How I Met Your Podcast: A How I Met Your Mother Recap

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Jen and Steve turn their habit of watching How I Met Your Mother reruns into a podcast. We plan to explore the show episode by episode reviewing the story lines, laughing about our favorite scenes and going on random, semi-related tangents. We will be talking spoilers and how the early episodes tie…

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    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.17 No Pressure

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 29:00


    Ted puts his heart on the line again for Robin but will ultimately have to move on. Barney discovers Lily and Marshall's hobby of long-term bets for and against the group.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.16 The Drunk Train

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 40:00


    Barney and Ted uncover a new venue for picking up women even though Barney may have found love already (aka we meet Quinn). The couples go on a trip to Vermont where Kevin proposes to Robin, requiring her to reveal her inability and disinterest in having children.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.15 The Burning Beekeeper

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 32:00


    The entire episode takes place on Long Island at the new Erikson home where Barney plays with fire, Coots catches on fire and Robin tries to turn the fire down on her temper.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.14 46 Minutes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 44:00


    Without Marshall and Lily in the city anymore, the Manhattan gang find temporary, scary replacements. Lily and Marshall struggle with the intricacies of their new house with bizarre assistnance from Mickey who has worn out his welcome.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.13 Tailgate

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 48:00


    At his father's gravesite, Marshall recaps adventures of NYE, where Lily informs Mickey about being pregnant, Ted and Barney open Puzzles in Ted's apartment and Robin gets an on-air position thanks to another Sandy mishap.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep. 7.12 Symphony of Illumination

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 36:00


    Robin's journey through learning she can't have children, told to her fictional future children. Marshall's journey through getting pranked by kids in his new neighborhood.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.11 The Rebound Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 32:00


    Lily and Marshall decide they want to keep the Long Island home and move in, Robin decides to #Resist. Barney and Ted contemplate starting a family together.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.10 Tick Tick Tick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 38:00


    Barney and Robin deal with the aftermath of their night of deceipt on a boat with the deceived. Ted and Marshall deal with life ticking away as they navigate a weed induced evening at a concert.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.9 Disaster Averted

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 32:00


    A sign outside of McClarrens has the group retelling the story of a hurricane that hit NYC and how the group reacted. Barney tries to shed his Ducky Tie.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.8 Return of the Slutty Pumpkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 36:00


    Well obviously, the slutty pumpkin returns, in the form of Katie Holmes with all her charm. Lily has pregnancy brain and wants to take her grandparents house in the suburbs as a gift. Barney is horrified to find out he's 1/4 Canadian, in which Robin revels.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.7 Noretta

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 46:00


    All cast members start seeing their parents in their significant other.....quite literally. Ted needs a companion for a Wierd Al concert. Barney tries overcoming many obstacles to have his first shag with Nora.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.6 Mystery vs History

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 46:00


    Ted wants to go on a date without any internet background research. Marshall and Lily want to go into a delivery without any gender knowledge. Both get disrupted by Barney.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.5 Field Trip

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 36:00


    Marshall pushed his boss (Martin Short) to fight harder for their cause. Robin and Kevin (Kal Penn) move from therapy to dating. Ted has a disastrous field trip experience with his class. Barney mistakes Nora for being too old for his tastes. All bad story lines, but none as bad as Lily's insistance that everyone has to speak with an air of positivity around her because she's pregnant.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.4 The Stinson Missile Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 46:00


    Robin tells a therapist how the blossoming Barney/Nora relationship drove her to assault a stranger as Ted inserts himself into Marshall and Lily's pregnancy.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.3 Ducky Tie

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 36:00


    Barney bets Marshall and Lily that he can pull off all the fancy Hibachi Restaurant moves in exchange for a look and touch of Lily's goodies. Ted recaps his evening with Victoria.

