Taylor Lewan & Will Compton Teach George Kittle How To Podcast While Playing Football | The Kittle Things Ep. 6

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Kittle Things — Ep. 6

Episode Title: Taylor Lewan & Will Compton Teach George Kittle How To Podcast While Playing Football
Release Date: November 11, 2025
Hosts: George Kittle & Claire Kittle
Guests: Taylor Lewan, Will Compton (co-hosts of "Bussin’ With The Boys")

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Overview

This lively episode features NFL veterans and podcasting duo Taylor Lewan and Will Compton as they join George and Claire Kittle to dissect what it means to build a podcasting brand from scratch, reminisce about NFL locker room culture, debate the GOAT holiday, and share Nashville’s best local secrets. With football stories, family banter, and unfiltered honesty, the conversation swings from heartfelt to hilarious while keeping the “little things” front and center.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Origin Story of "Bussin’ With The Boys"

• How It Started:

  • Taylor and Will recount the spontaneous beginnings of their podcast post free agency and a tough Titans loss. Over a Chinese buffet, an idea to "start a podcast" became reality.
  • Taylor: “We bought the bus for $2,000, gutted it, and got it all done for another eight. So like 10,000 total and just started filing away pods... stealing power from an RV company and using a wi-fi hotspot.” [06:05]

• Locker Room Vibes:

  • Both emphasized their goal to recreate locker room camaraderie after their NFL careers, using the podcast as a way to keep those relationships alive.
  • Taylor: "Everybody that we talk to... what do you miss most about the game? ...the camaraderie in the locker room. We’re kind of solving our own problem." [07:44]

• Podcasting While Playing vs. After:

  • The challenge of recording during their playing days led to batch-recording in the off-season, out of concern for public and internal perceptions of focus.
  • Will: “The best thing about podcasting now is, we get to gamble, we get to hang out with friends… all the things you love about the locker room, we get to do still.” [07:17]

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Best Podcast Guests & Favorite Episodes

• Top Picks:
  • Guests mentioned: Zac Brown (of Zac Brown Band), Stu Feiner, Jelly Roll.
  • Taylor on Zac Brown: "He’s a great storyteller… you peel back the layers, you talk about life, you talk about success, hustling and everything else. Those conversations just get our rocks off.” [11:18]
  • Will on Stu Feiner: "With Stu, it was like, I’m just going to sit here and enjoy all of it." [12:10]
  • Claire’s favorite: The first Jelly Roll episode — “He shared his whole story… who is this guy? And that was one of the craziest things I’ve ever listened to.” [12:45]
  • The crew reminisces about Jelly Roll’s stint at Kittle Fest and his meteoric rise: “A week later, he’s double platinum…” [13:43]

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Podcasting Advice from the Pros

• Speed, Authenticity, and Failing Forward:
  • Taylor: “Scaling quicker… betting on that and spending the money sooner… Knowing the vision is there and just going all-in faster.” [17:44]
  • Will: "Failing forward is definitely the move… just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks… the more authentic you can be, the better." [18:33]
  • “Authenticity wins.” — Taylor [19:14]

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Phone-a-Friend Segment with Josh Allen

• Surprise Call:
  • The guest call-in is finally answered by Josh Allen, who juggles autographs while fielding funny, hypothetical 'football guy' questions.
  • Taylor (to Josh): “You sick son of a…” [16:10]
  • Will (to Josh): “Hypothetically, there’s a team in the Northeast traveling down to the South, do you think…?” [16:41]

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Holiday Bracket Battle Royal

• Debate Format: March Madness-style tournament to crown the “Best Holiday.”
• Standout Arguments:
  • Fourth of July: Claire’s top pick. She loves the "beer, flags, fireworks, family on the lake."
  • Taylor: "Fourth of July as well." [26:37]
  • Christmas: Universally revered for family traditions and 'explosive' good vibes, especially as parents, but Will jokes about dropping it.
    • Will: “If you were to put it like that, I’d do without Christmas.” [32:00]
    • Taylor: “That’s the most insane thing I’ve ever heard.” [32:02]
  • Spooktober (Halloween): Taylor’s personal favorite as the “opening ceremony for every holiday,” setting the mood for the season. [20:11]
  • Will on Christmas at dad-stage: “Everything is as good as it can possibly be right now… It’s only going to go downhill from here." [21:44]
• Ultimate Winner: Christmas (over Fourth of July, Super Bowl Sunday, and others).

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Nashville Life & Local Favorites

• Why Nashville:
  • Will and Taylor cite the mix of live music, family-friendly activities, easy access, and vibrant food scene as major pluses.
  • Will: “You want a farmer’s market? We got six every single Saturday… You want to gain 20 pounds in a weekend, Nashville’s your place.” [34:37]
  • Taylor: “It’s just so easy to get people to visit because there are all these things to do.” [35:10]
  • Both praise the revamped BNA airport (“best in the country”) but playfully roast the traffic woes.
  • Will: “If there’s one knock, it’s like between 2pm and 8pm you’re not getting anywhere.” [36:07]

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Beer Olympics & NFL Off-the-Field Traditions

• Beer Olympics:

  • George won, "might have gotten carried for some of those events by Mr. DeForest Buckner." [37:11]
  • Taylor: “He’s a tank.”
  • All agree a true Beer Olympics Finale is needed: "Let’s put Beer Olympics to bed once and for all.” [37:22]
  • Fun tales of beer chugging out of the US Open trophy with Bryson DeChambeau.

• Party Bus & Post-Game Rituals:

  • Claire explains leaving her car at the stadium so she can party-bus home after games. [39:27]
  • Will: “You guys are welcome. From your bus to our bus.” [39:38]

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Playful Couple Questions

• Who wins at HORSE?
  • Claire: “Unless it’s pool basketball, I’ll whoop you at that.”
  • George: “No, you will not.” [40:09]
• More Likely to Hog the Blanket:
  • Both: “Me! …Every night.” [40:30]
• Halloween Candy Thief:
  • Claire: “Chocolate peanut butter candy, then Claire is eating all of them immediately.” [41:18]
• Scary Movies?
  • Both: “Not in here.” [41:45]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Starting Out:
  “We bought the bus for $2,000, gutted it… stealing power from an RV company and using a wi-fi hotspot.” — Taylor Lewan [06:05]
• On Locker Room Camaraderie:
  “Everybody that we talk to… what do you miss most about the game? …the camaraderie in the locker room.” — Taylor Lewan [07:44]
• Podcasting Wisdom:
  “Failing forward is definitely the move… just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks.” — Will Compton [18:33] “Authenticity wins.” — Taylor Lewan [19:14]
• On Nashville:
  “You want to gain 20 pounds in a weekend, Nashville’s your place.” — Will Compton [34:37]
• Holiday Bracket Hot Take:
  “If you were to put it like that, I’d do without Christmas.” — Will Compton [32:00] “That’s the most insane thing I’ve ever heard.” — Taylor Lewan [32:02]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Beginning & Guest Intros: 00:56 – 05:15
• Bussin’ With The Boys Origin Story: 05:34 – 08:35
• Spring Tour & Facility Rankings: 08:35 – 10:15
• Favorite Podcast Episodes: 10:28 – 13:59
• Podcasting Advice: 17:44 – 19:17
• Surprise Call to Josh Allen: 15:18 – 17:16
• Holiday Debate & Bracket: 20:07 – 34:08
• Why Nashville? 34:08 – 36:07
• Beer Olympics, Party Bus, and Traditions: 37:01 – 39:38
• Rapid-fire Couple Questions: 39:55 – 41:45

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Tone & Takeaway

The exchange is relaxed, hilarious, and rooted in the authenticity all four have become known for—joking about family quirks, NFL traditions, and the simple joys of friendship and competition. Whether you’re in it for football insight, podcasting tips, or to settle the eternal Christmas vs. Fourth of July debate, this episode delivers the "little things" that make life (and podcasting) big.

