Chicks in the Office

Ranking the Top Pop Culture Moments of 2025 + Holiday Trivia!

December 22, 2025

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  • The hosts of Chicks in the Office are concluding their 2025 episodes with a holiday break, returning on January 5th, and are dedicating this episode to ranking the top pop culture and internet moments of the year. 
  • A significant portion of the initial discussion centered on the complexities and personal experiences surrounding holiday family scheduling, prompted by a viral TikTok. 
  • The main segment began with the hosts debating and drafting their respective Top 5 lists for 2025's Pop Culture Moments, with 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' emerging as a shared top contender, while the Internet Moments list involved significant last-minute adjustments and debate. 
  • The hosts concluded their ranking of the top pop culture and internet moments of 2025, noting Joe Jonas's consistent viral presence as a human moment worthy of inclusion. 
  • The episode featured the 'Beat Ria & Fran game 201: Holiday Edition' with guests Justin & Alexis, where the hosts admitted their own weakness in holiday trivia. 
  • Justin & Alexis won the holiday trivia game with a final score of 6-5, despite Ria and Fran correctly answering a deep-cut question about the movie *Mean Girls* that stumped the guests. 

Segments

Sponsor Reads and Episode Setup
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(00:00:00)
  • Key Takeaway: The final episode of 2025 for Chicks in the Office airs before a holiday break, returning January 5th with rankings of the year’s top moments.
  • Summary: The episode opens with advertisements for Cheez-It and Snickers, followed by the announcement that this is the last show of 2025. The hosts confirm they will return on Monday, January 5th, after a nearly two-week holiday hiatus. The main content will feature rankings of the top pop culture and internet moments of 2025, plus holiday trivia.
Holiday Plans Discussion
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(00:01:52)
  • Key Takeaway: Navigating holiday scheduling for married couples, especially when balancing in-laws, is a tricky, widely debated topic that can lead to splitting holidays.
  • Summary: The hosts begin discussing their personal Christmas plans, which sparks a tangent about the difficulty married couples face in splitting holidays between their respective families. One host mentions a viral TikTok by ‘Gia Sneaky’ that highlighted this issue, leading to a broader online conversation about splitting traditions or splitting up for the holidays.
Family Christmas Anecdotes
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(00:07:16)
  • Key Takeaway: One host recounted a severe Christmas morning medical emergency in 2016, involving colitis and an ambulance ride, which was humorously contrasted with a sibling’s self-centered text message.
  • Summary: The conversation shifts to past difficult Christmases, including a story about Gia having a ‘dark Christmas’ involving Domino’s in a hotel room. The other host then details a near-disaster from around 2016 when she was hospitalized on Christmas morning due to severe stomach issues likely caused by excessive Amoxicillin, while her younger sister texted asking when presents would be opened.
Transition to Year-End Rankings
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(00:15:25)
  • Key Takeaway: The hosts structured the year-end review into two distinct categories: Top 5 Pop Culture Moments and Top 5 Internet Viral Moments, acknowledging potential crossover between the two.
  • Summary: After discussing upcoming January content like the Tell Me Lies trailer, the hosts transition into the main segment: ranking the top moments of 2025. They clarify the structure involves separate lists for celebrity/pop culture moments and general viral internet moments, noting that some items might fit both categories.
Pop Culture Rankings: Host 1
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(00:19:20)
  • Key Takeaway: The first host ranked Lady Gaga’s Coachella performance and the Summer I Turned Pretty finale as her top pop culture moments, while grouping Taylor Swift’s engagement and masters acquisition together.
  • Summary: The first host presents her top five pop culture moments, counting down from five: Lady Gaga’s Coachella/Mayhem Ball performance, Justin Bieber’s ‘it’s not clocking’ moment (which she later moved to viral), the Katy Perry Blue Origin flight, and combining Taylor Swift’s engagement and getting her masters back. Her number one moment was The Summer I Turned Pretty due to its consumption of her brain space.
Pop Culture Rankings: Host 2
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(00:28:42)
  • Key Takeaway: The second host’s Pop Culture list heavily featured reality TV and music events, including Traitors, Dancing with the Stars, and the Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl halftime show.
