Tig Notaro

They were in a plane.

Tig said, just please, before you say no, just find Andrea's work and then tell me whether or not you want to do this documentary.

On the plane, Ryan and Jessica listened to the conversation you're about to listen to from We Can Do Hard Things.

By the time they landed, they called Tig and said, we're in.

We want to go now.

We want to do this film.

Now the film is nominated for an Oscar.

This is a conversation that was part of the origin of this entire project.

was the origin of Abby and I's, like, Sara Bareilles describes it as a before and after.

There was before Andrea and this little team, and there's an after Andrea and this little team.

And we are so grateful to be in the after.

And there will be a before and after for you listening to this conversation.

By the end, you will be different.

We give you Andrea Gibson.

First of all, hi, Andrea.

Hi, Andrea.

Hi, y'all.

On our birthday trip.

I don't even remember Abby being on vacation with me.

What ended up happening for us is we got an email and you explained to us what had been happening in your life when the day that Abby DMed you the picture of me reading your poetry.