    How I Met Your Podcast 7.2 The Naked Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 36:00


    Marshall tries to get an explicit video of him on the Internet removed so his potential employer does not find it, we also learn about Edward 40 Hands; Ted tries to decide whom to take to a ball, with a very special return appearance; Barney continues trying to court Nora.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 7.1 The Best Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 39:00


    The whole gang heads to Cleveland for Punchy's wedding where the crowd eagerly anticipates Ted's emotional toast. Lily tries to keep her pregnancy a secret and Robin wonders if she's really done with Barney.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.24 Challenge Accepted

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 40:00


    Barney and Ted battle to push the button to blow up the Arcadian; Barney and Robin battle against Ted reuniting with Zoey; Marshall battles against and anticipated stomach poisoning and we get some good dramatic news at the end.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.23 Landmarks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 29:00


    The gang are all involved in the same story, whereby Barney convinces Ted and Marshall to back GNB in the Arcadian battle which ultimately ends Ted and Zoey's relationship.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.22 The Perfect Cocktail

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 33:00


    As Marshall decides to join the "Save the Arcadian" movement as their lawyer, the gang starts to fall apart. The ladies try to mend fences between Barney and Marshall by serving them specific beverages to alter their moods. Ted forces Zoey to stay the night at the Arcadian to dampen her enthusiasm, where they meet the Cockamouse and his/her family.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.21 Hopeless

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 33:00


    Barney takes his dad, Jerry, out on the town with his friends and the new personalities he assigns them. Robin runs into an old crush at a bar, leading us to the origin story of the Red Cowboy Boots.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.20 The Exploding Meatball Sub

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 32:00


    Marshall quits his GNB job to intern for the NRDC with Lily's full and eventually waning support. Ted and Zoey show no support on anything. Barney plays the long-con to get revenge on Marshall. Robin introduces the concept of graduation goggles.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.19 Legendaddy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2024 44:00


    We finally meet Barney's real dad who ends up a disappointment to Barney both in style and absenteeism. We learn that everyone in the gang has a major blindspot in their knowledge and skills.

    How I Met Your Podcast 6.18 A Change of Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023 34:00


    After Marvin's heart attack, everyone's worried about the health of their heart. Barney's worried that he has one as he navigates his feelings for Nora. Robin dates a dog in human form.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.17 Garbage Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 42:00


    Ted is faced with the possibility that he's the bad guy in the story of him and Zoey after spending time with the Captain. Barney wrestles with his feelings for Nora. Marshall won't throw one at Lily until he solves the world pollution crisis.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.16 Desperation Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 51:00


    Ted hesitantly moves forward into a relationship with Zoey. Marshall regresses into a helpless child in Minnesota. Barney tries to score with desperate women the night before Valentines Day, but instead ends up falling for Robin's workfriend Nora. Oh, and we meet Nora for the first time.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.15 Oh Honey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 38:00


    A story surrounding a Katie Perry cameo has the gang playing telephone to catch Marshall (in MN) up on Ted's suddenly convenient feelings for Zoey.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.14 Last Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2023 42:00


    In a very special HIMYM, we attend Marvin Eriksen's funeral and watch Marshall struggle to discover his father's last words and whether they were suitable. The rest of the gang supports him in their own way.

    How I Met Your Podcast 6.13 Bad News

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 50:00


    A two-hander whereby Marshall and Lily are dealing with potential infertility and Barny doppelgƤnger; Ted is helping Robin deal with Sandy problems at her new job. And of course, the worst news and most emotional moment in the entire series.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.12 False Positive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 45:00


    Everyone's life goal changes with the alternating news about the Erikson's maternity status.....except Ted who is too occupied making a christmas themed movie snack and crushing the details of Punchy's wedding plans.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.11 The Mermaid Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 44:00


    Tune in to hear Steve and Jen debate whether this episode is horrible or just ok. Ted considers his feelings for Zoey as The Captain acts very murdery. Marshall and Robin go out to dinner to give their characters something to do. Ted has trouble recapping the Barney and Lily story. And of course there's a Mermaid Theory.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.10 Blitzgiving

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 45:00


    The Curse of the Blitz is passed from character to character as the gang tries to carry out Ted's Thanksgiving, with interference from Zoey.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.9 Glitter

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 48:00


    It's Robin Sparkles III Ya'lllllllll!!!! Barney unearths and shares an old Canadian kids show Robin starred in. Lily learns Robin had a best friend from those years with whom she grew apart when the friend had a baby. Now that Lily won't stop droning on about trying to have a baby, her friendship is strained with Robin and she fears the worst. And finally, Punchy in Times Square!!!!!

    How I Met Your Mother Ep 6.8 Natural History

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 60:00


    A night of contests: Ted versus Zoey regarding the new GNB building, College Marshall versus Corporate Marshall in Lily's most annoying turn, Barney versus Robin in Museum hi-jinx. We also meet The Captain for the first time and Barney finds out the real identity of his father.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.7 Canning Randy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 52:00


    Ted has to win back his class from Zoey. Marshall wrestles with the decision of whether to keep Randy (Will Forte) to save his conscience, or fire him which will let him pursue his hopmeister dreams. Both Will Forte and Bob Odenkirk in the same episode!!!

