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How I Met Your Mother gave Josh Radnor 'identity vertigo.' Ayahuasca set him straight.

September 9
35 mins

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Episode Description

This week, we Willkommen actor and musician Josh Radnor! Josh is best known for playing Ted Mosby on the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother for nearly a decade. But that success came at an unexpected cost: an identity crisis that left him feeling trapped in a character he didn’t create.

In this episode, Josh talks about his formative role as the MC in his high school’s production of Cabaret, his first “almost kiss” (soundtracked by Aretha Franklin), how psychedelics helped him stay centered amidst the whirlwind of fame, and the chance encounter that launched his second career as a musician in his 40s. Here are his songs.

  1. Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
  2. Respect – Aretha Franklin
  3.  Willkommen – Cabaret (Joel Grey, original cast recording)  “Cabaret”
  4. All I Want – Joni Mitchell
  5. Delicate – Damien Rice 
  6. Tara – Dechen Shak-Dagsay
  7. Cmon – Fred Again/Brian Eno


Listen to ⁠Josh Radnor's playlist⁠ on Spotify. Find the transcript of this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠lifeinsevensongs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠lifeinsevensongs@sfstandard.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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