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Go to donasttig.org slash donate. Let me see open Bluetooth preferences. There is no

technology that is both as good and as disappointing as Bluetooth. Okay, I'm gonna lose that. Yeah,

forget that device. Now let's try this with that boy again. I have a hard out and five

minute Stephen. Well, we'll I'll talk and then later you can insert questions to justify

my pearls of wisdom.

This is Donast TIG. I'm TIG Notaro, asking you to stop ignoring the title of this podcast.

We are not alone. Nobody is hopeless. Everybody goes to be our friend and TIG. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Stephen Cobera is here for a very special holiday episode of Donast TIG. Stephen, the

uh, hi. Hello. Hi. I forgot to say hi to you. That's all right. And I just want to tell you that

when I was getting ready for this podcast and I mean get ready. I took a shower and changed my

clothes and I did that for you. Okay. And I know I look absolutely no different than I normally do.

But I want you to know that I know with every fiber of my being that at your house, there was a vibe

of oh shoot. I forgot I told TIG I do a podcast tonight. Whereas at my house, I was like, oh my gosh.

I have Stephen Cobera on my podcast tonight. I am very excited. I am so happy to be on your podcast.

I really am. It's always lovely to talk to you. It does not change the fact that I came home and

said to my wife, Evie. Uh, I just need to grab a quick drink and a handful of nuts. Uh, because I got

I'm doing the TIG's podcast. Shoot. Oh, is that tonight? I said, I said, I said, I told you this

morning, I told you this morning when I came home, I have to immediately disappear as soon as I walk

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