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May Martin
This is a Headgun podcast. Checking Allstate first could save you hundreds on car insurance. Not checking the ground before I get down and do some push ups. Kind of gross. I pride myself on my daily push ups, but I didn't realize how dusty it was getting down here. Guess I'm doing some cleaning after this.
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, checking first is handsome. So check Allstate first for an auto quote. It could save you hundreds. You're in good hands with Allstate. The potential savings vary subject to terms, conditions and availability. All state North American Insurance Company and affiliates, Northbrook, Illinois.
May Martin
Chatting with friends on the Handsome Pod Chatting with friends on the Handsome Pod Pretty little episode.
Tig Notaro
Hi, it's your friend Tig Notaro on a pretty little episode. And I'm here with my co host, May Martin. Hello, May Martin. What's on your shirt?
May Martin
Oh, Toronto Blue Jays.
Tig Notaro
Oh, yes, yes, of course.
May Martin
I'm a real fair weather fan. I. I know nothing about baseball, but it's a great shirt and my knowledge of them is. Is like from the 90s when Joe Carter was our star batter. I'm stuck. Joe Carter, what a guy. He was so hot. And we won the World Series. 92 and 93. Okay, that's where I stop. Yeah. How are you, Tig?
Tig Notaro
I'm doing all right, you know, just vacationing.
May Martin
You're switched off. Are you off grid or. How's being off all social media?
Tig Notaro
Oh, it's dynamic. Thanks for asking. Yeah, I'm. I'm off social media. I think that there's. I mean, my assistant still. Still, you know, post things, I think on Facebook for my shows and. Yeah, there is some chatter about maybe I should have Instagram still where my assistant can post on there too.
May Martin
Right. But you wouldn't have access.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, I don't even to this day, like. Yeah, but I think I told you, it doesn't even cross my mind.
Carson
Wow.
Tig Notaro
It doesn't. I thought it was going to be like I'd have this burning curiosity.
May Martin
Yeah. Or when I. Period or. Yeah.
Tig Notaro
I know there are first few days where I had the habit of like, oh, let's see what people are up to. And.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
But now it just doesn't even cross my mind. And. And I have. I don't carry my phone with me anymore. I just have an Apple watch. And I have such terrible eyesight as you know, that the text is so small that. That I oftentimes, if I don't have my glasses on, I don't know what anybody has communicated to me. And then I just go about My life.
May Martin
God, that's nice. Look, if it's super important, it'll get to you, you know, but yeah, to be able to just go, well, I got a text, I guess, and then.
Tig Notaro
And there's a lot of terribly unimportant stuff that reaches me.
May Martin
Terribly, yeah.
Tig Notaro
Terribly unimportant. But yeah, I'm just trying to really get. And I think I'm doing it, like, get very focused. I'm not a perfect person. I do want to always reiterate that, but I'm. It's. You're kind of proud of myself.
May Martin
Yeah. And. And it's like none of us signed up for this life where we're reachable all the time. Like, it just slowly happened that, you know, you can be. And 24 hours a day, people know that you got your phone and they. You should be responding to them. But we didn't sign up for that. That's not how humans are meant to operate.
Tig Notaro
I know. I'll sometimes get emails where it's like, time sensitive and it's like, whoa, you're just assuming I checked my email.
May Martin
Yeah, right.
Tig Notaro
You know, like, like truly, it's just like robotically time sensitive. We need to hear from you by tomorrow. And I'm like, yeah, good God.
May Martin
I know, I know. Well, you're. You're training your life to slow down to the pace that you want and to streamline.
Tig Notaro
Well, yeah, I just don't want a lot of riff raff coming at me, you know, I want to have the close, important people in my life. I have different relationships with different people, and we maintain them in different ways, whether it's as pen pals or we meet in person or we have a dinner regularly or whatever it is.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
And I just. I don't know, it feels. It feels really good. And again, I always want to mention I could be tick tock tig tomorrow, but so far, three months in, I'm really digging it, especially making the leap to an Apple Watch. And I have the kind where you don't have to carry your phone with you for the Apple Watch to work. I can just be without my phone.
May Martin
That's great. I think I. I mean, I. I got my brick going, the thing that you. So you put it on your fridge, and when you tap it, it disables all your social media and stuff. And then to enable them again, you'd have to physically tap your fridge. So if you leave the house or something, you're. You just. You can get your texts and stuff, but that's it. So that Actually, it's been pretty amazing and that is helping.
