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That Was Us

Chat Was Us | Siblings

02 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What sibling dynamics do the hosts share from their childhood?

1.887 - 12.285 Mandy Moore

This is a HeadGum Podcast.

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25.715 - 28.361 Unknown

Gun show. Now, is this a slip?

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30.226 - 37.382 Sterling K. Brown

That's exactly what he said. The first thing I said. This is a slip-esque dress.

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37.643 - 51.857 Unknown

Two guys just thoroughly confused by what. Guys. But we were right about some things. Which is what? What were you right about? Sully had said something that oftentimes it's something worn underneath in order for things, the drape, so that things like fall. Slide around.

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52.058 - 54.343 Chris Sullivan

Sure. Slide around is, it feels weird.

Chapter 2: How does birth order influence personality and ambition in siblings?

54.424 - 63.842 Unknown

Not slide around, but sort of they fall. Don't you like a dress to slide around? You don't want your dress getting caught on things. You know what I mean?

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63.942 - 69.029 Chris Sullivan

I mean, I guess maybe back in the day to have it fall a certain way, but now that feels less.

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69.049 - 73.014 Unknown

You made a point about sheerness and sort of like to make it look more opaque.

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73.094 - 76.679 Sterling K. Brown

A slip was usually, in my mind, was always worn for.

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76.979 - 90.977 Unknown

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was right. I saw a couple of black folks say that. Sterling ain't wrong about the church, because in church, people be wearing slips. This week, we're trying something new. We're going to pivot away from a rewatch discussion for an episode and just chat. You know, we're just going to chat, bro. Let's chat.

Chapter 3: Why do siblings raised in the same household often feel like they had different parents?

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We're just going to chat. I think people want us to chat. So welcome to the That Was Us group chat, where we riff off a certain topic inspired by This Is Us. And today, we're starting out strong with siblings. That's right.

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We're chatting about the people who may know us the longest, who push our buttons the most, or maybe even for some, who you have to work hard to have a relationship with at all. We're also going to get into the roles you fall into, the stuff you don't realize until you're older, all of it.

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119.54 - 137.717 Sterling K. Brown

And this ties in a little bit with where we're at in the rewatch right now, because we recently saw Kevin and Randall reconcile. That's right. Season five where we are, but really our entire show is about the dynamics of siblings and family. Right. Yeah. But first I think it's important to catch up because we haven't seen,

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137.697 - 139.54 Unknown

We haven't seen each other in a month.

Chapter 4: How do the characters Kevin, Kate, and Randall reflect real-life sibling relationships?

139.56 - 140.402 Unknown

So much has happened.

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140.422 - 141.163 Sterling K. Brown

It's like a month?

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141.464 - 163.319 Unknown

It's been a month. So much has happened. Okay, so even though things have been rolling, you know, I had the birthday party slash roast. Sterling turned 50. I turned 50. 5-0. And guys... I got to tell you, it's one of the top five days of my life. That's great. I think it should be. It was absolutely- That was so fun. That's great. Now listen, hold on.

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Chapter 5: In what ways can trauma and life events shape sibling relationships?

163.379 - 180.361 Unknown

Just so everybody knows how it went down. Like, so I had, how many roasters? I had my brother, Michael Hogan. You had nine. Was it nine total? Nine slots anyway. Ten people total. Ten people? Okay. Yeah. So anyway, friends from college, friends from high school, a buddy from grad school as well.

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182.083 - 184.326 Sterling K. Brown

Sully and Huertas?

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184.407 - 192.469 Unknown

Sully and Huertas, they get up at the end, and you guys were on fucking fire.

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192.489 - 192.65 Sterling K. Brown

On fire.

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192.67 - 193.031 Unknown

Listen, man.

Chapter 6: How do siblings manage responsibilities when caring for aging parents?

193.051 - 197.303 Unknown

Bro. Listen. You killed that. Listen, I'm going to tell you something.

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197.323 - 198.185 Sterling K. Brown

Tell me something.

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I've done a lot of performing in my life. I am almost embarrassed to admit how proud I am. You know what's awesome? You shouldn't be. You should be. Of the roast performance. You should be. I've watched the tape back half a dozen times. Have you really? Yes.

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Chapter 7: What impact does moving away have on sibling relationships?

213.138 - 235.794 Unknown

I don't have a tape. Who taped it? Rachel. Send it. I want to see it. I got clips if you want them. We got clips. How much rehearsal? No rehearsal. No rehearsal? Here's the thing. Here's what John and I realized. Because they riffed off it. Okay, wait, I have to say, the whole, the thesis of their thing was that Brown is a lead actor who doesn't pay attention to anybody else.

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235.814 - 236.815 Unknown

Here's what we realized.

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Chapter 8: Do siblings grow closer or drift apart as they age?

236.835 - 240.378 Sterling K. Brown

That he's like number whatever, one on the call sheet, let's just say.

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240.558 - 270.587 Unknown

The day before the roast, Ryan Michelle sent us the running order, run of show. Okay. John and I realized we were last. Yeah. Which is not necessarily... It means that you're a closer in most things. But in a roast situation, you've now had eight people in front of you who have had a crack at all of the subject matter. Sure, sure, I got you. So you're like, where does that leave us? I get you.

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270.607 - 271.188 Sterling K. Brown

Where does that leave us?

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271.208 - 287.684 Unknown

So literally as we're sitting in the front row, we're like, okay, someone just made our joke. Okay, now we got to take that. Really? Yeah, yeah. Are you serious? We were sitting next to each other and we're like, so when we get to this, instead of saying that, let's go this way. And we were pivoting and we're like, and we knew it was going to be a while.

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288.165 - 312.251 Unknown

I was like, we need to get up there and blast because it's a long show. And so we spent a few days writing. We read it through a few times. Then I realized as we were sitting there, I'm like, oh, not only do we have to roast a man, we have to be a well-oiled comedic duo, which takes years.

312.271 - 312.812 Chris Sullivan

I know. I know.

313.703 - 321.754 Unknown

And it didn't occur to me until we were sitting there. Cause I'm like, these people get to go alone. They get to do their thing and like give their speeches. I'm like, John and I are going to have to riff off each other.

321.774 - 324.117 Sterling K. Brown

And really most people weren't performers.

324.277 - 325.619 Unknown

No, no, nobody else was.

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