Kylie Kelce on Kid Meltdowns, Dude Gift Advice, Japanese Maples & New Heights Secret Santa | EP 172

December 24, 2025

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: This festive holiday special blends brotherly banter, Secret Santa unboxings, and a cozy interview with Jason's wife Kylie, centering on Christmas cheer, family antics, and lighthearted podcaster insights amid NFL game teases. Festive, familial playfulness radiates throughout.
The Format: Casual chat with hosted segments and guest interview.
The Key Players:
- Hosts: Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce deliver signature sibling chemistry—Travis's high-energy hype clashes hilariously with Jason's deadpan sarcasm—fueled by holiday banter on gifts, sports, and dad life.
- Guest: Kylie Kelce, Jason's wife, a rising podcaster (host of iHeartRadio's best emerging show and Apple Pods' best new 2025 pick), four-time record guest, Japanese maple enthusiast, and mom sharing curling tales, animal loves, and gift wisdom.

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What you'll learn

1 4-time guest, record viewer holder (recently dethroned); host of iHeartRadio's best emerging podcast & Apple Podcasts' best new show of 2025; #1 Japanese maples fan; Jason's wife.
2 Interns Brandon & Jake join for $50 limit gift exchange.
3 Podcast success: Michelle Obama interview caused sweats; A'ja Wilson (W NBA recruiting pitch); Bindi Irwin (childhood Animal Planet fave).
4 Backyard Japanese maples love; great for fall colors & tree climbing.
5 Michelle Obama (nerve-wracking); A'ja Wilson (hilarious, Philly WNBA hype); Bindi Irwin (dream fulfilled).
6 Kylie: Giraffes (tall kin); gibbons (swingers, grip strength); sharks (no beef); sea turtles (majestic, untouchable).
7 Travis: Otters (zoo visit squeals); orangutans.

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Show Notes

92%ers, welcome to another episode of New Heights brought to you by Nike. Today, we are joined by the only 4x guest in the history of New Heights, Kylie Kelce!

For our holiday spectacular episode, the New Heights team exchanges their Secret Santa gifts, Kylie joins us to recap what she’s been up to since being dethroned as our most viewed episode, we react to some 92%er child meltdowns, give out our official shopping guide for “Dudes Who Can’t Shop Good,” give Kylie a special gift from us, and open some incredible gifts sent in from the 92%ers.

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