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Listen if you love:
NFL storytelling, candid life lessons, playful debates, and “locker room” energy—delivered by people who embody football, family, and fun.

Transcript

[George Kittle]

We all know and love this individual.

[Will Compton]

I hope it's Vince Vaughn.

[Taylor Lewan]

I know who it is.

[George Kittle]

This individual brings electric energy to every room he walks into.

[Claire Kittle]

He does? No way.

[Will Compton]

Hey Belle.

[Claire Kittle]

He actually answered, oh.

[Taylor Lewan]

Josh, if you sit there like which holiday could you do without?

[Will Compton]

Oh, I do without. If you were to put it like that, I'd do without Christmas.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's the most insane thing I've ever heard.

[Claire Kittle]

That's the most insane thing.

[George Kittle]

I'm Scroogey. Beer Olympics 2023.

[Taylor Lewan]

Hats off to George.

[Will Compton]

There has to be a finale. Let's put Beer Olympics to bed once and for all.

[Claire Kittle]

Hey guys, it's the Kittle things.

[George Kittle]

Presented by T Mobile.

[Claire Kittle]

What's up guys?

[George Kittle]

It's George and Claire.

[Claire Kittle]

And we're back with another episode of the kiddle things featuring two of my favorite boys, Will Compton and Taylor Lawan of bussin with da boys.

[George Kittle]

These guys are always a good time.

[Claire Kittle]

So, so true. We talk about everything from Nashville living to Taylor's favorite spooktober and spe of holidays.

[George Kittle]

We also take a bracket of the most popular holidays in the country and decide once and for all which is the ultimate best holiday ever.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, I will say the one seed did not win, which might surprise you guys, but you might also be surprised what the one seed was.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, we also didn't love the seating.

[Claire Kittle]

Right off the bat, so we blame our production team. But before we get into that, here is a very special message from our very special presenting sponsor.

[George Kittle]

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[Claire Kittle]

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[George Kittle]

Now let's get to the show.

[Claire Kittle]

Aww.

[George Kittle]

Aww. The puppers. This was maybe my favorite costume we ever put Dee Dee in because first of all she fits into a child size small.

[Will Compton]

Perfect.

[George Kittle]

So this is a young child's Halloween costume. This is not made for dogs. No. So I put her in this and I think I cut the back off so her hind legs and tail could come out. But the hood goes over her eyes and she could not see anything. So she just stood there like frozen statue frozen. But it was the cutest thing cuz the ears stuck up, her eyes were covered, she wouldn't move but she's like guys, what the hell's going on?

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, she just like whenever we put something on her head she just freezes and she goes oh my God, what's on me right now? So it's really good for pictures because she just doesn't move. She doesn't look at the camera. She doesn't do anything. She just is a statue until we take it off of her head.

[George Kittle]

And then that was mozzarella. Kristen and Kyle, Juszek's dog with the coconut bra and the grass skirt.

[Claire Kittle]

The hula.

[George Kittle]

Yeah. And then Dwelly's Ross, Dwelly's dog, Henley. It was cute.

[Claire Kittle]

That was a fantastic Halloween. The dogs, I promise you, they loved it. With the weather getting cozier, there's nothing I love more than staying in for the night, Deanie Hobbs. Especially when you let me cook for you guys.

[George Kittle]

Oh, yeah. Although some of your kitchen experiments turn out better than others. One time, luckily there's Lysol air sanitizer.

[Claire Kittle]

I think my cooking smells pretty good. But even I'll admit there's no match for their white linen scent.

[George Kittle]

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[Claire Kittle]

For example, I do love to grill, but I hate, hate, hate, hate doing the dishes afterwards.

[George Kittle]

No one likes doing dishes.

[Claire Kittle]

No. Because why would you have to prepare everything, grill everything, eat everything. It should just end there.

[George Kittle]

But I do really love when you grill for us.

[Claire Kittle]

Thank you. Do you have a favorite thing that I grill?

[George Kittle]

Steak.

[Claire Kittle]

I do steak pretty well. I like to bake and wrap my fillets and cover it in garlic butter. That does.

[George Kittle]

The garlic butter is amazing.

[Claire Kittle]

That does smell good though. Hey everybody. Welcome to another episode of the Kittle Things. I am one of your hosts, George Kittle, here with my lovely wife Claire Kittle. And today we have two fantastic guests who do everything together. They play football together, they raise their kids together. They host one of the top sports podcasts in the nation. Both nine year NFL vets played great ball, fantastic ball, some would say songbirds of their generation on the football field. Two of my really good friends from Nashville, Tennessee, Will Compton and Taylor Juan. Welcome to the show, fellas.

[Will Compton]

Thank you. Great intro, George. Great intro. While you're doing that intro, Will burped. I did smell that one. I'm telling you, you got something going.

[Taylor Lewan]

Deep in the soul.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, better out than in, I always say.

[Claire Kittle]

Yes, we, we're pretty excited about that. But I just want to say thank you guys so much for coming on. And you guys, you're joining us from the bus which is just iconic bus. It's iconic at this point, isn't it?

[Will Compton]

It is to us.

[Taylor Lewan]

It's near and dear to our hearts.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

George, you've been on a. Claire, at some point you got to come join the boys on the bus.

[George Kittle]

No, I gotta see it now. It's Halloween. Decorated.

[Taylor Lewan]

You guys.

[Claire Kittle]

You guys should have your wives host at one episode. That would be kind of funny.

[Will Compton]

Our wives and Claire.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, that'd be kind of funny.

[George Kittle]

Sure.

[Taylor Lewan]

Just girl talk. Yeah, girl, girl. Locker room talk. Yeah.

[George Kittle]

Girls on the bus.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, that would be Great idea. You guys have been doing bus with the boys since 2019. One, what made you guys want to start busting with the boys? And two, is it significantly different now that you're no longer playing? Like, what are the biggest differences from recording while you're playing to being retired?

[Will Compton]

Oh, he's asking about our love story.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, I am.

[Will Compton]

It could get lengthy.

[Taylor Lewan]

We can try and do the Cliff Notes.

