Call Your Sister with Joy & Jinger

Jinger Vuolo, Joy Forsyth
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Jinger and Joy have learned early that you can get through anything if you've got a sister on the phone. Now, years after life on TLC's Counting On and 19 Kids and Counting, they're picking up where their late-night talks always left off. Marriage, motherhood, faith, growing up in a house full of siblings, and the stuff you'd only ever say out loud to a sister — this is real talk between two sisters, no script and no filter. Jinger Vuolo and Joy Forsyth let you in on the conversations that usually happen behind closed doors. New episodes every week. Because sometimes, you just need to call your sister.

  1. 2d ago

    MAMA DUGGAR'S CAT MADE THE NEWS & WE'RE OVERWHELMED!

    Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/CallYourSister Our mom's CAT made the NEWS?! 🐱📰 Growing up Duggar meant plenty of unforgettable animal adventures, but this might be one of the wildest! Joy and Jinger share the hilarious story of how their mom's cat ended up in the newspaper, along with some of their craziest childhood pet memories. But first, let's talk about being OVERWHELMED. Between motherhood, pregnancy exhaustion, endless emails, and packed schedules, we're feeling it! Joy opens up about why she's become such a homebody and how even making plans with people she loves can feel exhausting. Jinger shares what's been stressing her out lately, and the sisters get real about having nothing left in the tank. Plus, why don't Joy and Jinger have dogs? From the enormous, bear-sized dog that showed up at Jinger's house to Joy's short-lived adventure as a dog owner, the sisters reveal why they're hesitant to add pets to their already busy households—even though their kids are begging for puppies! 🐶 It's an episode full of laughs, childhood memories, and honest sister conversations. ❤️ 00:01:20 - Welcome and Catching Up 00:02:52 - What’s Draining Us Lately 00:12:30 - The Animals We Had Growing Up 00:17:54 - Mom’s Rescued Animals 00:23:43 - Our Attempts at Adopting Dogs 00:29:33 - Why Felicity Is Wary of Dogs 00:30:44 - When Kids Ask for Dogs 00:34:43 - Indoor Pets, Allergies, and Shedding 00:39:18 - Pet Ownership by the Numbers 00:42:22 - Snakes and a Backyard Close Call 00:45:55 - Choosing a Low-Maintenance Pet 00:47:05 - What’s Giving Us Energy 00:51:03 - Products We’re Loving 00:55:04 - Sister Hotline and Wrap-Up Thanks to our incredible sponsors! BROOKLYN BEDDING: Brooklyn Bedding has been around for over 25 years, known for top-of-the-line comfort and quality without the luxury price tag. Go to https://brooklynbedding.com and use my promo code JINGER at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. NUTRAFOL: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement brand at https://Nutrafol.com and get $10 OFF your first month’s subscription and FREE SHIPPING When you use our promo code JANDJ. FUNCTION HEALTH: Function because it’s the only health platform that gives you access to the kind of data most people never see—and the insights to actually take action. Learn more and join using our code JINGER100 at https://functionhealth.com/JINGER/ The first 1000 people get a $100 credit toward their membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Oct 28

    Joy’s Baby Gender Reveal! Boy or Girl?!

