Pretty Little Episode #88

Summary

Handsome Podcast Episode #88: Pretty Little Episode Released: April 24, 2026 | Hosts: Fortune Feimster & Mae Martin

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Main Theme

This week’s “Pretty Little Episode” is quintessential Handsome: fortune and Mae, in the absence of Tig, field listener questions, share hilarious life updates, and spiral into stories about touring, music moods, dream healthcare jobs, and survival in the wild. It's a cozy, laugh-filled peek into their lives, with Fortune hosting from her family home alongside her mom, “Ginge,” and Mae in full support mode. The conversation toggles between heartfelt, ridiculous, and relatable at every turn.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Fortune’s European Tour with Mom (00:56–08:15)

• Fortune is back in Belmont, NC, to support her mom Ginge after a medical appointment. They’re both reclined, enjoying family time, and Fortune updates Mae on her mom’s health.
• The Big Question: Should Fortune take her 80-year-old, cancer-surviving mom on the European comedy tour?
  • Ginge is eager to travel, excited especially by cities she hasn’t visited, but age and health are concerns.
  • Fortune sketches a possible itinerary: Copenhagen, London, and Dublin, balancing Ginge’s enthusiasm and stamina.
  • “This is like her make a wish unfortune.” – Fortune (06:17)
  • Mae is supportive, envisioning pub nights in Dublin and gentle sightseeing, but advocates for downtime and fun accommodations.
  • They joke about Ginge’s mobility, and Mae volunteers to hang out with Ginge if Fortune’s performing.
  • The discussion is affectionate, with a recurring theme of balancing joy and care for loved ones.

Setting the Daily Vibe with Music (09:06–14:56)

• Listener Question (Maggie, Olympia, WA @ 09:06): What drives your music choices for the day—mood, weather, or aspiration?
  • Mae admits she listens to the same 12 songs from her teen years, finding comfort in familiarity.
  • Living with Parv & Amma changed her vibe: “They put on Whitney Houston … Robin, Taylor Swift … it puts you in a great mood.” (10:05–10:21)
  • Fortune prefers the element of surprise, using Pandora’s radio stations over curated playlists (11:20–12:14), and still listens to ads: “Every like 25 minutes, it’s like, you know…” (Interrupted by ad - 11:53)
  • They bond over pre-show playlists, with plenty of upbeat, diva-driven “jams.” Mae mentions loving Alanis Morissette: “Yeah, some rousing Alanis.” (13:44–13:48)
  • Both admit weather affects their picks—rainy days mean slower tunes, sunny days call for aspirational bops.
  • Maggie, the caller, likes to pick music based on the mood she wants to create (14:20), eg. upbeat dance on a gloomy day.
  • Mae confesses: “Most of the time, it’s Third Eye Blind. If I’m not going to camp, can't lie. It’s my boy, Stephen Jenkins.” (14:56)

What If You Worked in Healthcare? (15:00–18:47)

• Listener Question (Lindsay, Toronto, ON @ 15:00): What medical specialty would you choose, and why?
  • Lindsay works in pediatric neurology—hosts immediately dub her “an angel.”
  • Fortune recounts volunteering at Kansas City’s Big Slick charity, visiting sick kids and feeling both uplifted and heartbroken: “So I am. My hat is off to anyone who works in that field.” (16:48)
  • Mae dreams of working with teens in mental health and addiction, inspired by impactful workers from her own life: “I think I could get through to them. I think I could be, like, in that Michelle Pfeiffer movie…” (17:12) — referencing Dangerous Minds.
  • Fortune would opt to work with seniors in non-life-threatening physical therapy, for the stories and the joy.
  • Mae links it back to Tig’s dream of a retirement community, offering “physical therapy” (all jokes heavily laced with affection for Tig’s petite frame).

