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Erin Andrews reveals what has 'surprised' her about hosting a podcast with Charissa Thompson

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Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson are known for covering the NFL for Fox, but the two also host a popular podcast called Calm Down with Erin and Charissa. On3 recently spoke to Andrews, who talked about the experience of working with Thompson on a different platform.

“We enjoy it. It’s like a fun, especially during the season, we don’t get to talk as much as we do during the off-season,” Andrews said. “So it’s a great way for us to catch up, tell everybody what was happening behind the scenes of our game, her studio show, her Amazon game. That’s a lot of fun. Tell funny stories about traveling, airport stories, changing in bathroom stalls, running coaches down at halftime, any big events that happened in our game, and then what it’s like to try to have a life outside of our busy schedules. So we enjoy it.”

Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson have been hosting the podcast since 2021, and it is still going strong. But did they think it would last as long as it had?

“I don’t know. I mean, I think I’m more surprised about the people that stop us or the people that will say to us, ‘Hey, we’re huge fans of the podcast,'” Andrews said. “We’re like, ‘We really have listeners?’ So that always has kind of pinch-me moments.”

Erin Andrews reveals how she spent her summer

Along with the podcast, Andrews has kicked off another NFL season with Fox. It’s going to be a busy fall for Andrews, which is why she made sure to spend as much time with her family as possible during the summer.

“We had a great summer, all of us together,” she said. “We were away, which was really fun. And we do the best we can. My husband is working in hockey, I work football. Those schedules kind of happen at the same time. So one thing we’ve kind of learned being parents and obviously married, is that the time that you do have, it just has to be us. … It’s really hard to make time for the family with such a crazy schedule, but when you have it, you just got to take advantage of it.”