How We Met Cobie Smulders
How We Made Your Mother
Audacy & Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas
4.8 • 922 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of How We Made Your Mother, Josh and Craig sit down with Cobie Smulders to talk all things Robin Scherbatsky—from her early auditions and the moment Robin became Canadian to how the character evolved over nine seasons. Cobie shares what it’s like to play one of TV’s most iconic roles and how the writers wove her real-life quirks into Robin’s journey. The trio laughs through stories of whispered pre-scene obscenities, Jason Segel’s hammer pants, and the behind-the-scenes friendships that made the show feel more like a band than a sitcom.
We also announce the launch of the official How We Made Your Mother merch, starting with college-style and logo designs available on T-shirts and hoodies. Ten percent of profits support their congenital heart disease research fundraiser. Visit www.howwemadeyourmother.com/store or howyougetyourmerch.com.
We are also thrilled to announce Craig’s debut novel, That’s Not How It Happened, coming November 4. The audiobook features Josh and Cobie as co-narrators. Inspired by Craig’s experience raising a child with a rare genetic syndrome, the story is a heartfelt, funny look at family, storytelling, and inclusion. Pre-order info and donation links are available at howwemadeyourmother.com.
GET YOUR MERCH!
We’ve got HWMYM merch, which is now just a FEW CLICKS AWAY.
CRAIG’S BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
Head over to CRAIG’S WEBSITE to pre-order your copy of That’s Not How It Happened today.
JOSH IS STILL ON TOUR!
Tickets are available HERE for the final shows of the EULOGY TOUR.
And if you’re a business with big orders to fulfill, Amplifier is there to help growing consumer brands and influencers create a unique experience for their customers during the fulfillment process. Visit AMPLIFIER to learn more, and name-drop How We Made Your Mother for special pricing for your emerging brand's program.
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)
HOW YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
Donate to our ongoing campaign to support congenital heart disease research
AND MORE:
Josh’s “Museletters” on Substack
Craig’s Official Website (with links to his published writing)
Alek’s “Dead Fathers Society” on Substack
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Before we start today's very special episode, we want to announce that we have merch. |
| 0:05.7 | We are starting off with two designs. |
| 0:07.9 | The first is a college lettering style t-shirt and hoodie, inspired by our upcoming live |
| 0:13.3 | recording at Wesleyan University. |
| 0:15.6 | The second is our podcast logo, also on a t-shirt and hoodie. |
| 0:20.0 | And 10% of the profits of all our merchandise goes to our permanent campaign, |
| 0:24.1 | How You Make a Difference, supporting congenital heart disease research, helping kids like my own son, |
| 0:29.4 | so thank you all for that. |
| 0:31.0 | And kids, let me tell you the incredible story of how we met our friends at Amplifier, |
| 0:35.0 | who are partnering with us to get this fantastic, how we made your mother merch to you while raising money for this great cause. |
| 0:41.7 | Yes, Amplifier is helping us do something good by offering Whimium fans, something great. |
| 0:47.0 | So if you're a business with big orders to fulfill and not just print on demand items, |
| 0:51.0 | but really anything, yellow umbrella, blue print, horn, a pineapple, anything. |
| 0:55.3 | Amplifier is there to help growing consumer brands and influencers |
| 0:58.7 | create a unique experience for their customers during the fulfillment process. |
| 1:02.3 | The link to their site is in our show notes. |
| 1:04.7 | And if you name drop how we made your mother, |
| 1:07.1 | you'll get special pricing for your emerging brands program. |
| 1:10.3 | Future you will thank past you for choosing Amplifier. |
| 1:13.2 | To get your Hwimium merch, please go to How You Made Your Mother.com and click on store, |
| 1:18.6 | where you'll be taken to our Shopify store, or you can go directly to www.howyougetyourmerch.com. |
| 1:26.0 | And now, let's get started. My name is Brianna, and I'm from Naples, Florida. Hi, I'm Harrison, and I'm from the United Kingdom. I'm from Brazil. And I'm from Colombia. Hi, I'm Marika from the Netherlands. And I'm from Iowa, Rhode Island, Connecticut, from Dallas, Texas, Portland, Oregon. |
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