[Will Compton]

Free agent comes to the Titans. I hear that Will Compton and Taylor want to be best friends. Whether it's a tweet or an article that comes to fruition at the end of the year. We're playing the Colts at a winning get in game against the Colts. We get absolutely dominated. Lose that game, Will and I get a little banged up, try to get closer to God. And we go to a Chinese buffet restaurant. And there Will says, I want to start a podcast. I say, all right, I'll start a podcast. That'd be awesome. I immediately fly to Encinitas, California. Four days later, start training. Will calls me, hey, if you're going to do that, let's do this. And I was like, yes. I promise, when I come back, we'll start it. We come back interviewing some people, some production people, find the bus, bought it for 2,000, gutted it, and got it all done for another eight. So like 10,000 total and just started filing away pods right after that in the back of a gravel parking lot, stealing power from an RV company and using a wi fi hotspot. Am I hitting it? All right.

[Taylor Lewan]

You nailed it.

[Claire Kittle]

That's awesome.

[Taylor Lewan]

Generator hotspot. We'd have to turn the AC off because it makes so much noise. So we're just sitting in the bushes. Kind of a sauna.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, I remember those days. One of the first five episodes.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, I was like, we'd have to put, like, tarps over top of it to try and keep some of the hot air out because we'd be recording in July and August. But yeah, those were the days, man.

[Will Compton]

It was awesome. And then now, like, the way it worked before was we would. Before the season, we would try to bank all these episodes so we would spend, you know, three, four days trying to get 12 to 16 interviews done. So during the fall, we had the insurance policy if we played bad, be like, listen, those are all banked. We're not. Don't even worry about that. It's all good. Because there's obviously a massive level of, like, what are the coaches going to think? What are the players going to think? Like, sure, you want us. Obviously you are focused, but you want people to also believe you're focused the whole time and not play anymore. It's like, we get to gamble, we get to hang out with friends. We essentially like George. All the things you love about the locker room, we get to do still. And it's amazing.

[Claire Kittle]

You smart guys, you just created your own locker room is what you did.

[Taylor Lewan]

Well, yeah, that's what every player hates when they're done playing, right? You, everybody that I'm sure that you talk to, everybody that we talk to, it's like, what do you miss most about the game? And the first thing that comes out of everybody's mouth is the camaraderie in the locker room. So we're kind of answering or solving our own problem when we're initially starting it up. Because I just. I personally love podcasts. I always thought it'd be fun. I always thought it'd be cool to have a podcast and get the conversations that we have in the cafeteria, locker room sauna, like, get them recorded. So whenever we started to do bus with the boys and we started to kind of take off a little bit, like, that was. It was a really cool thing. When we did get done playing, you kind of just have that still foot in the door. In the football world around football players, coaches, we get to travel to college facilities, we go to NFL games or host and watch parties. We get to do things that still braces what was best about the sport, and that was the locker room.

[Claire Kittle]

The spring tour you guys do is pretty sick, I will say. Do you guys have a. Besides your alma mater? Do you guys have a favorite, like, spot you've gone to on the spring tour?

[Will Compton]

Do you want to sit on three?

[Taylor Lewan]

One, two, three.

[Will Compton]

Oregon.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, Sick.

[Will Compton]

Dan Lanning, massive friend of the show. We changed our spring tour this year. We, like, went and more immersed ourselves in the culture of the schools we were going to. And so we, like, went to a team meeting, talked to the team, was in position meetings, then went out to practice.

[Taylor Lewan]

Worked out with them.

[Will Compton]

Worked out with them. And after all that, Will and I are sitting in the doing contrast in the hot tub. And cold tub in Oregon's facility with.

[Taylor Lewan]

Some of the young cats just talking old war stories. Stories.

[Will Compton]

We're telling stories. They're telling stories. And we sit back as they're like changing. Some guys are coming in, other ones are going out. I look at Will and I'm like, bro, we did it. Like, this is the locker room. And we kind of just sit back for a second, smiling. In a facility we're unfamiliar with, but we've kept it alive.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Yeah.

[George Kittle]

Is that the best facility you've been in, you think? Because I remember like growing up, Oregon was like the place to be. All the jerseys were the sickest. The locker room was the sickest.

[Taylor Lewan]

Look, I'm biased, but I also think it's not close.

[Will Compton]

Well, not close because you think it's close.

[Taylor Lewan]

Like, other schools have great facilities. I just think the best facility we have been in is Nebraska's.

[Will Compton]

Nebraska does have the newest facility that we've been in so far. And I would agree, like Nebraska, at this point, what I've seen is the best. I know Oregon's doing like either a 250 or 500 million dollar renovation right now.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

So when that's done, you're gonna have to. We'll probably be like, yeah, Oregon, you'll.

[George Kittle]

Have to go back and test it out again. Make sure that, yeah, we'll be back.

[Will Compton]

As much as possible.

[Taylor Lewan]

There's so much money out there in Oregon with Nike going, yeah, everything that they have going on landing crushes it.

[Will Compton]

But us all being like the same age, like we remember being in high school and that's when Oregon was coming out with all those uniforms.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, that's what I mean.

[Will Compton]

There's not a swagger school out there.

[George Kittle]

They had like a new jersey every game.

[Will Compton]

Dude, it's awesome. They really crush it over there.

[Claire Kittle]

That's pretty sick. All right, we're talking about your interviews. Can you guys give me a top three of your guys's favorite podcasts all time?

[Taylor Lewan]

George. 1. George 2. George.

[Claire Kittle]

No, no, no. Exclude me. Exclude me.

[Taylor Lewan]

George and Josh Allen. Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

What are three that you really enjoy doing that'd be like your favorite, your favorite co host?

[George Kittle]

One, two and three.

[Claire Kittle]

It's fair.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

We've honestly gotten that question a few times over the last couple of weeks. And it's. It's so hard to answer because. I don't know, I do feel like we have guests on the bus and they either surprise us. I just, I feel like we're always having like a solid conversation to where even if we're not up for doing it. So for an example, we weren't entirely excited, fandom wise, excited. But as far as traveling, doing all the things we've been doing during the week, not as excited. When we get back from ESPN on Thursdays, we had one that afternoon with Zac Brown from Zac Brown Band, because we had to. We're streaming Thursday nights. We're out. We're getting very limited amount of sleep, going out to New York and doing ESPN in the morning. We get back, we're kind of like, all right, we kind of got to grind through this podcast with Zach Brown. But we get off the. But we have the podcast with Zach Brown. Then we get off the bus and we're all hitting the group chat. We're all dapping up. We're all on the way home. Like, that podcast was. It was just a lot of fun. It was awesome. Because he's a great storyteller. You got like, he peeled. You peel back the layers. You talk about life, you talk about success, hustling and everything else. Those conversations just get our rocks off. So it's. Dude, it's hard. It's. For me, it is hard to give you a top three.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. One that was really cool last year was Stu Finer. Like, he has that movie based off him, too, for the money.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

It's like whenever we sit back and we, like, say very few words and just hear story after story.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

It's like, it's awesome because you're essentially enjoying your own podcast in real time as opposed to be like, okay, what do I. You guys know what it's like now. Like, you're sitting here and as I'm speaking, you're like, I wonder what I'm going to ask next. Like, what's a good transition to the next question? With Stu, it was like, I'm just going to sit here and enjoy all of it.