Tig Notaro
And so how often and when do you decide and walk me through that?
May Martin
Well, now I do it when I'm working. If I'm going out for a walk or just going out to do errands, I'll. I'll tap. And then every night at 10pm until 7am It's. They're disabled. And I could tap my fridge and enable them, but that extra step, I've done it once or twice, but mostly I've been pretty Good.
Tig Notaro
Now why 7am Are you up at that hour?
May Martin
Absolutely not.
Tig Notaro
Well, I was gonna say it seems a little early for this little cowboy.
May Martin
I. If I'm at Parvs, you know, or. Or pars here, then. Then I'm up, I'm having a lovely coffee, I'm chatting. But no, if I'm on my own, I'm. I'm 9.9ish.
Tig Notaro
And so you and Parv are having like morning coffee time and connecting and.
May Martin
Yeah, I do. I like the morning we. When we went to Idlewild, I got up at 5:30 or something and I. Yeah, I went in the sauna at this little hotel that we were at. So I think I could be a morning person in there somewhere if I go to bed early enough. That's what it is when I'm with Parv. We're falling asleep early because she's got the gear. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah.
Tig Notaro
Is that what it's about?
May Martin
Yeah, that too, I guess.
Tig Notaro
Is she just like an early riser anyway or is it all about her daughter?
May Martin
She's an early sleeper. So if. But if it's the two of us and she. And Amma's with her dad, then yeah, we're in bed. We're in bed pretty early.
Tig Notaro
So you're in bed early no matter what. Yeah, okay.
May Martin
But on my own, I go to bed. Yeah. In the wee hours. Three, two, three. It's hell, yeah. Yeah, it's hell, yeah.
Tig Notaro
I used to. I used to do that and I thought like, oh, this is just my rhythm.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
But once you shift it, I think.
May Martin
You know what we were. You were just saying about, like, you have certain relationships with people and you're trimming the. I really like the relationships in my life where it's like, like I have a friend in New York and it's just sort of every time I'm in New York, which is once a year, maybe twice a year, I'll. I'll message him and we'll go for lunch or go to a museum, and we're not keeping in touch in between. But, yeah, I see him. Yeah. Every time I'm in New York or if I'm in London there, you know, I like that.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. I mean, like, you know, I was just with Tony when I was in Aspen, and he wrote me the nicest text about how, like, just how connecting and fun it was to be together and just, like, having such a different kind of relationship. Where are we friends? Is it family? Is it. You know what I mean? Just being like this is just great, and we're both so thankful for it. And I don't talk to Tony every day, but when I'm in Colorado, you bet I'm gonna see that guy, you
May Martin
know, And I love that.
Tig Notaro
And it's like no time has passed, and we just sit and talk for days on end.
May Martin
Yeah. And I guess in the olden days, you might get a letter by mail and it might say, I'm going traveling by horse and carriage. You know, in November, I'll be coming through. And, you know, I can spend a few days. Yeah, that's how it should be.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. But, yeah, I love all of my. You know, I've got childhood friends that we keep in touch, but it's impossible with as busy as everyone is to have constant. Just maintaining every relationship, Especially after you've moved so many times and had a million different jobs. And then what we do with all the different cities we go to. It's just my kids have parents that.
May Martin
Oh, and. Yeah, and your kids. Friends parents.
Tig Notaro
That's not what I meant. My kids have parents. They do. It's me and Stephanie. But their friends have parents and their base, all of their sports teams have parents. It's just. It's like you open another box and another. It never ends. It never ends. And it's. It's great. But, yeah, you got to streamline things a little bit is what I'm finding. Agree, my sanity.
May Martin
Well, should we get to a question and see?
Tig Notaro
I think we should. That's why we're here. That's why people are tuning in. May. Yeah.
May Martin
I love when people tune in.
Carson
Hey, handsome fam. My name is Carson, and I'm calling in from Carson City, Nevada. And my question is, I'm an electrician by trade, and I was wondering if y' all had to pick a blue collar trade or profession as your, you know, career, I was wondering which one you guys would pick. I appreciate you guys. You guys keep me company out on the solar field out in the middle of the desert and Plugging in panels. So. Yeah. Appreciate you guys. Thank you.
Tig Notaro
Love. I love all of these questions. Yeah, they're so good. They're so random. It's like, who the hell is going to ask me what blue collar job I want?
