That Was Us LIVE! At The Wiltern in Los Angeles
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What is the significance of music in This Is Us?
This is a HeadGum Podcast.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the host of the hit podcast, That Was Us. Starring Chris Sullivan.
Mandy Moore.
And my dad, Sterling K. Brown! Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Wiltern Theater! And the very first live episode of That Was Us. I feel like... This is cool, man. I feel like this is the dream we had, like, as we were starting the podcast. We're like, we hadn't even really done an episode. We're like, let's do a live show. Yeah, we've been talking about it for such a long time. Like, wouldn't it be fun? Wouldn't it be so cool if, like, we had people here and, like, they heard us talk and we did something interesting?
How does the live audience experience enhance the podcast?
And now people are here. They're here. And the pressure is on. You guys, thank you so much for sharing the evening with us. We really appreciate it. Spending your Saturday with us. Yeah, if you're listening to the pod, you're going to get to hear us talk. It's a rewatch podcast, but we're not rewatching a specific episode tonight. We are talking about the musical world. that is This Is Us. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We have some guests who are going to come out and talk to us. So should we introduce our guests?
What role does Siddhartha Khosla play in the show's music?
Let's do it. Yeah. Let's do it. First, we are going to bring out the composer for This Is Us, Siddhartha Khosla. Not only did he do the compositions for This Is Us, he did the compositions for pretty much, I mean, I think Dan Fogelman has been quoted that says, none of my stuff works without him. Yeah. Please welcome Siddhartha Khosla. Thank you. I like hugs. Hugs are warm. Warm hugs. Olaf. We're hugging like we haven't been sound checking for four hours. Like we haven't just been hanging out. Exactly.
How did the show's creators choose songs for emotional impact?
We haven't all been like. Oh my God, you're here. Who's next? Who should we bring on next? So the next gentleman that's going to join us today, I get to be the sole lady for the podcast panel. Look at you. This next gentleman is someone near and dear to me personally. Yeah. He's the front man for a band called Dawes. Yeah, he is. I have three children with him. He's the most talented songwriter, singer, musician on the planet, in my estimation. Mr. Taylor Goldsmith.
TG! Listen, last but not least, me and this guy have three kids together.
What insights do the guests share about their musical influences?
He is my work husband. Pretty close. He's my work husband. We've worked together on two shows in a row. I love him dearly. He has the cutest cheeks in the whole wide world. Please welcome your friend and ours, the creator of This Is Us, Daniel Eric Fogelman. Yeah. Come through. Come through. Come through. Ah, right there, big dog, right there. Oh, right between me and Sterling, where we like you. Yeah, it's the hot seat. All right, guys.
How do personal experiences shape songwriting for the guests?
So we brought you all here tonight to discuss the musical... Season seven. No, I'm kidding. Season seven of The Success. All of these people have signed a petition. They will accept a two-part movie. That's good. Like Downton Abbey, I like it. The musical environment of This Is Us became a world unto its own. Not just the compositions, not just the original songs that were written by these two men down here, not just the musical direction that was kind of fronted by this man, but the totality of the soundtrack. I was listening to all of it as we were preparing for this, and it has... a tone that is full of hope and full of joy and full of love. And it's the way that we can all continue to get together.
Yeah. And catch up. Thanks, sir.
What are some memorable moments from the live performances?
Thank you for checking us here. So I would like to start with Dan, if we could. Yeah. Yeah, woo, woo it. Woo, woo. It's my dad. Because your musical taste, your musical fingerprint is all over this show. Yeah. Can you? Yeah. Can you please walk us through maybe the pilot, the first couple of episodes, the musical moments, or the artists that you wanted to include that you just knew? Because I know that you had them in mind as you were writing. Well, because oftentimes, sorry to interrupt, but stuff would be written into the scripts. Like this is the mic drop here, or the needle drop, rather. So it is interesting.
How do the hosts engage with audience hot takes during the show?
obviously you're a deeply musical person.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of music in This Is Us?
0:01–1:51
2
How does the live audience experience enhance the podcast?
1:51–2:20
3
What role does Siddhartha Khosla play in the show's music?
2:20–2:59
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How did the show's creators choose songs for emotional impact?
2:59–3:49
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What insights do the guests share about their musical influences?
3:49–4:25
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How do personal experiences shape songwriting for the guests?
4:25–5:28
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What are some memorable moments from the live performances?
5:28–6:08
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How do the hosts engage with audience hot takes during the show?
6:08–1:23:07