[Taylor Lewan]

Your only words was Stu were like, oh, oh.

[Will Compton]

We need to do. Because this is like the third or fourth time in the last couple of weeks somebody's asked us. We need to actually go and figure out who our top four are.

[Claire Kittle]

That's good. I'll say one of my favorites. I think it was like, the first episode I ever listened to is the first time you guys had jelly roll on. And like, he shared his whole story.

[George Kittle]

So great.

[Claire Kittle]

I was like, who is this guy? And that was one of the craziest things I've ever listened to. Like, yeah, overall story.

[Taylor Lewan]

And in just the world of social media and followers and everything else, I want to say he was like below a hundred thousand followers, like his wife was dming. Hey, would love to have my husband Jelly Roll on Jelly just comes to the shop like around Thanksgiving when we had Shaw and Theo Vaughn. They came on and he just comes up, introduces himself, talks about how much he loved busting with the boys and is a massive Tennessee Titans fan. And yeah, he's, I mean, Jelly Roll Jelly, one of the kindest souls you'll ever meet, which is crazy. He's doing rap songs like with like Lil White back in the day, goes to prison, all this stuff. And then he's like this person that we know him to be now. It's like when he came out to Kiddo Fest, I remember him texting me or like he called me up like, hey Bubba, like you think, you think I could go out to the Kiddo Fest with you guys? And maybe you guys. George, like if I could sing a couple songs or something, like I think that'd be really fun. And I'm like, buddy, I'm pretty sure they'll let you perform. He comes out and performs like the entire evening.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. And then a week later he's like double platinum on all of his albums. I was like, thank you. Actually, one of my favorite things about the Kittle Fest with Jelly Roll is that he. I have it on video that said, he's doing a 10 year residency at Kittle Fest. I just see him to sign the contract next.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, you got to call him in.

[Claire Kittle]

Cuz he, he's a little expensive now. He's hard to read.

[George Kittle]

Busy now.

[Taylor Lewan]

Very hard to read.

[Will Compton]

He changes his phone number once a week.

[Claire Kittle]

Well, he doesn't have a phone.

[Will Compton]

He's got three. One for only calls, one for only text, and I think one's just for.

[Taylor Lewan]

Surfing the web like it's emails or something like that.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, he's so great. I love that.

[Claire Kittle]

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[George Kittle]

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[Claire Kittle]

Yep. Little Caesars is the real deal.

[George Kittle]

Which teammate do you play the most Call of Duty with?

[Claire Kittle]

You know, I actually kind of go position to position. I've had a stint with the wide receiver room though. There's some gamers in there that like to. They like to go pretty hard. Some I've been friends with for a long time. Some are pretty new teammates, so. But we like to get down and dirty and help each other out, get each other's back, secure some dubs.

[George Kittle]

Amazing.

[Claire Kittle]

Thanks.

[George Kittle]

How'd you get that shiner on your face?

[Claire Kittle]

Well, actually, we dropped Rebirth, and I got at Control, but my teammates backed me up, and they rezzed me pretty quick. Just some blemishes left over. It's all right, though.

[George Kittle]

Makes sense.

[Claire Kittle]

So this segment is called Phone a Friend. It's a surprise.

[Will Compton]

I hope it's Vince Vaughn.

[Taylor Lewan]

I know who it is.

[Claire Kittle]

Do you?

[George Kittle]

Did George give it away, or are you just good at guessing?

[Taylor Lewan]

No, no, no. I'm just thinking. Whisper it. I want to know if. I want to see if I'm right.

[Will Compton]

We whisper it so I know if you're not lying.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, you should whisper it to somebody.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Then I'll think, oh.

[George Kittle]

Or write it on a whiteboard.

[Claire Kittle]

Oh. We've called this individual multiple times on our podcast, and he's never answered. We're gonna try it again.

[George Kittle]

We all know and love this individual.

[Claire Kittle]

We know and love this guy.

[George Kittle]

This individual brings electric energy to every room he walks into.

[Will Compton]

Well, I think he does.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, it might be.

[Will Compton]

It might be different.

[Claire Kittle]

He has yet to answer any of my FaceTimes, so we'll see. No way he actually answered. Say hi, Josh. It's Will.

[Taylor Lewan]

Oh, Josh, you sick son of a. Will and Taylor.

[Will Compton]

Josh, how are you? Every time we speak, I'm terrified. Yeah, you should be. Our boy Jack has not. He has not recovered from that Phyllis joke you got him on.

[Taylor Lewan]

You guys always pick everybody else but the bills.

[Claire Kittle]

Do they really?

[Will Compton]

That's not true.

[George Kittle]

Hi, Josh.

[Taylor Lewan]

That was a test, Josh. I was wondering if you watched it. I was wondering if you watched ESPN or not.

[Claire Kittle]

Are you signing auto. Guys, he's. He's. He's. He's signing autographs.

[Will Compton]

Josh, can I ask you a hypothetical question?

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

Hypothetically. Yes.

[Will Compton]

Okay. Hypothetically, there's a team in the Northeast traveling down to the South. Do you think you should take that to the COVID hypothetically? Hypothetically. Hypothetically.

[Claire Kittle]

Sure. All right, that sounds good.

[Will Compton]

Hypothetically.

[Claire Kittle]

Hey, Josh, thank you for letting us spawn a friend.

[George Kittle]

Thanks for answering, finally.

[Taylor Lewan]

Hey, tell Josh we love him. And also tell him to tell Joe Brady what's up.

[Claire Kittle]

Tell him to tell the Rock that I said hello.

[Taylor Lewan]

No, I got you.

[Claire Kittle]

That's good. That's good. Because Iraq didn't acknowledge Taylor.

[Will Compton]

It was a tough look for me. Claire.

[Claire Kittle]

All right, thank you, Josh. You have a wonderful time. See you, man. You guys started your own thing. You guys came together. You made it yourself. Me and Claire, this is our first time ever podcasting together. Do you guys have any rookie tips for us or things you look back on that, you're like, hm, I wish I would have done that better.

[Taylor Lewan]

I would say hiring faster, like, scaling quicker. Like, we did a lot, like, the bandwidth of some of these guys. They'd be wearing multiple different hats. I know everybody behind the camera on your end could be nodding their head. I have no clue. But on the production side, there's a lot that goes on if you want to be somebody that's very, you know, in front of people on the Internet. It's not just social media. There's. There's different algorithms in every one that are there to be mastered, and that is, like, a harder thing to do. But, yeah, I would just say believe in our gut that we know this is gonna work out. So, like, betting on that and spending the money sooner is what I think about looking back on with the podcasting world, with being independent, kind of having our own guys, like, having our own shop, just knowing that the vision is there, believing in the vision and just going all in faster.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Failing forward is definitely the move is just like, throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks. But, like. Like, I think the best thing that Boston's ever done is never having a complete idea all the way thought out and just doing stuff and then listening to the fans what they like and don't like. And then from, like, a personal standpoint, we talk. We touched on this a little bit, but when you're. When you're in the middle of playing, you, you. I personally tend to think, like, everything I'm saying is going to be, like, wildly critiqued. And the more you do podcasts, the more you realize, like, this business is 24 hours, you could say the dumbest thing in the world, and 24 hours later, people are like, they've forgot about it and it's gone. So just. I mean, the more authentic you can be, the better those are.

