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Mar 2025
53m 49s

How We Made This Podcast

Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas
About this episode

Welcome to How We Made Your Mother, a new weekly podcast, rewatching 208 episodes of How I Met Your Mother. In our inaugural episode, Josh Radnor (“Ted Mosby”) and Craig Thomas (co-creator) discuss the origins of this podcast, and lay out some of the questions and themes they look to explore.


Episodes Mentioned:


Return of the Shirt (Season 1, Episode 4)

The Pineapple Incident (Season 1, Episode 10)

Drumroll, Please (Season 1, Episode 13)

Music Mentioned:

The Boy with the Arab Strap (Apple Music)

The Boy with the Arab Strap (Spotify)


Connect with the Show:

Official Website (Send us your audio and written messages)

Substack (Join the mailing list, get announcements, and read more from Josh and Craig)

Instagram

TikTok


And more:

Josh’s “Museletters” on Substack

Josh’s Official Website

Josh on Spotify

Craig’s Official Website (with links to his published writing)

Alek’s “Dead Fathers Society” on Substack


Thank you to our sponsors:


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