287: episode 8: our hardest day on the show (so far)

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5.0 • 39.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Welcome to our second episode of the week to catch up with EPISODE 8! Episode 8 pushed us to another level. After an already emotional week, this episode forced us to dig deep, confront our breaking points, and show a level of vulnerability we hadn’t yet let surface. The DS stripped away anything we were still hiding, and what came out were some of the rawest, most honest moments we’ve had on the course. Tough, humbling, and a turning point in the whole experience. Let us know what you thought about this episode, and we’ll see you for the final time.... FOR FINALE EPISODE!!!!!!! Love you guys, Shawn and Andrew Rocket Money ▶ Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to https://www.RocketMoney.com/eastfam today. Kachava ▶ Your future self will thank you. Go to https://www.kachava.comand use code EASTFAM for 15% off your next order. Skims ▶ If you’re looking for the perfect cozy gift this season, Shop the best pajamas at https://www.SKIMS.com/couplethings. After you place your order, make sure to select “podcast” in the survey and choose Couple Things from the dropdown menu. Subscribe to our newsletter ▶ https://www.familymade.com/newsletter Follow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en (00:00:00) check out our main channel youtube :) (00:01:30) life updates (00:07:03) answering some questions (00:11:30) day 8’s schedule (00:13:40) debriefing kody (00:15:45) was shawn having an “epic downfall”? (00:21:53) the “sickener” workout (00:23:40) mental toughness and its different forms (00:25:00) what does “better” really mean? (00:27:54) anticipating the end while conquering the sickener (00:36:35) the heat and the small moment of relaxation (00:38:11) our perspective on the family videos and connecting with the ds (00:40:55) waiting to get captured and getting briefed (00:43:37) being attacked and the end beginning (00:46:45) andrew’s perspective on navigating survival (00:57:24) making it into the safe house and everything changing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.1	With Sean and Andrew. Special Forces, episode eight. Second to last.
0:08.9	Oh, we are catching up on publishing episodes. So I think we'll publish two, maybe even three this week.
0:14.9	We better. Because we have to be like live for the finale. I agree. And we might need to start scheduling
0:22.0	and start talking about scheduling
0:23.8	another live Q&A.
0:25.6	Yes.
0:26.2	I love doing that.
0:26.9	That was really fun.
0:28.0	Also, for those of you
0:29.2	who don't follow us
0:30.8	on our main YouTube channel,
0:32.4	we just published
0:33.7	about 30 minutes
0:34.8	of all of the behind the scenes footage
0:36.7	that they've given us.
0:38.4	Some people have said, like Gail said, it would be great if we could show some clips of the show
0:45.0	while we're talking about it. We haven't really been able to do that because of certain things
0:50.0	with the footage, but we did publish all of them on the main YouTube channel.
0:54.9	The first video is just episodes one through five, and it's broken out by episode on the
0:59.8	timestamps. And then the second, uh, trant or the second video we make will be episodes
1:06.1	six through nine. And that'll be published, hopefully, the Friday after the finale.
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