[encore] LeVar Burton

Don't Ask Tig

American Public Media

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired August 04, 2021.

Don’t know how to deal with romantic feelings for a coworker who is already in a relationship? Still feeling guilty from that illegal left turn you made decades ago that potentially caused a multi-vehicle pileup? Well, actor and television host LeVar Burton drops by Don’t Ask Tig to help you out. LeVar, who played Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” gives Tig some well-needed advice, commander to commander, about the joys and anxieties that come with being a part of the iconic franchise.

This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp Online Counseling (betterhelp.com/Tig), Ned (ned.com/tig), and Brooklinen (brooklinen.com and use promo code: Tig).

Need advice? Submit your question for Tig at dontasktig.org/contact.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey Danas and Becky's, what you're about to hear is an on-core presentation of one of our favorite
0:06.9	episodes from the Don't Ask TIG archives. Please enjoy.
0:11.6	Hey listeners, Tigg here.
0:13.0	One of my favorite parts of this podcast is hearing back from listeners who have received advice on the show.
0:19.0	Here is an update from Justin, who Reese Witherspoon and I gave advice to in December of 2020.
0:27.0	Justin writes, I just wanted to follow up with some good news.
0:31.0	I had asked if it was a good idea to open a bookstore in our small town or if it was just an
0:36.2	unnecessary indulgence, to which TIG and Reese agreed that opening a bookstore was not just a good idea but a necessity. After hearing this
0:44.5	endorsement some friends of mine stepped up to enthusiastically pursue the
0:49.3	bookstore idea and now thanks in part to Don't Ask TIG I am pleased to announce that our small town of
0:57.2	Antigonish or Antigonish I like to think it's Antigonish.
1:03.4	Nova Scotia will be getting an indie bookstore this summer.
1:07.1	It's called the Curious Cat.
1:09.3	I wanted to sincerely thank you for your support of the bookstore idea.
1:13.0	There's no doubt that this bookstore is happening in part because of Don't Ask TIG.
1:18.0	Thanks for the update, Justin.
1:19.4	I'm going to send some copies of my book your way and I'm going to call Reese and let her know so you'll
1:26.6	probably be hearing from her too pretty likely now on with the show.
1:30.8	I spent an awful lot of time in my life trying to figure out who the
1:38.5	the fuck I am. Do you ever talk like that on your podcast?
1:43.8	I curse on my podcast absolutely.
1:45.9	No with children.
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