were so bad that they were blacked out in Massachusetts. That's how bad they were. So I. I grew up just. My dad's a great storyteller. He was on television forever, and he just explained it to me very much like, not like Chris's dad. I wasn't, you know, taking care of him. No, I'm joking. But he would just make these people sound like my friends. And unfortunately. Unfortunately, I grew up thinking that they were. I was obsessed with the Celtics. I wanted the Red Sox to win a World Series. So bad for my father. I loved sitting back and watching Brett Favre, you know, do his thing with my dad. And then when I. There was never another option. Well, actually, it was like, I want to be a sports broadcaster or I'm going to be a marine biologist, which.

[Carissa Thompson]

Whoa. Wow. Wildly different.

[Erin Andrews]

Sure, sure. So, yeah, let's be honest. We all know how smart I am. I don't think that would have worked out, but I. I love it so much. I went to the University of Florida. I told my dad, because, you know, if you have a good football team, college football team, the espn, the cbss, they'll be there. I just wanted really fun Saturdays. And then, because I grew up thinking these guys were my friend. I have friends. I've had multiple encounters with Larry Bird. I met him and I told him everything about my life in one minute. And absolutely, like, vomited my life story about how he is my everything. Called my dad right away and I said, holy shit, Dad. I just met Larry Legend. I think I embarrassed myself. I talked about all this stuff that. And he goes, oh, my God. Can you go back and say, I'm sorry? I'm like, no, dad. Kevin McHale in a. In an airport one time ran up to him. It was like, 11 o'.

[Carissa Thompson]

Clock.

[Erin Andrews]

He's going somewhere, I'm going somewhere. Coming home from a game, telling him he was my first crush ever. Hi, I'm Erin Andrews. I work on college game day. But you're my first crush ever. And I just want to tell you thank you for, like. Shut up. Shut up. One cool ass story, though. Like, you think about, like, giving it, you know, paying it forward and, you know, with your parents and everything. When I worked for espn. No, actually, Fox, I got to cover the World Series, and my dad was. I took my dad to Fenway. It was actually right after, you know, the. The marathon and everything, and dramatic that was. But I brought my dad onto the field after they won. And then Fox said, we're gonna go live, go inside the clubhouse, grab Big Poppy or whatever. Poppy actually came out in a tank top, goggles, champagne sprayed, all of us. Of course she did, Papa. Wow my dad and started swinging him around like a rag doll. And my dad was just like, this is awesome. It was just so cool.

[Travis Kelce]

So cool. Those stories are the best.

[Aaron Andrews]

You know, we both have our motivation and inspiration to be in sports broadcasting was our dads. And I think to be able to have those moments with them, like, you had that. The World Series. I got to bring my dad to the 2019 Masters. Front row, Amen. Corner, top of the leaderboard. Starts falling off. Tigers inching his way up. And I'm like, we might be able to see this. And then we go to 16 or second row. At 16, he birdies 16. And I, like, sat there and I was like, holy shit. I'm going to be able to experience Tiger Wind winning the Masters with my dad. And, like, our parents don't Ask for anything. Like all they ever want want is for us to be happy and healthy and like do what we love. And so to like have access or those moments where we can share them with our parents, like that's like the greatest gift in the world.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Carissa Thompson]

That's awesome.

[Travis Kelce]

Giving the fam that those kind of memories, those kind of moments, it's, it's. You can't put a price tag on it.

[Carissa Thompson]

My daughters don't like watching sports with me yet. How do I start to convince them to like watching sports? Is it the haircut? I gotta start playing with the games. Is that the key?

[Aaron Andrews]

Dr. Barber shop. Yeah. School just centered around. So they don't. They're not interested in.

[Carissa Thompson]

I think they're so. They're so young. Why did I think she would do it now? She usually wants to watch some Disney movie or like yet, but hopefully I'm hopeful that it's going to start to happen here. Coming up, I got to start coming up with a game. I think, I think that that's the way I got to figure out some way that we're. We're doing something and playing while the game's happening. Happening because the attention span is not there. These kids this day, they can't sit down and watch.

[Erin Andrews]

No.

[Carissa Thompson]

They just want the screen to be changing continually. Stimuli.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Carissa Thompson]

Crack. Give it to me.

[Aaron Andrews]

I think that's also what was so special about. You know, Aaron and I have talked about it, like with women and young viewerships. Like Taylor's impact cannot be overlooked. Like those little girls that maybe didn't have an interest in football and then sit down because it's her like that. The, the commercials and the like little videos that you see that now all of a sudden the dads have a bond with their daughter or her like is so special again as two women who have made a career out of this because of their dads to have those moments, like, who knows what kind of impact that will have later on in their lives in a myriad of different ways. But it's really special to see.

[Erin Andrews]

That was just it for me was just having that time with my dad because my dad worked the weekends. He was, you know, at. On TV at night. So I didn't get to see. See him. So that was like our special time to do that. So maybe you carve that out as your special time with your kids.

[Aaron Andrews]

I don't know.

[Carissa Thompson]

I, I like that free time. I mean, listen, I'd rather watch football than some of the other things we're doing. I think also you Just mentioned Taylor and how much she's gotten girls into the sport and dads and daughters together, which. That's one of the coolest things I get. When people talk about Taylor and Travis and hearing from dads or hearing from daughters about that. It's. It's an awesome thing. But also, like, how much do you guys think about how many women you've been impacted that watch sports? Like, oh, yeah, Kylie was a communications major. She raved about both of you guys and how much she's loved, like, the platform that you've put women on in sports. Like, do you guys often think about that and how many women look to you guys as, like, role models for being involved in sports?

[Aaron Andrews]

Thank you for saying that. Thank you, Kylie. That's high praise from you.

[Travis Kelce]

But.

[Aaron Andrews]

But there was a young lady. Her name's Alexandra. She works as a Patriots reporter. She has for the last five years. She's been in the industry for 10 years. And as I was walking out on Thursday night, she handed me a handwritten note and wrote the nicest thing about Erin and I. And I don't ever like to think, like, oh, inspiration, whatever, but it was so well said that, you know, she watched Erin and I do this over the last few years and kind of were, you know, behind the scenes, I guess, a motivation for her to do it as well. And now she's doing it, and she's doing it on a big stage, and that's. And again, Aaron and I have been in this industry for 20 years, so when I have moments like that or even get anyone recognizing that maybe we might have, you know, I don't know, dare I say, inspired them, like, that's really special. And I don't ever, ever, ever take that for granted because I'll be honest. And I told your wife this on. On her podcast. There was some women that were not so nice to. To me, coming through as I was surprising to me, you know.

[Carissa Thompson]

I'll just.