  • Summary: The second host shares her list, which includes Boston Rob on Traitors at number five and Marty Supreme Press Tour at four. She placed Andy Richter on Dancing with the Stars at three, hate-watching Huda on Love Island at two, and named the Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl halftime show (where he called Drake a pedophile) as her number one moment.
Pop Culture List Adjustments
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(00:44:14)
  • Key Takeaway: The hosts agreed to significantly adjust their Pop Culture lists after realizing they omitted the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato reunion, which was deemed a major moment.
  • Summary: After the second host listed her rankings, both realized they forgot the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato reunion, which prompted immediate list revisions. The first host moved the Jonas Brothers/Demi reunion to number three and the general celebrity engagements to number five, while the second host swapped Dancing with the Stars for Traitors on her list.
Viral Internet Moments Rankings
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(00:35:50)
  • Key Takeaway: The viral moments list was dominated by highly quoted phrases and short-lived but intense phenomena, such as ‘Nothing beats a Jetsu Holiday’ and Joe Jonas’s recent parallel parking struggles.
  • Summary: The hosts move to the viral moments, with the first host placing Justin Bieber’s ‘it’s not clocking’ sound at number five and ‘Nothing beats a Jetsu Holiday’ at four. She ranked the Cold Play couple incident as number one, but later swapped it for the ‘Coop on the Stoop’ meme, acknowledging the latter’s longevity in their personal conversations.
Pop Culture Wrap-up
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(00:52:21)
  • Key Takeaway: Joe Jonas’s online activity merits inclusion in the year’s top moments, separate from specific music or relationship events.
  • Summary: Sabrina Carpenter’s album was mentioned, though not ranked as highly as other moments. The hosts agreed that Joe Jonas’s general online presence warrants a spot on the list. The segment concluded the ranking portion of the episode, leading into listener appreciation.
Listener Appreciation and Thanks
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(00:54:08)
  • Key Takeaway: The hosts expressed deep gratitude to their listeners for enabling the growth of Chicks in the Office and the experiences shared on tour.
  • Summary: The hosts thanked listeners for making the show’s growth and experiences possible, emphasizing the connection felt when meeting fans on tour. They closed out the year by wishing everyone happy holidays and looking forward to 2026.
Game 201 Intro and Rules
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(00:56:34)
  • Key Takeaway: Game 201 of ‘Beat Ria & Fran’ is a holiday trivia edition featuring guests Justin and Alexis, who are currently on a two-game winning streak against the hosts.
  • Summary: The game format involves 15 questions, with points awarded for correct answers and steals for incorrect ones. The starting team was determined by guessing the Rotten Tomatoes score for the 2025 movie Champagne Problems, which Alexis correctly estimated at 75%.
Holiday Trivia Round 1
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(00:59:34)
  • Key Takeaway: Justin and Alexis secured the first point by correctly identifying the show Gilmore Girls based on Christmas episode titles like ‘That’ll Do, Pig’ and ‘Just Like Gwen and Gavin’.
  • Summary: Justin and Alexis missed the first question, which was about Gilmore Girls, but Ria and Fran failed to steal it, resulting in no immediate score change. Justin and Alexis then correctly answered a question about the song ‘Forgiveness’ sung by Anna Ferris’s character in the movie Just Friends.
Mid-Game Trivia and Score Update
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(01:04:46)
  • Key Takeaway: Justin and Alexis correctly answered that Justin Bieber’s Under the Mistletoe album was released in 2011, putting them ahead of Ria and Fran.
  • Summary: Ria and Fran correctly identified Kylie as the missing family member from the 2017 Kardashian Christmas card, tying the score at 1-1. Justin and Alexis then correctly answered the Elf quote question, though they initially guessed ’tickle fight’ instead of the correct answer, ‘snuggle’.
Game Conclusion and Final Score
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(01:14:22)
  • Key Takeaway: Justin and Alexis won the ‘Beat Ria & Fran game 201: Holiday Edition’ with a final score of 6-5, securing the win on the final question about Aaron Carter’s line to Lizzie McGuire.
  • Summary: Justin and Alexis correctly identified the movie The Holiday from an audio clip and correctly named Bernard as the head elf in The Santa Clause. Ria and Fran missed a Friends question, allowing Justin and Alexis to take the lead before the final question confirmed their victory.