Pretty Little Episode #38

Summary

Handsome Podcast - "Pretty Little Episode #38" Summary

Release Date: May 9, 2025

"Handsome," hosted by comedians Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin, delves into a variety of engaging topics each week, blending humor with personal anecdotes. In Episode #38, titled "Pretty Little," the trio navigates through discussions about their professional experiences, personal challenges, and listener-submitted questions, all while maintaining their characteristic wit and camaraderie.

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1. Introduction to the Episode

The episode kicks off with Tig Notaro expressing her struggle to distinguish individual voices within the group, highlighting the seamless and unified dynamic of the trio.

• Tig Notaro (00:02): "Some people just know they could save hundreds on car insurance by checking Allstate First."

2. Navigating ADR Challenges

Mae Martin shares her recent experiences with Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) while recording intense scenes for a project in Toronto, shedding light on the often-overlooked aspects of filmmaking.

• Mae Martin (02:21): "I think people seem happy with the second round."

Tig delves into the intricacies of voicing scenes, questioning the authenticity and emotion behind recorded lines.

• Tig Notaro (04:00): "I was just about to act that out. That sometimes you have to go in and be like, yeah, I don't even know if I really make noise."

Mae discusses her discomfort with performing sex scenes, emphasizing the vulnerability and self-consciousness involved.

• Mae Martin (05:55): "Sort of. Because at least you know when you're doing it, the adrenaline's going."

Tig opens up about her personal boundaries regarding on-screen intimacy, sharing her limited experience with public displays of affection.

• Tig Notaro (06:55): "I would say I did about four and feel good and then one in this show, so five in total. Yes, absolutely."

3. Physical Therapy and Strength Training

The conversation shifts to personal health as Tig discusses her ongoing physical therapy and contemplates incorporating strength training into her routine.

• Tig Notaro (09:23): "I Step onto the submarine, and the guide started just talking about."

Mae shares her challenges with strength training, particularly focusing on her leg workouts, and recounts a bouldering experience that underscored the importance of lower body strength.

• Mae Martin (10:32): "The thing I hate doing is legs. Like, I like doing upper body stuff and trying to... but my legs are like little twigs."

4. Listener Questions: Escape Rooms

The trio engages with listener-submitted inquiries, beginning with Marky's question about designing an escape room.

• Marky (13:25): "Since May is a fan of escape rooms, what theme would your escape room be, and what would be the key to getting out?"

Mae proposes a Titan-themed escape room, drawing from her recent experience and the emotional weight of real-life tragedies.

• Mae Martin (13:45): "I would have said Titanic, which feels fucked up because it's a real life tragedy."

Tig suggests an insane asylum theme, introducing potential role-play elements as a strategy for escape.

• Tig Notaro (14:07): "What about an insane asylum? Like, you start... find a pin hidden in the padded walls and you use that."

Mae shares a friend's harrowing experience in the Great Pyramid of Egypt, aligning with Tig's claustrophobia concerns.

• Mae Martin (17:35): "She said, like, halfway through, she realized there's a line of front of her line of people behind her."

5. Listener Questions: Most Beautiful Places

Nikki from Chicago poses a question about the most beautiful places the hosts have ever visited.

• Nikki (19:19): "What is the most beautiful place that you have ever been to?"

Tig reminisces about her visit to the Rocky Mountains, emphasizing the serene beauty and diverse landscapes.

• Tig Notaro (20:05): "I love the Rocky Mountains. I love rivers so much."

Mae highlights her travels to Pokhara in Nepal and Iceland, marveling at the picturesque lakes, snow-capped Himalayas, and otherworldly landscapes.

• Mae Martin (20:27): "When I went to Nepal... pokhara... It looks like Disney."

Nikki shares her magical experience in Rio de Janeiro, praising its vibrant horizons, cascading mountains, and lively atmosphere.

• Nikki (23:17): "The horizons, the cascading mountains, the people. I mean, it truly was magic."

