When I mentioned to a friend that I’d be interviewing comedian Tig Notaro, he said, “Is she the one who has cancer?” Yes, that’s her. She’s one of the most popular contributors to This American Life ...

Last August, Tig Notaro got on stage at the L.A. comedy club Largo and addressed the crowd. “Good evening. Hello. I have cancer. How are you?” Notaro had just been diagnosed with Stage II breast ...

Tig Notaro probably has the biggest balls of any comic working today. It all started last year when she was diagnosed with cancer in both of her breasts. This was just a few months after she ...

Last summer, comedian Tig Notaro did something unusual: she went on stage at a club in L.A. and told the audience, a group of people who were probably expecting a stand-up set of her deadpan jokes, ...

Tig Notaro has called the past six months of her life a “nosedive.” She suffered the loss of her mother, a breakup, a life-threatening bacterial infection and a breast-cancer diagnosis, all in the ...

"The comedian in me," she explained, thought a shirtless performance was a good way to make a statement about her cancer journey Britney Landreth Tig Notaro has gone through some serious ordeals in ...

Comedian Tig Notaro has had a number of surprises in her life — from tragic, like her cancer diagnosis, to hilarious, like her spectacular "Wheel of Fortune" fail. But on an episode of "The Late Show ...

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