Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-Mays

Lindy and Meagan Hang Out with Andrew and Luke Again! Nov 29, 2024

No one’s going hungry this week with your beloved TMBTL of the Dog hosts on the case. That’s right, Lindy and Meagan have teamed up once again with Luke and Andrew of Too Beautiful to Live to bring you another episode that will take you on several journeys involving puppies in witness protection, Meagan’s little buggies, Luke’s homicidal tendencies, and Andrew’s connection to a famous TMB earworm involving dogs, shit, and peach pits.

In other words, a perfectly normal crossover event hosted by four well-adjusted adults who don’t have any problems at all. New to Too Beautiful to Live? Check them out here: https://www.tbtl.net/

Do you have brain problems that would fit right in on an episode of TMBTL of the Dog? Tell us all about it deartextmeback@gmail.com. Or you can text or call us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003 or DM us @textmebackpod on IG and Tiktok.

Also! This is our last episode of 2024 but there will still be lots of fun things on our Patreon! Be sure to subscribe for goodies. Everyone else, we’ll see your asses in 2025!

STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

Link to Lindy’s masterclass!
Gift a Lindy Cameo! She’ll talk your loved one’s ear off and it’ll be delightful!
Check out Meagan’s new newsletter, SWAMP PERSON! It will make you laugh AND offer actionable insights to get us through what’s coming.
Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news
Check out our MERCH! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Can’t Just Buy One Donkey Nov 21, 2024

BBW Updates! Corny Tyme! A nostalgic game! Lindy’s delirious brush with VH1 fame! This episode has it all!

In this segment-stacked episode, Lindy and Meagan share BBW updates you won’t wanna miss (peep our links below). Listen, we wish we had all the land, energy, and fertilizer in the world to start a commune in the woods with many many donkeys! We wish we could find an abandoned boxcar and ride the rails into the sunset forever and ever! But realistically, the resistance looks more like staying engaged, doing art, building community, and other forms of activism. We wanna know how are you staying engaged politically? Tell us how you’re getting through it at deartextmeback@gmail.com.

Lindy and Meagan also dive into nostalgia with their new game, I Like the ’90s! It’s different enough, or parody! Don’t come at us Video Hits 1! Also send us that unaired Lindy footage 😤 Are you team pizza bagel or team English muffin pizzas? For bonus Text Me Back Accolades (Text Me Backolades?) we challenge you to figure out our opaque demands and tell us your hyper specific 90s thingy! You can text or call us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003 or DM us @textmebackpod on IG and Tiktok.

STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

Link to Lindy’s masterclass!
Gift a Lindy Cameo! She’ll talk your loved one’s ear off and it’ll be delightful!
Check out Meagan’s new newsletter, SWAMP PERSON! It will make you laugh AND offer actionable insights to get us through what’s coming.
Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news
Check out our MERCH! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Get their Asses Got: LIVE at the Reser! Nov 14, 2024

Who’s ready to laugh? 🫠

Last week a Bad Thing happened. But never fear! This week of healing started off strong with Lindy and Meagan heading to Portland for another sensational live show at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts! And you simply cannot pull off a live comedy show without visiting the Pacific Northwest’s own Red Robin! YUM! Where are our Bonsai Burger heads at?

And it just keeps getting better! Lindy and Meagan are joined onstage by Emmy-award winning comedian and writer Guy Branum and Oregon Speaker of the House Julie Fahey! We play not one but TWO FMK-style games because our brains don’t work well enough to think of anything else! First, we punish those who we think are responsible for Tr*mp’s victory -- who is cursed with seeing Lyndon B. Johnson’s phantom hog every morning? Who gets listeria from unregulated Lean Cuisine? Then, we ask Speaker Fahey which state and local policies she would Eff, Marry, or Veto. Watch your back, sales tax!

All in all, this episode is equal parts dissociated nonsense and political encouragement. How are you all hanging in there? We earnestly want to know what’s making you feel okay! DM us on IG @textmebackpod

Have an idea for another game we should do for our live shows? Tell us what you got by emailing us at deartextmeback@gmail.com.

STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

Check out our MERCH! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)
Follow Guy Branum on Instagram!
Learn more about our new queen and official Speaker of this Podcast Julie Fahey!
Technically we aren’t announcing this until next week’s episode, but feel free to check out Meagan’s new newsletter, SWAMP PERSON! It might help you process what just happened.

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Recorded This Before The Bad Thing Happened Nov 07, 2024

Oh how sweet and innocent we were when we recorded this ep one whole week before Election Day! Oh to be doubled up on Zoloft on this day!

When we recorded this episode, we envisioned a world where it might be possible to ever feel comfortable and cozy again. That’s why we brought you our annual Cozy Recs, complete with eggnog (or milk-based alternatives), oversized hoodies, and the famous cozy game you know and love: SMDDRFFAD! Does that help?? Is coziness possible? In any event, we hope you enjoy the only show on air brave enough to encourage you to replace all your blood with the sand of a weighted blanket. We’re going to need a lot of sand.

On a serious note, we’re a little scared. We hope this podcast can continue to be a light for you as our world darkens. We’ll keep fighting alongside you for a better world, for us and for our communities, because we have to. We love you.

STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

Meagan’s cozy feminist hoodie rec!
Samin Nosrat’s buttermilk-marinated roast chicken recipe
Get tix for Text Me Back Live (AGAIN!) at The Reser on November 7th! GUY BRANUM WILL ALSO BE THERE! https://thereser.org/event/text-me-back-live-with-lindy-west-meagan-hatcher-mays/
Check out our MERCH! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Accidentally Build a Haunted House Oct 31, 2024

Happy Halloween! This week, Lindy and Meagan accidentally pull off a spook-filled episode. An eerie hamlet full of demigods! Warty pumpkins! Creepy crusties and the horrors and potions of age! Keanu Reeves-vampire-time-traveler-boyfriend! Oh, I dunno and THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?? 😱 What could be scarier?

Coming off the breathtaking success of our live show at the Seattle Py00blic Library, we’re back with tidings, P.U.B.E.S., and MAGA numerology (PLEASE hug your teenage sons!!).

And we round out the episode with a new segment we’re calling “Corny Tyme”! Guess what dark forces of authoritarianism: We’re voting! We want you to choose your vehicle for change. We want you to stay connected and make a difference. We care. 👉👈 And we earnestly love recording this podcast! Thank you for listening, for sending in tattoo designs, for tickling our funny bones in the Discord, and for supporting our show!

Are you a Magnolia demigod? Tell us about what your life is like with a DM @textmebackpod

Send us your Corny Tyme theme song at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

If you’d like to support the show, check out our range of tiers at patreon.com/textmebackpod.

STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

REGISTER TO VOTE at https://vote.gov/ and for the love of everything, VOTE!
Join our No-Giggle Pledge and donate to the Harris-Walz campaign
Check out our MERCH! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)
And get tix for Text Me Back Live (AGAIN!) at The Reser on November 7th! GUY BRANUM WILL ALSO BE THERE! https://thereser.org/event/text-me-back-live-with-lindy-west-meagan-hatcher-mays/

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Pay off their Library Debt: LIVE! Oct 24, 2024

This week, we’re LIVE from the Seattle Public Library! We have THREE special guests who we put to the test with a series of silly little games as well as high stakes political questions.