May Martin
But. And plugging in solar fields out in the desert and. And then imagining Carson with headphones in listening to Handsome out there. That's cool.
Tig Notaro
I mean, good old Carson from Carson City.
May Martin
Yeah. Seriously,
Tig Notaro
checking Allstate first could save you
Fortune Feimster
hundreds on car insurance. Not checking the weather conditions before I went on a boat tour with my mom. That could have been planned better. The sun's gone behind some clouds and now we're shivering and we left our sweaters at the hotel.
May Martin
Yeah. Check in first. Is Handsome. So check Allstate first for an auto quote. It could save you hundreds. You're in good hands with Allstate. Potential savings vary, subject to terms, conditions and availability. All state North American Insurance Company and affiliates, Northbrook, Illinois. That's very cool. I. And I really. The friends of mine, I know who. Who learned to trade young, just. They set up their lives. Yeah, it's really a smart thing to do.
Tig Notaro
For sure.
May Martin
I would do. Well, I would. I would have said painting, but in my 20s, I was picking up odd jobs and someone hired me to paint a school gymnasium. And I sort of said, yeah, I could. I've. I've done things like, before and hadn't done it and was so listening to music and just, you know, really in the zone. And then stepping back and looking at it, it was such a mess and, like, not uniform at all. And I realized what a skill that is.
Carson
Yeah.
May Martin
So I would have said. I would have said that, but I wouldn't now, so maybe I would. I'd like to learn carpentry. That would be cool. Oh, that would be so. Like the way Nick Offerman does.
Tig Notaro
Oh, my God. Yeah.
May Martin
With his hands. Like, how meditative and Zen would that be?
Tig Notaro
Did I tell you about the painting job I had? I feel like I've mentioned it. Where a friend of mine, she painted commercial sets and she hired me and I was like, I've never done anything like this. And commercial sets being actual sets that you're on to film a commercial.
May Martin
Oh, my God.
Tig Notaro
And she was like, oh, you don't need to know anything. I'll just. Because she had a boss above her. And she was like, I'll just show you what you need to know as you need to know it. And I was like, great. And then one day I came into work and the Big boss guy was like, tig, mix your. Mix your colors, and I'm sending you out to Anaheim to paint a Toyota dealership for a commercial. And I was like, oh, no. And not only your colors. Yeah.
May Martin
Does that mean. Yeah.
Tig Notaro
Well, I needed a certain.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
These different paint colors for the God, for the production. I was like, oh, my gosh. And so my friend. Her name Sharon. She. She. She. She was like, don't worry. She mixed my paints for me because the boss guy couldn't know that I didn't know what was happening.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
And so. So Sharon mixes the paints for me. I get in my car, and I'm like, oh, my God. I don't know what's going on happening.
Eva
And.
Tig Notaro
And it was at this Toyota dealership where there was, like, this big, round platform that tilts, you know, to show you the different angles of the car. And so I had to paint that. That circular platform.
May Martin
And just picturing you, like, okay.
Fortune Feimster
Yep.
Tig Notaro
I had one of those paint rollers, and I'm painting it. Oh, my gosh. Did I reveal I didn't know what I was doing? I'm painting, and then I paint myself stuck in the middle.
May Martin
No.
Tig Notaro
Of. Yes. And so everybody is like, I'm the one that's supposed to know what's going on. You could see everybody looking at me like, what the hell is she doing? And I'm trapped on that circle. And then I also had to paint the Toyota sign with this texture where you put little. Little tiny balls in the paint. So it had, like. Once you paint the. The. The. The sign, it has this texture to it. I was so out of my league of what was supposed to happen anyway.
May Martin
Did you get in trouble?
Tig Notaro
No, I. I think people were on to me. But anyway. And I did some house painting with friends also. I don't think I'd do that. What I would do, I would like to drive one of those machines that has the big rolling.
May Martin
Oh, yeah.
Tig Notaro
Where you just flatten out. I don't know what. You just flatten out. The road.
Carson
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
That seems very relaxing. Like, all right, everybody out of my way.
May Martin
That does seem really soothing.
Carson
Yeah.
May Martin
With me, your friend Sharon was so confidently like, yeah, it'll be fine.
Tig Notaro
Well, I think Sharon was a little nervous for me. Me. But when I went off on my own. But she thought we never planned or even considered that the boss guy would just grab me and send me off to Anaheim all by myself.
May Martin
I'm picturing you painting yourself into a little circle like in a Looney Tunes cartoon.
