General Questions | Instagram Live 2/12/26
5/4/202652 min
This Instagram Live bonus episode of How We Made Your Mother features Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas answering fan questions and sharing behind-the-scenes stories from How I Met Your Mother. Early in the conversation they pause to remember James Van Der Beek, reflecting on his fearless, against-type performance in “Sandcastles in the Sand” and how generous and grounded he was when guest-starring on the show. The discussion then turns to production details—like how the crew created the show’s big rain scenes on the Fox lot using massive water rigs and blackout tarps to simulate a New York storm in sunny Los Angeles. Craig also talks about how season two intentionally reshuffled the characters—Ted and Robin as a couple, Marshall newly single, and Barney without his wingman—which opened up new stories and dynamics. Along the way they field lighter questions about things like whether someone could open a real-life bar called Puzzles, and they explain how the podcast came together after Josh started rewatching the series with his wife Jordana and decided to turn the experience into a full rewatch show with producer Alek Lev. CONNECT WITH THE SHOW: Official Website (Send us your audio and written messages) Instagram READ JOSH’S MUSELETTERS ON SUBSTACK: Subscribe HERE. CRAIG’S BOOK IS AVAILABLE! Head over to CRAIG’S WEBSITE to order your copy of THAT’S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED. SUPPORT PEDIATRIC CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE RESEARCH: Click HERE to learn more and donate today. FOLLOW THE OFFICE LADIES: Check out "Office Ladies" at https://officeladies.com/ or wherever you get your podcasts! Follow on Instagram: OfficeLadiesPod Follow on TikTok AND MORE: Josh’s Official Website Josh on Spotify Craig’s Official Website (with links to his published writing) Alek’s “Dead Fathers Society” on Substack To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJosh Radnor· Host0:00
[upbeat music] The following episode of How We Made Your Mother was recorded live on Instagram on February 12th, 2026.
Speaker 10:09
I'm alone. What a pity. I won't be soon in New York City. When I see you, please permit me to tell you everything. In New York City.
Josh Radnor· Host0:28
Hey, everyone. Uh, welcome. Um, what's today? Thursday?
Craig Thomas· Host0:33
Something like that.
Josh Radnor· Host0:35
Yeah?
Craig Thomas· Host0:35
Yeah, Thursday.
Josh Radnor· Host0:35
We switched these to, uh, to noon so we could, uh, our friends from different parts of the world could, uh, join us. So welcome. Uh, let us know where you're, uh, where you're viewing from. We love to hear to get a kind of geographic, uh, slate of, of where people are chiming in from. Um, uh, Craig and I cannot see your, uh, questions and, um, uh, requests for shout-out for different countries, uh, [laughs] shout-outs. But, uh, Alec, uh, is sifting through them for us, and he's gonna, um, uh, bring your questions, uh, to us. So, um, yeah. So, uh, Craig, uh, co-created How I Met Your Mother. He's my dear friend. Um, we... I starred on that show as Ted Mosby. We have been, uh, working through all the episodes on a podcast, a rewatch podcast called How We Made Your Mother.