[encore] Lucy Lawless

Don't Ask Tig

American Public Media

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired Feb 2, 2022.

Kiwi actor and singer Lucy Lawless stars in Acorn TV's My Life Is Murder and is beloved as Xena: Warrior Princess from the 90's TV series and more. She and Tig reminisce about their history that goes way back and their shared experience as lesbian icons. They give advice to a mom annoyed by her daughter's cell phone addiction and counsel a woman on how to fend off a family of huggers.

This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp (go to Betterhelp.com/TIG for 10% off the first month of online therapy), and EthosLife.com.

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

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0:00.0	In 2010, the largest oil spill in American history captivated the public's attention.
0:06.0	Authorities told a story of a response effort that prevented a worst-case scenario.
0:11.0	But if you ask some people who lived through the spill, they'll tell you a more complicated story.
0:17.0	They weren't attending to the workers.
0:19.0	I was bleeding from everywhere. We were all lied to. From Western Sound and APM studios comes a new investigative
0:26.9	podcast, Ripple. Available now.
0:30.1	Listeners, I know I say don't ask, but I also know you need advice.
0:35.0	And luckily, I have some incredible guests who are all too happy to help you out.
0:40.0	Someone like Reese Witherspoon or David
0:43.1	Sedaris or Sarah Cooper so what is on your mind etiquette queries relationship
0:51.0	predicaments work woes maybe you want to step into my confession booth and ask for advice
0:58.1	about something you've never told anyone. It's all fair game. You know what to do. Go to don't ask TIG.org or call 833275.8444. That's 833. Ask TIG 4 and leave me a voicemail if I don't pick up because it is the direct line to my kitchen and it's an old phone that
1:26.5	hangs on my kitchen wall there so if I'm cooking hanging out in the kitchen
1:30.9	eating I'll definitely answer the phone but if not leave a voicemail.
1:36.0	And I want you to say hello again to me and my face on my Hello Again tour, which I'm doing right now. I'm literally on the road in a
1:46.2	hotel room in Durham North Carolina. So go to my other website Tignotaro.com and get a seat to come see me live and also in
1:57.9	person in your city or one nearby or one of your choosing but again I'm ready to say hello to your
2:05.1	face hello again so come do the same okay on with the show
2:17.0	did you ever imagine finding yourself in Mississippi? It's still really surprising that that's where you came from.
2:20.0	I remember the Airbnb I was at had this, she had this whole picture made of human hair it was so
2:27.3	freaking weird something from like generations of her family had given up Hank's of their hair to make this crazy picture.
2:36.3	And anyway, it was just like, wow.
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