Maz Jobrani

Don't Ask Tig

American Public Media

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Get your tickets now for Don’t Ask Tig Live with Marc Maron streaming on April 24th. Go to http://dontasktig.org/live now for details about this one-time event.

Many know and love comedian/actor Maz Jobrani as a regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” and from his role in CBS’s “Superior Donuts,” as well as numerous streaming stand-ups. Maz and Tig talk about his uncensored comedy tour to the Middle East, and they discuss whether Hollywood has improved its act when it comes to portraying stereotypes. Maz and Tig advise a listener on how best to surprise her husband with the news they’re pregnant, a teacher whose student accidentally damaged a 6-thousand dollar painting during a field trip and a 21-year-old jealous of a classmate’s achievements.

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0:00.0	Dana's and Becky's, I have a big announcement. So please lend me your full attention. On April 24th,
0:09.2	Don't Ask TIG will have a special live virtual show that you can attend. I'll be joined by the one and only Mark Marin.
0:20.5	You know, Mark from his IFC series Marin Netflix is glow and of course his hugely popular landmark podcast WTF with Mark Marin.
0:32.4	If you want to join us for this one time event, go to Don't Ask TIG dot org slash live and donate $15 or more.
0:41.2	The show airs on April 24th at 6 p.m. Pacific time, 9 p.m. Eastern and 8 p.m. Central.
0:49.4	Pause this episode head to Don't Ask TIG dot org slash live and sign up right now.
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1:27.7	Listeners, a couple of weeks ago, I asked you to share the ways you find the courage to have difficult but honest conversations.
1:36.8	A few people wrote in and this is what they had to say.
1:40.2	Erica says, I realized a while ago that if I can say some things with love, then it'll be much more possible.
1:47.7	The difficult thing is finding a place of love sometimes.
1:51.6	There was this one guy who's kind of a friend of mine, but he mostly just drove me crazy.
1:56.7	I realized that if I thought of him as a puppy dog, that I couldn't possibly hate or be mad,
2:01.9	then I was able to be straightforward with him about the things I needed to say.
2:06.8	Erica, I have to say that's an approach I never would have thought of, but I am thrilled to hear that that works for you.
2:14.5	Diane and Illinois suggested three things.
2:17.5	Number one, write it out ahead of time.
2:19.6	This helps to organize your thoughts.
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