[Aaron Andrews]

Say, I mean, women can be catty. And look at men can be catty, too. It's not just limited to female, female gen, but, you know, jealousy or, you know, these are few and far between. These are very coveted positions. And so, look, there's a competitiveness that unfortunately turns into cattiness. And I always made it a point because I will never forget those people, the individuals that were not so nice. And I was like, if there's anyone, I understand that this seat is. Is a special privilege to sit in, but there will be a time and a place where I have to Pass that on. You guys know, in the industry and the positions that you play and the sport that you play, there comes a time where there's going to be the next younger, f. Faster, bigger, stronger person. And so it's like, yeah, you don't want to give up the seat, but it. But at least help that person along the way. So I'm grateful of the women that were nice to me, but the ones that I will always remember, the ones that were not so nice.

[Erin Andrews]

So, yeah, I think for the longest time, I. Well, even now, I just. I was Tom Rinaldi. The other day, we were talking, he said to me, you're not a tourist. With how much you love the sport, you. I live and breathe it. Not like you guys. I mean, believe me, I get that that's a different kind of lifestyle and dedication, but I'm obsessed with it because it's the only thing I love talking about besides my family. I look up to you guys so much. I look up to your families, what you've been through. And a lot of that is because of who I ended up marrying and watching his journey and knowing what it takes behind the scenes, especially when you're not a superstar or anything like that. But you love the game so much. I love football, and there's nothing more I want to do than be out there. And so I feel like. Like when people come up to me, especially dads, and they say, I want my little girl to do this. I want her to be like you. That's, I think, what's breaking me down a lot more than it used to, especially now that I have Mac, because I want my. My kids to be you. I do. I want them to attack life like both of you did and. Or do. And so I think that's the thing that's, like, hitting me harder than ever, you know, And. And. And also, I'll echo that about Kylie as well. When she had me on the podcast, and she just mentioned that Kylie's no bullshit, like, she know real and what's not. And when she just said, hey, you know, you've done this, and I've looked, that hit me. Like, I. I got, you know, tears in my eyes because she knows the people that care and love it and respect the players and the coaches and the organizations, like Chris and I do. So that means a lot to me when you're kind of stopped and. And like Chris, I got that note the other day that Those are nice reminders.

[Carissa Thompson]

Absolutely. I bet.

[Travis Kelce]

The best. Do you guys remember your first broadcast? You've done so many.

[Carissa Thompson]

Welcome to broadcasting moment.

[Travis Kelce]

Were you proud of it?

[Carissa Thompson]

Were you.

[Travis Kelce]

Did you black out? Did you. Do you remember exactly what you said?

[Erin Andrews]

I remember my first, like, my first ESPN one. Like, I. I worked with the Tampa Bay Lightning. That was where my first real gig out of college. I was the sideline reporter. I mean, Jarrett loves to watch those. Like, you know, if they're showing this Stanley cup and he's like, look at green machine. I, like, thought I was so great. The Tampa Bay lighting. We're playing the Calgary Flames in the Stanley Cup Final. I worked for abc. I got to do it. It's game seven back in Tampa. Like, the team I got my first job with.

[Aaron Andrews]

And you know what?

[Erin Andrews]

My mom and dad and I, we went to the West Shore Mall, and we went to Ann Taylor, and I picked out a green top that I thought would be fire for game seven.

[Carissa Thompson]

Let's go.

[Erin Andrews]

So Jarrett loves when they start playing that. He's like, look at the green machine there with the old like and all that.

[Carissa Thompson]

Oh, my gosh.

[Erin Andrews]

My first ESPN game, they threw me after I got, you know, I. I did that for espn. They threw me on Saturday night, which was, you know, such a huge deal. And I think it was Virginia Tech, usc. And it was not. It was somewhere. It wasn't even at their stadium. It was such a big night for those two teams. And I remember we had a jib cam. Jason, you know the one, because I think you guys use it. They had a jib cam, and I was gripping that microphone so hard. But I also was standing with my legs like this. Like, I was bracing myself like a cheerleader, like the old. And my producer, after I nailed my hit, goes, hey, great job. So next time we do this, close your legs.

[Travis Kelce]

I needed a good base. I needed a good bass ct. What about you?

[Aaron Andrews]

When I, you know, worked in hr, then I moved into production, and I was like, I want to, you know, be in sports broadcasting. They're like, cool. Good luck with that. In production. And so I took whatever job was available in the production because it was all the. Remember, all the RSNs. I like the Fox Sports Rocky Mountain or Fox Sports Pittsburgh. So I moved. I moved to Denver, and I became a production assistant. And I just worked behind the scenes, and I did anything I could to learn the trade and all that kind of stuff. And so then they were like, well, we're going to send you out to, like, local bars and, you know, kind of interview fans and all that kind of stuff. So, like, those. That was my first on air experience was in a bar. And I was like, well, this is weird. So natural in this environment.

[Carissa Thompson]

I'm in my element.

[Aaron Andrews]

Yeah, these are my people in here. So then that got parlayed into they let the girl go that was on air as their Rockies reporter, the Colorado Rockies. And so they, they were like, we'll give you a shot and if you're okay, then we'll give you another shot. And then they kept giving me shots. And so that turned into a two year contract, which was awesome. Anyways, so that was my first on air experience, but my first welcome to TV moment. TV in a cold environment moment was I'm working for the Big Ten network. It, it is a Golden Gophers game. We are outside.

[Erin Andrews]

You know the one?

[Aaron Andrews]

You know the one? I got the microphone. All right. Coach says, da, da, da, da, da. And the play.

[Erin Andrews]

I, I mean, play.

[Aaron Andrews]

No, my mouth is frozen.

[Erin Andrews]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

I can't correct myself. So finally I just go, tom.

[Carissa Thompson]

You guys got it for me.

[Erin Andrews]

And that's the worst. Jason, I don't know if you feel this way on air. It's like once you stumble, it's like. And then you try to correct it. It's almost like lying the COVID up. The. Just the contiguous.

[Aaron Andrews]

Like frozen. It was just a wrap.

[Carissa Thompson]

Oh, that's funny. Do you think it's easier to get into sports broadcasting now or verse when you guys first started, what do you, what do you think of the current landscape?

[Erin Andrews]

I think the one thing that's cool is there's a lot of avenues. Like these teams have their own, like digital social production studios that are nicer than what I was ever you introduced to before I got to Fox or espn. So I think there's a lot more opportunities in terms of how you get into the industry. But I will say this. Leslie Visser gave me this piece of advice, you know, and I don't know if you're just talking about being a female in the industry, but you know, you, I say this to young girls. I kind of copy her. But being a female helps you get your foot in the door. But in order for you to stay, you have to work your tail off. And I think that's because of being a female. Right. And I, that's the chip I have on my shoulder. But yeah, I do think there's a lot more opportunities. What do you think, ct? Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

I mean, in the, in the digital age that we live in, I mean, there's so many different platforms. I mean, you could start your own channel. You could, you Know, whether it's a podcast, whether it's YouTube channel, any of these things, there's so many. Like, whereas for us, I mean, 20 years ago, it was, you know, the CBS, the ABC, the, you know, Fox. I mean, there was only a couple. And like, as I mentioned, those regional channels as well, or like your local news. I remember my. When I was working my way through production, somebody said to me, a news director, and he was like, you send a resume reel. And for me, it was like on this, I took it from a Beta and a DVC pro and I put it on a cd. And he's like, there's gonna be different news directors that are gonna put this tape in for all of five seconds. So if you don't capture their attention in the first five seconds, it's a wrap. You're gonna be thrown in this pile with a bunch of other tapes, people that want to do this. And so when I was younger and I knew I wanted to do it, I. I took a paper towel roll and a tennis ball and I taped it together and I made a microphone and I took my parents, you know, old camcorder thing and I set it.