    Hey guys, it’s Jinger! This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are finally revealing the gender of baby number four. Joy caught us up on her pregnancy, including a rough first trimester and the relief of feeling the baby kick for the first time after a loss. Austin even called in live on the pod to share his perspective on how the pregnancy has been going. Then we tested the old wives’ tales. We talk cravings (hello, pickle juice), carrying high versus low, pregnancy dreams, skin changes, and whether any of it can really predict a boy or girl. We also share who in the family guessed what, including Evie Mae, who was dead set on a baby sister once the idea of a bunk bed came up. We get into baby names too, including the kids’ running list (Gideon’s top pick may surprise you), choosing names with meaning, and whether to keep a letter theme going in your family. We also look up the fastest-rising baby names and trade our hot takes. Plus, the story of how Joy and I both ended up with a baby girl nicknamed Evie. We also share our must-have baby items, like the Doona, the Snoo, and the Windi, and we answer a few listener questions from the sister hotline, including how Joy told her kids she was expecting and the wildest gender reveals we’ve seen. We also announce that the Call Your Sister hotline is officially live! Leave us a voicemail with a question or short funny story at (213) 973-9664, and we’ll answer them in future episodes. If you love pregnancy announcements, baby name debates, or just want to celebrate with us, this one’s for you. 00:00:00 - Welcome and Baby Update 00:01:22 - Pregnancy Symptoms and Emotional Challenges 00:07:34 - Old Wives’ Tales and Baby Predictions 00:17:24 - What the Kids Want and Their Baby Name Ideas 00:19:41 - Family Naming Traditions and the Two Evies 00:28:28 - Trending Baby Names and Creative Spellings 00:31:26 - Spelling Unusual Names at Starbucks 00:32:51 - Trending Names and Unique Family Themes 00:36:53 - The Baby’s Gender Reveal 00:38:48 - Finding Out Together and Preparing for Baby 00:42:04 - Baby Gear Worth Buying 00:47:10 - Telling the Kids About the Pregnancy 00:48:34 - Memorable Gender Reveals 00:52:39 - The Call Your Sister Hotline OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS: COZY EARTH: Luxury Shouldn’t Be Out of Reach. Visit ⁠https://CozyEarth.com/jinger/⁠ and use my exclusive code JINGER for 20% off best-selling sheets, towels, pajamas, and more. #Parenting⁠ ⁠#Motherhood⁠ ⁠#family ⁠#ParentingTips⁠ ⁠#RaisingKids⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Oct 21

    Moving Out of the Big House & What We Wish We Knew Before Marriage

    This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are talking about moving out for the first time. Neither of us went to college, so most of our “learning to live on our own” happened inside marriage, and we’re sharing all of it. Joy got married at 19 and spent the first six or seven months living in an RV beside the house she and Austin were still renovating, cooking lasagna in a crockpot. She tells the story of the cherry-wood bed frame Austin and his dad built from scratch, which turned out so tall it came up to her armpits while she was very pregnant. I share what newlywed life was like in Laredo, Texas, a mile from the Mexican border, with dollar tacos, a Bible study in our small apartment, and the day we moved out because of a cockroach problem from the neighbors. We also talk honestly about the adjustments no one prepared us for. We were both so agreeable early in marriage that we barely knew our own opinions, and we talk about how our husbands encouraged us to speak up. We get into our first experiences with money, from my fear of not having enough to Joy’s learning how to do the books with her mother-in-law’s help, plus the times the electricity almost got shut off because we each thought the other had paid the bill. If you’re a newlywed, getting ready to move out, or looking back and laughing at your own first-apartment mistakes, this one’s for you. Topics covered: moving out for the first time, newlywed life, first apartment, adjusting to marriage, marriage and money, budgeting as newlyweds, learning to cook, making friends as an adult, living in an RV, young marriage, sisters podcast 🎧 New episodes of Call Your Sister with Joy and Jinger every week. Subscribe so you don’t miss out! 00:00:00 - Introduction: Moving Out for the First Time 00:00:59 - Joy’s First Home: Renovating and Living in an RV 00:05:29 - Adjusting to Marriage and a New City 00:08:07 - From the First Apartment to a Home 00:11:44 - Learning to Live Together and Communicate 00:16:21 - Adjusting to Finances as Newlyweds 00:21:55 - Learning to Manage Bills Together 00:27:50 - Grocery Shopping, Cooking, and Expectations 00:30:54 - From Adventurous Cooking to Family Meal Routines 00:36:57 - What We Wish We’d Learned Before Moving Out 00:38:54 - Learning Independence as Adults 00:43:25 - Final Thoughts and Sign-Off #Parenting⁠ ⁠#Motherhood⁠ ⁠#family ⁠#ParentingTips⁠ ⁠#RaisingKids⁠ OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS: TRUST & WILL: Protect what matters most. Trust & Will makes it simple and affordable to create your will or trust online in minutes. Visit ⁠https://trustandwill.com/JINGER⁠ and get 20% off when you use the code JINGER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Oct 14