[Claire Kittle]

Really.

[Taylor Lewan]

Authenticity wins.

[Claire Kittle]

Hey, just be yourself, boys. That helps a lot.

[George Kittle]

You guys are pretty good at that.

[Claire Kittle]

That is pretty.

[Taylor Lewan]

You guys as well. You guys, listen, you don't have to. I know you're being modest, but you guys are great examples of authenticity winning. Like, Claire, your social channels. I've always loved following them. George, you're obviously, you know, you are like, authenticity when it comes to playing on the football field. And I think people love that. I know for me, like the moment I went to Oakland for the first time and kind of got out of Nashville, got out of Tennessee and could look at it from a different lens and realize it was such a bubble that you're living in. If whether the Titans win or lose, playing on the team and everything else, to be somewhere else in a different city and see it from a different perspective kind of like pulled me out of like, oh yeah, this isn't near as serious as I thought it was living in Nashville, Tennessee or, you know, playing for Variable or being part of the, the Titans culture.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

What Will said.

[Claire Kittle]

Now we're going to talk about holidays, guys.

[George Kittle]

Yes, Taylor, we know you love Spooktober. Can you tell us about that?

[Will Compton]

So, yeah, I love all holidays, especially being a dad of two, it's like enhanced more than ever. But Spooktober especially because one, it doesn't get enough love. It does not get enough love. And it really is like the opening ceremony for every holiday. Like the holiday season kicks off on Spooktober. First, the weather starts to change. The seasonal lattes get better than ever. Goblet Inspectors vibe where it's like I can pretend to be something I'm not on the 31st, but it's like the dreary days after a long dog days of summer taking place that makes you feel extra special. That first time you put a sweater on when the weather breaks. Is there a better feeling than that? I think not. And then right after Sputober's over, it's like that comes down, lights come on, you're getting like loosely ready for Christmas, but knowing that Thanksgiving is right there as like a median market for you. We had that long weekend, family times, camaraderie vibes. A holiday that's truly about just being thankful. And then right after that day, like for me and my family, the day after Thanksgiving, we go and get the tree. Like the tree is picked out. We go pick it out. I want that big boy right there. How big is it? Make it a foot bigger. I want this thing to be over the top. And I love just doing holidays over the top with the family. Hey, for me, both my kids are 8 and 5 and so I've said this a bunch. Like I'm in peak dad mode as far as like the, the love for Santa, the Easter bunny, like all of it is like everything is as good as it can possibly be right now. And it's only going to go downhill from here. My oldest is going to Hit puberty in a couple of years. She's not going to care about dad. My oldest is going to tell my youngest the realities of these holidays. That's going to be heartbreaking. But right now, right now I have it.

[Claire Kittle]

You're in it.

[George Kittle]

You're in it.

[Will Compton]

It's the best. It really is so awesome. When I go home today, I have this app on my phone where I can turn all the speakers on in our house and I put the Halloween theme music on. And that's when my kids know that I'm home. And I essentially stoically walk around the house and I just get them and they run, I chase them until they're all essentially that's. I got.

[Taylor Lewan]

I got ruined. The the Halloween Michael Myers theme song. It's known as the claw song because it comes on in the car and I like, you know, sl put in my hand going after. But she. That's. It's the claw song.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

So she calls for the claw song. It's the Halloween theme music.

[George Kittle]

A that's so sweet.

[Will Compton]

It's awesome. The holidays are the best. I mean, you guys always dressed up big time, don't you?

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, we thoroughly enjoy dressing up for Halloween. Cuz we always have a Halloween party for the ners and it's a great time.

[George Kittle]

Normally this room that we're sitting in, I turned into a holiday bar. So I did last year. It was like a speakeasy for Halloween. And then right after that I went right into Christmas and then it's really like all those bars that turn into Christmas bars like on Broadway or wherever. I tried to do that in here and it was. We only hang out in here during October, November and December.

[Claire Kittle]

Like we'll have a home game and Claire will have like three or four of her friends out. Some family will come out. And I get home on a Friday after treatment and I walk into the house. No one's in the house. I just hear music playing. And I go into this room and there's like 14 people in this little room. It's a Christmas bar. And they're singing karaoke. And we have a TV that has a fireplace on it or some Harry Potter.

[Taylor Lewan]

I love that.

[Claire Kittle]

And they're just screaming into the microphone until like for the next four hours while I'm studying or watching film.

[George Kittle]

This is also the game room.

[Claire Kittle]

So this is also where I play video games. So I'll be in the. I'll be in the corner playing video games and there'll be 15, 20 people in here drinking and singing songs. And I'm trying to just drop it.

[Taylor Lewan]

And you're just tapped in, got the.

[Will Compton]

Headphones on, you know, the social network. You're wired in what?

[Claire Kittle]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

Let me ask you this. When is the appropriate time in your mind to transition from Halloween to Christmas?

[Claire Kittle]

So I used to be very defensive about this. And I was like, you're not doing anything until I would think I would be December. Like, if you're decorating for Christmas before December, like, I hated you.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, he was a little scroogey.

[Claire Kittle]

I was. I just couldn't start. I couldn't stand it. And now. Now I'm more. So as soon as Thanksgiving's over, I'm okay with it. And I know that's only like a couple days, but I used to be very like, I'm not starting Christmas until December.

[George Kittle]

Last year, I did it before Thanksgiving. Sometimes he doesn't know when I'm going to do it. So just however I'm feeling.

[Will Compton]

My wife being from Canada, that third world country, she. They have Thanksgiving in October. So after Halloween, it's like, there's the next thing to look forward to is Christmas. And so that was for the first four or five years of our marriage. That was probably the biggest fights we would have is like, hey, when is Christmas going up? And I've officially bent the knee. Like, November 1st. The lights start to go up, but I have stood strong on the tree. Is not until after Christmas.

[Taylor Lewan]

November after Thanksgiving, that's okay.

[Will Compton]

They start to go up. Who got a big house?

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, you have a lot of house.

[George Kittle]

Not a lot of square footage.

[Claire Kittle]

He's got a big house right there on the compensation.

[Will Compton]

Dude, it's everything.

[Claire Kittle]

That is true.

[Taylor Lewan]

November 1st is early because that is early.

[Claire Kittle]

I don't just.

[Taylor Lewan]

I like giving Thanksgiving its moment. I. I enjoy some Thanksgiving.

[Will Compton]

I'm married to a Canadian. What can I tell you?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, you gotta find some common ground. Maybe she decorates a room. Yeah, give her a room.

[Will Compton]

Literally all the things you're saying we've done.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And eventually it's just like, how much am I gonna fight this?