[Carissa Thompson]

Up on the wall and I begged.

[Aaron Andrews]

My brother, begged my brother to be Jay Buer. I was like, can you please be Jay Buhner so I can interview you? And I made this like, old thing and he got like a free bat. You know, like when you go to the Mariners games, like, oh, it's batting, you know, helmet night. Or like, you know, whatever.

[Carissa Thompson]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

Two years older than me, and he's like, like, oh, this is so stupid, Carissa. Like, so stupid. And I was like, please, I'll do whatever you want. Just please, can you please just do this? So he's like, fine.

[Carissa Thompson]

Cute.

[Aaron Andrews]

So he stands there and I interview him with this. Yeah, I mean, I was like, you can't be Ken Griffey. I mean, unfortunately, I would like that.

[Carissa Thompson]

I'm trying to make that video would have been epic.

[Aaron Andrews]

I ended up using that on my resume reel.

[Erin Andrews]

That's on your. That was on your reel?

[Aaron Andrews]

Yeah, because I was like, how am I gonna get these news directors attention in the first five seconds? And so it was like a 10 year old, you know, little girl interviewing her brother. So anyways, those were the things that we had to do. Nowadays with social media, you don't have to, you know, create your own show. You just have to get followers and you have to do all of that stuff where it's like, there's a following, there's A whole different avenue that you can approach it from, which is great. I mean, the more the merrier. That's what I say. I mean, here's my thing about that, too, and welcoming and everybody. There's room at the table for everybody. And if there isn't, then. Then get another table and build, you know, a group over there. So, yeah, I think it's awesome that if anybody wants to do this job, there's opportunities. But again, you know, as you work your way up, there's those coveted ones that are few and far between ct.

[Erin Andrews]

Do you remember, like, any of your features or packages that were on your resume reel? I can only think of one that I know. And I remember I was editing it and I was trying to do Phil Collins in the air. Do you remember, like, one of yours?

[Aaron Andrews]

Oh, yeah. Not. Not as dramatic as a Phil Collins.

[Carissa Thompson]

This was.

[Travis Kelce]

You had to do the. The recording and the editing. And this wasn't just like, yeah, that's crazy.

[Erin Andrews]

And mine was awful.

[Travis Kelce]

Chasey, could you imagine if we had to edit this show?

[Erin Andrews]

Edit.

[Aaron Andrews]

Carry the tripod. You had to set up the shot. You had to do.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

Voiceovers. You had to do all of that. But I think that's a good to be able to learn all facets of it. But let's go back to you guys editing this show.

[Carissa Thompson]

Okay. Yeah.

[Travis Kelce]

They would never get out. I don't even say that's a damn.

[Carissa Thompson]

Sure application they use. I can't find the print button on this computer. I would have no chance. I don't know how to work any of this stuff. If you told me to print something on the printer right here, I would.

[Travis Kelce]

Kylie.

[Carissa Thompson]

Do you guys have a favorite sport that you like covering?

[Travis Kelce]

Ooh, that's a good one.

[Erin Andrews]

Doing it. The NFL.

[Carissa Thompson]

NFL for sure.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah. I was a part of college forever, even, you know, doing college game day, and it was great. And I loved it so much, and I'm grateful of it really just formed me. It taught me a lot. I mean, it.

[Rakuten Sponsor]

It did.

[Erin Andrews]

And I. I made great relationships with the guys that I worked with, but I knew, and this was a big thing. When I left ESPN to go to fox, it was a. I was like, am I doing the right thing? Should I not? I mean, I called, I talked to Coach K. I talked to Chip Kelly. I talked to a lot of people that I with, and I was like, is this the right thing to do? It's the best sport to cover. It is awesome. And it's because of you guys. It is. It's just our Football players, the best.

[Carissa Thompson]

NFL players are the best to cover.

[Erin Andrews]

You think hockey is pretty fun too.

[Carissa Thompson]

Hockey's a time the athletes that play in the NHL are by far the wildest. They are the hidden personalities, man. Oh yeah. Their party, their fun time. And they will set say more outlandish things. I feel like NFL guys are more buttoned up and kind of toe the line mostly. Whereas I feel like NHL guys. You'll get like some great sound bites out of these dudes.

[Aaron Andrews]

There's a little bit of that protect the shield from the NFL. Whereas where hockey? Because I covered hockey for a couple years when it was versus, it became part of NBC's package. But I love playoff hockey. There is nothing better, I gotta say. Like, yes, of course, playoff, you know, the NFL, that's my number one. But right below that is playoff hockey. I'll never forget. The Montreal Canadiens were an eight seed. They knocked off the Capitals, then they knocked the Penguins, then they took the Flyers, I think it was to four and just going and working a game at the Bell center in Montreal. And like that is. Yeah, it was an awesome experience. And I don't need to tell Erin because she's been to more hockey games than she can ever remember Jarrett winning two Stanley Cups and like that experience. But like, hockey is incredible. I love college. College. My first ever college football game I worked was Michigan App State. That big.

[Erin Andrews]

You know, the one you guys for the younger.

[Carissa Thompson]

That's a fun one.

[Aaron Andrews]

Yeah. And I remember. So I was standing there and I was like, I mean, I'm obviously like understand the game. And I'd be like, this is. This is. This is a D3 school. This is, you know, this big upset. And so I remember my. I even remember my opening stand up. You could rob a bank in Boone today because no one is watching. Everyone's watching this game. And then it ended up being a big upset. We got in the car afterwards and Tom Brennaman and Charles Davis were at the play by play and analysts and they go, well, how does that rank of all the games you've worked? And I was like, well, this was my first one.

[Carissa Thompson]

It's all downhill from here.

[Erin Andrews]

Why are you out here?

[Travis Kelce]

And this is very odd.

[Carissa Thompson]

There were three banks robbed in exactly Boone.

[Aaron Andrews]

North Carolina had a lot of bank robberies that day. But no, it was college football's cool. The jump around at Camp Randall. I mean, Aaron got to work sec. I'm so jealous I never got to work in SEC football game.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, I wanna, I wanna go back to these SEC places Yeah, I've never even been one of them.

[Erin Andrews]

Neither has Jarrett. He's never gotten to see any of it. I'm like, you, dude. You have no idea. It's like Toronto Maple Leaves on. You know, it's a net. It's the next level.

