LeVar Burton
Don't Ask Tig
American Public Media
4.8 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Don’t know how to deal with romantic feelings for a coworker that’s 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 overwhelm that comes 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).
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| 0:26.9 | Slack.com slash DHQ. Hey listeners, TIG here. One of my favorite parts of this podcast |
| 0:33.4 | is hearing back from listeners who have received advice on the show. Here is an update from |
| 0:38.6 | Justin who Reese Witherspoon and I gave advice to in December of 2020. Justin writes, I just |
| 0:46.9 | wanted to follow up with some good news. I had asked if it was a good idea to open a |
| 0:51.3 | bookstore in our small town or if it was just an unnecessary indulgence. To which TIG |
| 0:56.6 | and Reese agreed that opening a bookstore was not just a good idea but a necessity. After |
| 1:01.9 | hearing this endorsement, some friends of mine stepped up to enthusiastically pursue the |
| 1:07.2 | bookstore idea. And now, thanks in part to Don't Ask TIG, I am pleased to announce that |
| 1:13.3 | our small town of Antigonish or Antigonish. I like to think it's Antigonish. Nova Scotia. |
| 1:22.9 | We'll be getting an indie bookstore this summer. It's called The Curious Cat. I wanted |
| 1:27.6 | to sincerely thank you for your support of the bookstore idea. There's no doubt that |
| 1:31.8 | this bookstore is happening in part because of Don't Ask TIG. Thanks for the update Justin. |
| 1:37.3 | I'm going to send some copies of my book your way and I'm going to call Reese and let |
| 1:42.4 | her know. So you'll probably be hearing from her too. Pretty likely. Now on with the show. |
| 1:48.9 | I spent an awful lot of time in my life trying to figure out who the f*** I am. Do you ever |
| 1:58.9 | talk like that on your podcast? I curse on my podcast. Absolutely. No, with children. |
| 2:04.6 | I do. Oh, no. I rarely curse when I'm communicating to children. That would be such a funny |
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