Scariest Moments in Nature (18:58–22:47)

• Listener Question (Rachel, Alaska @ 18:58): Has anything terrifying happened in nature?
  • Fortune’s story: In remote Alaska for fly fishing, her guide forgot crucial bear safety equipment. They spent hours essentially in “a bear’s dining room” unprotected, only realizing the peril later: “When we got to the van ... we realized how, like, what danger we would have been in.” (20:49)
  • Mae’s two-part offering:
    • Psychedelic misadventure: At 17, after a show in Vancouver, wandered Stanley Park at night with drag kings, stranded and spooked by possible bears until dawn. (21:28)
    • Possible (imagined?) bear chase at camp, hiding in an outhouse: “In my memory, I can hear it, like The Revenant ... but I don’t know, I might have made it all up.” (22:19)
  • Rachel (the caller) routinely runs into bears while meditative hiking in Alaska: “Every year I go for a meditative hike and ... bump into a bear. And so far, it’s all been good.” (22:51)

Backstage Banter and Tour Updates (23:25–24:27)

• Fortune is coming to Massey Hall in Toronto (May 8), Mae played there April 4—Mae promises to leave a secret note for Fortune in the venue.
• Reminders about the live LA show (May 4), and both comedians' ongoing tours.
• “Maybe you’ll see me and my mom in Europe.” – Fortune (24:20)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “This is like her make a wish unfortune.” — Fortune (06:17)
• “You are roasting Ginge today.” — Mae (08:49)
• On Mae’s music preferences: “I just listen to things that I know every word to. I find that very soothing.” (09:41)
• Mae channeling school-inspirational movies: “I think I could get through to them ... Like that Michelle Pfeiffer movie...” (17:12)
• “We were basically in a bear’s dining room.” — Fortune (19:12)
• “I have a memory of being chased by a bear at camp, but I don’t know if I invented the memory.” — Mae (22:21)
• Rachel (listener): “I forget that I live on an island full of huge bears, and every year I go for a meditative hike, and I don’t make enough noise, and I bump into a bear. And so far, it’s all been good.” (22:51)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Fortune’s updates from Belmont, travel plans with Ginge: 00:56–08:15
• Music mood-setting habits: 09:06–14:56
• Healthcare “dream jobs”: 15:00–18:47
• Terrifying experiences in nature: 18:58–22:47
• Backstage/tour notes & audience reminders: 23:25–24:27

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Overall Tone

Affectionate, goofy, candid, and warm—the episode is filled with laughter, supportive friendship, and the kind of observational comedy that makes listeners feel like part of the family. Even when talking about serious topics like health or real danger, Fortune and Mae keep things light, supportive, and irrepressibly entertaining.

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For Listeners: Why Check Out This Episode?

If you’ve ever wondered how comedians juggle family, touring, and a love of divas—or just want to hear tales ranging from bear-country blunders to high school nostalgia—this “Pretty Little Episode” is pure Handsome: silly with a side of heart.

Transcript

[Mae Martin]

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[Fortune Feimster]

Chatting with friends on the Handsome pod Pretty little episode. Woo. Welcome to the Handsome pods preload episode. I'm Fortunate Memester.

[Mae Martin]

I'm May Martin.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, so I'm in. I'm in Belmont. I actually have come back to see my mom, Ginge, because a couple days ago, as of this airing, she will have had her big appointment where she is seeing if the radiation balls that were put in her were effective.

[Mae Martin]

Huh. Okay.

[Fortune Feimster]

Back in Belmont for that.

[Mae Martin]

Yes. And you're. And.

[Fortune Feimster]

And I don't have the results yet because.

[Mae Martin]

Okay, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

This is the future.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Right.

[Mae Martin]

You're talking about the future.

[Fortune Feimster]

Talking about the future.

[Mae Martin]

I see. I see. Okay. Okay.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

And Ginger's there with you now, correct?

[Fortune Feimster]

She is right here on her recliner. Oh, she's. Oh my God.

[Mae Martin]

Great, great. So you're both in your recliners. I'm getting a glimpse into the Femster.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's right. Well, I have to. I have to get Yalls opinion on something.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, hit me.

