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Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Leave You with a Dope Beat to Step ToOkay faithful listeners!! DON’T PANIC but this is the last episode before our summer break! We hope you too are preserving your sanity in whatever way you can. But don’t worry! We will still be doing podcast stuff like guesting on other pods, recording with a few fabulous guests for Text Me Back, releasing our free newsletter NEWSLETTER ME BACK, and god forbid taking a few big long naps. And we’ll also give you a few fun things in the feed to make sure you don’t ghost our asses for good. Our first segment w...2025-06-261h 13Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Coiled to Strike the BabyFirst up, Amy Klobuchar…did our BBW invite get lost in the mail? Did we bump our heads and forget that we were honored attendees?? Ames??????But headlining this episode is a BRAND NEW *I CAN FIX HER* JINGLE!! Thank you listener Krista!!! We simply had to share it and therefore are reporting on that which is fixing us. Namely wax strips and a certain piece of non-religious literature sent by an anonymous Tom ;)Next, our values are up for grabs–is the short stubby screw worm a snake? Call in with your thoughts (703) 829-0003 or v...2025-06-1956 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Decommission Their DragonThis week, we’re happy to report that Hat Girl Summer continues with some incredible reporting from the Grace Jones concert that Meagan attended. HAT. She made friends with all the sapphics and twinks so sometimes life is still good??? BTW happy pride, listeners! If you’re reading this you’re officially a little GAY (complimentary!!!!!!!!!!!)And from there, we get into some classic Pre-Taped Call-In show news where we break down news that is still definitely relevant and the most important thing going on right now!!! What could happen between two Thursdays in 2025? Sidenote: to bridge that e...2025-06-121h 06Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Having a Hat Girl SummerThis week, Lindy wears a hat!!!!It’s Hat Girl Summer, and Lindy is patient zero. We know that could be the whole episode, BUT we have business to discuss. We have landed on a name for our $12 Patreon tier. Hint: It’s NOT Big Beautiful Listeners, but you miiiight just see BBL designated to something else in the near future. We love love loved hearing from you all on the Patreon. Never stop pitching us names and your weird little ideas over at patreon.com/textmebackpod!Next on the docket, we have a Whatcha Watc...2025-06-051h 13Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Professors in StinkonomicsImportant Mormon intel. A correction re: our innate sense of rhythm. The FaT ShoT DruG (that isn’t working). A new installment of Liam Neeson, Help! Lindy has been TAKEN by a Toxic Man: Debit Card Edition. Plus, our buried headline: Meagan’s Wikifeet. Apparently, Meagan has a robust and active page all to herself, leading Meagan to book the first flight available to space with Gayle and the gang to escape this reality. In space, no one can see your feet. And fan favorite segment I Can Fix Her is back! Here are our picks of the w...2025-05-291h 01Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are NOT Throwing TarantulasWe would like to humbly announce that we are ✨ready ✨ to accept that Golden Globe for Podcasting despite them not being particularly interested!!! We won’t let that stop us 💫This week, we are reaching deep into the mail bag. Strangely, all animal-themed (ani-mail bag??). You know us so well! You know who we wish knew us a little less? A problematic little organization that is a homonym of our favorite flatbread. So sorry, Wes, we love those animals but we are not on board with the vibes. Stick to Chimp Crazy babe!But to cleanse o...2025-05-2254 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Scoot Scoot Scootin’ on Heaven’s DoorAyyy no Nazi Pope! We’ll never put ketchup on a hot dog again!We’re on a new beat today called RELIGION 🙏👼With America’s personality rankings in the toilet, a non-Nazi Pope was anything but guaranteed, but then we find out that our Chicago Pope has been beefing with JD Vance since the inauguration?? Okay, praise Him!! And next these BBWs have an important business reminder: we have a brand new Patreon tier coming soon! And did we mention that you