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The Side Chat

Kristen Walters, Tricia Olds, Caitlin Kean

55 episodes

1 week ago

Everyone knows the best conversations happen in the 3 person group chat with the weird name. Join Krissy, Tricia, and Caitlin as they SIDE CHAT about all the unhinged things going down in the main chat. Each week, the girls discuss (and let's be honest, judge) listener-submitted stories of wild, out-of-pocket, and otherwise wtf experiences popping off in real-life group chats. Along the way, they deep dive into everything pop culture, motherhood, adult friendship, and beyond–all while talking over each other and laughing too hard at their own jokes.

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Everyone knows the best conversations happen in the 3 person group chat with the weird name. Join Krissy, Tricia, and Caitlin as they SIDE CHAT about all the unhinged things going down in the main chat. Each week, the girls discuss (and let's be honest, judge) listener-submitted stories of wild, out-of-pocket, and otherwise wtf experiences popping off in real-life group chats. Along the way, they deep dive into everything pop culture, motherhood, adult friendship, and beyond–all while talking over each other and laughing too hard at their own jokes.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes (20/55)

The Side Chat

Famous Last Words

Darkness falls across the land

The midnight hour is close at hand

Creatures crawl in search of blood

To terrorize y’all’s neighborhood

And whosoever shall be found

Without the soul for getting down

Must stand and face the Hounds of Hell

And rot inside a corpse’s shell

The foulest stench is in the air

The funk of forty thousand years

And grizzly ghouls from every tomb

Are closing in to seal your doom

And though you fight to stay alive

Your body starts to shiver

For no mere mortal can resist

The evil of THE SIDE CHAT.

Happy Halloween, side chicks!

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1 week ago

45 minutes 49 seconds

The Side Chat

There comes a moment in everyone woman's life when it's time to put down childish things and instead, pick up the mantle of our fore-mothers and embrace the ancient wisdom and innate knowing that only comes with maturity: the ladies of The Side Chat have officially aged into the DWTS discourse. And honestly, it feels RIGHT**

**Except for our feelings about Robert Irwin because those are most certainly WRONG.

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1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute 29 seconds

The Side Chat

Something has taken ahold of The Side Chat - something primal, uncontrollable... something not totally of this world. An impulse that transcends simple wanting or desire. It's the urgent, undeniable NEED TO MAKE CHILI.

Clearly when the ladies are without Trish, the show goes a bit off the rails. And by "off the rails" we mean topics that NPR has deemed "too mild for primetime." But if you're interested in hearing hot takes on movies that have been out for 30 years or ever considered Dorothy Hamill an unsung hair icon, this episode is for you.

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1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute 26 seconds

The Side Chat

Dysegulators! Mount up! A rare Friday special episode of The Side Chat simply because Caitlin couldn't stop doomscrolling for 5 seconds to get the ep up any earlier. We're talking about syncing up our cycles, meno-divorce, and one of the most unappetizing SIDE CHATS in the supposed name of health we've ever heard.

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1 month ago

46 minutes 21 seconds

The Side Chat

There's No Time!

It's a new week on The Side Chat but the ladies have NO TIME to play nice - Trish is literally wasting away and the clock is ticking!!! Things the gals have no time for: fitness journeys, the VMAs, and questionable decisions to eat 4 day old pad Thai with shrimp. And they DEFINITELY don't have time for a SIDE CHAT about workplace drama involving an inappropriate boss sending friendship n00ds WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

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2 months ago

44 minutes 2 seconds

The Side Chat

This week on The Side Chat, the girls are running away from home and straight into the unsuspecting arms of Mitt Romney. Kris poses a classic question: what would you do if you won the Powerball (a whole HALF A MILLION DOLLARS*)? But it turns out, that’s hard to answer when your dreams have already come true—namely, scoring a no-contact selfie with your favorite local politician in a Walgreens parking lot after years of manifestation. From there, the ladies dive into a piping-hot SIDE CHAT about a playdate payment plan that always ends in nonconsensual pizza–in the morning, in the evening, and yes, even at suppertime.**

*This math doesn't math.