6. Final Thoughts and Community Engagement

As the episode wraps up, Tig and Mae encourage listeners to submit their questions and engage with the "Handsome" community.

• Tig Notaro (25:15): "What a podcast that was a hit. Gum podcast."

They reiterate the importance of building a supportive listener base and express gratitude for the audience's participation.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Mae Martin (02:30): "I made everybody turn and face the wall."

• Tig Notaro (05:55): "I don't know when the last time I ran was, but I don't know that I."

• Mae Martin (10:45): "I went rock climbing. I went bouldering."

• Tig Notaro (12:22): "I lost the entire backside of my jeans."

• Nikki (19:41): "The horizons, the cascading mountains, the people. It truly was magic."

• Mae Martin (22:33): "Isn't that crazy that, like, you just switched your awareness there and you were like, I'm gonna be really present."

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Conclusion

Episode #38 of "Handsome" offers a blend of personal storytelling, professional insights, and interactive segments that resonate with listeners. Through candid discussions about acting challenges, personal growth, and shared adventures, Tig, Fortune, and Mae create an engaging narrative that underscores the essence of friendship and community.

For more episodes and to submit your questions, listeners can reach out via email at handsomepodmail.com or follow the podcast on social media platforms.

Transcript

[May Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

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[May Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

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[May Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

Girl, it got me again. You know, every time I hear the chat with friends, I try and pick out each voice. Oh, really? Never can.

[May Martin]

Yeah, we become one organism, kind of.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm typically pretty good at isolating vocals and picking out different instruments when I'm listening to something, but I can't in ours.

[May Martin]

I think that's beautiful. How are you doing?

[Tig Notaro]

I'm doing all right. How are you?

[May Martin]

I'm. Well, I'm. I'm in Toronto.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

In this, like, very brightly lit, kind of severancey office room. I'm. I'm in the edit. I just had to do adr, like record my audio for a big fight scene and a big sex scene. It was humiliating. I made everybody turn and face the wall.

[Tig Notaro]

Wow. So wait, like, is it giving away too much? I guess if you're Tell me who you're fighting with.

[May Martin]

Yeah, I can't say who I'm fighting with, but I get tased. I think I talked about this on the. On the pod, and I was so embarrassed by my tased acting and especially the noise. So this was like my second shot at it.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay, and what was the noise? And then what is the replace noise? What? Let's hear it.

[May Martin]

Okay. What it was, was like, like it was really not good. And then what it became.

[Tig Notaro]

And what did you base that on? Did you look up, like, people getting tased and noises they made or anything like that?

[May Martin]

Well, I looked at videos and I saw the physicality, but they don't really make noises. Like, you're too. Your. Your body's all frozen up.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, so you're silent when you're tased?

[May Martin]

I. Maybe, yeah. But then today I tried a new noise which is more like.

[Tig Notaro]

And. And who's deciding, like, who has the experience of knowing the sound of a tased person.

[May Martin]

All I know is that the sound team here were like, you gotta do this again.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

And I think people seem happy with the second round.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay.

[May Martin]

And then the sex scene was really embarrassing. I had to turn the lights off.

[Tig Notaro]

In the studio, basically, and I sound sexy right away.

[May Martin]

It was pretty sexy. And then I had to do all this, like, heavy breathing. And I thought it would be really funny if I ADR like, like, like crazy sex noises as a joke.

[Tig Notaro]

But do you want to explain to people what ADR is in case they maybe don't know, like, if there's a.

[May Martin]

Sound problem when you're recording or if you want to add a line or something. You. You go in and record your audio and your. Your dialogue, but often it's just like breathing. Or do you. I can imagine, like, when you have to do a running scene or something, and then you have to ADR all your panting. Do you do that?

[Tig Notaro]

I was just about to act that out. That sometimes you have to go in and be like, yeah, I don't even know if I really make noise. I don't know when the last time I ran was, but I don't know that I. I don't know if I make those noises.