[Claire Kittle]

All right, let's do this Holiday bracket. You guys are going to help us argue our way to see what's the best holiday.

[Will Compton]

Real quick, before we start, this is a bracket.

[Claire Kittle]

I did not create this bracket. Andrew did. It's on him. So I don't know. I don't know why Christmas is not a 1 seed, but you know, that's on Andrew. So you guys can take it up with him.

[Will Compton]

It's the Associated Press.

[Claire Kittle]

Okay. It's a big body of journalists that have all collaborated on it.

[Will Compton]

Big AP guy.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, the AP pole is.

[Claire Kittle]

All right.

[Taylor Lewan]

All right, here we go.

[Claire Kittle]

Let's start. Top left. Thanksgiving or Earth Day.

[Will Compton]

I think it's clear.

[Taylor Lewan]

Like, Thanksgiving, you guys don't care about the earth, but I care about the Earth, but not like, I never take a moment, time, or a day to be like, oh, the Earth. So great.

[Claire Kittle]

Well, because Thanksgiving, you plan about. You have the family over. You have the turkey of all the. All the fixings.

[Will Compton]

See, I tend to think about my children and their children's children.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

You guys want to go Thanksgiving? We can go Thanksgiving as long as.

[Claire Kittle]

I get the next one.

[Taylor Lewan]

So you like Earth Day over Thanksgiving?

[Will Compton]

I do, personally. Yeah. Okay.

[Claire Kittle]

You want Earth over Thanksgiving?

[Will Compton]

No, no, no. You guys.

[Taylor Lewan]

You guys have that.

[Will Compton]

I'll take the next one. I just want. I want the vote.

[Claire Kittle]

You're not going to get the next one. I'm going to die on a hill for Fourth of July. That is my favorite Halloween you got.

[Will Compton]

I just gave you Thanksgiving. I'll take Halloween on this one.

[Taylor Lewan]

I think Fourth of July as well.

[Will Compton]

This is the problem. You guys are being fake patriotic. Every day.

[Claire Kittle]

Fourth of July is the best.

[Will Compton]

Every day is Independence Day. America. It doesn't need a day.

[Claire Kittle]

Dude, the Fourth of July, when the American flags are flying, you're drinking beer, you're there on the lake, you're with your boys, you're with the family. It's just hard to beat, man. You're fireworks.

[Will Compton]

Are you guys doing the bracket, the three of you?

[Taylor Lewan]

I think we're just got to go.

[Claire Kittle]

The three of us are voting against you because you're. Yeah, like three to one.

[Will Compton]

Both.

[Taylor Lewan]

Both. We're at both games right now. Three to one.

[Claire Kittle]

All right. Memorial Day or Valentine's Day?

[Will Compton]

Memorial Day.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Memorial Day is always a special holiday when. When you're getting a plane, you're in OTAs, and you kind of get that extra.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

Would you guys agree with me that Valentine's Day, like, the importance of it kind of goes down like when you're married and you have kids, because, like, now you have your wife's birthday, you have your anniversary. Like, there's other things that you do to show that you love the person that you're with.

[Taylor Lewan]

Absolutely.

[Claire Kittle]

Like, when you're just dating for the first time, that's like you're, you know, you've been dating for three months, and Valentine's Day hits like it's more of a big holiday.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah. Valentine's Day is Way more important when you've got the little school parties growing up, you make the boxes, you got the cars, hard candy. Or when you get in high school and it seems like it could be of some importance of, like, you know, define the relationship or if you get. If you're going to get a date with that girl that you really like. But once you get. Especially when you get married and the wife brings up something about Valentine's Day, I was just like, oh, sweetheart, how many days do we got to sit here?

[Will Compton]

You are right.

[Claire Kittle]

I like it. All right. Daylight savings day or the NFL schedule release?

[Will Compton]

NFL schedule release. I think daylight savings is the worst.

[Taylor Lewan]

You know which one's daylight savings?

[Will Compton]

Both of them.

[Claire Kittle]

Both of them together.

[George Kittle]

Well, we can say the better one, but still, NFL schedule day is better. We can't plan our lives till that comes out. I'm like, I have anxiety.

[Will Compton]

We should do away with daylight savings, in my opinion.

[Taylor Lewan]

I don't disagree that we should do away with daylight savings. So that way it's, you know, it's the same all year round. But also, man, when you get that extra hour of sleep.

[Claire Kittle]

Oh, that's.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's.

[Will Compton]

That's money. But you have to lose the hour.

[Taylor Lewan]

But just. Okay. So, you know, the NFL schedule, like, when release day is. You're kind of excited, but it's so known. But just think about that moment that goes through your body when you're not thinking about it, and somebody hits you on like a Tuesday or like four days before, and they're like, hey, don't forget to turn your clock back. You're like, well, you're like daylight savings this week, and you're just thinking, oh, my God, I get to sleep an extra hour.

[Will Compton]

I agree with it, but I think it shouldn't exist.

[Taylor Lewan]

I'm just saying the feeling in your body.

[Claire Kittle]

If we're going.

[Taylor Lewan]

Emotionally, I feel like you get more of a kick out of knowing you get that extra hour of sleep.

[Claire Kittle]

You also. You also get a kick in the balls when you spring forward and you lose that hour. Fair wash. All right. Christmas or New Year's Eve? Christmas.

[Taylor Lewan]

Christmas.

[Will Compton]

Christmas.

[Claire Kittle]

Not even close. Labor Day or President's Day?

[Taylor Lewan]

Neither.

[Will Compton]

I mean, pick one.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, that's like. That's a game. That's a game. You don't even watch. We work on the next round.

[George Kittle]

Labor Day.

[Will Compton]

Work on Labor Day.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, that's true. Google Labor Day. It doesn't matter. It's going to lose a Christmas. Just move Christmas up one more, too. Yeah, because Christmas is going to win that Super Bowl Sunday or Father's Day?

[Will Compton]

Super Bowl Sunday.

[Taylor Lewan]

Bowl Sunday.

[Claire Kittle]

Okay, I'll give you that. I'll agree with you. Super Bowl Sunday. Mardi Gras or Mother's Day?

[Taylor Lewan]

I'll say. I'll say Mother's Day because I've never really celebrated Mardi Gras.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, I've never really celebrated Mardi Gras. Isn't Mardi Gras like, a week, too?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, it is.

[Taylor Lewan]

I think I have some traditions throughout that week.

[Will Compton]

Mother's Day kind of hits that category of Valentine's Day that we talked about with me a little bit, where it's like, there's a lot going on here, guys. And, like, I think Mother's Day's in May.

[Taylor Lewan]

Mother's Day's in May.

[Will Compton]

Mother's Day's in May. My wife's birthdays in June. Both my kids birthdays are in July. Like, that's a bit of a gauntlet for me in celebrations. So it's kind of. It wears me down a little bit, but I'll. I'll do Mother's Day.

[Claire Kittle]

All right, let's go. Super Bowl Sunday or Mother's Day?

[George Kittle]

Super Bowl Sunday.

[Will Compton]

Super Bowl.