[Fortune Feimster]

So I am doing a little European run. I already did my Amsterdam show. That was a separate trip, but I'm doing a run of Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, London and Dublin. Now what do you think I'm gonna say?

[Mae Martin]

I think it's something to do with Ginger.

[Fortune Feimster]

You're right, buddy. So this one loves to travel. Okay.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

And she's like, you're going to Europe. Oh my God. I have never been to what, all those cities? All but London. You've been to London. So she wants to come. But here's the thing.

[Mae Martin]

80, right? Okay. I keep forgetting because she's riddled with cancer.

[Fortune Feimster]

She just said, I'm not riddled. You're ever has it? Hopefully, Hopefully a lot less now.

[Mae Martin]

I mean, I think of Ginger like very sprightly and I do. You can tell her that. And I think that she would be amazing. Particularly in Berlin. I'm picturing her.

[Fortune Feimster]

Don't tell her that one lined up

[Mae Martin]

to go into Berghain.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, so she. She. Her thing is she loves to go to countries and cities that she's never been to before. That. That excites her, which I love that for her. I love her adv interest, spirit. Ginge is just like Tig in that they like to get on a hop on, hop off bus.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, that's.

[Fortune Feimster]

And not hop off.

[Mae Martin]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. That's fun. What will happen is she will go to these countries. I mean, we. It'll take an act of God to push her up onto the top of this bus. Yeah. And to get her back down. You know what I mean? And so I would have to get her, you know, hoist her onto this bus. She'll ride around for a couple hours, and that will be. She'll go.

[Mae Martin]

I.

[Fortune Feimster]

That was an amazing day of sightseeing.

[Mae Martin]

That's great. I mean. Okay, what. I think of all the cities, Dublin would be the best then, because that's the one.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay, so here's my. Here's my suggestion.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

If we are gonna do this, I don't think she can handle all those cities.

[Mae Martin]

That's a lot.

[Fortune Feimster]

Because that's a lot even for me. I'm gonna be exhausted. And she's, you know, has some health things, and she's older. So I was saying the compromise here would be to take her to Copenhagen, London, and Dublin.

[Mae Martin]

That's an adventure. That's really good. Yeah. Copenhagen's supposed to be beautiful. I've never been, but Dublin is very, like. My parents loved it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Like, you guys said, you like Dublin a lot.

[Mae Martin]

Like, you go to these. You could just settle in a pub, have a little Guinness. You're hearing these stories from the locals and, like, you know, Dylan Thomas and. Well, not Dylan Thomas, He's Welsh. You know, all the. All the Irish guys.

[Fortune Feimster]

Would you drink a Guinness in Dublin? You would have to. Okay, well, so I would. I would fly her out to Copenhagen the day before my show. Yeah. So she'd have two days in Copenhagen. We'd only have one day in London. But then I would extend the trip a day for her to have an extra day in Dublin.

[Mae Martin]

Okay. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

And I think that's. I think that's good.

[Mae Martin]

Damn. It seems far too far to go to not have, like, some extra days to just stick around.

[Fortune Feimster]

Like, what's that? I know, but the problem is I'm going from city to city to city. Country. Country to country to country. And it's a lot of wear and tear. Like, people don't realize how Much that, like, turn. That quick turnaround is really hard on your body.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, maybe. But could you stay another couple days in Dublin?

[Fortune Feimster]

And she's coming from Charlotte, so it's not as far as la.

[Mae Martin]

That's true.

[Fortune Feimster]

So. But you think. You think she should go?

[Mae Martin]

Tell Ginger I'm on board, Maze.

[Fortune Feimster]

On board with you going.

[Mae Martin]

Okay, going where?

[Fortune Feimster]

Go. My mom said going where? We don't need to get into that.

[Mae Martin]

London, Stockholm and no London.

[Fortune Feimster]

It would be Copenhagen. London and Dublin would be the trip. I think that's plenty.