But first, tidings! And headlining this round of tidings is sharing the winner of our tattoo contest!!! Special shoutout to those of you who submitted this winning idea -- there were five of you! -- we’ll reach out soon to make sure you get your prize. Be sure to follow us on Instagram @textmebackpod to check out this perfect design and thank you to everyone who shared their cute, hot, and beautiful tattoo ideas, we <3333 u. (And if you want to get your very own amazing tattoo, check out our artist Laurenn Stipes at BLVEDOVE Tattoo on Instagram!)

Next, we play a game of FMKDSHFWM with special guest Mariesa Bus! Find out which book this library professional would marry, which book she would like to do karaoke with, and which book she would thoughtfully eject from the library based on its merits. Feel free to play along and tell us which book you would lust after or tastefully burn! Our discord was made for this – join us over at patreon.com/TextMeBackPod to tell us your thoughts.

And then we have a NEWS QUIZ segment! We bring on Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka and comic Brett Hamil (who honestly grounds this episode–that’s how real things are getting this political climate). These two go toe-to-toe with Lindy and Meagan as they all aim to buzz in correct answers on local and national political newsy-type questions, AND/OR tickle the whimsy of the audience for the prize of a half-eaten bag of candy from Candy Tyme in Westlake Center 💫

All this AND MORE. Tune in, tell us you love us, and let us know where we should do a live show next!

Special thanks to Paris Jackson from Cascade PBS for moderating this event, and thank you to the Seattle Public Library for hosting! A worthy reminder about how cool those places are. Libraries do all sorts of cool things, so go support your own local library! And solidarity to the Cascade PBS Union organizers! We hope you get a fair contract soon.

STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

REGISTER TO VOTE at https://vote.gov/
Borrow The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store from your local library like Mariesa, and if you’re in the Tacoma area attend the author’s reading on Nov. 1!
Join our No-Giggle Pledge and donate to the Harris-Walz campaign
Check out our MERCH! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)
And get tix for Text Me Back Live (AGAIN!) at The Reser on November 7th! GUY BRANUM WILL ALSO BE THERE! https://thereser.org/event/text-me-back-live-with-lindy-west-meagan-hatcher-mays/

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Take the No-Giggle Pledge (And You Can Too!) Oct 17, 2024

This week, Lindy and Meagan come bearing two important pieces of news. First up, is a long-awaited update on Kevin’s nads. And equally important to report: Lindy and Meagan make an iron-clad commitment. A promise to NOT laugh at the biffs, blunders, and incomprehensible nonsense spewing from Donald Trump. We’re calling it the No-Giggle Pledge, and the terms include donating to the Harris-Walz campaign each time they fail to hold to this democracy-enforcing covenant. Kamala, get prepared to add some zeros to your bank account, sweetie!

Next on the docket are two compelling conspiracies. Lindy presents a theory that American Apparel’s chokehold on our country in the mid-aughts was merely a Nelson Mandela effect. Where did all those tube tops and ass shorts go?! And meanwhile, Meagan reaches the internet ice wall and is convinced that the bizarre ads she is delivered are nothing more than inscrutable brain bait that must be clicked.

And finally, our favorite segment, Whatcha Watchin’! Lindy and Meagan share their thoughts on two highbrow intellectual progrums: BritBox’s McDonald & Dodds andHBO’s Chimp Crazy. But who is watching what? The answer may surprise you. Tune in to find out! And tell us whatchoo watchin’ on the telly in the Discord!

Don’t forget–Lindy and Meagan are inviting our dear listeners to send in their cozy unsolved mysteries! They are fully prepared to dust off their magnifying glasses and deerhunter caps and get to work, so send them in to deartextmeback@gmail.com!

Are you gonna watch Chimp Crazy?? Text us your every thought via the Best Friend Party Phone (703) 829-0003.

Do you like us? Then LIKE us, why dontcha! Give us a like + little share on socials @textmebackpod, and give us an accolade and five stars on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

REGISTER TO VOTE at https://vote.gov/
Join our No-Giggle Pledge and donate to the Harris-Walz campaign
Check out our MERCH! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)
And get tix for Text Me Back Live (AGAIN!) at The Reser on November 7th! https://thereser.org/event/text-me-back-live-with-lindy-west-meagan-hatcher-mays/

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Claim the Coveted Title of Ink Master Oct 10, 2024

This week Lindy and Meagan are 42% less rude than last week! We decompress after last week’s call outs and the Titan Submersible implosion recap (where the mean % points really racked up) and get back to our earnest, nerdy roots. Lindy spends American dollars on a personalized Hydro Flask. Kevin graduates from puppy school, so naturally we assign Breakfast Club archetypes to the rest of the pupporinos (Kevin is either the Janitor or Judd Nelson, who could really say).

But the crowning jewel of the episode comes with breaking ground on territory few podcasters dare to explore: a discussion about what TV programs we’re watching with our one and only precious lifetime on this planet. For Lindy and Meagan, it’s the beautiful disaster that is Ink Master. From questionable tattoo challenges to even more questionable judging, they break down their top moments from the show (including “Leatherface Grandma” and Taco Bell spon con).

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON INK MASTER? We must know. Text us or leave us a voicemail on the Best Friend Party Phone at (703) 829-0003.

We need a new mystery! Send us one, won’t you? deartextmeback@gmail.com!

Miss our Youtube or want more content from us in general? Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

STUFF TO CHECK OUT:

REGISTER TO VOTE at https://vote.gov/
Come see Text Me Back Live (FREE!) at the Seattle Public Library on October 15! https://www.cascadepbs.org/event/election-preview-text-me-back-live-podcast-taping
And get tix for Text Me Back Live (AGAIN!) at The Reser on November 7th! https://thereser.org/event/text-me-back-live-with-lindy-west-meagan-hatcher-mays/

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Call Out Assholes by Name Oct 03, 2024

If Lindy and Meagan had a podcast back in June 2023, this episode would have been soooo timely. But they didn’t. So they’re covering the most important story of that year here and now and that is…the implosion of the Titan submersible.

BUT BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THAT, we’re back on our endless, increasingly appalling, and all-encompassing RFK, Jr. beat, which brings us swiftly to Segment P.U.B.E.S. Somehow, this RFK, Jr. has led us on a collision course with a cohort of assholes who bullied Lindy in 2017 for being a nice dork. Guess what, dingalings? It’s 2024 and we’re ready to take you down a peg! Being good and nice is COOL and being bad and mean is NOT cool. Grow up! Be nice to fat people and stop being a hateful Nazi fangirl (this is directed to heinous public figures, not to our angel listeners who are reading this of course)!

And one important BBW update: We will no longer be posting vids to that video website because it’s too much work for too few viewers. (But if we get more resources and demand we are open to bringing it back later on!) We’re sorry!

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Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan’s Appendect-isode Sep 26, 2024

This week, Meagan returns from her near-death appendix betrayal! And she comes bearing many a tale from those hallowed hospital wings. Tales of: a murderous vestigial organ on the loose, sexy doctors cutting free what no longer serves, a spooky Jack Nicholson moment, and (dot dot dot) a murder mystery???

And while Lindy awaits to hear the fate of an extremely ill Meagan, she sustains an injury from playing a video game too hard. If you’ve played Cult of the Lamb, you can probably relate.