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.6 Baby Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 42:00


    Becky's little-girl-talk shines in this episode of HIMYM, irritating Robin while enchanting Ted.. Marshall tries to commandeer the gender of their yet-to-be-conceived baby.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.5 Architect of Destruction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 45:00


    The male members of the gang are appalled at the salty sailor talk they hear about Robin's new boyfriend Max. Ted is ready to sacrifice his GNB project for an attractive protestor.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.4 Subway Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 45:00


    The gang races across town against each other after disputing what's the fastest mode of NYC transportation to see Woody Allen at a restaurant. We learn about the frustrations in life they're all dealing with.....in the end, we just get a LOT of Maury Povich.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.3 Unfinished

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 38:00


    Barney resorts to seduction methods to convince Ted to design the revamped GNB headquarters building project. Robin leaves drunken threatening messages on Don's voicemail....but in a hilarious way.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.2 Cleaning House

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 44:00


    While helping to pack up Loretta's house, the home Barney and James grew up in, they uncover information about James' real father. Robin over, then undersells a blind date for Ted.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 6.1 Big Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 31:00


    Ted runs into Cindy while contemplating maybe possibly thinking about asking out her friend at the bar. Robin looks worse for the wear after her breakup with Don but puts the pieces back together just to prove she can. Marshall and Lily fight about his loose lips regarding their baby-making.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.24 Dopplegangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 41:00


    Marshall and Lily keep thinking they see Barney's Doppleganger which, they agreed in the last episode, will be the Universe's sign that it's time to start trying to have a baby. Robin says goodbye to Don. Best of all, Ted goes blond!

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.23 The Wedding Bride

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 44:00


    Ted's on the lookout for baggage regarding the new girl he's been dating and in doing so finds his own in a newly released blockbuster movie called The Wedding Bride, written by Tony Graffanelo. The movie hilariously recounts the love triangle from Shelter Island....this is a can't miss.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.22 Robots vs Wrestlers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 42:00


    The group (sans Robin) get tickets to Robots vs Wrestlers but are sidetracked by an upper crust party where Ted bonds with the elite while Barney, Marshall and Lily make hilarious doofuses of themselves. We also ultimately get to see the 4th doppleganger.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.21 Twin Beds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 42:00


    Robins contemplates moving in with Don which sets Barney and Ted on a mission to win her back. Based on a restful Bed and Breakfast trip, Lily and Marshall decide to try twin beds at home. Steve and Jen discuss the HIMYF finale.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.20 Home Wreckers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 34:00


    The return of Clint is AMAZING. Ted's mom, Virginia, and Clint tie the know which sends Ted into a tailspin, prompting him to purchase a dump of a house. Barney and Robin trade blame on emotional outbursts during Clint's love song dedication. Marshall bores us with stories of him acting stupidly.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.19 Zoo or False

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 45:00


    The gang and audience are left to decide whether Marshall was mugged by man or monkey. Steve shares his top 10 most hilarious HIMYM scenes so far.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.18 Say Cheese

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 35:00


    Lily and the gang confront Ted about bringing new relationships into their biggest celebrations with hilarious flashbacks. Barney has a magical relationship with cameras.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.17 Of Course

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2022 38:00


    Jay-Lo helps Robin seek revenge against Barney's insensitivity post-breakup. Robin ends up on a Superdate planned by Ted. Marshall invents a brilliant new song.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.16 Hooked

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 57:00


    Tiffany is on Jack's hook; Ted is on Tiffany's hook; Henrietta is on Ted's hook, and some guy with a giant smile is on Henrietta's hook; Scooter is on LIly's hook; Mike is on Robin's hook (they never mention Simon) and it all works for laughs. Barney is obsessed with Pharma-girls which is a decent B Plot. Also, a list of Steve's celebrity encounters.

    How I Met Your Podcast Ep 5.15 Rabbit or Duck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 47:00


    Barney advertises his number at the Superbowl creating a drug-like addiction to finding the next hot girl. The gang has a hilarious fight over whether a rabbit or duck is better.....Robin gets a chance to find out which one of those represents Don.

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