[Taylor Lewan]

Super Bowl Sunday.

[Claire Kittle]

All right. Super Bowl Sunday it is. My mom's going to be pissed.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, that Super Bowl Sunday. Minus 14 and a half in that game. They covered. They hit the over. Super Bowl.

[Claire Kittle]

Fantastic. Fourth of July or Thanksgiving? I'm voting Fourth of July.

[Taylor Lewan]

Fourth of July.

[Claire Kittle]

Fourth of July, Memorial Day or NFL schedule release?

[Will Compton]

NFL schedule release.

[Claire Kittle]

I think NFL schedule release.

[Will Compton]

You might want to just put 4th of July right into the finals.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. I mean, it's got to be 4th of July versus Christmas. I don't know. It's Christmas and Super Bowl Sunday. That's a good one.

[Taylor Lewan]

But, yeah, I think it's Christmas.

[Claire Kittle]

I think it's Christmas. It's Christmas.

[Taylor Lewan]

Without a doubt. I think the moment you sit there and think about it, like, yes, for both Sundays all. But, dude, it's Christmas.

[Will Compton]

It's like, yeah, if we're. If we're using football terminology, like, Super Bowl Sunday comes out and they score in the first drive, like, maybe it is a game. And then you realize, like, oh, Christmas is just.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, yeah. They're put together a much better roster, top to bottom. They can run the football well, play defensive well. And the explosives that come out of Christmas.

[Claire Kittle]

The explosives.

[Taylor Lewan]

A mismatch. Mismatch.

[George Kittle]

Everybody loves it.

[Claire Kittle]

The eggnog, all the things that come with Christmas. Are you so good?

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

All right.

[Claire Kittle]

Fourth of July or Christmas, boys, to me, it's Christmas. Yeah.

[Taylor Lewan]

To me, Christmas is just untouched, it's outmatched, it's special. I know you're sitting there, George. You want to die on this hill.

[Claire Kittle]

I do want to die on the hill. I love the fourth of July.

[Taylor Lewan]

But imagine, like, if you sit there, like, which holiday could you, could you do without.

[Will Compton]

If you're like that? I'd do without Christmas.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's the most insane thing I've ever heard.

[Claire Kittle]

That's the most insane Scrooge. If you went, well, he's part Canadian.

[Will Compton]

Now, what would you do without if you get rid of 4th of July, what do you get rid of?

[Claire Kittle]

Our nation's independence and our freedom.

[Taylor Lewan]

We're talking about holiday. We're talking about just like the, the.

[Will Compton]

Celebration of take away 4th of July. All of a sudden we're speaking in English accents, we're drinking tea instead of coffee.

[Taylor Lewan]

So, okay, Jesus meant nothing to you?

[Claire Kittle]

I don't know.

[Taylor Lewan]

There's no New Testament now.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, okay, all good points.

[Claire Kittle]

That's all. That's a good point.

[Will Compton]

We get more wrathy for sure.

[Taylor Lewan]

But if you're talking about the Christmas, the celebrating that goes around it, you could still rip off some fireworks, throw a barbecue, celebrate outside, be around the pool, slam back some bud lights.

[George Kittle]

We also don't have kids yet, so I'm sure to you guys, Christmas is like the school thing. To watch him wake up, he'll be like that too.

[Will Compton]

When going to ascend, it is so special.

[Claire Kittle]

Looking back on Christmas, one of my favorite memories is when you're a little kid and you like just fully believe in everything and you set up cookies and milk and then you wake up in the morning and there's like half a cookie left and the milk's gone.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

You're like, oh my gosh, how did he do it?

[Taylor Lewan]

As parents, when you put it together, you're sitting there and you're going to look at Claire and nudge, you're like, hey, I'm going to eat some cookie. Like, make sure to give daddy a couple cookies. Leave out Santa Claus.

[Will Compton]

Make up some good cookies.

[Taylor Lewan]

Turn the lights down. Like, I gotta eat these cookies now.

[George Kittle]

What do you guys leave out? The basic cookies, milk, carrots. What do you leave out?

[Will Compton]

Our family? We. Taylor makes cookies and the kids design them. Oh, we go, yeah, we got the, we got the reindeer magic. We do the carrots. We do. Taylor puts down like flour and I use big boots and we like do steps.

[George Kittle]

Oh, yeah, that's fun.

[Taylor Lewan]

That's. That's a good move. But when you make the Christmas cookies. Like Rue when she was like two last year, she's all frustrated because she get the ice on and then she gets, you know, all. All flush and you got to help her out. But making cookies is a great tradition. But yeah, we're leaving out cookies. Charl has some homemade chocolate chips. Like all of them. It's Christmas is all time.

[Claire Kittle]

That's actually fantastic. We all live in Nashville. We all love Nashville. What are like some of your favorite things about Nashville that we could like, sell the listeners on about? Why visiting Nashville is just such a fantastic thing to do.

[Will Compton]

I mean, the quick one is Broadway, right?

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, that's easy. It's.

[Will Compton]

There's always something to do. If you like the city life, you can go in. It's an easy to maneuver around city. Monday through Sunday, you can all. There's a. There's live music, some form of entertainment. Every bar owns a day of the week.

[Taylor Lewan]

Family vibes.

[Will Compton]

Family vibes are awesome. You want a farmer's market? We got six every single Saturday. My wife and I, we. We merc the farmers markets.

[Taylor Lewan]

You want Franklin's?

[Will Compton]

Do you want to have a little more Franklin's? Get out to Leapers Fork a little bit. You got some billionaire that bought up the entire town. They got a distillery. We can do a bunch of Samp Tramplings and all that. Going to the original Puckets. Also live music going on. You want to gain 20 pounds in a weekend, Nashville's your place.

[Claire Kittle]

That is true. Yeah. Great food, different types of food. They cover all their bases.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

As unhealthy as you want or as healthy as you want, the food all tastes great.

[Taylor Lewan]

And you guys know too, living here, it's just so easy to get people to visit you because there are all of these things to do to where it's like, you know, whether you find them an Airbnb or a hotel, it's like people can operate independently here because there's so many things to do in Nashville.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. And it's easy to get and out of too. Like, it's centrally located pretty much in the country. It's easy to get to from everywhere.

[Taylor Lewan]

You could sell the airport if people are worried about traveling. Like the airport. BNA airport is the best in the country, or if it's one of the best in the country, it's really nice.

[Will Compton]

Pre check. You can get in and out of security in less than 10 minutes every single time. Operation is so amazing.

[Claire Kittle]

They. They do it really well and they've redone a lot of the airport too. Which makes it really.

[George Kittle]

Except for the roads in and out of there. That part.

[Claire Kittle]

The roads are working on it. It. We're working on it. I don't think.

[Taylor Lewan]

We're working on it.

[Claire Kittle]

I don't think.

[George Kittle]

Faster.

[Claire Kittle]

They weren't expecting Nashville to blow up into what it is today. Whoever. They had no idea.