    Jinger’s First Heartbreak & the Guy She Thought She’d Marry

    Hey guys, it’s Jinger! This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are talking about our first heartbreaks. Joy hasn’t had a classic heartbreak story, so she turned the tables and interviewed me. We start with our first crushes and Joy’s story of sitting through Austin’s plans to ask another girl out when she was 16, and how she tried to be supportive while hoping it wouldn’t work out. Then I share my first real heartbreak: a long-distance friendship in my early teens that our parents wisely ended because we were too young. We also get into growing up in a very formal courtship culture, when 20-plus guys would ask about the girls in our family over a couple of years, and why I turned them all down for a crush I barely knew. Then Jeremy came into the picture and changed everything. We close with advice for any teenage girl going through heartbreak: find your identity in Christ, surround yourself with good friends and accountability, and reach out for help right away if you’re struggling with body image or food. Topics covered: first heartbreak, teenage crushes, courtship vs. dating, Christian dating advice, body image and eating disorder recovery, finding identity in Christ, comparison and insecurity in marriage, how we met Jeremy and Austin, advice for teen girls, sisters podcast 🎧 New episodes of Call Your Sister with Joy and Jinger every week. Subscribe so you don’t miss out! 00:00:00 - First Heartbreaks and Early Crushes 00:02:44 - Joy’s Crush on Austin 00:06:44 - Jinger’s First Heartbreak 00:08:08 - How Relational Stress Affected Jinger’s Health 00:11:41 - Recognizing an Eating Disorder and Asking for Help 00:15:28 - Faith, Identity, and Recovery 00:17:48 - From a First Crush to New Possibilities 00:21:23 - Choosing Jeremy Over a Longtime Crush 00:26:48 - Learning to Accept Each Other’s Past 00:30:50 - Finding Freedom from Self-Criticism in Marriage and Motherhood 00:34:54 - Advice for Teens Facing Heartbreak and Body Image Struggles 00:39:28 - Trusting God’s Plan Through Heartbreak 00:41:52 - Lessons Learned and Final Encouragement #Parenting⁠ ⁠#Motherhood⁠ ⁠#MomLife⁠ ⁠#ParentingTips⁠ ⁠#RaisingKids⁠ OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS: COZY EARTH: Luxury Shouldn’t Be Out of Reach. Visit ⁠https://CozyEarth.com/jinger/⁠ and use my exclusive code JINGER for 20% off best-selling sheets, towels, pajamas, and more. ARTICLE: If you’re looking to upgrade your space, we’ve been loving Article. Their furniture is modern, high-quality, and easy to style. Go to article.com/JINGER for $50 off your first purchase. PONCHO: This season, skip the guesswork and wear one of our favorites, Poncho. Whether it’s for you or your husband, or kids — Poncho makes clothes built for the outdoors. Go to ⁠https://www.ponchooutdoors.com/JINGER and enter your email for $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Oct 7

    Joy & Jinger: Driving at 14, Grandma's Road Rules & Taking a Big Rig to the Dentist

