123. Find Your Towanda with Tig Notaro & Stephanie Allynne

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

1. Tig and Stephanie’s highly effective and hilarious ways to diffuse their marital feuds. 2. Stephanie’s experience figuring out her sexuality (years after she married Tig)–and how Tig knew Stephanie was the one. 3. Why Tig’s deep in “Towanda-ing” right now–and how that affects their marriage. 4. The power of knowing what you DON’T want in your life. 5. Tig, Stephanie, Abby, and Glennon each share something they’ve discovered they don’t want. About Stephanie: Stephanie Allynne is a writer, actor, producer, and director. Her acting credits include THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, ONE MISSISSIPPI, ROOM 104, DREAM CORP LLC, LOVE, and TWIN PEAKS. Stephanie also starred in the Sundance hits PEOPLE PLACES THINGS and Lake Bell’s IN A WORLD. Stephanie wrote on the critically acclaimed Amazon series ONE MISSISSIPPI, and co-directed the 2022 Sundance film AM I OK? starring Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno. Stephanie is currently set to write and direct the feature film TIME AND SPACE that will star Tig Notaro. She will produce alongside Notaro and Judd Apatow. IG: @stephanieallynne About Tig: Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Rolling Stone named her one of the "50 best stand-up comics of all time." Notaro appears in "Army of the Dead" and “Star Trek: Discovery”; wrote and starred in the groundbreaking TV show “One Mississippi”. and recently released her second HBO stand-up special, "Tig Notaro: Drawn." In 2021, Tig co-directed, with wife Stephanie Allynne, the feature film 'Am I OK?', available later this year. She hosts the advice podcast "Don't Ask Tig", and cohosts the documentary film podcast "Tig and Cheryl: True Story." IG: @therealfluffnotaro To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. This is a really exciting day because we have a double
0:16.6	date happening today. So exciting. And that double date is with Stephanie Allen and
0:22.2	Teg Nataro. For real, that's happening. Stephanie is a writer, actor, producer, and director.
0:28.4	Acting credits include the L word generation Q one Mississippi room 104 dream core LLC love and
0:36.0	twin peaks. She also started in the Sundance hits people places things and lake bells in a world.
0:42.7	Lots happened because of that one. Stephanie is currently set to write and direct the feature film
0:46.8	time and space that will start Teg Nataro. Well, I wonder how she got that role. She will produce a
0:52.4	long side. Nataro and Judd Appetale. Teg Nataro is an Emmy and Grammy and nominated stand-up
0:59.6	comedian writer and actor. Rolling Stone named her one of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.
1:06.6	Nataro appears in the army of the dead and Star Trek Discovery. And Star Trek Discovery,
1:13.1	lots of different like otherworldly things going on. Well, she's is otherworldly. Yeah, yes.
1:19.1	Wrote and starred in the groundbreaking TV show one Mississippi and recently released her second
1:24.9	HBO stand-up special Teg Nataro drawn. Co-directed with wife Stephanie, the feature film MIOK.
1:33.6	She hosts the advice podcast Don't Ask Teg. I've been on that. And co-host the documentary film
1:40.4	podcast Teg and Cheryl, true story. And Teg and Stephanie live in LA with their sons Max and
1:47.3	Finn and their cat Fluff. Hi. We didn't know that our bios were going to be red. Yeah,
1:58.4	that's what you do at dates. You've never even ever done that a double link.
2:04.1	You have our bios, right? All right. Now you go. We travel with your bios. And all time reading.
2:10.8	I want to make an adjustment. Okay. We have three cats. We have. And we have two
2:18.0	there. Two only ones left out or actually in Stephanie's office with us.
2:23.3	Right. And luckily they didn't hear it. Oh, okay. Because we have our headphones on.
2:27.9	Okay. And their names are skip and Linus. Okay. And are they also producers and directors?
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