[Carissa Thompson]

So, seriously, what's the. I know. I know you went the Florida. What's the best environment, in all honesty, on game day? Because I've heard one, like, routinely, and I want to know if it matches up.

[Erin Andrews]

When I was, you know, working college game day, Saban, Alabama, it was the end all be all. I was like, I'm getting my kid. I'm going. I'm giving him to Saban. It's going to be like Simba, the circle of life. He's going to make my kid go to the national championship and get him in the league. So Alabama is fire. LSU at night.

[Carissa Thompson]

That is what everyone says. Death Valley, everyone unanimously level.

[Erin Andrews]

It's rocking. It's shaking. Those people have been in the parking lot over the weekend. They are marinated perfectly. It is shrimp A to fake, you know, how much shrimp A to say I had working at espn. That's fire. Ole Miss is fun for, you know, a three o' clock game, but LSU is. Is amazing. It's really great.

[Carissa Thompson]

People just park in the middle of the street and they just take their car, their keys with them. Like, what is happening?

[Erin Andrews]

Jesse Palmer, who I also work Thursday Night Football with, he used to talk about when he played for Florida, I don't know, it was a big matchup. It was like one versus whatever Florida roll rolls into Death Valley. And he said, you know, they're on the bus with Coach Spurrier and people are just shaking the Gators bus. And he said, there's gators hanging from the trees. And Coach Spurrier was like, hold on, y'.

[Carissa Thompson]

All, hold on.

[Erin Andrews]

Old days like that, those stories, so much fun. Yeah. College football, it. Yeah, it was fun to cover, but I like going to. I like going to Arrowhead with the.

[Aaron Andrews]

Nil and conference realignment. It feels different.

[Erin Andrews]

Different.

[Aaron Andrews]

You're still. Awesome game. That's, you know, the sport is still great. It just felt different when, you know, like, the PAC 10 was the PAC 10. And the, you know, I don't know, there just is, like, a different vibe to it. But that's, you know.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yeah, it's. It's definitely in a weird state right now with the conferences and the NAL stuff, and teams are.

[Aaron Andrews]

Now it has 20 teams. I don't even know even name all the teams.

[Erin Andrews]

I Know, it's different.

[Carissa Thompson]

Kids are like playing for, like three different schools. Like, it's nuts.

[Erin Andrews]

It's driving and. Yeah. But the plus ones, you, Jared, Steve, you guys have to go to LSU together when everybody's, like, done with their. That would be. You guys would crush it.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yes.

[Erin Andrews]

Ct, I was going to ask you, when you covered NHL, and we both did. Was there ever a time. Because the injuries with those guys are so different from. I mean, hockey players will come and do an interview with half their face hanging off. And I did it. I did a game, Jeremy Roenick that shows how old I am. Hit half his face was off. Like he had gotten it all stitched up and. And was.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, he had to wear that chin guard for a while. I remember this.

[Erin Andrews]

And I looked at him and I go, oh, my God. And then I just blanked out.

[Travis Kelce]

Making you talk.

[Aaron Andrews]

Yeah.

[Erin Andrews]

I go, does that hurt? And he was like, yes. Really?

[Aaron Andrews]

Interviews?

[Erin Andrews]

Because it was like half his face was hanging off. But you. Did you ever do one where you're like, holy shit.

[Aaron Andrews]

No, I didn't have that experience. But when you said Jeremy Ronick, I remember I worked in a. I worked in Olympics with him in Vancouver. Nobody, Nobody. I repeat. And I could out drink Jeremy Ronick maniac in the best way possible. I. Oh, my God, I want to.

[Carissa Thompson]

Play golf with Ronick. I've heard he is just a blast.

[Erin Andrews]

On the course, but they all are so much fun. Speaking of good people, which was a really, really fun story. We had a ch to and Casey hang out with Wayne and Janet and you guys all together. And it was. I guess I wasn't really paying attention to my husband in the moment. Like he has, you know, hung out with Wayne a little bit, but not anything to like that personal of that night. And my husband was glowing. I mean, it was like I was. Oh, my God. And it was so cool. Chris, I don't know what you think, but like the boys that we were with, just asking Wayne all the questions, like seeing somebody like Greg Olsen, just. Wayne, let me ask you something. So this three tight end formation. No, I'm kidding. But you know what? Like Greg, those guys, it was just so, so cool. And what's so great about Wayne? And I think the NHL is just a normal dude.

[Aaron Andrews]

Well.

[Erin Andrews]

And so what a great job she does.

[Aaron Andrews]

And.

[Erin Andrews]

And Greg and just really, really just awesome to be around.

[Aaron Andrews]

I mean, it's Wayne Gretzky.

[Carissa Thompson]

It's.

[Aaron Andrews]

There's. I mean, yeah, full stop. Wayne Gretzky. I mean, you're just down. But that just reminds me of the text chain that we're on. And Greg Olsen does not care if we ever. Okay, Wayne. It's. I don't know who's on the text. There's a couple of us, including Greg, Aaron, and I myself, Dean Kevin Brandino. Okay, Kevin.

[Erin Andrews]

And.

[Aaron Andrews]

After that night, it was a couple days later, like last week, I guess. Wayne had texted Greg. He got his phone number, and he just wrote, hey, this is 99. Okay, there's only one. 99.

[Travis Kelce]

There's only JJ1.

[Carissa Thompson]

It's not JJ Wan.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah. He actually said, hey, I just. Just want to tell you it was great hanging out with you, and I just was watching you, and you do a really good job. And he also gave a little bit of a hint. He said, janet and I really enjoyed getting to know you. So Greg sends a picture of the text to all of us on this chain, and Greg's response is, I'm sorry, who is this?

[Aaron Andrews]

He wrote, who is this?

[Carissa Thompson]

Oh, my God.

[Travis Kelce]

He had to be joking.

[Carissa Thompson]

No way.

[Travis Kelce]

I mean, he had a few ones that night. I think we all had a few ones that night. That was a good one.

[Carissa Thompson]

My guy came in from Dallas.

[Travis Kelce]

He was working a game in Dallas and came in just to. Just to get some. Some food over at 1587. Had no idea he was gonna run.

[Aaron Andrews]

Into the great Dallas.

[Carissa Thompson]

That's amazing.

[Aaron Andrews]

That was the back and forth. Like, that was the Giants Dallas game. And it went back and forth a hundred different times. And he was like, oh, I'm not missing it. He is such an animal. Greg.

[Carissa Thompson]

What.

[Aaron Andrews]

What a.

[Erin Andrews]

The best.

[Carissa Thompson]

That's awesome. Yeah, Wayne is. I had two posters on my wall as a kid. I had wayne and Mark McGuire from when he broke the record for the home. Very odd. I was not fans of either the team.

[Travis Kelce]

Right there. That's right.

[Carissa Thompson]

That's right.

[Travis Kelce]

Bring steroids back, baby.

[Aaron Andrews]

Hey, I had a Brian Doorth poster.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, you gotta do.