[Mae Martin]

Can you stay in some fancy hotels and.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Who'd do all that?

[Mae Martin]

I think we should do it.

[Fortune Feimster]

By the way. It ain't cheap. This is like her make a wish unfortune.

[Mae Martin]

Marie, you can't say that.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, my God. Did I was that bad? Oh, no. What is that because you have cancer?

[Mae Martin]

Can you. Can you tell her that I want to come and like, when you're busy doing your shows, I'll hang out with you.

[Fortune Feimster]

They said they'll come and hang out with you while I'm busy. Like I was when I. My mom is definitely in, like, being off chemo right now. Her health is better.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

But I'm. I'm not gonna lie to you. I'm a little concerned about the mobility here.

[Mae Martin]

Right, Right. Okay.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's why I'm not trying to extend this anymore. It would be a. She would be gone for a six a week and I think that would be an all she could handle.

[Mae Martin]

That's great.

[Fortune Feimster]

And it. It will be. I will be moving at a snail's pace. Yes. All at those three cities.

[Mae Martin]

But. But you'll soak up. You'll soak up some joy. I gotta say, I'm. I'm like being on tour, I'm like, if I didn't have my friend Matt here, he's like, it's nice to experience these things with someone too.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. So I'm gonna. I'm gonna observe her this weekend and next and make my final decision based on her.

[Mae Martin]

But now she knows. She knows you're going to be observing her.

[Fortune Feimster]

She's going to be like, tight ship.

[Mae Martin]

She's going to be like.

[Fortune Feimster]

So we'll see Europe. You might be seeing Ginge for that second half of the tour. We'll. We'll see how her health holds up.

[Mae Martin]

Fun, she said.

[Fortune Feimster]

Fair.

[Mae Martin]

Now, may I ask you to your right, is that a stack of CDs?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, no, that's books.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, there's lots. Okay. Oh, great.

[Fortune Feimster]

They're just on a. A lamp.

[Mae Martin]

Yes. Okay. I have those lamps too.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Okay. I thought it was CDs.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, but that my mom probably does have CDs somewhere around here. Yeah, she likes to collect things.

[Mae Martin]

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

CDs, books and I put collect in quotes.

[Mae Martin]

Listen.

[Fortune Feimster]

Do you see that? Mom?

[Mae Martin]

You are roasting ginge today.

[Fortune Feimster]

I think I'm roasting. You do feel roasted? I feel okay. You feel okay? I feel okay.

[Mae Martin]

Good.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's all with love. Well, should we get some questions?

[Mae Martin]

Yes, please. Yeah.

[Maggie]

Hi, handsome pod. This is Maggie from Olympia, Washington.

[Mae Martin]

Hi, Maggie.

[Maggie]

My question for you is when you get your music going for the day, whether you're, you know, driving to work or getting a workout or for your morning activities, when you're going to set your playlist for the day, what drives your decision making for what kind of music you're going to listen to? Do you choose music based on your mood or the weather or maybe the mood that you want to be in? Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

What do you think, May?

[Mae Martin]

It's a really good question. I always listen to the same 12 songs since I was a teenager probably. Yeah. Like I. I just listen to things that I know every word to. I find that very soothing. But a lot of that stuff's like moody and then living with Parv and Amma, that really changed my perception of like they wake up every morning and it's aspirational mood wise. They put on Whitney Houston.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh. Jams.

[Mae Martin]

They're blasting Robin, like female pop singers, Taylor Swift. And it actually, it puts you in a great mood and they're like on the way to school. They're singing in the back of a car.

[Fortune Feimster]

In the back of the car.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, exactly. It's so good.

[Fortune Feimster]

We know all the words.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. And definitely a lot of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey and Parv's era as well.

[Fortune Feimster]

Gotta have the divas. Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

So that's kind of changed my. I like that. I would never listen to pop before, but now I'm like, I start the day with the pop jam. What about you?

