Tig Notaro on bringing your whole self to work

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and performer Tig Notaro has spent the last decade being very upfront about her life. She’s discussed everything from her cancer diagnosis to the loss of loved ones on stage, through her comedy specials, and throughout her show, One Mississippi. Now, she sits down with Hello Monday host Jessi Hempel to reflect on the way the decision to be outspoken has shaped her life and career. Visit Tig on the internet and check out her new show, Tig Notaro: Drawn Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and pre-order her memoir, The Family Outing Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page each week for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET. To help us grow, rate/review us on your favorite app - and be sure to follow or subscribe. Thanks!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ryan Roslansky, the CEO of LinkedIn. Listen to my new podcast, The Path.
0:05.0	Discover how today's greatest leader shaped their unique career paths and the lessons they learned along the way.
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0:14.0	LinkedIn News
0:20.0	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jessie Hempel and this is Hello Monday.
0:24.0	A decade ago this summer, Tig Nataro walked on stage at a Los Angeles comedy club and began her set with one of the most memorable lines in comedy history.
0:37.0	Hello, she said, Good evening, hello, I have cancer.
0:42.0	A smattering of nervous Teehee is rippled through the audience.
0:46.0	Tig's a comedian. Her job is to be funny, but that wasn't a very humorous moment in Tig's life.
0:52.0	She'd just been diagnosed with cancer in both breasts.
0:55.0	On top of that, she had survived pneumonia and c-diff just a few months earlier.
1:00.0	She'd gone through a breakup and her mom had died after a horrible accident.
1:05.0	And in light of such a heavy moment in her life, Tig decided to talk about it.
1:11.0	The resulting show changed the way we thought about comedy and it changed the trajectory of Tig's career.
1:17.0	In the decade since, Tig has worked prolifically.
1:20.0	She's had her own show, One Mississippi.
1:23.0	She's been on other TV shows. She has two podcasts and a new animated special, Tig Nataro, Drawn.
1:30.0	She was here in New York for a conversation about her work for the Tribeca Film Festival.
1:35.0	All that success had me curious to know if she would make the same decision today.
1:40.0	To be frank, and outspoken in her job about something so deeply personal.
1:45.0	Here's Tig.
1:49.0	Yes, I would definitely back that decision and do it again.
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