[Carissa Thompson]

Just take steroids and you get up on the wall, kids. Aaron, you just touched on the, like, hockey players. There is, like, this. This just being like, regular guys. I feel like there's a beautiful culture with hockey where, like, if you even start to get a big head, your teammates will rip you apart, like, ruthlessly.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh. Immediately.

[Carissa Thompson]

And that's something.

[Travis Kelce]

I've always chop you down one with the.

[Carissa Thompson]

With the cut. They. They like, brag about their teeth being missing. They'll take their teeth out at the bar and set it down on, like, a can, and it's like, it's a badge of honor. At being marred for life for those guys.

[Erin Andrews]

And I mean, I can say this because I married one. There's some of the best looking dudes you've ever seen. Like, they are gorgeous.

[Travis Kelce]

But yeah, all our teeth down, you're like, ooh.

[Erin Andrews]

Well, on the Kings and our friends, we walk around with gold prongs hanging down in the front because they're like, what's the point? It's just going to get, you know, bashed in during the season. I'll wait to the end of the year to. To get the veneers put in. But fun fact, we have incredible, incredible health insurance with the NHL. We still have. You want to know what? We don't have good insurance?

[Carissa Thompson]

Dental. Yes. No way.

[Travis Kelce]

They lobbied for it. The players are like, nah.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yeah, we're not. We're not agreeing to dental for life. No. No chance.

[Travis Kelce]

I'd love to ask you guys about some of your current co workers. What former player has gone into the broadcasting world that has surprised you guys? The most?

[Aaron Andrews]

Former player. That's good. You know, I had a really. I'll just start. While Aaron thinks I had a really unique sit Amazon because everybody except for Tony had just come from playing. So Germ just finished playing. Wit just finished playing. And Fitz. So they had never done TV before. I remember we were in our first production meeting in the rundown. Yeah, it said banter in the rundown. And they all look at me and they go, what does that mean? And I go, oh, Jesus. I was like, what do you mean.

[Travis Kelce]

Out of the class?

[Aaron Andrews]

You don't know what banter.

[Carissa Thompson]

Pretty self explanatory. Guys just start talking.

[Travis Kelce]

Just shoot the shit, boys.

[Aaron Andrews]

But it was. I have been so impressed with how. I mean they have been unbelievable. They have. You know, we're now in our fourth year and you never know that these guys had never done television before we started Amazon. So that was, that was, that was an awesome. You know, it speaks to, you know, do your. Do your homework and it shows. And also the personality. And also, you know, Amazon allowed you very much. Like Fox says, it's why we love working for these companies. It's like be you. They don't try to make you someone you're not. So if Fitz wants to rip his shirt off or wear a Hawaiian shirt, he can do that. If Whit wants to have his hoodie on under his jacket, he can do that anyways. It's just, I was very impressed with those guys ability to jump in so quickly after Jason, as you know. You know, you're done playing because it looks easier than it actually is on tv. Everyone's like, oh, anyone can do it. And you're like, okay, then come try it. It's not as easy easy as it looks. So, yeah.

[Erin Andrews]

And I think we saw that with Tom Brady. I mean, I think he was the most scrutinized person to get into a booth, especially last year. Right. And I'm proud of him. I, I really thought, you know, like you said, you get in, you think you can do it. And it's like, and I'm not saying that about Tom, but everyone has their opinion and, and they let it be known what they thought of him. And it was funny. We were, I think we were doing Tampa, maybe it was Eagles. Tampa, Eagles, week four. And I was sitting in my hotel room and they were playing last year's Eagles Bucks game, and I texted tb and I just said, wow, listening to you in this game, which was your fourth game of the season versus now, it's just night and day. And that's a testament. And I, I, I'm not surprised because I think all of us know what his work ethic, you know, was going to be heading into the job. I think I'm more annoyed about how good he's gotten and how quickly I'm like, come on, do you do everything well? This is crazy. And you look fantastic. Fantastic.

[Carissa Thompson]

He looks so good. I don't, I need to figure out what he's doing. His hair, his skin.

[Erin Andrews]

He's not going to bars, Jason.

[Carissa Thompson]

Is that what the. He doesn't go to bars.

[Aaron Andrews]

He doesn't go to bars.

[Carissa Thompson]

I'm not willing to give that up.

[Aaron Andrews]

We're never going.

[Travis Kelce]

I don't know if he's embracing the grays, Jason. I think you embrace the grays.

[Erin Andrews]

You guys know this. You've been around enough of us and, and you've been around enough guys in the locker room. You can tell when you sit down with players that you're like, you'd be really good at this, by the way. I mean, Jason, we were telling you that non stop when we would deal with you in Philadelphia. And Trav in your ear about it as well. I mean, you can just tell the guys that'll be able to shine.

[Travis Kelce]

Jason's been killing it. One of my favorite segments Jason's ever done is his, his piece on the veteran he did last weekend.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah, that was awesome. Yeah.

[Travis Kelce]

Kept together. That was awesome.

[Erin Andrews]

You're the best.

[Carissa Thompson]

All right.

[Travis Kelce]

That was just a little bit of a brother bragging.

[Erin Andrews]

It was very sweet.

[Carissa Thompson]

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[Travis Kelce]

When you get kfc, you can get it all. Just put it in that bucket.

[Carissa Thompson]

True. Thanks. Jimmy's coming up and kfc starting a little holiday debate. Turkey or chicken? Not much of a debate if you ask me.

[Travis Kelce]

Yeah, let's be real. It's the you need gravy to survive it bird. It's beige of all.

[Carissa Thompson]

Let's be honest. Is it really worth spending eight hours cooking a turkey when you could just get something better? Especially if it just causes you to go through a drive thru and get a of bunch bucket of it. Maybe.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Carissa Thompson]

Extra crispy does sound good.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Carissa Thompson]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Carissa Thompson]

Plus two big sides of mashed potatoes, four of those buttered bomb and biscuits. God, the biscuits. And get this. They've got a gravy flight with three different flavors. They got gravy flights, a gravy flight.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Carissa Thompson]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Carissa Thompson]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Carissa Thompson]

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[Travis Kelce]

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[Carissa Thompson]

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[Travis Kelce]

God, you're so close. That is also that. But not checking your lucky jersey is clean before game day.

[Carissa Thompson]

Ah, okay. Yeah, that makes sense. Wearing last week's nacho state stains isn't a good look. Charm always.

[Travis Kelce]

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[Carissa Thompson]

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[Travis Kelce]

I think we can keep this thing moving to our last segment, which is we gotta ask. You guys don't have to answer. But. But it's. You guys should tell us to off. But I think these are fun questions to ask. And I'll start it off with who is the Hardest coach that you have ever had a sideline interview with.

[Aaron Andrews]

Lloyd Carr. I'll just start right here.

[Erin Andrews]

They were miss.

[Aaron Andrews]

They were losing. And that Michigan App State game, he blew me off. He didn't stop. He was like, peace out at halftime. And remember, this was my first ever game. So I was like, oh, like I. Right. And then I'm like, the me now. I would have ran his ass down and tackled him and been like, know.

