How We Met the Office Ladies [with Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey]
How We Made Your Mother
Audacy & Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas
4.8 • 922 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas welcome Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey of Office Ladies for an “extra-extra-special” crossover episode that celebrates the shared DNA between The Office and How I Met Your Mother. The four trade stories about auditioning, early career struggles, and the naïve confidence it took to chase a dream to Los Angeles. Jenna and Angela recall the pressure of remaking the British Office and the moment they knew Diversity Day proved their show’s originality; Josh and Craig compare that to creating HIMYM in the shadow of Friends. They discuss manifesting success, the comfort of ensemble storytelling, nostalgia for network-era TV, and what it means to have made “comfort shows” that helped fans through hard times. The episode closes with a listener letter from Chile about how HIMYM quite literally changed one fan’s life—and a toast to everyone who’s ever found solace, laughter, and a sense of home in these two beloved worlds.
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| 0:12.0 | Over a kilo of chocolate-covered toffies, caramels and creams. |
| 0:15.1 | Yeah, it's that. |
| 0:16.3 | This is not just... |
| 0:17.4 | Hang on, I do actually also love the musical Christmas is coming projected in, too, |
| 0:23.1 | full of all but a plain and chocolate shortbread. |
| 0:25.8 | This is not just food. |
| 0:27.3 | This is M&S Christmas food. |
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| 1:02.0 | This is what I wrote down. |
| 1:04.0 | I said the scene in the bar with Ted describing his future wedding to the woman he just met, |
| 1:10.0 | followed by the look on his face when he sees Robin for the first time, |
| 1:14.8 | this is 100% when every woman fell in love with Dad. |
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