Tig Notaro
I mean, I was truly like, of course. And I don't know the answer of how to paint the platform, but yeah,
May Martin
I don't know how you do that.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, I was, I was like, oh, no. But anyway, that's my answer. Carson from Carson City. And there you go.
May Martin
See. You on a steamroller would be pretty good. Maybe a little hat.
Tig Notaro
That's what it's called. Yeah, of course. I need a hat. Yeah, I'm on a steamroller.
May Martin
Should we hear another one?
Tig Notaro
Yeah, let's do it.
Eva
Hello, handsomes. This is Eva from Berkeley, California, asking a very shallow, not important question.
Carson
Love it.
Eva
Do you have or have you ever had a sartorial pet peeve? Something decidedly not handsome fashion wise? For example, someone wearing white socks with black shoes or when somebody's slip is showing or wearing mismatching patterns or whatever?
Tig Notaro
Yeah, Yeah. I think the thing that comes up for me right away.
May Martin
Yeah. What's coming up for you?
Tig Notaro
I was never into the peekaboo. What are those things called? Peekaboo. Like a underwear. Like G string kind of underwear.
Carson
Yeah.
May Martin
Where you can see the G string and the lower jeans.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, I don't want the peekaboo.
May Martin
See, I want, I want the peekaboo.
Tig Notaro
No, I don't want the peekaboo because, you know why you. It doesn't feel authentic. It didn't feel authentic to me because it was always kind of worn in this way of like, oops, it's accidentally showing.
May Martin
Yeah, you're right. But it was definitely on purpose, hyper.
Tig Notaro
Everybody was doing it and I was like, eh, I can't get on board with that. Is that the correct kind of answer to her question?
May Martin
Yeah, there's a corniness to that. It's very Christina Aguilera in her when she did the song Dirty.
Tig Notaro
Huh.
May Martin
Mine is turtlenecks. I, I, I like people's necks. I, I want to see people's necks. There's something about a turtleneck that maybe I'm imagining how it feels on me. I hate the feeling. I think I have some sensory things. I, yeah. And I don't like a turtleneck. And so, and even on other people. And it's hard in relationships to express that because you don't want to be controlling. Like, don't wear turtlenecks. Of course. Wear them.
Tig Notaro
But just so you know, I just not around me.
May Martin
They stress me out. Yeah, I love a turtleneck.
Tig Notaro
I, I like when, I like when women's hair, like, I like when it's down. I don't like when there's a lot of, like, Business going on in the hair.
May Martin
What clips and curls.
Tig Notaro
I like to be able to put my hands and. Well, I'm talking romantically.
May Martin
Yeah. Like a sort of messy down.
Tig Notaro
I just. Whatever. I just want to. If I put my hands in there, I just want free head hair.
May Martin
Yeah. You don't want, like a ballerinas, like, gelled.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. I don't want it, like, slicked back. I don't want. I don't. I don't want. I just want to be able to get my hands in there and no. Peekaboo Pontis.
May Martin
Yeah. Peekaboo Ponti's turtlenecks And no tight buns.
Tig Notaro
No. Oh, my gosh. If somebody had a tight bun and peekaboo Ponties, I would be. I'd be moving it along real fast.
May Martin
Oh, my God. But then, having said that, now I'm picturing it, and there's a version of it that does work for me. The tight bun and the tight bun and a turtleneck.
Tig Notaro
Well, here's the problem. I love a turtleneck.
May Martin
Oh, you do?
Tig Notaro
I do.
May Martin
Like a Diane Keaton. Or not necessarily her.
Tig Notaro
I just meet for myself. I. Yeah. I like. You can't have a turtleneck and peekaboo Ponties. Right. Because if you. If there's a chill in the air.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
Why would your peekaboo Ponty like, you know.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
You know what I'm saying?
May Martin
Yeah, It's.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
And why are you being so coy about your neck, but then you're showing.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
Peekaboo panties.
Carson
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
Peekaboo panties. I need authenticity in.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
In your hair and in your Pontis.
May Martin
Right.
Tig Notaro
Not that a tight bun is inauthentic.
May Martin
No.
Tig Notaro
But, you know.
May Martin
Yeah, I know what you're saying. Should we hear what Eva's answer is?