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, people make fun of me. I guess this is very old school because I guess the modern thing is to make your own playlist on Spotify. But whatevs I do have, I do that for my shows. I have a pre show Spotify playlist.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, same.

[Fortune Feimster]

But for whatever reason I can't get it together for life. So I just go to Pandora.

[Mae Martin]

What's Pandora?

[Fortune Feimster]

Pandora is like you pick a artist radio station and it plays them, but it'll also play people in their genre. Oh. Because I like to be Served up unexpected things. Yeah, but apparently people were like Pandora. And I'm like, why not? But I also don't pay for the non ads. So every. Every like 25 minutes, it's like, you know,

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[Mae Martin]

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[Fortune Feimster]

So, like, I'll pick like, if I'm in a Taylor Swift mood, it'll. I'll pick her station, but then it'll serve me up. I don't know, various people like Dua, Lipa, Chapel, Roan, Teddi Swims, you know that. Some bops, Pink or whatever. And then maybe I want a Brandy Carlisle. So then it'll be like a Tracy Chapman and a, you know, it'll. Or a Chris Stapleton. Those kind of all go together.

[Rachel]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, but you can, you know, if you're. If you're not into a song, you just press the thumbs down and it takes you to the next one.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, maybe I'll start doing that.

[Fortune Feimster]

I listen to like a surprise.

[Mae Martin]

I like that. I do. I listen to a lot of oldies, a lot of like Z, Led Zeppelin and stuff.

[Fortune Feimster]

I go even older. I will hit up that Edda James radio station and there are some great old jams that come through.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, I bet that's a good idea. Now, what's on. What's on your pre show playlist?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, I have a great pre show playlist.

[Mae Martin]

Can you send it to me? Can I?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Because actually so many people on this tour are like, I just saw Fortune or. Or they're gonna see Tig or they. Yeah. And I always wonder if we've been in the same venues or what.

[Fortune Feimster]

I don't know, it's. Yeah, it's just a lot of upbeat songs, like a lot of. A lot of jams.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I got some Alanis on mine.

[Fortune Feimster]

There you go.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, some rousing Alanis.

[Fortune Feimster]

I love it.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

So, yeah, I. But I also, you know, if it's like a wintry day and it's like overcast, I'll go a little slower. If it's a bright sunny day, I'm Doing the aspirational jams. If I have a big meeting and I want to pump up. Yeah. Then I'm doing the big. The big jams.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Don't stop believing.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Did Maggie tell us what she does?

[Maggie]

I think that I choose music based on the mood that I want to be in. So if it's, you know, a rainy, gloomy, cloudy day, I'll often listen to, like, you know, upbeat dance or reggaeton or, you know, things that really make music that makes me feel happy. Anyways, love the podcast. Thanks so much.

[Mae Martin]

All right, thanks, Maggie. Yeah, I think I need to start doing that more. But the thing is, sometimes I want to be in a gloomy mood, so then I would put on, like, an Elliot Smith or something. Most of the time, it's Third Eye Blind. If I'm not going to camp, can't lie.

[Fortune Feimster]

There you go.

[Mae Martin]

It's my boy, Stephen Jenkins.

[Lindsay]

Hi, May Fortune and Tig. My name is Lindsay, and I'm calling from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[Mae Martin]

Hey.

[Lindsay]

I have the privilege of being a pediatric nurse practitioner working in outpatient neurology, and primarily with infants, children, and teens with epilepsy.

[Fortune Feimster]

Wow.

[Lindsay]

If you worked in healthcare, what specialty do you think you would choose? Maybe dermatology of skin is your thing. Or perhaps orthopedic surgery if you think bones are hip. Thanks.

[Fortune Feimster]

I think anyone that works in pediatrics is a freaking angel. Holy cow.

[Mae Martin]

I know. And why do I feel like you're. You're gonna say you'd be a boob inspector or something? Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Female body inspector.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I was keeping it classy.