**The Bagel Bites legal team has asked us to clarify that due to recent pizza hour ordinances, all persons, entities, or sentient snack enthusiasts shall cease and desist from interpreting the presence of pizza on a bagel as conferring the unfettered right to eat pizza “anytime.”

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2 months ago

1 hour 21 seconds

The Side Chat

Having a SUMMER

The ladies of The Side Chat are having a f*cking summer. In this episode: elementary school heists, why the girls didn’t marry effing losers (so much swearing - sorry Marcia), and a SIDE CHAT about a new twist on the Irish Good Bye that may or may not involve werewolves.

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2 months ago

48 minutes

The Side Chat

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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3 months ago

35 minutes 13 seconds

The Side Chat

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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3 months ago

36 minutes 30 seconds

The Side Chat

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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3 months ago

34 minutes 22 seconds

The Side Chat

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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3 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes 32 seconds

The Side Chat

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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4 months ago

59 minutes 49 seconds

The Side Chat

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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4 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes 36 seconds

The Side Chat

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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4 months ago

51 minutes 52 seconds

The Side Chat

*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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4 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes 2 seconds

The Side Chat

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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5 months ago

47 minutes 36 seconds

The Side Chat

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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5 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes 2 seconds

The Side Chat

Grab your Throat Coat, it's time for another episode of The Side Chat. It's Memorial Day which ironically means the girls can't remember the last time they had childcare. Tricia's flaunting that DRIP (postnasal), Krissy finally confesses she's Canadian (eh!), and Caitlin can't stop making offers on houses in the Greater Boston area. Along the way, the gals unpack why home inspections may be the new therapy ("Tell me what's wrong with me FOUNDATIONALLY") and why you never want to bring a blacklight to the Jack Shack. After a quick musical sting dedicated to our exactly zero high school listeners, the ladies take on a SIDE CHAT about a passive aggressive Admin Appreciation Day in which the gift simply wasn't appreciated–because no good deed goes unpunished.

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5 months ago

53 minutes 39 seconds

The Side Chat

It's another week of THE SIDE CHAT and the ladies are living like it's the summer of 2016–even if they can't remember how old they were at that time. Things kick off with every parent’s worst nightmare: the ER visit. Specifically, when to casually (or not-so-casually) demand a plastic surgeon to protect your kid’s future modeling career. Somewhere between the hospital and an unsolicited 3-woman staging of The Departed: The Musical, the conversation shifts to Caitlin's Chaos Corner for a quick how-to on house hunting across state lines without your husband (but WITH his buy in) that results in all three girls seriously considering changing their words of the year to BUGABOO. After a quick but heartfelt plug for Sheila E's Instagram, the girls segue over to a SIDE CHAT (even though Krissy owes us NOTHING) about what to do when a friend tries to guilt you into buying a dress off of them you don’t want–even though it's from everyone's favorite store AEROPOSTALE.

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5 months ago

58 minutes 21 seconds

The Side Chat

This week on THE SIDE CHAT, the ladies are buzzin' and beefin' as Krissy and Tricia continue their blood feud with Caitlin and the pod caught in the crossfire. But while Trish actually attends to family matters (and not of the Steve Urkel persuasion), Krissy and Cait take yet another journey to the outer limits of Caitlin's sanity thanks to what can only be described as another Biblical plague descending on her home–this time in the form territorial carpenter bees (NIM-BEES if you will). After a quick stop over to Caitlin's Chaotic Craft Corner™ for a lesson in DIYing your own prophylactic wasp nest, the gals segue over to a SIDE CHAT about Boomer grandparents who can't be bothered to attend their only grandchild's first birthday party–and to that we say, buzz off.

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6 months ago

57 minutes 35 seconds