[May Martin]

I don't think anyone does. But then I guess for storytelling, they're like, just go for it. Just.

[Tig Notaro]

Especially in a cartoon, it. It feels better if I'm doing that. If I'm voicing a cartoon and you have to do the. And then it's like, okay, you're now putting something up on a very Heavy box on a shelf. Yeah. Yeah. What is that?

[May Martin]

Oh, that was just a Boeing. Like a cartoon Boeing.

[Tig Notaro]

But like if you're lifting a box onto a shelf, but then you might.

[May Martin]

Drop it on a trampoline.

[Tig Notaro]

Of course. Yes, yes. We watch the same cartoon apparently.

[May Martin]

Yes.

[Tig Notaro]

But I want to go back to your sex scene. That. Was that more uncomfortable to do the ADR for the sex scene than it was to do the actual sex scene?

[May Martin]

Sort of. Because at least you know when you're doing it, the adrenaline's going. You're not. You're like, I gotta just do this and get. And there's another person you're ideally in the moment with, but this is like there's a guy with headphones eating a sandwich.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

At the next desk and. Yeah. Just watching yourself as well as hell.

[Tig Notaro]

And how did you feel watching yourself? Were you. Was it titillating?

[May Martin]

Titillating? No, but I hope it is for others. It's. It's kind of a wild scene. Yeah, I think. I think it will be okay. I don't know.

[Tig Notaro]

And how many sex scenes have you done in your career thus far?

[May Martin]

I would say I did about four and feel good and then one in this show, so.

[Tig Notaro]

And does it get easier?

[May Martin]

That's five in total. Yes, absolutely. And also that I feel more confident in my. In my bod now, you know?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

What about you? Have you ever done like a full.

[Tig Notaro]

No, Nor would I. I'm like, no, no, no, no, thank you.

[May Martin]

I. I wouldn't mind seeing it. I think you'd be great.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, well, you are kind, but also. Back off. Yeah. I remember. I think Stephanie and I, the most that went down on one Mississippi was kissing.

[May Martin]

Right.

[Tig Notaro]

And that's the only. Any kind of interaction I've had was.

[May Martin]

With your very own wife.

[Tig Notaro]

Was. And that was even uncomfortable for me because I'm not like a very.

[May Martin]

Pda.

[Tig Notaro]

No, I'm just not.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

What about you?

[May Martin]

Yeah, it is just weird. There's a whole, whole crew, but I don't. I don't mind it.

[Tig Notaro]

Wait, a whole crew? What? But like, for PDA in life. Oh, are you pda? PDA in life.

[May Martin]

I'm a very like hand holdy, hand on the leg, hand on the back. But I'm not like kissing a bunch in front of people. I don't like. I don't like that.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah, same.

[May Martin]

Yeah. But I like to have a. A bit of contact.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. You know, just a. Hey, I'm over here.

[May Martin]

Hello.

[Tig Notaro]

Hello. It's me, the one you love. Well, I Can't wait to see. I cannot wait to see. Can you tell us if you win the fight?

[May Martin]

Oh, I do win the fight, actually. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, spoiler.

[May Martin]

Yeah, there's a couple fights.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay.

[May Martin]

Yeah. I'm excited for you guys to see it. I hope you like it.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

Um, I feel like Thomas might like it because it's set in 2003, and there's a lot of Canadian music in it from that era, which is really my era. Like Canadian indie music, you know, 2003. Yeah, love that year. I'm really excited. Any Bare Naked Ladies in there? No, but you got some Tragically Hip. You got some Sam Roberts. Oh, my God. Bare Naked Ladies, like, at a really dramatic moment. It's been one week since you had.

[Tig Notaro]

Or during the sex scene.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

It'S film. Boy, they really had a massive explosion, didn't they, when they.

[May Martin]

Yeah, like, they. Because they made it down to the States, right?

