Growing Up, Moving On | "The Graduates" (314)

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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On this week’s episode of That Was Us, we’re diving into Season 3, Episode 14: The Graduates. As the Pearson kids prepare to graduate, Rebecca feels the weight of Jack’s absence. Meanwhile, the episode shows how every member of the family is struggling in their own way: Kevin confronts his struggles with sobriety, Deja faces a pivotal decision about her education, and Randall and Beth find themselves in conflict. Mandy, Chris, and Sterling also chat about what it was like finding out they were having a baby (and having to keep it a secret), what happens when you try to set your kid up, and so much more! That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: - Give your summer closet an upgrade with Quince. Go to www.quince.com/twu for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. - Try Zip Recruiter for free at https://www.ziprecruiter.com/TWU. ZipRecruiter. The smartest way to hire. - Brought to you by Bombas, One Clothing Item Purchased = One Clothing Item Donated Head over to https://bombas.com/ and use code TWU for 20% off your first purchase. ------------------------- 🍋 About the Show: The stars of This Is Us, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, and Chris Sullivan, dive back into the world of the Pearsons, reliving each episode and all the life lessons that came with it. Together, they dig in and dig deep, have the tough conversations, bring in very special and familiar guests, share never-before-heard behind-the-scenes moments, and feature listeners in highly anticipated fan segments. Join your favorite family back in the living room to examine our past, cherish our present, and look to the future with new episodes of That Was Us every Tuesday. ------------------------- 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:32 Discussion 01:05:59 Fan Segment 01:17:06 Outro Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz, Rob Holysz & Jeph Porter Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Video Editor: Todd Hughlett Mix & Master: Jason Richards #thisisus #thatwasus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of That Was Us, we're diving into season three, episode 14, The Graduates.
0:15.2	Rebecca struggles with the big three graduating high school without Jack there.
0:19.6	In the present day, Toby throws Kate a graduation party.
0:23.2	Kevin struggles with his addiction.
0:25.1	Dajah faces a big decision around school, and Randall and Beth are at odds with each other.
0:32.5	Hello, hello, friends.
0:34.0	Guys, it's so good to see you.
0:35.6	It's good to see you, too.
0:37.4	Everybody looks so healthy and strong. Thanks. Likewise. Mandy Moore's back from the southeast where she just got finished shooting a movie with Nate Bargazzi. Can we say that? You had a good time. I had a wonderful time in the ATL. With your allergies. Yes, with my allergies, just alive and well in the South.
0:56.6	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:57.1	No, thank you. So isn't it funny because she's from the Southeast? Yes. But then you go back to the South East. My body forgot about that. It readjusted to the West Coast palms. She's an Angelino now. Yeah.
1:08.3	It's like when you move from Chicago to the West Coast, your blood has to thicken or thin. I'm from St. Louis. So, like, I was, I'm the St. Louis. And now I think I'm halfway between. I always had allergies, too. When I go back to the Midwest, they kick up hard. On the West Coast, they don't mess with you so far. Yeah. There's not a lot of pollen.
1:28.3	Good food.
1:29.3	Do you get good food in Atlanta?
1:43.4	You know, we were out in Fayetteville shooting, so we weren't like in Atlanta proper, which is a bummer. So I didn't get some of the good meals. Go to a waffle house, though? They got waffle houses out there. I did not. They have a lot of Chick-fil-A, a lot of Waffle House.
1:44.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
1:44.5	I spent a weekend in Savannah.
1:47.9	Oh. Waffle houses out there. I did not. They have a lot of Chick-fil-A, a lot of Waffle House. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I spent a weekend in Savannah while you were there. Beautiful spirits. I love Savannah. Wonderful restaurants. Haunted. That city, what I hear. Yes. Savannah and Charleston are like sister city. So they both have like porches with what they call haint blue painted on the top to keep the
2:02.4	haints away, to keep the spirits. The haints. The haints. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a thing. They share ghosts. They share ghosts travel back and forth. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's only a hundred miles. Exchange program. There you go. Good, good, good, good. I saw these looking like a beast.
2:17.9	I'm feeling good.
2:19.9	Yeah.
2:20.9	Feeling good. There you go. Sully's looking like a beast.
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