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How We Spent Our Summer [2007 Edition]
· 1 h 18 min · Bonus · Explicit
Episode How We Spent Our Summer [2007 Edition]
In this deeply personal bonus episode, Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas pause their Season 3 rewatch to revisit the life-changing summer between Seasons 2 and 3 of How I Met Your Mother. Josh opens up about struggling with the pressures of sudden fame, his increasing reliance on alcohol, and how transformative ayahuasca journeys to Brazil and Colombia led him to stop drinking and return to the show feeling calmer, more grounded, and better equipped to embrace his role as Ted Mosby. Craig then shares the heartbreaking story of his son Elliot’s birth, the terrifying weeks spent in the NICU, Elliot’s life-saving open-heart surgery, and his diagnosis with the rare genetic condition Jacobsen syndrome. The two reflect on how those parallel journeys profoundly shaped Season 3, their friendship, and the emotional core of the series, discussing themes of unconditional love, vulnerability, parenthood, finding community, and how life’s hardest moments can ultimately lead to unexpected purpose.
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- https://www.instagram.com/howwemadeyourmother/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@howwemadeyourmother
- https://joshradnor.substack.com
- https://craigthomaswriter.com/novel
- https://www.howwemadeyourmother.com/makeadifference
- https://officeladies.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/officeladiespod/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@officeladiespod?_t=ZT-8y1gqTrJyOs&_r=1
- https://www.joshradnor.com
- https://open.spotify.com/artist/43jyNhxEcJZ2YbwioBjCbY
- https://craigthomaswriter.com
- https://aleklev.substack.com
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