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Don't Ask Tig

Roxane Gay

Don't Ask Tig

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Roxane Gay joins Tig to share her thoughts on gossip (good), cats (sometimes evil) and being social (it takes work!). Plus, Tig and Roxane trade advice for a girl stuck with a date who is “dull as tarnished silver.”

Get tickets to Don’t Ask Tig: Live! with Judd Apatow on December 17th at dontasktig.org/tickets

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp Online Counseling (betterhelp.com/Tig).

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

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's TIG. This podcast is a place where lots of feelings can coexist, grief, humor,

0:06.3

sarcasm, and earnestness, frustration, and joy. That's what sets us apart from other

0:12.6

shows. It's also what makes our community of listeners so special. Thanks for being

0:17.9

a part of it. If you can, please make a donation to show your love and support for the show.

0:23.5

Go to donasttig.org slash donate.

0:28.3

There's a really great short story collection out now called the Office of Historical Connect.

0:32.7

Oops, sorry, I have to say that again because I have an elephant, Cuckoo clock. And so at

0:36.8

the top of every hour. Oh my gosh, I have a Cuckoo clock. It's so great. I love it. My

0:41.1

wife got it for me. I have a train. Oh, nice. Yeah. Cool. The little elephant comes out

0:46.8

of the hole. My Cuckoo clock is going, but I have it on silent. And it's now the train

0:52.3

is going around the tracks. This is don't ask TIG. I'm TIG notaro. Exactly the person

1:11.2

you shouldn't be asking.

1:12.9

Here to help me today is the amazing Roxanne Gay. Hi TIG. Hi. So you're clearly way more

1:35.7

qualified to be giving advice than I am. The show should actually be called don't ask TIG.

1:41.9

You should ask Roxanne Gay. How do you feel about it? I don't know. That's a lot of

1:47.4

pressure. I mean, I love giving advice, but I don't know if I'm qualified to give advice

1:53.2

on anything, but maybe which installment of fast and furious you should watch. I'm

1:59.4

really good at that. Oh, what installment of fast and furious should I watch? You should

2:04.8

start with five. Okay. Fast five. It's very, very good. They're all good, but yeah.

2:11.1

We could probably just end the episode now. I think we're good. Yeah. We're all set.

2:15.9

Well, how does it? I mean, you say you're not qualified. I'm assuming you don't have

2:20.5

any sort of certificate on your wall that's advice related certification, but how does

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