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, yeah, yeah. And they just had such a different vibe, I guess. That vibe was Canadian. I was truly like, what is this? I enjoyed them very much. I just had not experienced that, like, silliness. Yeah, yeah.

[May Martin]

Very silly.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

What were you doing this morning?

[Tig Notaro]

What was I doing this morning? We dropped off, you know, Max and Finn at their school, and then I had to edit this thing for a charity event that I'm. I'm involved with that I have to announce I had a doctor's appointment. Yeah. Love, love, love. And physical therapy.

[May Martin]

Oh, cool. Is that. Does that feel good? Physical therapy?

[Tig Notaro]

Like, yeah, it feels really good. It's making me feel like, oh, I should. Maybe I should get more into strength training because it's hard. I mean, I know it's not hard for you because you can do push ups with me on your back.

[May Martin]

I couldn't even do one, but I could at least do a plank.

[Tig Notaro]

You. Yeah. I mean, I was really impressed that.

[May Martin]

Really?

[Tig Notaro]

Absolutely. I. I mean, if you sat on my lap, I would. I would. I. I'm just. Yeah, I need to definitely work on my strength training.

[May Martin]

The thing I hate doing is legs. Like, I like doing upper body stuff and trying to. Trying to look strong, but I'm get my. My legs are like little twigs. They're very weak. And I went rock climbing. I went bouldering.

[Tig Notaro]

I love bouldering.

[May Martin]

Yes. And I didn't realize it's all legs. Like, you're meant to be pushing with your legs. Anyway, I was just.

[Tig Notaro]

Where were you bouldering?

[May Martin]

Echo Park. There's a place, an indoor place with a bunch of walls, but the. The crowd there like, the bouldering scene is like a lot of guys with ponytails, a lot of those stringy little. Stringy little guys who were coming up. I was, like, trying to do something, and then this guy comes up. He's got braces. He looks about 12. He's like, yeah. What you want to do is get your foot in the crevice there and then, like, boots me off, basically, and takes over.

[Tig Notaro]

I remember I. I went. Where was I? I was in the Arches in Utah in the Canyonlands, and I was camping with these friends of mine, Mike and Micah. Mike was my friend, and Micah I knew through Mike, and the three of us had gone to Utah to camp, and we went bouldering out there on, like, real boulders. Oh, we went real bouldering, like, through really tiny crevices, you know, just like, shimmying up and down. And I remember I was on top of this massive boulder, and they had made their way down, and they were like, just slide. Just. Just slide. It was so precarious that it wasn't. It just wasn't totally straightforward for me to get down off of this boulder. So I slid down, and it completely. I lost the entire backside of my jeans.

[May Martin]

Oh, my God.

[Tig Notaro]

And I had the rest of the day to Boulder with these guys with. With my, you know, shiny red bum. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. And we were so far from our campsite that there. There was not I could do, so.

[May Martin]

Oh, my God.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. It was a bit of a. A damper on the bouldering day.

[May Martin]

I mean, I was, like, visualizing that in my head, but in my head, when I pictured it, it was a cartoon. It basically was such a cartoony moment. Some people just know they could save hundreds on car insurance by checking Allstate First.

[Tig Notaro]

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[May Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

I think we should. That's why we're here. So let's give them what they want.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Marky]

Hi, handsome Podcast. My name is Marky, and I have a question for y' all. Since May is a fan of escape rooms, what theme would your escape room be, and what would be the key to getting out?

[May Martin]

Well, I. I would have Said Titanic, which feels fucked up because it's a real life tragedy. But then I recently did a Titanic escape room that was so epic because I think there's nothing scarier than the idea of, like, water rushing in and trying to get, like. Yeah, yeah. So I would have said Titanic, but it's not a very whimsical, joyful idea. What about you?

[Tig Notaro]

I really don't know. I mean, it. You're just, like, in.

