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How We Made Your Mother
Audacy & Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas
4.8 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This February 4 Instagram Live episode of How We Made Your Mother brings together Josh Radnor, Craig Thomas, and producer Alek Lev for an expansive, warm, and frequently hilarious conversation that doubles as a love letter to the show, the podcast, and the community that’s grown around both. Broadcasting at a new midday time to reach international fans, the trio talk about why they started the podcast, how listener voice notes and letters have become its emotional core, and what it’s been like revisiting How I Met Your Mother nearly two decades later. Topics range from New York winters, unrealistic sitcom apartments, long-term storytelling payoffs and accidental continuity errors, to Craig’s emotional reflections on the end of The Late Show legacy after his formative years writing for Late Show with David Letterman. Josh opens up about rediscovering pride in the series after years of distance, becoming a fan of the show himself, and how the podcast has softened his relationship with Ted Mosby and the audience. The group shares behind-the-scenes stories about the origins of running jokes like the Major General salute, the ripple effects of tiny life choices, fan proposals sparked by the podcast, and the optimism behind the phrase “People Will Dance,” which may soon become merch. Along the way they shout out fans tuning in from around the world, reflect on music’s role in the show (and Josh’s late-in-life songwriting journey), and close on the idea that HIMYM now belongs to its viewers as much as its creators—something all three clearly cherish.
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Transcript
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| 0:39.1 | The following episode of How We Made Your Mother was recorded live on Instagram on February 4th, 2026. |
| 0:40.6 | I'm alone. |
| 0:43.2 | What a pity. |
| 0:51.4 | I won't be soon in New York City when I see you. |
| 0:58.0 | Please permit me to tell you everything in New York City. We are live. |
| 1:01.0 | Okay. |
| 1:02.0 | It's happening. |
| 1:03.0 | Hi. |
| 1:04.0 | It's all happening. |
| 1:05.0 | Hi, Craig Thomas. |
| 1:06.0 | Josh Ratner and other people that we don't know. |
| 1:10.0 | Hello people who are joining us. I'm Josh |
| 1:13.0 | Radner. This is my friend Craig Thomas. Craig co-created a show called How I Met Your Mother with |
| 1:19.6 | Carter Bays that I was on for nine years. I played Ted Mosby on that show. We're doing a podcast now called How We Made Your Mother, where we're re-watching all of the episodes. My wife, Jordana, had never seen the show, so she wanted to watch it. And I called Craig, and I said, look, I'm going to show my wife this show we made. Do you want to do something a little more formal on the record? |
| 1:47.7 | Maybe we can revisit it and talk about it. And that's what we've been doing for. |
| 1:53.6 | We're two seasons deep. It's crazy. We haven't, not all of the second season has dropped yet, |
| 1:58.5 | but we are what, Alec, would you say like early middle season two is currently dropping week by week? |
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