Prologue

In July, Tig was diagnosed with cancer.

David Rakoff tells this story, about the invisible processes that can happen inside our bodies and the visible effects they eventually have.

"Slow to react" is usually an insult.

Producer Nancy Updike speaks with comedian Tig Notaro about her mother-in-law, Carol.

Comedian Tig Notaro tells the story about the time she played a string of dates night after night after night in Las Vegas – and bombed every single time.

Comedian Tig Notaro tells an audience at the club Largo in Los Angeles about the day she tried to introduce a sixth grade class to the music of The Rolling Stones.