[Carissa Thompson]

You got an obligation.

[Aaron Andrews]

Lloyd Carr. Lloyd Carr was my. Was my. Yeah. I mean, that stands out. E. For sure.

[Erin Andrews]

I would say Coach Belichick, I just. And not because he was ever disrespectful, but you knew what you were get. You would get even if they were up by 30. And I love a challenge. And I remember just asking Jarrett, even texting him during the game. I'm like, shit, I'm in my head about this. Like, I want coach this to go well. And Jarrett would always say, it's not about you. This has nothing to do with you. This is how it is. Like, this is, you know, his demeanor on the field and because off the field, I would say to coach, hey, how do I get you to like me? And he's like, what are you talking about?

[Carissa Thompson]

I like you.

[Erin Andrews]

But that was just how he handled things. So I, I took it as a mission. Coach Saban, early in his career, when I was doing college, I was very like. Because he was very direct.

[Travis Kelce]

But then he's similar.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yeah.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah. But yeah, I cracked him a bit.

[Carissa Thompson]

So what about. What about the opposite favorite coach? Like, who's like somebody where you're like, I get to talk to him and he's just going to kill it. This is going to be great. Yeah.

[Erin Andrews]

Happy or sad or pissed off. Kyle Shanahan is freaking great at halftime because he will tell you everything and he doesn't candy coat it. Chris and I have talked about it a lot and he'll also do it with a full blown sprint. So it's like your bra better be supportive. You better have like great shoes. Like, I'm like ducking in and out of you guys. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Carissa Thompson]

Jason.

[Erin Andrews]

You know, like, you don't. And because he's going. And you better have two ready to go because that's all. All you're gonna get.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

I mean, we. We just talked about it. I was so grateful that Mike Vrabel came up to said, I. I never, never take for granted. You guys have just played a game and you know, the. You got. You want to go take a Shower. You got, you know, for him, he's got the post game, podium stuff and all this kind of stuff. So coming up and doing an interview from him. Sean Payton's always been great. We worked that one year together at Fox. But although my man, I got to work with him, he. He. You ask him a question, and it's 40 minutes later and he has not answered the question. And, Sean, the game's over. What is happening? We're going to work on him being more succinct, but we love Sean. Mike Vrabel. Yeah, I don't know. Mike Tomlin's another og. Always, like, he.

[Carissa Thompson]

The lines he delivers are so. He was great just this past week. He's a classic.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Carissa Thompson]

We've had an idea on the show for a boyfriend whistle. What do you think of this idea?

[Travis Kelce]

Like, almost like a whistle. Like a.

[Carissa Thompson]

You're like the coach. Like, take the trash out. Like, what are you doing? Not. I don't know.

[Travis Kelce]

The idea is that men are coachable, so if you need chores done around the house, you just. You get a whistle to get their attention to snap into line and do it. Or if you just mention it to them while they're doing something else, it won't register. So the idea was to get really.

[Carissa Thompson]

Anything whenever they need to coach up their husband.

[Aaron Andrews]

My God, I'm.

[Erin Andrews]

I'm not mad at it.

[Aaron Andrews]

I'm ordering a whistle right now off Amazon. Steve, you're gonna have a long night ahead of you, sweetheart. Thing is gonna be here in 10 minutes. Get going.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, no, Jimmy.

[Aaron Andrews]

I mean, Steve is very coachable, I will say. He always just tells me to write down what I want him to do. He's like, I will do whatever you want to do. You just have to write it down. Because if you just tell me while I'm doing other things, I'm going to forget. And then you're going to say to me, you weren't listening to me because I wasn't listening to you because I was doing. Doing other things. So if I just write it down. But I'm now all in on the. And we'll even play a little blow the whistle in the background. Gilly.

[Erin Andrews]

See, I don't need that for chores in my house because mine is on me about staying, keeping it tight. So, yeah, there we go. Yeah, yeah. Big time. But, yeah, other things. I'm down for it. Let us know when we can pick that up.

[Travis Kelce]

Nice.

[Carissa Thompson]

Sorry.

[Travis Kelce]

We got to get a new heights.

[Erin Andrews]

Whistle on the market.

[Carissa Thompson]

All right.

[Travis Kelce]

When traveling with friends, what makes a good Travel plus one.

[Aaron Andrews]

Keeping track of the passport. I don't want to be responsible for it. Steve is way more responsible than me. So when I. Since we all travel a lot for work, every single person on here, when I travel recreationally, I am at that airport bar or that airport lounge, and I am ready to get in the mix. So I don't want to be responsible for having to get to the gate on time. I don't want to deal with the passport. Like, I'm already on my vacation the second I get in that Uber to go to the airport. So, like, please just be responsible for me while we're at the airport. And that makes a good travel partner.

[Erin Andrews]

But I think Steve and Jared are the same with this. Chris, with our vacations we've gone on, like, they deal with. I know Jared deals with the reservations. He deals with the cars that are picking us up. Like, he's very big into the schedule. And, hey, guys, we're going to do this. And sometimes a little too much. Much like, hey, babe, Clark Griswold, relax. We don't need to have the whole trip planned out. Maybe one day we sleep in. I don't know. He's a planner, so, yeah, he's. He's really good with that. And I think I. When he's not around, I kind of panic. Like, wait, I have to. I have to plug in my gloves myself and heat them myself and bring our stuff down to the lockers. What are you talking about?

[Aaron Andrews]

We have to tell. So this past off season, we, Aaron and I and Steve and Jared did a Griswold European vacation. So we were almost 10 days or. Yeah, two weeks together. And the boys, the guys planned it all. They did everything. So Aaron and I had a talking with one another before this trip started. Like, we are not allowed to fucking complain about a goddamn thing because planned.

[Carissa Thompson]

So there we go.

[Erin Andrews]

But the one night we did complain was when Jarrett asked a teammate, former teammate, who is European, of where to go to dinner one night.

[Carissa Thompson]

Oh, no.

[Aaron Andrews]

We were in Monaco and there was these guys. There were these guys that were there on a bike. They were on a cycling trip with a bunch of dudes, okay?

[Erin Andrews]

Prostitutes that showed up at her house.

[Aaron Andrews]

There they were. Yep. And so as we're asking these guys about their cycling trip, they're like, oh, yeah. I'm like, so do you bring your own bike? And they're like, no. And I'm like, definitely a cover up on the old cycling trip.

[Travis Kelce]

Oh, my God, I don't even know. We go, Jason, it's on you as.

[Carissa Thompson]

A girl dad of four. At some point, I will have four teenage girls living under one roof. Is there any advice that you guys have? What is just.

