Back in August, stand-up comic Tig Notaro made international headlines with her heart-wrenching and hilarious set on the not-so-funny subject of cancer, the death of her mother and a slew of other accumulated tragedies she experienced this year.

A recording of the set was released in October. That same month, Tig Notaro joined Jian to talk about her legendary performance and the role of tragedy in comedy.

From the Best of Q: Originally aired October 23, 2012