[Will Compton]

What they need to do in Nashville is shut the. Shut the town down for a year and a half and redo the entire highway system. Because if there's one knock, it's like between 2pm and 8pm you're not getting anywhere.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

When the season's over, you and I need to do some sort of bit with the predators and chugging beer.

[Claire Kittle]

Oh, I would love to.

[Will Compton]

I want it to be over the top and elaborate where, like, maybe we're dressed as old people and walkers on different sides of the arena and it goes to us and one of us chokes a beer and we can rip off our fake face and then it becomes us. Back and forth.

[Claire Kittle]

Taylor, we gotta work on this with the Preds. I'm in for any type of chugging thing in February, March, April, May, June, June. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Well, yeah, I guess it ends, but.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah, it is.

[Will Compton]

I think that'd be electric. An electric factory. Because the Pred's. We got to get back on track. We got to get back on track. Team's gonna be bad here. We need the hockey team to step it up.

[Claire Kittle]

I need the hockey team to start cooking for all Phil Forsberg. I need those boys.

[Taylor Lewan]

Have to.

[Claire Kittle]

So beer Olympics. That's in Nashville.

[George Kittle]

George was the biggest fan, and then you let him participate. And how did that go?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, he won.

[Taylor Lewan]

George 1. Hats off to George.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. I got. Hey. I might have gotten carried for some of those events by Mr. DeForest Buckner.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah, DeForest Buckner.

[Will Compton]

He's a stud now. He's a. He's a brother.

[Taylor Lewan]

He's a tank.

[Will Compton]

I will say this. We didn't do it this year. Will and I won the year prior. You did. And there needs to be a finale. There has to be a bow tie. Let's put on it. And let's put Beer Olympics to bed once and for all.

[Claire Kittle]

And I think that's a great idea.

[Will Compton]

It can't go down without you and Buck.

[Claire Kittle]

I agree. He's just. He's a father of, like, 12 children now. He's just kind of hard to get a hold of.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[George Kittle]

He has three kids.

[Claire Kittle]

Yeah. I think he only has three kids.

[Will Compton]

Okay. Three. Yeah, three. Solid. I think Three's okay. But yeah, man, we got to get you guys back in, because it would be. I want to do. Every time we get to this point of the year, I'm like, we got to do it massive. Maybe have a concert with it, all those things. And then you get to the actual event. You know what? It's like planning an event, dude. Like, eventually you're just so over it, and you're like, can we just get this thing done now at this point? So. But we have to do it one more time.

[Taylor Lewan]

We just collab it. Just, you know, day three of Tight End, you. And we just do.

[Claire Kittle]

We kind of did that two years ago. We rented, like, this big house on day three, and with a pool and all, we just had drinking. We had tables everywhere for drinking games, like, a bunch of food trucks. It was actually a fantastic time. And then that's when DeChambeau brought the US Open trophy beer out of it. Yeah, pass it around. He was like, you want to drink a beer out of it? I'm like, yeah, I'd love to drink a beer out of it. So poured a couple beers, and I'm chugging it. And then There are, like, 30 people, and we pass it all the way around. And about halfway through, Bryson's like, I didn't think it was going to go all the way around. And the next thing, my mom's like, the 20th person chugging beer out of it. I'm like, that's awesome. You go, mom. Like, she'll never do that again. Yeah, shout out Bryson. Thanks for that. And if you guys don't ever want to be a part of Claire's party bus experience, you're more than welcome to come to a game.

[George Kittle]

Yeah. Come to a game.

[Will Compton]

I have to make that happen.

[Taylor Lewan]

Like, always had a weird, selfish. Like, it would be sick to. They. They cla. And that squad does it right for a game.

[Will Compton]

They do it Netflix.

[Taylor Lewan]

Like, they do it in a way to where if. Like, if you're Georgia, you're on the squad, they're having so much fun. You feel like you have a little bit of fomo because you don't get to take that.

[Will Compton]

Right.

[George Kittle]

Totally does.

[Claire Kittle]

I. I really like what you do.

[George Kittle]

On the bus on the way over.

[Taylor Lewan]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

What'd you guys do?

[Will Compton]

Awesome.

[Claire Kittle]

So the nice thing is. Well, I always. I leave my car at the stadium, though, and I just ride the party bus back home with them after every game. And it is a. It is a great time. We get rowdy in there. It's very fun.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Claire Kittle]

Come On.

[George Kittle]

You guys are welcome. From your bus to our bus.

[Will Compton]

I love it.

[Claire Kittle]

I love it. Well, thank you guys for joining us. You guys are incredible. We love you.

[Taylor Lewan]

All right. Thank you, guys. We love you, too.

[Will Compton]

Love you guys.

[Claire Kittle]

Bye.

[George Kittle]

See?

[Will Compton]

Who would win in a game of horse?

[Claire Kittle]

Me. I'm not arguing. My record versus you is like 10%. I don't win horse versus you. Unless it's pool, basketball. I'll whoop you at that. I'm gonna die.

[George Kittle]

No, you will not.

[Claire Kittle]

Out there.

[George Kittle]

Absolutely not.

[Claire Kittle]

I'm dominant at pool, basketball. Little. Little basketballs and little hoops. Loop. Real basketball. You win every time.

[George Kittle]

Little. It don't matter.

[Claire Kittle]

It matters.

[Taylor Lewan]

It matters.

[Will Compton]

Who's more likely to hog the blanket and or sheets?

[George Kittle]

Me.

[Claire Kittle]

Just take it every night.

[George Kittle]

Every night.

[Claire Kittle]

Every night. No, you just hold on to the ball. You're gonna get this, probably the next five.

[George Kittle]

You have to be more aggressive.

[Claire Kittle]

I don't get covers. I need my own blanket.

[George Kittle]

No.

[Claire Kittle]

Exactly.

[Will Compton]

Who's more likely to commit a party foul?

[George Kittle]

I don't know. It kind of depends.

[Claire Kittle]

It does.

[George Kittle]

You can have.

[Claire Kittle]

I don't know. You can have that one, too.

[George Kittle]

I don't know.

[Claire Kittle]

No, I just play drinking games in John Beer.

[George Kittle]

I don't know. We may be equally as guilty.

[Claire Kittle]

We'll be equally. Depends on the situation and what friends are around us. If it's all of your friends, it's you. You. Yeah. If it's all of my friends, it's you and me.

[Will Compton]

Who ate all of the leftover Halloween candy?

[Claire Kittle]

I used to have a big issue with this because I loved candy so much. I don't eat as much candy as I used to, but I do thoroughly enjoy stealing some. Unless it's like a chocolate peanut butter candy, then Claire is eating all of them immediately. And then we don't have chocolate peanut butter candy to hand out.

[George Kittle]

Yeah, that's like the only time that I like candy. I don't even really like sweets or anything.

[Claire Kittle]

But you like me.

[George Kittle]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Who likes scary movies more?

[George Kittle]

Nobody.

[Claire Kittle]

We both hate either. They're both.

[George Kittle]

Not in here.

[Claire Kittle]

Not in here. Neither one of us could do scary.

[George Kittle]

Can't do it. Thanks for tuning in to another episode.

[Claire Kittle]

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