[Mae Martin]

You were?

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, sounds very professional.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

And, yes, my mom is right here, but she's used to my shenanigans. I will say this. I. I can't do it this year, but for the last couple years, I've done this charity event called Big Slick in Kansas City that Jason Sudeikis and Paul Rudd and a bunch of guys put on that are from Kansas City. And part of the experience is going to their children's hospital in Kansas City because that's what they're raising money for. And you're assigned a different hall, and you go visit the kids in the hospital, and. Oh, my gosh, is it heartbreaking. I mean, you're hopeful that, like, you see where the money's going, and that's amazing. And I'm so. They raised so much money, and it's incredible, but, like, you visit with these families and just all the stuff they're going through and these. What? These Kids are going through. That would be a tough, tough profession. So I am. My hat is off to anyone who works in that field.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, that would be. I mean, they're angels that work in that field. Yeah, I feel like I would. I mean, I still might. Like, I really want to work with teens with addiction and mental health stuff. Like, I want to work with kids in the foster care system and just. Just because I saw what an impact some of those, like, social workers and stuff had on my life and.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

And those. And those kids and stuff. I think I. I think I. I think I could get through to them. I think I could be like, in that what's up, Michelle Pfeiffer movie, you

[Fortune Feimster]

know, oh, Dangerous Minds.

[Mae Martin]

I feel like everyone will be like, these kids are unreachable. You know, you're gonna get your heart broken if you get your hopes up going in there. And then I go in, I'm like, guess what? Put your books away. We're going to the park.

[Fortune Feimster]

Kids, you're like Morgan Freeman and Lean on Me.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. And I take them all to the. To the art gallery and I get. I really inspire them and I'm.

[Fortune Feimster]

And then they.

[Mae Martin]

They get home, they start painting and then write a story. Yeah, that's what I want.

[Fortune Feimster]

I love it. I think I would just have to work. I think I would love working with, like, old people, like, you know, in some physical therapy or something like that. Something non life threatening.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, yeah, totally.

[Fortune Feimster]

Where you just get to hear fun stories from all. And I don't want to see old people in, like, dire straits either. I just want to, like, enjoy their stories and then bring a little happiness to their lives.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, totally. So when, I mean, Tig was saying she's gonna join a retirement home, move to a retirement home.

[Fortune Feimster]

So maybe help Tig. Yeah, Physical therapy.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, you just.

[Fortune Feimster]

They're just pick up like a baby.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Seriously, I. I forget who it was who picked Tig up and broke a rib.

[Fortune Feimster]

Fireman.

[Mae Martin]

Fireman. Allison Janney, Right?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Allison Janie picked Tig up.

[Mae Martin]

And I gotta say, I really understand the impulse. Like, I do kind of want to pick Tig up as well.

[Fortune Feimster]

Tig is tiny. At the Oscars, we took a picture together and I look like Goliath next to Tig. Should we get one more question?

[Mae Martin]

Sure.

[Rachel]

Hello, handsomes. This is Rachel over in Alaska. And my question for you is, has anything terrifying happened to you in nature?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, yes. In Alaska, actually.

[Mae Martin]

No way.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, that's why she's asking. Because nature stuff goes down in Alaska. Yeah, you're surrounded by nature. I think I told. I. I did tell us on the pod, but it was when I went fly fishing in the absolute middle of. In middle of nowhere in this part of the States is very different than middle of nowhere, Alaska. You are. Yeah, beyond off the grid. And we went fly fishing, you know, basically in a bear's dining room. And our guide forgot to bring proper equipment to save us should any bear attack happen. And he turned ghost white when he realized he had left his. Yeah, I mean, we don't want to hurt anything, but, like, you, you know, if something were to happen, he left all all that equipment in the van. And did you see a bear by some miracle. I mean, we were being watched out for that day because we were trekking through the woods to this stream. And you have to yell, hey, bear. Hey, bear. Like, you have to make a lot of noise so that they stay away.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

And somehow. And we were there, I'm telling you, like, six hours. And somehow. And did not see a single bear. It was by a miracle. And so when we realized, when we got. We were fine all day, like, we had the best time. And when we got to the van and saw, because this is a guy who lives there, does this all the time, when we saw his face, we realized how, like, what danger we would have been in.