[May Martin]

Like, a themed world. Like, you might be in Jurassic park or you might be in Sherlock Holmes's study. Mr. You know, something like that. Or an Inca.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

Ruin. What about an insane asylum? Like, you start. I've never been in an escape room where you start in a padded room in a straight jacket and you go, where are the clues? What am I supposed to solve? And then maybe there's, like, you find a pin hidden in the padded walls and you use that.

[Tig Notaro]

Here's my question. Is it. I have really bad claustrophobia. Would this be bad for claustrophobia? Like, if you didn't feel like you could get out, the straight jacket would.

[May Martin]

Be a problem for you. I think. But generally, I think you'd be okay. You're in a room, you know that the door is not really locked. You're not like, okay.

[Tig Notaro]

Because we were on. On this is how much, how bad my claustrophobia is. We were in Chicago on spring break, as you do.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And there was a submarine that was indoors. No water.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

No locking door. I stepped onto the submarine, and the guide started just talking about. And I went, okay. Like, I couldn't even talk. I, I, My mind went so far into the future of, like, or the past or wherever. It just was not there.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And I imagined being in the submarine, like, underwater for months, which is apparently what happens. That's how you, you train above water, and then you go into a submarine for the first time and you go away for months. So there's got to be a better way.

[May Martin]

That's insane. We're going for months in tiny.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

Marines.

[Tig Notaro]

So that would, that, I wouldn't have ever thought that something like that would be a problem for me until I, until this spring break when I was like, wow, I am. I know I'm not really submerged, but.

[May Martin]

Your fight or flight.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. It really kicked in. But who cares? That's my issue. And you know what? Maybe what I would do is I would be. Again, I don't really know what I'm referencing.

[May Martin]

Right.

[Tig Notaro]

What about, like, a, A school or college or something that I want to get out of. But that makes sense.

[May Martin]

Yeah. I don't mind that. There'd have to be, like, a plot element where you're trapped in there. Like.

[Tig Notaro]

But yeah, like, because I felt trapped in school.

[May Martin]

Yeah. Emotionally.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

It's an emotional escape.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Yeah. Why don't you give me a. An option? I guess you rattled off a few.

[May Martin]

Titanic, Insane asylum, prison. What are some good ones I've done?

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, you've done all of those?

[May Martin]

I've done. I've done all those. Actually, you know what? Lisa Gilroy, our friend. Friend of the pod, she went to visit the pyramids in Egypt. Like, and she went into the Great Pyramid, and you have to walk through a tiny tunnel into the pyramid. And she said, like, halfway through, she realized there's a line of front of her line of people behind her. Like, you can't go back. And she was panicking. And that's my hell. I. I'm also.

[Tig Notaro]

So is that claustrophobia?

[May Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, That's. That's bad.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay. Yeah, Yeah.

[May Martin]

I think we're. I think we should do Insane Asylum. But you could be one of the orderlies. You could be like. You could be Nurse.

[Tig Notaro]

Nurse Ratchet. I'm down. I'm down. Sorry to complicate that.

[May Martin]

No, no, I. I love it.

[Tig Notaro]

I just want to know what I'm in for.

[May Martin]

I'm going to find a really spacious escape room and. And take you.

[Tig Notaro]

Are there tiny hallway room escape rooms where. Yeah, they should do a claustrophobia escape room.

[May Martin]

Oh, Christ. I mean, I'm saying that, but I would do it in a heartbeat. But I'd hate it. I'd hate every second of it.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my gosh. I can't even think about it. Let's move on.

[May Martin]

Yeah. Oh, let's hear Marky's answer.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. What's Markie up to?

[Marky]

My escape room theme would be similar to an episode of Double Dare where guests climb and search giant cat towers and sift through litter to find three flags to open the door to get out or something. Okay, thanks. And what a podcast. Cheers.

[May Martin]

What a podcast. Wait, that was really thought out or something like that.

[Tig Notaro]

But I like that. Why don't you start a business doing.

