Alex Kurtzman
Don't Ask Tig
American Public Media
4.8 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Suffering from hand sanitizer dry hands? Need inspiration to finally confess those romantic feelings you’ve kept hidden from a long-distance flame? Who better to ask than master of the Star Trek universe — filmmaker Alex Kurtzman. He joins Tig and together they have some expert tips on how to be an effective manager. Alex also talks about how he knew Tig would be a perfect Starship captain, divulges the secret to being a brilliant director and reveals who one of his personal heroes is.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's TIG. I truly believe that I have the best fans and listeners in the world. |
| 0:05.6 | Your support means so much to me. Making Don't Ask TIG has been such a bright spot for the last |
| 0:11.6 | couple of years, and I've heard it's helped you as well. This is a public media podcast. |
| 0:17.6 | That means you help make this show when you ask for my advice and when you chip in with a donation. |
| 0:24.4 | We're looking for 500 of you to donate any amount by December 31st. Please help us reach that important |
| 0:32.6 | goal. Give right now at Don't Ask TIG.org slash donate. Hello there, it's your friend TIG here. |
| 0:41.6 | A little while ago I asked you to write to let me in on some of your brand new beginnings. |
| 0:47.0 | Here are a couple that I really enjoyed reading. Linda writes, after living my first 65 years in one |
| 0:55.1 | place, I sold a business and properties and moved 200 miles to be closer to my children. I love being |
| 1:01.9 | closer to the kids. My new town is awesome and in the last six months I have made my new place feel |
| 1:08.8 | like home. A new beginning indeed. Congratulations on the move, Linda. That's actually truly so |
| 1:17.6 | exciting. Evan in Utah writes, I'm an ICU doctor and I'm cutting back on my hours. I'm going to spend |
| 1:25.5 | more time with my husband, dog, and three kids ages seven to 14. We have a few road trips plan to |
| 1:32.9 | visit friends and family. Evan trading and work for road trips sounds like an excellent choice and |
| 1:39.3 | I hope to cross paths with you out there on the road. Regale in LA writes, about five years ago, |
| 1:47.7 | I quit a soul dissolving executive job at a huge media company. Last month I graduated as a newly |
| 1:55.3 | minted visual effects artist and I'm about to embark on the life I fantasized about. I want your |
| 2:01.7 | listeners to know especially women later in life that the wild hair impossible silly dream that |
| 2:08.1 | you had in your 20s can still come true. Absolutely they can and congrats to you on actually doing |
| 2:18.3 | something about it. A lot of people don't so I cannot encourage people enough to take a step like |
| 2:25.3 | that. Thanks for all the messages you sent in. They really filled me with hope for our collective |
| 2:30.8 | future on the subject of hope. I hope you're all enjoying your springs out there and finding new |
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