The Side Chat

The Side Chat

By Kristen Walters, Tricia Olds, Caitlin KeanComedySociety & CultureRelationshipsImprovParentingKids & Family
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The Side Chat episodes

  • Playlist Politics
    Surprise! It’s a special Friday drop and your favorite trio is back! The ladies are getting real about the little things no one warns you about as you get older. From age spots to mustache maintenance and bikini line honesty that only happens between close friends, the girls are talking about all the things that quietly creep in with age. After Tricia shares her very unexpected past as a child dance judge, the gals SIDE CHAT about the unspoken responsibilities of shared playlists and party aux etiquette—because someone has to keep the vibe going (and that someone is Krissy). And of course, no episode is complete without a cameo from one of Caitlin’s children: this time a 2-year-old, staying up way past her bedtime with no grandparent oversight in sight.

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    36 min
  • Couples Therapy
    It's another week on The Side Chat and Trish and Caitlin are playing 1v1 as Krissy continues her jetsetting ways ("this is going to ruin the tour... the world tour"). This episode is basically Couples Therapy except without a licensed professional to offer any real guidance or even general direction. The ladies share their strategies for getting the voices in their heads to cooperate (not now, Brian!) and reveal a little game called "Airport Husband" that producer Evan mightttt not be especially into. After determining their post-apocalyptic spouses, the gals segue over to a two-part SIDE CHAT about a doomed marriage that ends in an Angie's List affair with a handsy handyman.

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    37 min
  • NYC in the 1800s
    IT'S SEASON 3, SIDE CHICKS! The ladies of The Side Chat are back after their first week off in a full calendar year and it's truly too soon to tell if they even remember how to podcast. But they've got BIG plans for the new season including new special guests - so they had to start off strong with a mystery guest who's as wise as he is toothless - and honestly he might just be coming for the girls' hosting jobs. After they unpack life's big questions like "What's the meaning behind The Side Chat?" and "What did New York City look like in the 1800s?" the gals segue over to a classic Trish SIDE CHAT about a gracious out-law getting left on read in the in-law family group chat. #JusticeForSheila

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    35 min
  • RE-CHAT: Mud Ankles

    **The ladies of The Side Chat are hard at work on big plans for SEASON 3. While you wait, please enjoy this re-chat of one of our favorite past episodes.*


    The girls are on their fall bullsh*t as they discuss people pleasing, hurricanes, and trypophobia (this one is for the #trypoFREAKS). They also have their very first on-mic fight over a SIDE CHAT for good that leaves everyone worried about the health of producer Evan's ankles.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Brablems (8008)

    It's the Season 2 Finale and the ladies of The Side Chat are going out with a bang (and a bra)! Coming off the heels of Cait and Krissy's recent confessions about their lack of basic bra hygiene (#castironskillet), the gals are joined this week by a very special guest - Rebeka Polgar, founder of Tigers Eye - an award-winning company on a mission to design the best sports bra ever created, backed by science. Rebeka breaks down why supporting the girls is so important - and even issues a sweat-smell challenge to Krissy who has been training her whole life for this moment. Then in one final SIDE CHAT to close out the season, the girls unpack the refund policy on group trips after a last-minute bachelorette party cancelation leaves two alpha females locked in a cold war text exchange.


    https://tigerseyebra.com/

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    1 hr
  • Summer Shuffle
    This week on The Side Chat, Trish has been felled by the cruelest injustice of all: a summer cold. So Cait and Kris (and their ever-present anxiety) are left to carry the pod (and their nearly year-long streak of recording without break). Cait kicks off a fresh installment of Caitlin’s Chaos Corner, this time featuring her move - a days-long comedy of errors not for the faint of heart. From there, the nostalgia hits hard as the girls spiral back to the golden days of long distance dedications to their middle school crushes on Jammin' 94.5. Then Kris and Cait dive headfirst into the gaping void that is summer childcare in America - where you're either shelling out thousands for camp or duct-taping a plan together week by week while whispering "core memories" through gritted teeth. Finally, in a classic SIDE CHAT, the gals dissect a tale of neighborly boundary-crossing: when one “friendly favor” turns into a full-on doorman situation - leaving the girls no choice but to yet again drop the “passive” and just start getting aggressive.

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    1 hr 5 min
  • HOT IN HERRE
    It’s Episode 20 (maybe?) and The Side Chat might just be too hot to handle this week. Caitlin’s Chaos Corner is back (was it ever even gone?) and the ladies are talking post-nursing-brain recovery, relationship slumps, and the way our kids are leaving us emotionally mangled and scrambled. After a triumphant return from the Midwestern HR lady, the gals tackle a SIDE CHAT about a post-divorce rebound happening so fast it makes J.Lo’s (and Fred Armisen's) marital history look amateur.

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    52 min
  • Uncle Rick
    *This episode in no way brought to you by Chuck E. Cheese* It's a monumental week on The Side Chat: the national nightmare that is Caitlin's Chaos Corner may finally be coming to an end. Cait is bringing serious Lucky Girl energy to the pod this week with a hot n fresh update on her personal housing crisis. Indeed the vibes are so good that Trish is putting out the vibe herself with an open-ended proposal to producer Evan should any unexpected accidents befall Caitlin. After diagnosing Kris with podcast-related amnesia, that gals actively don't get paid to talk about why they *insert chunky Millennial heart hands* Chuck E. Cheese for at least the third time on the pod (but honestly, who can remember). At last the ladies segue over to a SIDE CHAT about a birthday girl failing to get Uncle Rick Hilton to comp her friends' hotel rooms in Vegas–and the not-so-passive-aggressive fallout that ensues.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Nasty Lucky Girls
    Calling all lucky boys and nasty girls: it's a new week on The Side Chat! And since we all know women be shopping, Tricia takes us inside a seldom discussed but nevertheless monumental motherhood milestone: shopping for new bras when you're ready to retire your nursing bras. And with new undergarments come new horrors as Cait and Krissy bond over their abject lack of care or maintenance for their bras–preferring instead to give them "the old cast iron skillet treatment." Despite such deeply shameful confessions, the pod continues with a discourse about how Cait needs to stop saying "there's a discourse online..." and a look at Lucky Girl Syndrome - and why the universe always knows when you're faking it. After a deep dive into the lyrical genius of Sisqo's magnum opus The Thong Song (FINALLY!), the ladies break down a SIDE CHAT about a mom looking for an air mattress recommendation from a mom group chat ahead of what's sure to be "one crazy summer."

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    48 min
  • Integrity Pledge
    This week on The Side Chat, Tricia joins the pod fashionably late thanks to baby bedtime battles–but fear not! Krissy and Cait are more than happy to fill the time making plans to drunkenly endorse each other for extremely unprofessional skills on LinkedIn. Over in Caitlin’s Chaos (and Asbestos) Corner™, Cait gives Krissy actual hives by making yet another offer on a house—this time, sight unseen. (Spoiler: still homeless but it's a hell of an HGTV show.) Once Trish joins and the team is operating at full strength, the gals spiral over the cosmic injustice of Mother’s Day coming before Father’s Day. After a brief visit from a tiny John Mulaney impersonator and a stop over at Krissy's Karaoke Corner™, the girls segue over to a SIDE CHAT about a nightmare boss who keeps violating his own “Integrity Contract” (and personal space)–and the ladies make a case for requiring men to carry a phone license before they're allowed to send a single text.

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    1 hr 5 min

About The Side Chat

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Everyone knows the best conversations happen in the side convos outside the group chat. Join Krissy and Caitlin as they SIDE CHAT about all the unhinged things going down in the main chat. Each week,…