[Rachel]

He.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my God.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. And so I was like. So luckily I was not aware of the danger, but in hindsight. Yeah, but it could have been a real message.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my God, I want to go there so bad. But I would be. I would have bear mace strapped to me.

[Fortune Feimster]

We just have to be. If you're going in, literally a bears, you know, you don't. No one wants to hurt any. That's their home. You don't want to, like, tread on them at all. But, you know, things happen.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Yeah, they do, girl.

[Fortune Feimster]

But Alaska's gorgeous. I. I had such a great time visiting there.

[Mae Martin]

I. The first thing that came to mind was in Stanley park in Vancouver when I was 17, and I had just done a show, and then a group of drag kings were like, do you want to come with us to do mushrooms? And they must have been in their 30s. And me and my friend went with them to the middle of this park and did mushrooms. And we all got lost in the pitch black, and we had to wait for the sun to come up. Like, it was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. And there were signs everywhere going, beware of bears. And they really felt like, we were in the jungle, and then. So we went. We found, like, the. Where you could look at the sea. And so we just sat there and we waited for it to get a little lighter, but.

[Fortune Feimster]

So you could. Wouldn't fall down the mountain.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, but that was spooky.

[Fortune Feimster]

That was scary.

[Mae Martin]

And then I have a memory of being chased by a bear at camp, but I don't know if I invented the memory. So let's.

[Fortune Feimster]

We're not positive about that.

[Mae Martin]

We're not sure. We're not sure. I have a memory of hiding in this little outhouse because a bear came running at me. And then I was in my memory. I can hear it, like, the revenant going around that. I don't know. I might have made it all up.

[Fortune Feimster]

Hilarious.

[Mae Martin]

Let's hear Rachel's answer. I feel like Rachel's gonna have a good story.

[Fortune Feimster]

I bet.

[Rachel]

So my answer is yes. I forget that I live on an island full of huge bears, and every year I go for a meditative hike and I don't make enough noise and I bump into a bear. And so far, it's all been good.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Rachel]

Anyway, I love you all. Thank you for the giggles.

[Fortune Feimster]

And. Yeah, there you go.

[Mae Martin]

She's bumping into a bear. Geez.

[Fortune Feimster]

I was gonna say to Lindsay, I'm gonna be in Toronto May 8 at Massey Hall. So hopefully Lindsay gets a break from work.

[Mae Martin]

So many of my friends are going to see you. Oh, I'm at Massey Hall April 4, so, you know, I'm leaving a note for you somewhere secret. I'm gonna find somewhere. Can I. Will you actually look for it?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, I'll look for it.

[Mae Martin]

I mean, you don't sound that.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, no. Yes. No, I think I just. I was thinking. I hope I remember. Yeah, you might have to remind me.

[Mae Martin]

Okay. Yeah, maybe. Thomas, can you help?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, and. And don't forget, May 4th, we have our LA show for Handsome.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. For Netflix is a joke at the Wiltern.

[Fortune Feimster]

So get your tickets for that if you haven't already.

[Mae Martin]

That'll be great. And check out maymartin.net I'm on tour. And keep sending us your questions and your advice to speakpipe.com handsome pod.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, May 15th, Reading, Pennsylvania. That was a new show. And then maybe you'll see me and my mom in Europe.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, what Another fun pod.

[Mae Martin]

Always a pleas and a joy. And have fun on your visit in North Carolina.

[Fortune Feimster]

Thanks, buddy. I'll talk to you soon. Until then, keep it Pretty Handsome.

[Mae Martin]

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

[Fortune Feimster]

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[Mae Martin]

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