So they’re just two brave businesswomen healing from equally traumatic illnesses. If you’re also a brave businesswoman who is #healing, let us know what you’re doing to entertain yourself! DM us on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

If you are Dante Basco, email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com and come be a guest on our pod! Thank you to Textmebackolyte Jacqueline (and HUSBAND) for this incredible Ottawa Comic Con reporting 🫶

And Meagan hasn’t seen her hospital bill yet, so now is a great time to join our Patreon!!! https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Sincerely, thank you to all the kind words for Meagan this past week! Don’t let her being totally okay now stop you from saying nice stuff to us over at the Best Friend Party Phone at (703) 829-0003.

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Have the Regular Number of Organs Sep 19, 2024

In this week’s episode, Meagan’s appendix decides to take this “I Can Fix Her” segment to a whole new level and makes an unexpected break for it. And as a result, 50% of our hosts are in the hospital and our episode is a little shorter than usual! When the appendix decides to say *bye girl 💅* we have to respect it, but luckily we had a pre-recorded segment brought to you by Magic Mind, an elixir that helps make brain from brainestrone. We also talk about a couple other products on our radar and we do need your thoughts.

Are you on team butter bell or team butter dish? Email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

Are you on team appendix or team no-appendix? DM us on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Text Meagan something nice to see her through her convalescence at (703) 829-0003.

You have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code TEXTMEBACK at checkout You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/textmeback

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Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Tell State Secrets Near a Beluga Spy Whale (our bad!) Sep 12, 2024

This just in: Lindy and Meagan are normal people bringing you the normalest news! They are wearing their normal uniforms (a bra), bringing you the normalest ideas (putting Trump into an ethical Magneto-style plexiglass prison-box), and sharing normal news (moon updates, booger reporting, and Hvaldimir the beluga spy whale).

The AP has the Best Friend Party Line on their speed dial and you can too! Drop us a voicemail or text us at (703) 829-0003.

If you are a beluga spy whale, we want to hear from you! DM us on IG @textmebackpod

Send your Normal News segment songs to deartextmeback@gmail.com!

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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan are Maxi Pads in the Night Breeze Sep 05, 2024

Sound the alarms, notify the press, we’re in our CHOCOLATE MILK ERA.

Think chocolate milk couldn’t possibly fill 20+ minutes of an episode? THINK AGAIN, BROTHER. We have thoughts to share, we have a problematic google brewing (so sorry), we have service journalism to share, and most importantly, we have an attempt to draw a throughline between orange beef and chocolate milk (you simply must tell us if you can co-sign this comparison).

But that’s not all--it’s a week of Whatcha Watchin’, current obsessions (ie big natural jugs o’ chocolate milk), and a listener mail bag moment. If you have been texting us or leaving voicemails on the Best Friend Party Phone, believe us when we say that we cherish every anecdote, snake story, and cover letter. So this week we are delivering two iconic stories, one of which features a maxi pad fluttering American-Beauty-style in the night. Your messages are the IV drips into our period-depleted arms so please never stop sending things to (703) 829-0003.

Poll time! DM @textmebackpod on IG to tell us which is the worst:

-Sick Puppy

-Fart Mommy

-Dirty Mama

If you must, email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com to send us your cogent, sober explanation correlating orange beef x chocolate milk :[

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Are the Michigan J. Frog of Podcasts Aug 29, 2024

Hello, my babies, hello my darlins! This episode has UPDATES. This episode has IMPROV (husbands edition). This episode has mention of POLITICAL ACTIVISM IMBUED WITH HOPE??

In our first segment, we share an epic cover letter from a listener who might just be the ultimate D&D companion, even if the gang hasn’t quite figured out how or when they’ll play. Thank you for your endless support as we become DMs, which we assume means Dirty Mamas ;) but in the meantime we want you all to join our Discord and play amongst yourselves–and share your characters with us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

And in our second segment, we send off RFK Jr.’s unforgettable campaign. Brain worms, cruises, and bears. Oh…oh my. If you are Cheryl Hines, we are desperate to hear from you, babe, let us know you’re okay at (703) 829-0003.

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

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You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Get Shrill (Patreon Sneak Peek!) Aug 22, 2024

Listen, we know you’ve been mulling over if you should invest in these two Better Business Women (BBWs) by supporting our Patreon. You are a savvy investor. You want to know where your dollars are going. Well, Sharks, we hear you, and that’s why this week we’re giving you a little sneak peek at Lindy and Meagan’s Patreon exclusive series 2 Shrill 2 Furious: Portland Drift!

Lindy and Meagan dive deep into the chaotic, hilarious, and often absurd process of turning Lindy’s book, Shrill, into a hit TV show. From fast-tracking to series and rubbing elbows with Elizabeth “Liz” Banks to nearly losing Aidy Bryant over a lead character that was a bit too "disgusting," Lindy spills all the behind-the-scenes tea. Learn how Hollywood really works—or doesn’t—and why it’s just as glam, stressful, and utterly bizarre as you’ve always imagined.

If you haven’t already, check out Lindy’s book, Shrill!

Join us on our (re)watch journey! Watch Shrill on Hulu and be sure to be texting us your every thought on the Best Friend Party Phone (703) 829-0003.

And if you want more bts Shrill content and love hearing about the wild journey of selling and creating a real-life TV show in Hollywood, USA, then you know what you gotta do. Hit us up over at Patreon.com/textmebackpod.

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Stay on the Ones Aug 15, 2024

This week is a grab bag special, which is a euphemism for “we forgot to plan anything for this episode,” and our hands are pulling out a special little treat from the archives. That’s right, it’s a stumble down memory lane where Lindy and Meagan talk about one of their early jobs working at Paul Allen’s musical history storage facility, Seattle’s Experience Music Project (now MoPOP).

From the multi-sensory (🥴) Funk Blast ride to the soul-crushing reality of handing out malfunctioning MEGs to tourists, they leave no stone unturned. Surprise mentions include Rufio, Madonna (aka Cyndi Lauper), Ren-Faire Guy, a James Brown Face/Off moment, and the origin story of our famed Dr. Freekvonk music!

Anyway, work sucks! If you are a teen or early-twenties worker, do the bare minimum and skip your last day! You can still be a lawyer and a writer, nothing real bad will happen, probably.

Tell us ALL ABOUT your early employment stories at (703) 829-0003.

Share your Stardew Valley updates with us by DMing us on IG @textmebackpod!

Are you a former EMP/MoPOP employee OR James Brown’s body double and do you have access to those wretched Sky Church videos? PLEASE email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

If you want to see Meagan’s zonkered glasses, Lindy’s BUTT journal, and our James Brown bunny hop, find us on that famed video website.

Don’t forget to support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/textmebackpod

Get tix for Text Me Back Live at The Reser on November 7th!

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STAY ON THE ONES, SWEETIES.

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Discuss the Ups and Downs of Life Aug 08, 2024

This week Lindy kicks us off with an unforgettable Dave Matthews tribute, but don’t let that stop you from staying tuned, it doesn’t last that long!

We have SO many segments today (3).

First, we kick off with segment P.U.B.E.S, which is quickly becoming dedicated to our own biffs, blunders, and bad ethics, and this week we actually do include a hit of that sweet sweet Socrates music after Alli PERSONALLY raked the internet to find what she hopes is a worthy nostalgic little riff (sorry for leaving you hanging, sweet bbs! 🤖)

Next, we round the corner to deliver a Snake News segment we rustled up specifically because listener Caitlin & Husband FINALLY submitted a Snake of the Week jingle! You simply cannot miss it because we are going to be leaning on that audio cue heavily moving forward.

