476: What Doesn’t Kill You Oct. 5, 2012 Prologue Ira talks to comedian Tig Notaro, who recently had a bunch of horrible things happen to her all in the course of 4 months.
Act One: Too Soon? In July, Tig was diagnosed with cancer. A week later she went on stage on Los Angeles and did a now-legendary set about her string of misfortunes.
464: Invisible Made Visible May 18, 2012 Act Three: Stiff as a Board, Light as a Feather David Rakoff tells this story, about the invisible processes that can happen inside our bodies...and the visible effects they eventually have. David died three months after this performance, in August 2012.