[Aaron Andrews]

I would. So I remember this vivid, vividly where I saved up my babysitting money, and Janco jeans were like, really? And then. And so I came down the stairs in these Janco jeans, and my. My dad looked at me and goes, what the fuck are you wearing? And I go, tell me my new jeans. And he goes, not in this house or not. And I was devastated that he wasn't going to let me dress like the skater that I wanted to dress like and whatever, but he always had the thing, like, it's my house, my rules. And he was like, you are not. That's not. We're not doing that. And so I would say along those same lines where it's like, you know, my dad also said, had this expression, it's not my job to be your friend. It's my job to be your parent. And then when you turn 18, you get to decide if you want to be friends with me. So it's, like, as hard as it is, I'm sure, because girls will, like, you know, butter you up and all this stuff. It's like, you just stay. And I know you and Kylie are very aligned on this. I've heard you say, like, we don't want to raise brats, and you won't, because.

[Erin Andrews]

And I loved that, Jason, because it's.

[Aaron Andrews]

Like, it is your. I mean, to send these children out into the world and be good human beings. It starts at home, and that is a thankless job. I don't have kids. I won't pretend. But I just know, like, for me, that growing up in a household with discipline but a lot of love, like, I knew what the rules were. I knew that my parents, you know, like, had the best intentions. And, like, kids want boundaries. They want to know, like, what the rules are. So I would say, like, just. Even if they're girls and you feel like you got to, like, be a little bit lenient because they're. Don't. It will help them later on to not just always, like, give them the out because they're, you know, little girls.

[Carissa Thompson]

Okay.

[Erin Andrews]

See, it's crazy. I'm running into this at my house. I. I did grow up with boys. I mean, I. It was my sister and, you know, I. But I know Jarrett and obviously had structure throughout his whole life. He moved away from home when he was 14 to go play junior hockey. Jarrett is easier on Mac than I am and Max, only two, but, like, prime example, you know, he's kind of acting up yesterday, and I said, jarrett, now's your time.

[Aaron Andrews]

And he's.

[Erin Andrews]

It blows my mind because I am very much like. And I. I loved when you talked about Disney World and your daughter, and you just said, I. I don't want to raise brat. Because yesterday I decided, hey, let's pull.

[Aaron Andrews]

No, no, you have half of it.

[Carissa Thompson]

I love.

[Erin Andrews]

Because that's how I feel. And so it is a real balance here. But now I'm. Today I felt like before he left for the rink, I was like, wow, our parenting skills, like, we need to get on the same you know, level here. But. So when does that happen, Jason? I'm curious about that.

[Carissa Thompson]

We're on the same page almost all the time. I would say very routinely. We're both pretty disciplinarian when it comes to the girls.

[Erin Andrews]

I've seen you. You're amazing.

[Aaron Andrews]

Yes. But you have to say.

[Carissa Thompson]

I will say the girls. The only girl I grew up with is Travis. So this is new territory to a certain extent for me.

[Aaron Andrews]

Right.

[Travis Kelce]

How did I get this? In this. How did I get this?

[Carissa Thompson]

When I first found out I was having Wyatt, I was like, okay, I'm not going to raise her any different than how I would raise a boy. Like, I'm going to make her tough and, like, disciplined, and I'm not going to be like this, like, daddy's daughter who's getting everything she wants. And then, like, the moment she came out, it was, like, very hard to not be that dad. It becomes very obvious exactly what you're talking about, Carissa, where it's, like, it is very difficult when they look at me a certain way to not cave, like, instantaneously.

[Erin Andrews]

And especially those eyes on your girls. My God.

[Carissa Thompson]

And I will say Kylie is better at resisting that than I am, 100%. So I could still, though, listen, like. Like, the waffle story, if they. If there's anything where it's okay for, like, a treat or, like, something innocuous, but. But if it's, like, either being selfish or mean or lying or, like, any, like, the. The big topic, like, we're not going to put up with this, I'll for sure, like, put my foot down.

[Erin Andrews]

And I think in our house with the two girls. And I feel bad now for my mom with this. My dad was always like, you know, he. Because we knew, you know, dad wasn't at home during the day. It was always Mom. And so we acted differently for dad. And I feel bad that I did that to my mom now. So obviously our relationships or, you know, I'm so sorry, mom, because now Mac does that to me. But yeah, no, I, I, I feel like you'll always be a different role with daddy, so. Yeah, that's interesting when you have to figure out to be the disciplinarian.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yeah.

[Aaron Andrews]

I was just thinking about, and I know we all grew up in the same era where it was like, you know, we didn't have cell phones and our parents weren't like calling us when they would leave during summer vacation. They would leave that note, the proverbial note on the counter that was like, these were the chores for the day. And if you didn't get that shit done by the time we're home, you're in trouble. And it's like, I miss those days where it's like those you again, you understood what the rules were. And I'll never forget, the garage door opened and I was like, my dad was home. And it was like, we're all running around trying to, you know, do all the chores. But it was like, it was the, the rules were pretty clear cut. It's like, yeah, a simpler time, guys.

[Carissa Thompson]

It'll be crazy. I mean, even in the next 10 years, what our kids will be doing with, I know, like, AI, all that stuff, it's kind of hard to even like, comprehend. I'm trying to push off the phones.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah, well, I was just thinking, even when I went to college, phones weren't a big thing. It was like you were real rich if you had a phone in college. And I used to drive. I mean, that's not even that far, but two and a half hours to go from Tampa to Gainesville. And my parents were good with, I didn't have a phone. Now you don't want your kid like, you know, going down the street without a phone. It's wild how things have changed.

[Carissa Thompson]

Our dad used to give us a calling card. Did you ever have those for the pay phones?

[Erin Andrews]

Of course.

[Carissa Thompson]

So whenever we went out to go, like play baseball at the field, if we ever needed a ride or anything.

[Travis Kelce]

Like that, go to the park, we.

[Carissa Thompson]

Would, we would pull out the card that dad gave us just so we could call it from the paper.

[Travis Kelce]

It started off though, I was, I was calling him collect just before he gave us the card. I would walk home from school in like elementary school, middle school, and I'd call my dad collect on a 1-800-number and he would be like, stop calling.

[Carissa Thompson]

Me and get your ass home.

[Travis Kelce]

I'm not paying for all them of. Of these calls. Stop asking me. You come straight home.

[Carissa Thompson]

And then he.

[Travis Kelce]

Then he started thinking about it. He's like, I mean, it kind of is convenient to have a little calling card so. So that they could reach me if they need me.

[Aaron Andrews]

Can you still call people collect?

[Carissa Thompson]

I don't know. I don't even know payphones. Where's the last time I saw a pay phone? I don't know.

[Erin Andrews]

Would Star 69 still work?

[Aaron Andrews]

Oh, yeah, we did that too. When you wanted to prank people or.

[Carissa Thompson]

Find out who was calling Star 67.

[Erin Andrews]

So they couldn't star 69 you.

[Travis Kelce]

We're talking to some pros here.

[Aaron Andrews]

Did you guys ever have girls, like, prank call you? Like, like any pranks they did? Well, I know, but I mean, like one that's like. Because we would prank call, like, all the cute boys in school, and that's like, they knew we were doing it. But prank calling?