And lastly but most importantly, the industry has spoken and they have determined Lindy’s podcast guesting rate to be a firm $3000-$10,000 per appearance. If you are Colin Cowherd, confirm Lindy’s upcoming appearance via the Best Friend Party Phone at (703) 829-0003. Also, Meagan was pretty confident she knew what Colin Cowherd’s whole deal was but now is NOT sure he’s a weird woke mind virus guy. Sorry?

Did you stick around to hear the secret code word? There may be a poster in it for you if you email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

Don’t forget to support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/textmebackpod

Get tix for Text Me Back Live at The Reser on November 7th!

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Don’t forget to subscribe to Lindy’s substack butt news

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan are Party Poopers Aug 02, 2024

You know them from being blacklisted from the Bulgarian podcast charts. You know them from leading the boards in Estonia. And third most likely, you know them from their podcast Too Beautiful to Live! This week Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays sit down with Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh for round two of their crossover series, and Lindy did NOT have to frantically Google their names and bios during the recording this time.

Our tidings are full of bad pans and youth-infested homes. Lindy’s deep dive into her daughter’s weekend stay at their cabin leads to a detective-worthy investigation, while Meagan’s love for the Olympics turns her into a proud violently patriotic American 🔪🦅🇺🇲. The crew talks about strong feelings about Celine Dion, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Theo Von. They try to play a game. BUT THEN, some breaking news: Lindy lives in the light with a brave admission that it was she that left behind a surprise for her elegant guest to find, which quite frankly will probably be the only thing you remember about this episode.

Love Logan and Arnold as much as we do? Listen to more of Too Beautiful to Live on Apple Podcasts

Do you have a sticky pan you need lubricated? Call the Text Me Back hotline/pan unsticky service at (703) 829-0003.

How did you poorly cover your tracks after a party in your parent’s place? Email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com (and don’t forget to include your email signature power flexes)

Ever found yourself Out of Butt, Out of Mind? DM us on IG @textmebackpod (no photos for the love of god).

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Roll for Charisma Jul 25, 2024

It’s official, these two BBWs are breaking news left and right. Lindy and Meagan predict a Kamala presidential campaign (2024), break bad news about Harambe (2016), and give you the scoop about a hot new TV show called Freaks and Geeks (1999).

Plus, this week we asked YOU if you agreed with the inspiration for our hyped up Larry Flynt bit and the results are in! Tune in to hear the conclusive but certainly not final chapter of this saga. We think you’re going to Ohh-Vehr-døZzz.

But Lindy and Meagan’s watchdog journalism is never over. Lindy saves a toad (probably). Meagan has interactions with not one but TWO veep candidates, and if you think JD Vance contacted her on a normal platform, you’d be wrong!

And last but not least, these two newspapermen discuss gaming! Are you an aspiring D&D dork? Do you love iPhone games? What should Lindy and Meagan try playing? Email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com to tell us what games you’re into and maybe they’ll play along!

Check out these (currently un-sponsored) faves!

Read The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Watch Dungeons and Drag Queens (text us your every thought on the Best Friend Party Phone @ (703) 829-0003)
Support your local comic book store and drop Strange Days Comics and Games a follow!
Pick up The D&D Player’s Handbook & feel free to email us to describe your aspirational D&D character (Toadus is taken)
Play Murder in the Alps & make pizza & tell us what your favorite iPhone game is!
ARE YOU A SOCRATES KID? Call us!!!

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Put the "AD" in ADHD Jul 18, 2024

This episode has everything: curdled milk, tiny hats, the Tour de France, Big Gretch. And that’s all before the break! In our SECOND segment, we explore our favorite topic of the week: ads.

Move over Don Draper, because these two BBWs are coming through to serve up some of the best commercial moments you’ve ever heard. NOTHING helps ease the discomfort of humanity’s agonizing downward spiral like a catchy little jingle! We learn about Lindy’s legacy status in the advertising world and share some of the most iconic line reads from our favorite commercials (Robert Loggia???). Email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com to share what ads live rent-free in your brainestrone!

Check out these (currently un-sponsored) faves!

For amazing ice cream recipes, The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz
Brown Sugar-Bourbon Ice Cream by Bon Appetit
Get into Cycling with us and watch the Tour de France on Peacock
Enjoy Lindy’s shoutout by THEE Big Gretch!
And of course, go listen to ep where Lindy and Meagan wax poetic about the Jardiance commercial: Lindy and Meagan Corner the Husband Demographic

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan are Officially BBWs Jul 11, 2024

This week, Lindy and Meagan kick things off with a bang as they officially claim the title of BBWs (Better Business Women)! They’ve been eating nothing but thick cheesy soups like Forbes or something recommended and they’re ready to share their big juicy half-researched headlines as they hustle their way to the tippy top of the podcasting world. Forbes: 50 BBWs Under 50 here we come!

But first! It’s time for Segment P.U.B.E.S., aka corrections, updates, and apologies. Lindy fesses up to some major Pete the Dragon libel, but there are plenty of P.U.B.E.S. to go around so don’t hesitate to share your very own P.U.B.E.S. with us on the Best Friend Party Phone at (703) 829-0003.

Next up! Lindy and Meagan take notes from a couple other BBWs and their impressive PR teams. Our enigmatic Charlotte the Stingray has an unexpected ending but her mysterious pregnancy legacy lives on in the form of a Brazilian boa who lived for 9 years as a single man named Ronaldo and who recently gave birth to 14 snakes. That’s right–snake moms can be BBWs too. The show desperately needs a Snake of the Week jingle, so kindly send your genius little compositions over to our email deartextmeback@gmail.com.

And finally, Lindy and Meagan dive into a topic many of our parasocial BFFS out there have been asking for: more friendship lore from the Lindy-Meagan archives. As a devoted listener, you are invited to use our weirdly specific movie quotes to confuse and alienate your very own friends and family!

Happy slurpee day! If you’re 7/11 and want to sponsor two BBWs, DM us on IG and Tiktok @textmebackpod

From NPR: Charlotte the stingray, the would-be mom, has died at her N.C. aquarium

From a random potentially unverified source: 'Ronaldo had been looking slightly fatter than usual': Snake thought to be male has 14 babies in rare 'virgin birth'

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Love Their Proud Gay (78 Million Year Old) Son Jul 04, 2024

It’s a week of chaotic tidings for Lindy and Meagan that includes a befuddled Barry, rogue Cochin chickens, and snakes galore. Lindy’s spontaneous road trip has an unexpected ending, Meagan has an unhinged encounter with a live rooster on the streets of DC, and our beloved segment SNAKE OF THE WEEK is back. Move over Freekaconda and Titanoboa, new large snakey queen just dropped. Also, because dinosaurs are snakes if you think about it, Meagan shares a dinosaur finding for her snake of the week. Spoiler! The new (78 million year old) dino is a proud gay Gen Z American raising funds to run for Congress! Want to support him? Then subscribe to our Patreon!

