The Next Generation of Pearsons | "In The Room" with Writer Vera Herbert (508)

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🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

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On today’s episode of That Was Us, we’re breaking down This Is Us Season 5, Episode 8: “In The Room.” In this episode recap: * Randall and Beth FaceTime Madison while waiting for updates on Kevin * Kevin arrives at the hospital and tells Madison his family is his priority * Kate and Toby navigate the emotional realities of adoption and their relationship with Ellie, the birth mother * Rebecca and Miguel open up about life after Jack’s death * Esther and Nasir’s story reveals the invention of the Discrete Cosine Transform, the technology behind video calls like FaceTime Plus, Mandy Moore, Chris Sullivan, and Sterling K. Brown discuss: * Working with guest stars like Michael O’Neill * The Mandy moment that sent Chris into a laughing fit * Why partner vacations without kids are so important And writer Vera Herbert joins to talk about: * Her unconventional path into Hollywood * Writers’ room culture * Writing personal grief into This Is Us * The importance of thoughtful adoption representation That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: - This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://Betterhelp.com/twu today to get 10% off your first month. - Post jobs for free at https://www.ziprecruiter.com/twu ------------------------- Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz and Rob Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Production Coordinator: Andrew Rowley Video Editor: Todd Hughlett Mix & Master: Jason Richards About Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com. » SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1 » FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum » FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/ » FOLLOW us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headgum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:20.7	On today's episode of that was us, we are diving into season five, episode eight, in the room.
0:27.8	Kevin and Madison prepare to welcome their twins.
0:30.7	Kate and Toby face the emotional realities of adoption.
0:34.0	And Rebecca and Miguel open up to each other about life after Jack's death.
0:42.0	Hello, hello.
0:43.5	What's going on, man.
0:44.4	What's going on, Sally?
0:45.7	We talked about 507 last week.
0:48.1	We're in the 508, and so we're expecting some babies to be born here soon.
0:53.3	Lots of babies.
0:54.0	Lots of babies.
0:55.5	Multiple babies and multiple places. We got twins, brother. We got a daughter from sister. In TV land, this is insanity.
1:02.2	Yeah. Like, to have pets or animals in a show is considered a burden on production. And this show just keeps adding them by the multiples. Bring the puppies, bring the babies, bring them all. Dan would love to complain about it. Like, oh, my gosh, everything's crazy. We're like, dude. You'd be writing this shit. You're in control. Yeah. This is your ship. We're all aboard. Just trying to get to people what they want.
1:28.3	That's all they're doing.
1:29.3	Who wants to show?
1:30.3	What story lines?
1:31.3	This episode starts out in an interesting way in our, in the way that our series
1:37.3	tends to do.
1:38.3	Oh, yes.
1:40.3	I can't wait to talk about this.
1:41.3	New people.
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