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
Eva
For me, it would be when someone wears a big T shirt that goes longer than their two short shorts, then you can't even tell if they are wearing shorts. And that is distracting. Are they? Aren't they? But here in Berkeley, fashion wise, pretty much anything goes. You can wear whatever you want. And I really like that vibe. Thank you.
Tig Notaro
Thank you.
May Martin
I like that. I do like that in. In la and same in Toronto. And there. There's a real mix of what people are wearing. And when I went to London, I noticed so many people were wearing black. It was like I suddenly felt so, so uncool. Like, I had to get black jeans and. Yeah. Black turtleneck, black peekaboo Pontes tie, my hair black, put on a tight bun. Yeah.
Tig Notaro
Well, always. Always a pleasure to hear what's a brewing in our listeners minds?
May Martin
It really is. I love it.
Tig Notaro
It's all over the place.
May Martin
It's all over the map.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, yeah, I like it.
May Martin
Then people from all different parts of the world. I know love it. I don't really have anything coming up but check out my music on Spotify or come check out my social media and come and see me in LA doing a show. What about you Tig?
Tig Notaro
Oh, I'm glad you asked. I'm always at Dynasty Typewriter in Largo in Los Angeles, just squirreling around on stage and then out in the world. You can see me in Rochester, Iowa City, Des Moines, Omaha, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati, Charleston, West Virginia, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Olympia, Washington, Fresno, Napa. Go to tignotaro.com for all updated info. I'm doing minor markets for the most part right now and I'm going to be adding dates and hitting major markets. And go to speakpipe.com handsomepod to submit your questions and advice requests. And until next time, what do you say? May we should keep it pretty Handsome
Fortune Feimster
Handsome is hosted by me, Fortune Feimster, Tig Notaro and May Martin. The show is produced, recorded and edited by Thomas Wuellette. Email us@handsomepodmail.com and follow us on social media. Ansomepod what a podcast.
May Martin
What a podcast that was a hit gun podcast. Checking Allstate first could save you hundreds on car insurance. Not checking my backyard for new critters when I get back from tour. Yikes. While I was gone, a raccoon made itself at home in my sauna. Sorry to disturb you little guy, but I gotta get my sauna in.
Fortune Feimster
Yeah, checking first is Handsome, so check Allstate first for an auto quote. It could save you hundreds. You're in good hands with Allstate. Potential savings vary subject to terms, conditions and availability. All state North American Insurance Company and affiliates, Northbrook, Illinois.
Release Date: July 31, 2026
Hosts: Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, Fortune Feimster
Special Callers: Carson from Carson City, Eva from Berkeley
This “Pretty Little Episode” of Handsome spotlights the hosts’ ongoing mission: tackling quirky listener questions while sharing personal stories and vibrant banter. This week, Tig and Mae (with Fortune popping in) explore digital detox routines, the realities of maintaining adult friendships, personal histories with blue-collar jobs, and heated—even ridiculous—fashion pet peeves, all with their trademark easy humor and candor.
Timestamp: 01:30 – 04:40
Tig explains her ongoing break from social media:
Mae describes her own method using a “brick” device that disables social media:
On being constantly reachable:
Timestamp: 06:13 – 09:40
Timestamp: 09:42 – 16:12
Caller: Carson, Carson City (“Handsome Fam” and desert solar worker)
Timestamp: 16:13 – 20:39
Caller: Eva from Berkeley (“not important, but…”)
| Timestamp | Topic | |:--------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:30–04:40 | Digital detox routines and reflections | | 06:13–09:40 | Maintaining friendships as adults | | 09:42–16:12 | Listener Q: Choosing blue-collar jobs; painting fiascos | | 16:13–20:39 | Listener Q: Sartorial pet peeves; “peekaboo” fashion debate |
The episode is relaxed, conversational, and filled with humorous vulnerability. Tig and Mae are unafraid to poke fun at themselves and each other, weaving past misadventures into thoughtful responses. Even seemingly superficial listener questions spark deeper reflections on authenticity, boundaries, and personal comfort.
Handsome Episode #102 is a quintessentially “handsome” blend of comedic storytelling and relatable advice. The hosts offer both practical wisdom (about digital wellness and friendship) and plenty of offbeat fun, particularly as they unpack their hilarious personal histories and strong feelings about questionable fashion trends. As ever, the show is a witty, welcoming place for voices from all walks of life—whether you’re unplugging from social media, eyeing a new career as a steamroller driver, or just side-eyeing turtlenecks.
To submit your own question or quibble:
Speakpipe.com/handsomepod