From some unfamiliar Lindy source: Move Over Titanoboa, Fossil Of "Largest Snake To Have Ever Existed" Found In Gujarat

From NPR: Named after the Norse god Loki, meet Lokiceratops, a new horned dinosaur species

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Corner the Husband Demographic Jun 27, 2024

This week we are proud to report that we have a husband listener! Welcome, buddy! And what a time to be a new listener and/or a husband, because in this episode Lindy and Meagan are doing the Lord’s work: ranking dragons. We’re talking about Smaug. We’re talking about Puff. We’re talking about…the other ones.

BUT THEN, as if that wasn’t enough, Lindy and Meagan bravely breach a topic few have dedicated so much air time to. It’s a little something with a big story to tell, it’s the must-have accessory for your high A1C, it’s an ear worm even mightier than the one in RFK Jr.'s brain. It’s the Jardiance jingle, and in case you were wondering: yes, we play it in its entirety.

If YOU are a husband who listens to the show, we want to hear from your wife! Let her know how much you love the show, and have her text or call us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Ride Lizz Winstead’s Pontoon Boat Jun 13, 2024

This week's episode is hot hot hot—literally and figuratively. We’ve got a special guest! Our personal hero Lizz Winstead, who's been making waves in comedy and politics for decades. And Lindy does NOT make it weird. One dragon question per guest IS normal.

Lizz Winstead is the co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show, co-founder of Air America Radio, and current powerhouse behind Abortion Access Front. Lizz dishes on her storied career, shares tales from the front lines of abortion access activism, and gives us the scoop on her latest project—the documentary No One Asked You, currently making rounds at film festivals (our Provincetown listeners need to go to the screening literally today!).

We wrap up with a revealing game of F.M.K.I.H.B.F.D.T.S (the famous game you know and love) involving some of our favorite and most dangerous political villains. Tune in to hear how Lizz weaponizes karaoke and Freaky Friday mind swaps for the good.

Find a screening of No One Asked You near you at:

https://www.nooneaskedyoudoc.com/screenings

Learn more about Abortion Access Front (and consider donating!) at:

https://www.aafront.org/

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Stalk Conan O'Brien Jun 06, 2024

This week, Lindy and Meagan both realize that they've been having thoughts about dogs, which we're sharing in a new segment called DOG THOUGHTS. What if dogs could sweat? And what, exactly, is the nature of a dog's business?

Then, we have a story from the Best Friend Party Phone about a piece of fan mail gone horribly wrong--a seemingly innocent letter traumatized a room full of fourth graders, teaching them the hard way that the Killer is real and he lurks everywhere. Even in your homework assignments. Lindy and Meagan go on to reminisce about their own experiences bothering celebrities in the 1990s, including one of the most legendary moments from their friendship lore: the time they met their late-night talk show host hero. Tune in to find out how much they scared him!

And finally, your intrepid hosts discuss WHATCHA WATCHIN'???, a segment about whatch they watchin'. Spoiler alert: Lindy is watching Shogun and Meagan is watching true crime slop. But thank god for the slop, because Meagan has uncovered evidence suggesting that Keith THEE Morrison is not only a superfan of this podcast but subscribes to the Patreon as well. Delusional? You be the judge.

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Imagine Dragons Beyond the Flat Earth Ice Wall May 30, 2024

What a day! Lindy delivers some hot hot hot breaking news: she's become a flat earther, for real, not a joke*, and you won't BELIEVE what finally pushed her over the edge, so to speak. (It involves one Instagram reel, two mysterious travelers, and an unconfirmed number of dragons.)

Then, Meagan updates us on her DC swamp life in a new segment called "Oops, I Crapped My Real Job!" Find out what Meagan *personally* is doing to punish Justice Samuel Alito for being a naughty boy, featuring her Mean Mommy Business Voice on the mic at a bona fide press conference with real live congresspeoples! She got 'em! This is why she's so sleepy all the time!

And lastly, Meagan and Lindy dispense trivial advice to listeners struggling with low-stakes problems. Nothing important, nothing stressful! Please don't ask for advice on your divorce, but they will tell you what color notebook to get!

Is this both the funniest AND the most informative Text Me Back of all time? There's no way to know unless you download it and listen to the whole thing all the way through twice!

*It is a joke

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Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Need to Talk About Kevin May 23, 2024

This week, something has gone wrong with Meagan's brain and it's NOT a worm! It has something to do with finding an Amish dog named Kevin online, becoming hypnotized by his tiny bear face, then entering a fugue state and traveling to his location in Lancaster, PA with $850 in cash and the backing of literally dozens of listeners to purchase him. Is this an ethical way to acquire a dog? No. Was Kevin worth it? 100000%.

Then, Lindy -- a connoisseur of oceanic news -- brings an aquatic story of great significance from one of our Nation's most trustworthy journalistic sources: Instagram reels. This story has everything: an air guitar contest, one or two chill brewskis at most, a man overboard, a creature of some kind, and a stick. Lindy and Meagan ponder what they'd do under similar harrowing circumstances, then rank sticks from worst to best.

You won't want to miss this episode! We've already sent it to the Library of Congress for preservation!

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Agree: RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm Is NOT a Girls' Girl! May 16, 2024

In this week's episode, Lindy reveals that her neighborhood bear is BACK, and his threat level has been upgraded to "habituated trash bear." No pic-a-nic basket is safe! Lindy also breaks her silence on a secret she's been keeping about the band Imagine Dragons, and Meagan finally addresses the elephant in the room: does Lindy... not listen to music?????

Meagan reaches into the mailbag and shares an unhinged yet joyful letter (found by a listener) about public diarrhea and not quite making it to the Dairy Queen in time, which gets the gals reminiscing about college.

Then it's a hard look inside the biggest story of the week, which is OF COURSE the worm that ate part of RFK Jr.'s brain and then died. Should the presidency have a No Brain Worms policy, or is that an ableist purity test? Is getting a brain worm the first likable thing about this man? Lindy and Meagan discuss!

And finally, two big announcements for our Patreon subscribers! First, that Lindy and Meagan are going to let you pick their best-friends tattoo, literally. And second, that they'll be posting an episode-by-episode subscribers-only rewatch of Shrill! Listen for more info and subscribe if you want access to all the fun.

Hope you love it, besties!

The Glad Tidings Chorale is:

Allegra Martin

Andreas Belboe

Andoodoo

Holly Hartline

Jennifer Darling-Mellott

Kate Harrington

Kiki Porter

Kendra Zzyzwyck

Olivia Smith

Phédre Schifano

Robert (@violadagoomba)

Stephen O’Bent

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our show is supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.

Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative wizard. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Demand Hollywood Secrets from Guy Branum (Live!) May 09, 2024

In this week's episode, Lindy and Meagan are comin' atcha LIVE from the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival with a very special celebrity guest: actor, comedian, girls' girl, Hollywoodlandman, and kind of a lawyer(!!!), Guy Branum!

Meagan and Lindy trick Guy into giving up the goods on every single celebrity encounter he has ever had, including a drunken cab ride with a freestyle-rapping Zac Efron and a personal betrayal by the hottest gay in Hollywood.

Then, Meagan and Guy turn their legal and comedic mega-minds to the most vital task in the war to save American Democracy: coming up with Real Housewives taglines for all nine members of the Supreme Court. Got 'em! Which justice does Guy declare to be a "messy bitch"? You'll have to listen to find out!

Hope you love it, besties!

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our editor is Lindy West.