get AD FREE episodes as well as secret audio-only eps at our $12 le...2025-05-151h 07Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Are Sick at the Pool Party (feat. Sam Irby!)This week, Lindy is dying :/ Bye girl!!!But the show must go on! So this week we are releasing a very special episode. An abridged semi-exclusive limited release Very Special Episode previously only heard on our Patreon! That’s right. It’s 2 Shrill 2 Furious: Portland Drift—our rewatch series of Shrill. Specifically, we’re talking about the Pool Party episode written by the incredible Samantha Irby. And you’re gonna lose it, but we are joined by NONE OTHER than Sam Irby HERSELF.We’re talking about fangirling over Mary Cherry aka Leslie Grossman, jokes that were tr...2025-05-0859 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Hit Their Faces with Tiny HammersWe have so many new delights to share with you. First off, we’re GORGEOUS?? Lindy washes her bangs and Meagan is absolutely slathered in rouge. Tune into our socials to see the evidence of this glow-up/looks-maxxing, and let us know if it’s worth all the effort @textmebackpod on IG. And we also share a BFF endorsement/reunion story that means everything to us!! This is your invitation to send every episode of Text Me Back to your bestie.Plus, there are some major updates to our Whatcha Watchin’. Lindy is on a new beat called...2025-05-011h 07Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are OVER the MoonHOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM! GET 👏US 👏OUTTA HERE 👏Last week dire wolves, this week…Gayle King is in space? You might think that all of the world’s problems have been solved if we’re spending time doing this nonsense–but actually, nope! Believe it or not things are actually worse than ever! The BBWs are losing their minds in real time, but that’s okay because Magic Mind is here to tether them gently to Earth. In other news! Barry has tragically been re-coned and Lindy and Meagan are regaled by the ho...2025-04-241h 01Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Do ImpressionsHello faithful Text Me Backolytes and welcome new listeners (we’re sorry in advance to newbies! You could not have chosen a more wild starting place, but you’ll catch on fast!). Today Lindy and Meagan kick off with a humble but necessary installment of Department of Corrections: Peter Edition. Apparently one of these colonizing yahoos from last week did, in fact, step foot in Washington State–but don’t worry, we’ve decided to make that one a bonus Q so you can still graduate 8th grade. But the question remains: WHICH Peter from last week is the lucky boy...2025-04-1755 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan on Planes, Trains, and SubarusIf you thought Lindy’s train adventure was an unhinged delight YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT. This week it’s Meagan who hits the dusty trail on a trek from Washington, (District of Columbia) to Washington (State). Meagan bravely Dale Coopers her whole ass off with that tiny influencer mic. Along the way she endures a mid-flight beef with her evil auntie doppelganger, being bullied by her brother, and a fight for her life over a Caesar salad.And not to brag but some pretty good stuff happens along the way too. Meagan lear...2025-04-101h 18
Pop Culture Debate Club with Ronald Young Jr.Nicolas Cage vs. John TravoltaWho is better: Nicolas Cage or John Travolta? Text Me Back co-hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays return for this live debate from On Air Fest! Lindy argues that Cage has much more range on-screen and is far less controversial off-screen. Meagan (who used to run a John Travolta hate page on MySpace) points out that Travolta is a triple threat: Oscar-nominated actor, dancer, and singer with four top-40 hits. How will Ronald Young Jr. rule? And will the live audience agree? Follow Lindy @thelindywest on Instagram and Meagan @importantmeagan on Instagram. K...2025-04-0339 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Are Robbed at Fang PointThis week, Lindy and Meagan submit a heartfelt notes app apology. We are so sorry to all the snakes and worms and devoted listeners out there. To help mend some of these shattered fences, we bring you not just one…but THREE Snakes of the Week 🐍🐍🐍!!! Thank you to a loyal Husband listener Peter for submitting an iconic snake anecdote! And