Rufus Wainwright
Don't Ask Tig
American Public Media
4.8 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Afraid it’s too late to pursue a career in music? Have a rude relative who is also cold toward your four-year-old kid? Songwriter, composer and Grammy-nominated singer Rufus Wainwright helps Tig weigh in on these problems as well as the debate over whether it’s socially acceptable to pee in the shower. Plus, Rufus gets candid on what he thinks the biggest problem is with today’s pop stars, balancing indulgence with better judgment, and the best advice he’s ever heard in the lyrics of a song.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's TIG. I truly believe that I have the best fans and listeners in the world. |
| 0:05.6 | Your support means so much to me. Making Don't Ask TIG has been such a bright spot for the last |
| 0:11.6 | couple of years, and I've heard it's helped you as well. This is a public media podcast. |
| 0:17.6 | That means you help make this show when you ask for my advice and when you chip in with a donation. |
| 0:24.4 | We're looking for 500 of you to donate any amount by December 31st. Please help us reach that important goal. |
| 0:33.3 | Give right now at Don't Ask TIG.org slash donate. |
| 0:38.4 | Listeners, a few weeks ago, I asked you to send in the names of songs that have been on your playlist |
| 0:44.5 | lately, and here's a roundup of suggestions. Chelsea in Colorado writes, |
| 0:50.4 | a major one in my bath time playlist is It Hurts Until It Doesn't by Mothers and Sharon Van |
| 0:57.6 | Etten's Cover of the End of the World. Emily in Sweden wrote, |
| 1:03.1 | I've been having the soundtrack for Heartstopper on repeat. |
| 1:07.5 | Heartstopper is a British Netflix series based on the comic book with the same name. |
| 1:12.6 | Jane says it's, that's a song. Might as well add that to the playlist, but Jane says, |
| 1:18.3 | thanks for the hot tip on Sarah Bareilles' someone who loves me. |
| 1:22.4 | So good. These days, it's Morning Sun by Melody Gardo that's on repeat for me. |
| 1:28.7 | Elizabeth can't stop listening to, I love you so by the Walters, her 13-year-old son |
| 1:35.7 | introduced her to the song. These are fantastic. Thank you so much for writing in and I look |
| 1:41.2 | forward to listening. And also, if you're wondering, yes, I'm still on tour, so come see me in person. |
| 1:47.6 | Hello again, is the tour. That's the name of it. Tickets are at Tignotaro.com. |
| 1:54.0 | Now on with the show. |
| 1:57.7 | Do you cry even harder over spilled chocolate milk? |
| 2:00.5 | Um, I cry and then I lick it up off the floor. This is Don't Ask Tig. I'm Tignotaro. |
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