Our music and mixing is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo (except for this episode, which Lindy had to try and "mix" herself because Aham is on vacation, so please do not blame him). Diana Bowen is our video and creative wizard. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Follow Guy on Instagram at @guybranum!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan are Haterz with a Z May 02, 2024

In this week's episode, Lindy and Meagan once again trick themselves into maybe becoming Christians?? Because Divine Providence has once again struck the podcast as holy connections are made between pubes, German composer George Frideric Handel, and the Text Me Backolytes who love them.

Alas, Lindy and Meagan quickly dispense with beatification and instead turn to necromancy -- bringing back two old segments from the dead: "I Can Fix Her," a segment about purchasing little items that will fix your whole life, and "One Minute Hate," a segment about all the shit we hate, from Bobby Flay to shrimp, with an assist from our beloved listeners!

Enjoy, besties!

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganback

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our editor is Lindy West.

Our music and our mixing is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative wizard. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery. This week, we'd also like to specially thank Alex Rochester for running the old Text Me Back text club at KUOW where folks sent in their hate for today's segment.

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Lindy and Meagan are Too Beautiful to Live Apr 26, 2024

Hi Besties! It's here, the crossover episode the streets have been CLAMORING FOR! Sure, it was the streets of Longview, Washington, but the clamoring happened. We heard it.

...Anyway, this week Meagan and Lindy join forces with our besties Luke and Andrew from Too Beautiful to Live! We form a supergroup (eat it, Vedder!!!!!), fall victim to aesthetic pots and pans, catch an enormous spider, and ultimately get arrested for refusing to pay the barber at the Great Clips.

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

We hope you'll also keep checking out Luke and Andrew at Too Beautiful to Live, which is ALSO an independent podcast that could use your support! You can learn more at https://www.tbtl.net/.

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. This week, our editor and mixer was Andrew Walsh of TBTL.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery. This week, we'd also like to specially thank Luke Burbank, Andrew Walsh, Jon Skarloff, and Gary Payton.

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Lindy and Meagan Start a Donkey Fight Club Apr 18, 2024

When the Best Friend Party Phone rings, Lindy and Meagan ANSWER. This week, we hear FROM YOU, our beloved Text Me Backolytes, with stories about the historical figures who make up the very Mount Rushmore of Text Me Back: a squirrel skull, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and a horny ghost. We also introduce two very special new songs to the lore, including one from literal famous person -- and Lindy's former college classmate -- Robert.

Most importantly, we both experience a pretty significant mental breakdown somewhere in the middle of segment one, so you won't want to miss that, AND Lindy and Meagan take a moment to walk down memory lane, which is located somewhere near the Edinburgh TGIFridays.

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If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our editor is -- you guessed it -- Lindy West. Our music and our mixing is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative wizard.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Violate a Man's Privacy Apr 11, 2024

Hi Besties! On this week's episode, Lindy apologizes for immediately failing at being a YouTuber, and Meagan brings sad news about a beloved Text Me Backolyte from the animal kingdom -- that's right, Lindy and Meagan are mourning the loss of the beautiful, enormous snake queen of the Amazon we grew to love, our beloved Freekaconda. Did she die of natural causes? Or were more nefarious forces at play here?

Also, Lindy shares a horrifying and yet ultimately heartwarming tale involving deer entrails, poachers, befriending stoic woodspeople, and the power of WOODS JUSTICE.

And GUESS WHAT? We solve the mystery of the creepy Heather & Mark love (??) letter with the help of our in-house show detective, Rafil Kroll-Zaidi. His new essay, "The Branson Pilgrim," will be available at this link on April 15, 2024. And not a moment sooner!

If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies in addition to the show itself! Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the Best Friend Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our editor is -- you guessed it -- Lindy West. Our music and our mixing is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative wizard.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Solve All Their Psychological Problems with Ozempic Apr 04, 2024

Hello? Are you seeing this? Is the podcast entering your earholes?? Then it must be true that your besties Lindy and Meagan FIGURED OUT HOW TO PODCAST!! Thank you for taking this journey with us, and we hope you enjoy our first-ever INDEPENDENT EPISODE, wherein we:

Beg you for money

Learn additional and even harsher lessons about the limits of our charisma (it turns out Lorraine wasn't the only hater out there)

Bring you our FIRST INDEPENDENT MYSTERY -- thanks to Erin in Wisconsin (and the brand-new BFF Party Phone!) -- featuring the creepiest letter we've ever read that is extremely killer-coded

If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Patreon. This podcast will always be free, but we need your help to produce it -- and if you support our Patreon, you'll get all kinds of goodies on top of the show itself. Learn more about the different tiers and rewards here: https://www.patreon.com/TextMeBackPod

Also! Please keep in touch with us! You can text OR CALL us at the BFF Party Phone: (703) 829-0003.

We're on Instagram at @textmebackpod!

You can email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO BAD!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, proud members of the BFF Network. Our senior producer is Meagan Hatcher-Mays. Our other senior producer is Lindy West. Our editor is -- you guessed it -- Lindy West. Our music and our mixing is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen makes our video clips.

You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

As always, special thanks to our perfect angels, Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.

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Lindy and Meagan Become Independent Women Mar 28, 2024

All the women, who independent: throw your hands up at Lindy and Meagan because they are the Independent Women (Pt. 1) that Destiny’s Child foretold.

That’s right, our beautiful partnership with KUOW is coming to a close — but never fear! The podcast will continue as an INDEPENDENT production!

We hope you’ll consider supporting us by subscribing to our Patreon.

This week’s episode is a banger of a send-off, with special guest BenDeLaCreme, world famous drag queen best known for her time on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6, All Stars, and the exceptional Jinkx and Dela Holiday Special. Dela teaches us how to gain icon status, and we play a very special game of FMK featuring... Dame Maggie Smith??

Enjoy and we WILL see you next week!

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Jeannie Yandel. Our senior producer is Brandi Fullwood. Our mixer is Jason Burrows.

Love the show? Share it with your bestie, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Got a question or accolades for Lindy and Meagan? Join the TMB Text Club! Text BFF to (703) 829-0003. You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

Listen to Lindy on Dr. Sanjay Gupta's podcast: Lindy West on what we’re getting wrong about weight - Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

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Lindy And Meagan Do It Live Mar 21, 2024

This week, Lindy and Meagan go LIVE in front of an audience at Town Hall Seattle! Meagan talks about the dude she almost fought at breakfast the morning of the show. Lindy explains why she missed her family reunion in Norway - and why Meagan went without her. Then celeb guest / bestselling author / world-class gift-giver / NBA fan Angela Garbes plays a truly epic round of FMK with the nine Supreme Court justices.

Check out Angela's appearance on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, her TED Talk about what working parents really need from workplaces, and her two books: Like A Mother and Essential Labor.

TEXT ME BACK is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Jeannie Yandel. Our senior producer is Brandi Fullwood. Our mixer is Jason Burrows.
Love the show? Share it with your bestie, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Got a question or accolades for Lindy and Meagan? Join the TMB Text Club! Text BFF to 206-926-9955. Or email us at textmeback@kuow.org. You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

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Lindy And Meagan Rig The Election Mar 14, 2024

For one shining moment you reached for the sky…and voted for the WINNER of Text Me Bracket, our deranged bracket game that pitted the Best Animals against the Worst People!

