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How relatable is HIMYM, really?

Joshua Noel Episode 295 • 25th July 2024 • Systematic Geekology • anazao ministries

It's time to get a little personal as Joshua Noel is joined by awesome guests, Fr Jonathan Resmini and Brandon Knight! We discuss the parts of "How I Met Your Mother" that are most relatable to our own lives! We discuss personal stories and emotional moments where we have turned to this SitCom for comfort or to help us process our own lives!

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Who did Ted end up in How I Met Your Mother? Do you ever see Ted's wife in How I Met Your Mother? Why did How I Met Your Mother end with Ted and Robin? Who did Barney end up with? How did Barney become a dad? What happened to Marshall How I Met Your Mother? What were Marshall's dad's last words to him? Why do you watch sitcoms? Why sitcoms are important? Why are sitcoms so comforting? We discuss all this and more in this one! Join in the conversation with us on Discord now!

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Our show focuses around our favorite fandoms that we discuss from a Christian perspective. We do not try to put Jesus into all our favorite stories, but rather we try to ask the questions the IPs are asking, then addressing those questions from our perspective. We are not all ordained, but we are the Priests to the Geeks, in the sense that we try to serve as mediators between the cultures around our favorite fandoms and our faith communities.

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