    This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are talking all things learning to drive. We grew up in Arkansas, where you can get your permit at 14 with a quick written test, and our dad taught us to drive long before any of that. We started on the weed eater, worked up to the lawnmower, then moved on to the golf cart and ATV, and eventually got behind the wheel of a car. We swap stories about our driving tests and our first time on the interstate. We also talk about what it was like to be a new driver (or a passenger with a new driver!) in a 15-passenger van full of siblings, and about the near misses and close calls we've had along the way, including a very close call with a pole in a parking lot just the other day. Then we get into cars. We talk about our first cars, including one I still have, why we're loyal to Toyotas, and Joy's insurance auctions and salvage-title finds that Austin fixes up in their yard. We admit to being terrible backseat drivers and control freaks who volunteer to drive on every girls' trip. We also talk about teaching our own kids someday, from Gideon learning to run a skid steer at eight years old to the viral stories of little kids driving themselves to McDonald's (please lock up your keys!). We finish with our favorite family road trip memories, from Cracker Barrel jawbreakers to the RV trip out west and the dude ranch. If you remember your first time behind the wheel, or you're dreading teaching your own teenager to drive, this one is for you. Topics covered: learning to drive, teaching teens to drive, driving at 14 in Arkansas, first car stories, backseat drivers, driving safety tips, road trip memories, buying cars at auction, growing up in a big family, sisters podcast 🎧 New episodes of Call Your Sister with Joy and Jinger every week. Subscribe so you don't miss out! #Parenting⁠ ⁠#Motherhood⁠ ⁠#MomLife⁠ ⁠#ParentingTips⁠ ⁠#RaisingKids⁠ OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS: BROOKLYN BEDDING: Brooklyn Bedding has been around for over 25 years, known for top-of-the-line comfort and quality without the luxury price tag. Go to ⁠https://brooklynbedding.com⁠ and use my promo code JINGER at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. NUTRAFOL: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement brand at https://Nutrafol.com and get $10 OFF your first month’s subscription when you use our promo code JANDJ. FUNCTION HEALTH: Function because it’s the only health platform that gives you access to the kind of data most people never see—and the insights to actually take action. Learn more and join using our code JINGER at ⁠https://functionhealth.com/JINGER/⁠ for $25 off your membership! TRUST & WILL: Protect what matters most. Trust & Will makes it simple and affordable to create your will or trust online in minutes. Visit ⁠⁠https://trustandwill.com/JINGER⁠⁠ and get 20% off when you use the code JINGER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Sep 30

    Joy & Jinger: Wedding Day Secrets & What Wasn't on TV

    This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are talking all things weddings — the details nobody remembers but felt huge in the moment, the stuff we'd actually change if we could do it again, and the behind-the-scenes reality of getting married while being filmed for TV. I open up about a wedding-day timing mistake that cost us almost all our golden-hour photos and most of our time greeting guests at the reception, plus a moment of people-pleasing I still think about (we sent our favorite band's drummer home so the music wouldn't be "too much" for our guests). Joy shares the wedding-planning battle over her paper airplane send-off idea, the wedding favor almost derailed by a legal technicality, and what it was really like trying to live in the moment on her wedding day while a film crew documented everything — including a tense exchange Austin had with a crew member about whose day it actually was. We also get into what wedding privacy looked like for us — the security check-ins, the magazine exclusives, and the delayed episode airings — and how that shaped habits we still have today, like never posting your location in real time. If you're planning a wedding, already married, or just love hearing what really goes on behind the scenes, this episode is for you. Topics covered: wedding planning, wedding day mistakes, wedding traditions, behind the scenes of reality TV weddings, wedding privacy and security, marriage, sisters podcast 🎧 New episodes of Call Your Sister with Joy and Jinger every week — SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out! OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS: COZY EARTH: Luxury Shouldn’t Be Out of Reach. Visit ⁠https://CozyEarth.com/jinger/⁠ and use my exclusive code JINGER for 20% off best-selling sheets, towels, pajamas, and more. TRUST & WILL: Protect what matters most. Trust & Will makes it simple and affordable to create your will or trust online in minutes. Visit ⁠⁠https://trustandwill.com/JINGER⁠⁠ and get 20% off when you use the code JINGER. ZENNI: Zenni because it's the only way I've found to buy sunglasses I actually love without the guesswork ... choose from stylish, affordable options with over 150,000 5-star reviews. Upgrade your glasses and use code PODCAST15 at ⁠https://zenni.com/PODCAST for 15% off your first order, plus free shipping on U.S. orders over $65! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Sep 23