This week, Lindy and Meagan announce the winner and talk through the intense matchups, the various losers, Cinderella stories, and devastating upsets. From Kayak Dad to Mr Darcy, there’s much to discuss.And when Text Me Bracket is done — win or lose — you always did your best, because inside you knew… that forcing random people and animals to compete against each other based on no discernible criteria is the most fun thing you can do.

TEXT ME BACK is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Jeannie Yandel. Our senior producer is Brandi Fullwood. Our mixer is Jason Burrows.

Come to TEXT ME BACK LIVE! Join us at Town Hall Seattle on Friday March 15th 7:30-9:30pm. Grab your tickets here.

Love the show? Share it with your bestie, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Got a question or accolades for Lindy and Meagan? Join the TMB Text Club! Text BFF to 206-926-9955. Or email us at textmeback@kuow.org. You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

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Lindy And Meagan Get Drafted Mar 07, 2024

Text Me Back takes on...sports?! OK, hang on. We know your elegant pointer finger is hovering over the skip button right now. But Lindy and Meagan promise you…NBA basketball is actually funny as hell and more dramatic than Love Is Blind. And you don't even really have to watch the games to get the top-shelf comedy. (Although that's where you see the dunks. And the dunks are incredible.)

And speaking of drama, college basketball goes full-on Gladiator once a month with March Madness. Lindy and Meagan have channeled all the good stuff about March Madness (competitiveness, overblown rivalries) and done away with the boring stuff (actual college teams) to bring you Text Me Bracket! We're pitting the Best Animals against the Worst people in our matchups. Head to our Instagram stories @textmebackpod to learn about each bracket and to play along. While you're there, send Lindy some birthday accolades!

TEXT ME BACK is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

Our editor is Jeannie Yandel. Our senior producer is Brandi Fullwood. Our mixer is Jason Burrows.

Come to TEXT ME BACK LIVE! Join us at Town Hall Seattle on Friday March 15th 7:30-9:30pm. Grab your tickets here.

Love the show? Share it with your bestie, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Got a question or accolades for Lindy and Meagan? Join the TMB Text Club! Text BFF to 206-926-9955. Or email us at textmeback@kuow.org. You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

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Lindy and Meagan Have Died of Dysentery Feb 29, 2024

This week on Text Me Back, the greatest podcast in the history of media, Lindy and Meagan dive into their texts to share some hard truths: Tom Cruise is great! Chris Pratt is actually funny? Sorry, discourse, but we need to discuss our problematic faves.

And, your intrepid hosts have departed Independence, Missouri, with nothing more than a dream, a covered wagon, a dimwitted guide, and an unhygienic missionary…that’s right, Oregon Trail is back, baby, and weirder than ever. Will Lindy and Meagan make it to the Willamette Valley without dying of dysentery? Tune in to find out.

Finally, Lindy — president of the weird snake fan club — is at long last bringing us hot snake news all the way from the Amazon. Someone has allegedly found an enormous anaconda, but viewers of the hit 1997 film "Anaconda" starring Jennifer Lopez already knew all about it.

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

Our editor is Jeannie Yandel. Our senior producer is Brandi Fullwood. Our mixer is Jason Burrows.

Come to TEXT ME BACK LIVE! Join us at Town Hall Seattle on Friday March 15th 7:30-9:30pm. Grab your tickets here.

Love the show? Share it with your bestie, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Got a question or accolades for Lindy and Meagan? Join the TMB Text Club! Text BFF to 206-926-9955. Or email us at textmeback@kuow.org. You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

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The Killer Comes For Lindy's Grandpa Feb 22, 2024

This week, Lindy and Meagan can barely contain themselves because they're recording the show in the same room for the first time in Text Me Back history! And unfortunately, the room they're recording in is probably haunted!
Speaking of history, Lindy reveals the blockbuster information she uncovered about her own family's history thanks to the internet. And Meagan reveals a long-buried memory from elementary school. Then, our courageous hosts share deeply creepy stories from the Text Me Back Text Club.

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TEXT ME BACK is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Jeannie Yandel. Our senior producer is Brandi Fullwood Our mixer is Jason Burrows.

Love the show? Share it with your bestie, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!
Got a question or accolades for Lindy and Meagan? Join the TMB Text Club! Text BFF to 206-926-9955. Or email us at textmeback@kuow.org. You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

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Taylor Lorenz's Version Feb 15, 2024

This week on Text Me Back, particularly poignant hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays get scammed by the airline industry and online retailer Saks Off Fifth. Then, bestselling author and Internet historian Taylor Lorenz gives us a reality check on the government PSYOP creating cringe millennial content. She also joins us for a round of FMK(W) Tech CEO edition.

Want more Taylor? Of course you do!

Go read her book: Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

And follow her TikTok or YouTube or her Washington Post column or Substack

TikTok's we mentioned in today's show:

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Join us at Town Hall Seattle on Friday March 15th 7:30-9:30pm. Grab your tickets here.

On February 2nd, Meagan's sweet but spicy Pomeranian Brenda Entertainment Baby passed. If you feel moved to donate to a shelter that helped her live, please consider the Animal Welfare League of Arlington.

TEXT ME BACK is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Jeannie Yandel. Our senior producer is Brandi Fullwood Our mixer is Jason Burrows.

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Got a question or accolades for Lindy and Meagan? Join the TMB Text Club! Text BFF to 206-926-9955. Or email us at textmeback@kuow.org. You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie connections follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!

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A LOTR Valentine's Bonus from TMB! Feb 14, 2024

Text Me Back! hosts / everyone's soul mates Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays understand that Valentine's Day is a made-up holiday. But they love you so much, they made this special Valentine's Day bonus episode just for you anyway! It's chock full of previously unreleased content about Lindy and Meagan's true love, the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Lindy and Meagan bring in a special guest to answer listener questions about the beloved books and movies. Then the hosts play perhaps the spiciest game of Eff, Marry, Kill ever documented, with all the villains of Middle Earth!

Come to Text Me Back Live! at Town Hall Seattle on Friday, March 15 · 7:30 - 9:30pm. Grab your tickets here.

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Lindy Wrote A Theme Song! Feb 08, 2024

Did you know Lindy once wrote and performed a whole entire 80's sitcom-style theme song for this podcast? She did! And did you know Australia will come for you if you try to sneak a plant or animal in? Meagan knows all too well!
In this little mini-episode, you'll hear the podcast theme song that almost was. And you'll learn about one of the more cringeworthy punishments the Australian government handed down to a couple who tried to bring their pets along on a visit.

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A Very Paranormal Swamp Family Reunion Feb 01, 2024

This week on Text Me Back!, condiment fanatic hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, ketch-up for the first time in a long time. Meagan fills us in on the details of which long and boring film she watched that will likely get an Oscar and Lindy had a close encounter with a revenant relative. Then, Doug Lindner, a VIP from Swamp Town, joins us as we venture into getting serious about democracy and the potentially growing power of the Supreme Court (see: Worst People of 2024). And, Lindy updates us on a recent alien discovery. Maybe.

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A Killer Time With Samantha Irby Jan 25, 2024

This week on Text Me Back, generally optimistic hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays allow themselves exactly 4 minutes of time total to hate on Senator Dick Durbin and cream cheese frosting. Then, Lindy and Meagan get too scared to shower after reading some listeners' real-life close calls with The Killer. And bestselling author and beloved TV writer Samantha Irby enters the chat to explain how she got Miranda to beat up The Killer on an episode of Sex And The City reboot And Just Like That.

