Tig: Hi, I Have Cancer

Last Day

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

If comedian Tig Notaro hadn’t had cancer, her life might’ve actually been worse. In those sobering moments post-diagnosis, she got up on stage and told a room of people all about it. “The crowd went wild” is an understatement and was only a taste of what was to come. Years after a recording of that standup set went viral and launched her into the cultural mainstream, Tig sits down with Stephanie to talk about living in a world of unknowns. Because as hard as her life was back then, Tig could have never imagined how good it was about to get.

This interview was recorded before the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

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0:00.0	Here, on last day, we are all about finding and sharing riveting stories from everyday
0:05.6	people.
0:06.8	Everyone has a story.
0:08.1	You have a story, and it deserves to be shared.
0:11.0	Books Forward is a book publicity firm that represents New York Times bestsellers, national
0:15.5	award winners, as well as first-time authors, promoting memoirs, novels, nonfiction and
0:20.7	children's books.
0:22.5	Books Forward work smart and tirelessly for their authors and books, and more than 900 authors
0:27.0	have trusted them over the past 23 years.
0:30.1	Share your story with the world.
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0:40.6	Hi last-day listeners, it's Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
0:43.6	Hearing the stories of other people like Stephanie does so well here on last day, it's so important.
0:50.0	I want to know why the hell don't we hear more from older women?
0:55.2	Our stories are the best, and teach us so much about how to live a full and meaningful
0:59.6	life.
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