Today Maria Bamford joins us at the table! Maria shares about her experience living in Altadena during the LA fires, how her neighbors saved her house, and why she still has conflicting feelings about them. She also talks touring and life with pugs. Stay tuned to hear how many pigeons she thinks she can carry. Enjoy!  Check out Maria Bamford on tour! MariaBamford.com  For a limited time, Wildgrain is offering our listeners $30 off the first box - PLUS free Croissants in every box - when you go to Wild grain.com/PAPA or you can use code PAPA at checkout. Text PAPA to 64000 to get twenty percent off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Get 50% off 1 month of cold brew with Trade at drinktrade.com/PAPA ------------- 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:29 Patreon shoutout  0:00:59 Wild Grain Ad 0:01:49 No corporations, only neighborhood book stores 0:04:51 Seinfeld lunch 0:06:39 Bread 0:08:28 Business of comedy  0:13:53 Altadena fires, house saving story  0:22:00 Hope of human beings, building new home 0:26:22 ICE raids 0:30:15 Breaking new hour 0:33:05 Peanut butter and pot roast, dreaming, carrying pigeons 0:37:56 IQ Bar Ad 0:40:16 Wild Grain Ad 0:42:26 Trade Coffee Ad  0:44:46 Pug life 0:54:26 Getting mental health help 0:55:10 Touring near home  0:58:10 Magic of LA 0:59:22 Uncomfortable moment 1:02:15 City vs country 1:03:10 Dog parks, noise bands, clowning  1:05:10 Tour dates ------------- Tom Papa is a celebrated stand-up comedian with over 20 years in the industry. Watch Tom's new special "Home Free" out NOW on Netflix! Patreon.com/BreakingBreadwithTomPapa Radio, Podcasts and more: https://linktr.ee/tompapa/ Website - http://tompapa.com/ Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/tompapa Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@tompapa Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/comediantompapa Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/tompapa #tompapa #breakingbread #comedy #standup #standupcomedy #bread #mariabamford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices