Jack's Secret | "Songbird Road: Part One" (311) with special guest Griffin Dunne

That Was Us

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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This week, a special guest joins us for the rewatch of Season 3, Episode 11: Songbird Road Part 1... Griffin Dunne AKA Nicky! Griffin chats with Mandy, Chris, and Sterling about what it was like landing the role of Nicky, how much This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman told Griffin about Nicky's arc for the rest of the series, and what it felt like for Griffin to delve into those deeply emotional places with his character. Plus, everyone discusses the storyline in this episode, including how Rebecca felt discovering Jack's lie, the tragic event that happened to Nicky in Vietnam, and how the Big Three feel finally finding their Uncle after all this time. That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: To get 6 bottles of wine for $39.99, head to NakedWines.com/TWU and use code TWU for both the code AND PASSWORD. Give your summer closet an upgrade with Quince. Go to quince.com/twu for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Buy four cartons and get the fifth free, at davidprotein.com/thatwasus Humans aren’t perfect, but David is. ------------------------- 🍋 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 01:21:54 Outro Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz, Rob Holysz & Jeph Porter Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Video Editor: Todd Hughlett Mix & Master: Jason Richards #thisisus #thatwasus #griffindunne 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 are diving into season three, episode
0:15.8	1, Songbird Road part one. Jack pays a visit to Nikki in secret, one that the rest of the Pearson family won't discover until years later.
0:25.3	And in Vietnam, we finally learn the tragic event that's been haunting Nikki for decades.
0:32.3	Good afternoon. Good morning. Good evening. Hello, friends.
0:35.7	It's morning here in sunny, Southern California.
0:38.0	It's very much overcast, but it's a lovely day because you guys are here.
0:42.7	And I love you all.
0:44.5	Oh, we love you.
0:45.6	And we have somebody else here.
0:46.8	We have a very, very special guest.
0:48.9	Yes, we do.
0:50.0	He is an actor, a director, a producer, a writer, an author.
0:56.0	Yes.
0:56.3	Most recently of his family memoir, the Friday Afternoon Club.
1:01.9	Wow.
1:02.4	You might know him from American Werewolf in London after hours.
1:06.7	Come on.
1:07.9	Directing Practical Magic, one of my...
1:10.2	Faves.
1:10.9	Childhood faves.
1:11.8	Oh, yeah.
1:12.3	But you also know him as Nikki Pearson.
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