Want more Sam? Of course you do! Go read her books:
We Are Never Meeting In Real Life

Meaty

Wow, No Thank You

Quietly Hostile

And subscribe to her newsletter!
Who's On Judge Mathis Today?

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Girls vs Ghouls Jan 18, 2024

This week on Text Me Back!, all-star championship hosts, Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays debate a teeny tiny selection of historical battles--from the cinema to the sea. That's right it's the versus, verzuz? episode. First up, a journey across time for the best congressional duels. Then, we settle an age-old question: Which is the best "Pride and Prejudice" adaptation? And, put down the Seattle pride and tell it like it is — are orcas or humpbacks the true king of the seas?

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Conspiracies And Mysteries Jan 11, 2024

This week on Text Me Back!, ever-vigilant hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays reveal they actually really dislike unsolved mysteries. But they press onward anyway, talking about their own recent brushes with mysteries both IRL and online. Meagan uses the podcast to platform her own conspiracy theory that a shadowy government cabal is using TikTok to drive a wedge between Gen Z and millennials. And with the help of the intrepid Text Me Backolytes, Lindy and Meagan finally solve a mystery that's been bedeviling them for more than two decades.

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The Absolute Worst People of 2024 Jan 04, 2024

This week on Text Me Back!, part-time vegan hosts, Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, discuss the new years resolutions that will plague them year-round. Then, they reveal the nominees for the worst people of 2024. Hint: an actor turned megalomaniac chocolatier and a conservative sexpartite tie. And, finally, as promised, sss-snakes!

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The Best Of Text Me Back! (So Far) Dec 28, 2023

Happy cozy high holidays! This week, our beloved hosts Lindy and Meagan walk along the sunny shores of yesterday by bringing back some of their favorite conversations from past episodes of Text Me Back!. This is a perfect episode to share with your besties who haven't listened yet, by the way! Our holiday buffet includes:

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One Episode To Rule Them All: TMB Does LOTR Dec 21, 2023

"We come to it at last, the great podcast of our time." - Gandalf, sort of

Intrepid hosts Lindy and Meagan battle common dismissals of the fantasy genre and tell us what they love and don't love about the beloved series The Lord Of The Rings.

And speaking of beloved, would you marry Gimli or Aragorn? Kill Frodo or Pippin? The hosts play the most epic game of Eff Marry Kill you've ever heard with the heroes from the Fellowship Of The Ring. And finally - Lindy and Meagan make TMB history with their very first guest ever.

May this episode be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

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From Our Pals At WBEZ, It's Nerdette! Dec 18, 2023

Hello friends! We wanted to share this fun episode of the WBEZ podcast Nerdette with you all. If you're looking for your next favorite read, look no further! Host Greta Johnsen and her professional book lovers - Miwa Messer, host of Barnes & Noble’s book podcast Poured Over, and Andrew Limbong, host of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast – talked all about their top picks of the year.

Here are the books mentioned in the episode. For pictures, links and more details, head to Nerdette's website!

Andrew’s picks:

‘Landscapes’ by Christine Lai

‘Poverty by America’ by Matthew Desmond

‘Roaming’ by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

‘Ringmaster’ by Abraham Josephine Riesman

Miwa’s picks:

‘Loot’ by Tania James

‘Ordinary Notes’ by Christina Sharpe

‘Open Throat’ by Henry Hoke

‘Chain Gang All-Stars’ by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Greta’s picks:

‘The Vaster Wilds’ by Lauren Groff

‘The Country of the Blind’ by Andrew Leland

‘The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi’ by Shannon Chakraborty

‘Same Bed Different Dreams’ by Ed Park

Listener picks:

‘The Fragile Threads of Power’ by V.E. Schwab

‘Shrines of Gaiety’ by Kate Atkinson

‘Land of Milk and Honey’ by C Pam Zhang

‘In the Lives of Puppets’ by TJ Klune

‘Monsters’ by Claire Dederer

‘Black River Orchard’ by Chuck Wendi

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It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Swampmas Dec 14, 2023

This week on Text Me Back!, humbled besties, Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, dig into the ethics of delicious and plentiful canapes at elite DC holiday parties. Then, they break out the jam band deep cuts for a spanking new podcast nickname. And of course, a crowd sourced plea to solve a 20 year old mystery hidden in the film Big N Hairy (1998).

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Feral Bog Twins Fan Mail Dec 07, 2023

This week on Text Me Back!, Lindy and Meagan, aka feral bog twins, aka two feminist podcast geniuses, wade through their many pieces of listener tidings and fan mail….and their one confidently wrong piece of hate mail. Together they'll teach us how to keep our long distance besties, explain which girl boss should have retired from the Supreme Court, and help one listener build community with the rat ghosts in her home.

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America's Next Top Best Bully Nov 30, 2023

This week on Text Me Back!, Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays confront the top three bullies: their pets, Trump and his fear of sharks, and...themselves. Because maybe bullies were the best friends we made along the way.

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The Cozy Episode Nov 23, 2023

This week on Text Me Back!, woke-pilled hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, denounce Th*nksgiving and the worst holiday meat. It's Cozygiving! and these besties are taking a big sip of eggnog and pulling up their electric blankets. Then, Meagan gives voice to the trials and tribulations of watching every single episode of Emmy award winning drama House MD. Spoiler alert! He's a genius. And Lindy unearths the magic andarchaeological mysteries of British television via Time Team.

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I(owa) Can Fix Her Nov 16, 2023

This week on Text Me Back!, Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays get deep and personal about living in the woods and Christian Girl Autumn. Then, Lindy digs up every kernel of fact about Iowa. Yes, we're talking about Iowa again! And why is everything we need to make our lives better a grout cleaner and a pebble ice machine?

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It's Our First Episode! Nov 09, 2023

ATTENZIONE PODCAST! In our very first episode of Text Me Back!, Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays tell the origin story of their unstoppable best friendship, and Meagan reveals some much-discussed hot goss from within her DC-insider-swamp-person circles. Then, Lindy and Meagan put on their media analyst hats to discuss breaking vampire news from an archaeological dig in rural Poland.

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PREVIEW 2! Scientists Need Improv Classes Nov 08, 2023

LAUNCH DAY IS ALMOST HEEEEERE! The first full episode of Text Me Back! comes out on November 9th. To tide you over, here's another lil sneak preview of the show. In this clip, Meagan and Lindy take on a (literally) huge issue - the largest whale that ever existed, and its underwhelming name.

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PREVIEW: Attenzione! Oct 31, 2023

We're so excited to get Lindy and Meagan in your earholes that we wanted to share this little sneak preview of the show. In this 5-minute chat, Meagan tells Lindy about a TikTok wormhole she's fallen down.

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Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-Mays (Official Trailer) Oct 20, 2023

Text Me Back is a weekly conversation and comedy podcast about best friendship and making your favorite people laugh even when the world gets you down. It’s created and hosted by NYT bestselling author Lindy West and judiciary and democracy policy expert Meagan Hatcher-Mays, two Award-Winning Best Friends (holders of the prestigious Most Likely To Make You Laugh title from their high school's senior class poll). New episodes drop every Thursday beginning November 9th. Text Me Back is a production of KUOW, Seattle’s NPR station.

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