[May Martin]

Don't tempt me. I want to pack it all in and just do escape rooms.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Is that would. If you. If you could leave your career, is that what you would do is start an escape room company.

[May Martin]

Immersive theater slash escape rooms. But I like the idea of that Marky had of being shrunk down almost for your cat Size and your going through big things of litter. That's cool.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Thank you, Markie.

[May Martin]

Thank you so much.

[Tig Notaro]

Thank you so much, Marky.

[May Martin]

Thank you so much. What a. What a question.

[Tig Notaro]

What a question. What a Markie.

[May Martin]

What a Marky.

[Tig Notaro]

Should we hear another one?

[May Martin]

I think we should.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. I don't see why not.

[Nikki]

Hello, handsomes. My pretty little ladies and thies. My name is Nikki and I'm from Chicago. Longtime listener, first time question recorder. I'm a huge fan of all y' all and my question is, what is the most beautiful place that you have ever been to?

[May Martin]

Oh, great, great question.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, that's hard.

[May Martin]

Did something jump into your mind?

[Tig Notaro]

I mean, there's so many places. I love the Pacific Coast Highway.

[May Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

I mean, I'm just right. I mean, I've been to New Zealand. The black sand beaches of New Zealand. Have you been to New Zealand?

[May Martin]

No, never. I would love to because I love Lord of the Rings and that's where Hobberton is.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, is that right?

[May Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That might make you claustrophobic little hobbit homes.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I don't think I'm cut out for the hobbitry, but okay, so New Zealand for you. You know, I love the Rocky Mountains.

[May Martin]

I feel here that you're drawn to, like mountainous rather than like white sand, blue water Caribbean.

[Tig Notaro]

I certainly like blue water Caribbean.

[May Martin]

Sure.

[Tig Notaro]

What is the most beautiful? That's not fair. What is your answer?

[May Martin]

I'm gonna say when I went to Nepal. There's a city in Nepal called Pokhara that's like around a lake and snow capped Himalayas all around it. And it's got these like jacaranda trees that were. When they're in bloom are like so perfume and beautiful.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

And it just looks like it's like a fake place. It looks like Disney. So Pokhara and also Iceland, when you're talking about black sand beaches, like Iceland just looks like Mars and there's like hot springs and. And northern lights and I want to go there.

[Tig Notaro]

So. Really? Yeah, I do love it. Stephanie and I were walking past these flowers this morning and I was like, oh, look how beautiful those flowers are. And she stopped and was like, whoa. These look like, like this looks like when you're on drugs looking at something. They were so beautiful. And it's crazy how, I mean, I'm gonna say an obvious thing, but how nature is like that where you. You can't make any sense of how beautiful something is. I'm gonna go with the Rocky Mountains. I'm gonna Go with the Rocky Mountains. I love a river. I love rivers so much. I love that you can. There can be a shallow part of a river. I love that there's a. There can be a waterfall. I love that a river can pool and there's so many options and that you can have a sandy beach vibe on the neck on the side of a river. Yes. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go with that. Beautiful flowers, beautiful mountains, unbelievable water.

[May Martin]

Isn't that crazy that, like, you just switched your awareness there and you were like, I'm gonna be really present and aware of the beauty of this flower and. And then you feel like you're on drugs all the time. That's what, like, enlightened people must feel. Or people who really practice, like, mindfulness and stuff. It's like you can. You can feel like you're tripping all the time because everything's so beautiful.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes. Yeah.

[May Martin]

I like the idea of the river that. Like a babbling brook. Nothing babbles except a brook. I can't.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, I know a few people that babble. I know some babblers.

[May Martin]

Yeah. And babies, I guess.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes, babies. Little babbling babies.

[May Martin]

Should we hear Nikki's answer?

[Tig Notaro]

Yes, let's hear what Nikki has to say. I can't wait. But I'm going to have to a.