[Travis Kelce]

I don't remember ever getting prank call. I just remember listening in on all of Jason's calls just being shitty.

[Carissa Thompson]

What's the best jerk you had?

[Travis Kelce]

Nothing. It was never anything exciting. It was just me feeling like I was like, being a sp.

[Aaron Andrews]

My sister was five years older than me, and she was dating the high school quarterback. And I remember I was. I played with Barbies until I was way too old. Like, somebody should have stepped in and been like, hey, I think you're a little too old for this. This is getting weird. In the Barbie convertible in the Dream House. And I was like, in, you know, ninth grade. He's like, that's enough. But I remember, like, I think I was in, I'm not kidding, seventh grade and the high school quarterback walked in my house and I was mortified. I like, threw the Barbie and I.

[Erin Andrews]

Was like, hi, Brad.

[Aaron Andrews]

These are the neighbors Barbies, not mine. Embarrassed that he saw me.

[Travis Kelce]

I think the last one is we're giving you guys the floor. Since we have acclaimed journalists on the pod, we want to give you guys the chance to maybe ask Jason a.

[Carissa Thompson]

Question or Travis say that.

[Aaron Andrews]

Okay. So I always think about in an interview, you know, Aaron and I love doing sit down interviews for a lot of different reasons because get to, you know, learn more about you guys. Just have that, like one on one. Because sometimes in games and post, it's just a different vibe when you actually get a sit down interview. But I always want to ask this question. Is there a question that you wish somebody would have asked you?

[Erin Andrews]

And they never did go, Carissa.

[Carissa Thompson]

God damn it.

[Aaron Andrews]

And it could be about anything. It's like, you know, because sometimes when those interviews are over and you're like, we. This should get in our brains. We're like, oh, God, did we ask the right questions? Did we do enough? Did we ask too many? Like, you know, did we. Whatever. And then I always think, like, maybe there was a question they wanted me to ask and I didn't.

[Erin Andrews]

I love that.

[Travis Kelce]

I feel like I've never. I've never had that come across my mind, but I've. I've always been appreciative of when I get asked about my family.

[Erin Andrews]

Yeah.

[Travis Kelce]

I think that shining light on my mom, my dad, Jason, our supporting cast around Cleveland Heights. I feel like I've always been like, those are the questions I want to answer more than anything else about football. Because that's. That's what's at the core of it all.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yeah. I think similar to what Travis saying, a lot of the times you're getting. You're answering questions about yourself, and it feels a little bit weird when you're kind of doing that. I guess you. Yeah, like, we did. We had a great interview like that. Aaron, when we. We did the whole line in Philadelphia.

[Erin Andrews]

Is one of my favorite interviews.

[Carissa Thompson]

It was one of my favorite because it was with the guys. It was like, so I fell in.

[Erin Andrews]

Love with all of you that day. That was so special.

[Carissa Thompson]

I think, yeah, maybe the best answer is kind of what Travis and either the family or, like, about a teammate or something like that. Those are always the ones that I really enjoy the most as, like, an interviewer or interviewee.

[Erin Andrews]

I'm going to bring some humor to it. When I started in this industry, I had a lot of athletes tell me about people that interviewed them that had really bad breath, and that always stayed in my mind. I am a psycho when it comes to breath and interviews. So much so that in my pants, any of my pants that I'm wearing during a game, there are two Listerine, like, containers, and even the spray. And if I don't have them, I am, like, begging the trainers for something. I am begging the guys, the camera guys, anything in my nose, teeth. And then I. I have a story. I interviewed Ryan Howard one time, and I took in the Listerine thing there. They were stuck together. So I think there was, like, four of them in, and I took it, and my breath was so fresh, it hit him in the eyes. And I said to him, oh, my God, are you crying? And he goes, no, but your breath is so fresh. Like, it just caught me in the eyes.

[Carissa Thompson]

I. I think we've all had that experience of bad press breath, and it is. It's difficult to carry on a conversation. There's definitely some guys I could throw under the bus. I won't do it.

[Erin Andrews]

But, yeah, I think of opposing players when you guys are talking so close, that's my one thing. I'm like, oh, God, their breath must be tough. But, yeah, you don't think about it during the game, huh?

[Carissa Thompson]

Have you noticed it ever on the field? I've more noticed my own teammates. You're sitting next to somebody in meetings, and then all of a sudden it's like, God damn it, he's having. He's having a day today.

[Travis Kelce]

Like, nothing worse than somebody ripping ass in the huddle, though.

[Carissa Thompson]

You know, it happens like, three or four times. Like. All right, listen, man, you got to get this under control. This is ridiculous sitting right next to you.

[Aaron Andrews]

This is the, like, the difference of sometimes, not all, because Aaron and I are very honest with each other. But the difference between men and women is two guys walk into a party with the same shirt on, and they come up to each other and like, you look great, man. Look at that shirt. What a great shirt. You look awesome. Two women walk into a party with the same dress, and they're on opposite ends going, that looks terrible in this dress.

[Erin Andrews]

Godamn.

[Carissa Thompson]

And it's making this dress look so bad, so different.

[Aaron Andrews]

It's like, men would be like, bro, your breath is awful, so here's a mint. And women would just, like, skirt around it and be like, anyone want a mint? No, you're talking to. To Sarah over here.

[Travis Kelce]

Sarah needs Clarissa. You guys are the best. Thank you.

[Carissa Thompson]

This was so much fun, I can't tell you. We laughed more here than we've laughed in a long time.

[Travis Kelce]

Exactly.

[Aaron Andrews]

You guys are the best. Seriously. And congrats on the success. Like, I mean, we. We. You know us. You know us, Aaron and I, having come from this world from a long time ago, sitting with you guys in that random warehouse in Cleveland, like, we just were your biggest fans. So, yes.

[Erin Andrews]

Love you guys. You're the best.

[Aaron Andrews]

Bye, you guys. Thank you.

[Carissa Thompson]

And that wraps up another episode of New Heights. That's right. Thank you to Carissa Thompson and Aaron Andrews. And also make sure you subscribe to the New Heights channel on YouTube and follow New Heights on the Wondery app or Whereverage podcast. You can listen to new episodes of New Heights ad free right now by joining 1replus in the One Re app or on Apple Podcasts.

[Travis Kelce]

I'd be remiss if I didn't give my Jimmies a shout out. Shout out to Jared and Steve, baby. My brothers for life, man. Once again, New Heights is a wonders show brought to you by kfc. Go down the street. It's right down the street, ladies and gentlemen. Get you a famous bowl, get you some fried chicken, and enjoy a nice meal. Follow the show and all social media at new height show with 1s for fun clips throughout the week. We're gonna have plenty of them from this one. Shout out to Carissa. Shout out. Ea appreciate you guys. Thank you to the New Heights production for always making this look way better than what we are and making this life easy for us. And thank you to the 92 percenters. We'll see you guys in a few days.

[Carissa Thompson]

Yeah, sounds great, Sam.