    Did We Fight Ever Fight? Sibling Rivalry in a Family of 19 Kids | Ep.3

    This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are talking all about sibling rivalry and what it was actually like growing up together in a house full of kids. We get into some of our favorite (and funniest) memories — like Joy's infamous fight with our brother over the school computer, and her reputation as the sibling who'd get talked into doing things she probably shouldn't have. Joy also owns up to being the one who body-slammed and pranked our brothers a little too much growing up! We talk honestly about how conflict was (and wasn't) handled in our house, how birth order may or may not actually shape your personality and temperament, and the ways growing up avoiding conflict has shown up for each of us as adults — including in marriage and parenting our own kids. I share a story about my mom's kindness toward a stranger that shaped how we were taught to treat people, and we dig into people-pleasing, learning to hold your tongue, and figuring out how to disagree with someone you love without it turning into a blowup. If you grew up with siblings, or you're raising kids who are constantly bickering, this episode is full of honest, relatable conversation about family, conflict, and grace. 🎧 New episodes of Call Your Sister with Joy and Jinger every week — SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out! #Parenting⁠ ⁠#Motherhood⁠ ⁠#siblings⁠ ⁠#sisters⁠ ⁠#RaisingKids⁠ OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS: TRUST & WILL: Protect what matters most. Trust & Will makes it simple and affordable to create your will or trust online in minutes. Visit ⁠https://trustandwill.com/JINGER⁠ and get 20% off when you use the code JINGER. SKYLIGHT CALENDAR: Keep your whole family on the same page. Skylight Calendar puts everyone's schedules, to-do lists, and chores in one place everyone can see. Visit ⁠https://myskylight.com/JINGER⁠ and get $30 off your 15" calendar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Sep 16

    I Farted in Front of My Crush (+ More Awkward Teenage Stories) | Ep.2

    This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are getting into some seriously embarrassing territory: our awkward teenage phase. We're talking bad fashion choices (hello, giant hand-me-down t-shirts and my infamous green linen tunic-over-skirt look — the one I was wearing the day I met Jeremy), disastrous hair experiments, and the crunchy-mousse curls and hairspray-soaked ponytails that may or may not have caused permanent damage. We also get into the deeper stuff — how we each struggled to figure out who we really were as teenagers, jumping between personas, and how insecurity showed up differently for each of us. Joy opens up about a season where she equated spirituality with being "zero fun," and how her motivations for things like reading through the Bible in two months weren't always as pure as she thought at the time — but how God used it anyway. I share what it was like dealing with body changes, comparison, and dressing for comfort over style because I didn't feel confident in my own skin. If you ever wore something you cringe at now, went through a hair phase you'd rather forget, or spent your teenage years trying to figure out who you actually were underneath the persona, this episode is going to feel very relatable. 🎧 New episodes of Call Your Sister with Joy and Jinger every week — subscribe so you don't miss out! OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS: COZY EARTH: Luxury Shouldn’t Be Out of Reach. Visit ⁠https://CozyEarth.com/jinger/⁠ and use my exclusive code JINGER for 20% off best-selling sheets, towels, pajamas, and more. ZENNI: Zenni because it's the only way I've found to buy sunglasses I actually love without the guesswork ... choose from stylish, affordable options with over 150,000 5-star reviews. Upgrade your glasses and use code PODCAST15 at ⁠https://zenni.com/PODCAST for 15% off your first order, plus free shipping on U.S. orders over $65! FUNCTION HEALTH: Function because it’s the only health platform that gives you access to the kind of data most people never see—and the insights to actually take action. Learn more and join using our code JINGER at ⁠https://functionhealth.com/JINGER/⁠ for $25 off your membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jinger and Joy have learned early that you can get through anything if you've got a sister on the phone. Now, years after life on TLC's Counting On and 19 Kids and Counting, they're picking up where their late-night talks always left off. Marriage, motherhood, faith, growing up in a house full of siblings, and the stuff you'd only ever say out loud to a sister — this is real talk between two sisters, no script and no filter. Jinger Vuolo and Joy Forsyth let you in on the conversations that usually happen behind closed doors. New episodes every week. Because sometimes, you just need to call your sister.

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