[Nikki]

Place that really made you say, get out of town, Charlie Brown. This is crazy. You know, something like that. My answer is Rio de Janeiro. I went there last year with my best friend who I've known since I was three years old. And we truly had the time of our lives. The horizons, the cascading mountains, the people. I mean, it truly was magic. Really looking forward to your answer, and I love you all so much. Have a good one.

[May Martin]

Thanks, Nikki.

[Tig Notaro]

Love you, too, Nikki. Thanks for listening. And I have not. I've never been there. Have you?

[May Martin]

Never. And I've never said, get out of town, Charlie Brown, but you better believe I'm gonna start.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, get out, Rio D. Charlie Brown. Yes.

[May Martin]

Let me quickly Google it, because where is that? Brazil. Brazil.

[Tig Notaro]

Max is obsessed with Brazil.

[May Martin]

Is he? Because I'm learning all the capital cities now. I'm trying.

[Tig Notaro]

So I'm just in your time off.

[May Martin]

Yeah. Like, I'm. Every day, I'm like, right now I've got Europe down. I've done Europe, but it's Africa. That's going to be hard because some of those words are really hard in Asia. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And you fully have the others down.

[May Martin]

I have Europe down because I've got all the countries and then I was in the. I had, like, my most kind of spectrumy moment of my life where I was in the back of an Uber and the Uber driver was like, oh, I'm from Armenia. And I went, capital city, Yerevan.

[Tig Notaro]

Mm.

[May Martin]

And I was like, what am I doing? He was like, yep, that's right.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my gosh. You would have a wonderful conversation with Finn because he loves geography, really. Oh, he knows his countries, his capitals, all of that stuff.

[May Martin]

Awesome. It's really soothing to organize the world.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Finally it's organized.

[May Martin]

Finally.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, it was a wonderful experience seeing your mug again, and.

[May Martin]

Great to see your mug, as always.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. I. I hope you don't mind me calling it a mug.

[May Martin]

No, I like it.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[May Martin]

It's very New York.

[Tig Notaro]

70S.

[May Martin]

Oh, 50s.

[Tig Notaro]

50S to 70s.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

All right, well, thanks, everyone, for listening and submit your [e-mail] Handsomepod please. Yeah. And tell your friends. Share episodes. Let's build the Handsome community. And thank you so much for listening, everyone. And until next time, what do you say? Maybe I think you better keep it pretty.

[May Martin]

Handsome Handsome is hosted by me, May Martin, Tig Notaro, and Fortune Feimster. The show is produced, recorded, and edited by Thomas Willette. Email [e-mail] and please follow us on social media. ANSOMEPOD.

[Tig Notaro]

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[May Martin]

What a podcast that was a hit. Gum podcast.

[Tig Notaro]

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[May Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

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[Tony Hale]

Hey, I'm Tony Hale. I'm Matt Oberg.

[Tig Notaro]

And I'm Kristen Schall.

[Tony Hale]

And we're going to be hosting the new podcast the Extraordinarians, where we are going to be interviewing extraordinary people doing extraordinary things, things that we have never and probably will never do. We talk to people who have broken records, on slack lines, suspended by hot air balloons. We're talking to people who have done multiple flips on trampolines. You'll have to tune in to find out how many flips they did.

[Tig Notaro]

Subscribe to Extraordinarians on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Pocket Cast, or wherever you get your podcasts and watch videos.

[May Martin]

Watch it on the YouTube.

[Tig Notaro]

There's new episodes that we release it every Wednesday.

[Tony Hale]

We do. I've never seen you cry before.

[May Martin]

I know.

[Tony Hale]

I don't know. This is upsetting for all of us.

[May Martin]

They don't let us break for lunch.

[Tony Hale]

They do a podcast.

[Tig Notaro]

It's so competitive. They make you just talk and talk.

[Tony Hale]

Guys, we're watching a spin out.

[Tig Notaro]

Please subscribe.

[Tony Hale]

Oh, man.

[Tig Notaro]

Extraordinarians.