next, we are joined by our Pete Hegseth Correspondent Rafil! The emojis and memes are FLYING between Rafil, Jeffrey Goldberg, Pete Hegseth, Vice President J.D. Vance, Lindy, and Meagan. If YOU want to be a part of our...2025-04-031h 01Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Bring Unsettling Energy to the Hype HouseLindy is running on the fumes of borrowed youth, and Meagan is one (1) glass of wine deep. This is the opposite of a Magic Mind episode where we’re cool collected cucumbers and we’re calling it Tipsy Back Podcast!Lindy brings tidings from the So True Hype House, where Lindy desperately tries to impress her young comedy crushes, starts a group chat she may or may not be kicked out of, and endures a self-imposed spiral of rarely-seen proportions. Next…we asked and you delivered, friends! Ghost grandpas, sweaty side-hugging men offering some armchair psychia...2025-03-271h 15Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Lead as Two KingsWelcome to another classic episode of Text Me Back, where Lindy and Meagan, two self-appointed kings, tackle the most pressing issues of our time. See agenda below:FIRST AGENDA ITEM: Buggies. Meagan bullies a neighbor by sending another round of live bugs to a stranger’s building. And friends…there is potentially a third round of bugs en route. The only real downside is that this is accidental bullying and Meagan may have to leave the D.C. area :/NEXT UP: We’re checking in on Lindy’s Rebuilding Year! Wi...2025-03-2054 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Are in a Constitutional Crisis and 💫 So Are You 💫!This week we continue a-milkin’ that New York cow! Um, excuse us? We are walking here. Meagan and Lindy make a brave break from their cozy hotel room into the NYC winter night to watch Drag Race at a local bar/mystery tent and meet THE Thorgy Thor camping out in there! Somebody go back in time, call our elder care facility, and tell them to bring us a knit blanket! Have you ever experienced a winter chill? DM us Y/N @textmebackpodAnd next, we add a sexy twist to our age-old Segment P...2025-03-131h 02Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Choo Choo Choose ChaosUnearthed from their On Air Fest goodie bags, Lindy and Meagan discover little teensy influencer microphones! And if you know how jazzed one host in particular gets about the media board, you can guess what this means–absolute unhinged chaos aka a cross country FIELD TRIP! 🚂But before Lindy shares her unfiltered reporting from her truly epic train ride from DC to Seattle, Lindy and Meagan recap their On Air Fest experiences, walking away with one important question: What in the sweet hell happened to the crafty crackers? These VIP BBWs are supposed to eat p...2025-03-0655 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Sleep Their Way to the Top (with Big Fig AND Big Ron)Today, Lindy and Meagan are recording this episode in their most natural state: lying down.That’s right–these two sleepy gals are broadcasting from a very fancy Big Fig mattress at On Air Fest in Brooklyn, NYC aka DA BIG APPLE. And they’re not alone! They’re in bed with the biggest grifter in the biz, a legendary podcast king and professional menace…Ronald Young Jr. Big Ron gives us the scoop on New York's hottest restaurants (a sexy little local joint~Aplé-beis~), gives us many a glad tiding, and tells us Watch-him Watchin! Are you watc...2025-02-2745 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Kind of Like, ChonkayDeep-cut audio lore, chaotic jingles, and possibly altering the course of America—just another exceedingly normal episode of Text Me Back.🚨🚨Hot Take Alert 🚨🚨Meagan defends nepo babies? If you’re into blazing hot takes from topics that were top of mind in 2014, you are in for a real treat today. And a new segment means a call for a new theme song! Zuma Rossdale Stefani please we need your help!!!!And Lindy held the future of America in her DMs?? GRIMES!! CALL US GIRL! (703) 829-0003.And speakin...2025-02-201h 11
Pop Culture Debate Club with Ronald Young Jr.Macaulay Culkin vs. Elijah WoodWhich actor had the better childhood career: Macaulay Culkin or Elijah Wood? Text Me Back co-hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays battle it out today. Lindy argues that Macaulay’s childhood career undoubtedly has had the bigger impact on popular culture. Meagan counters that Elijah’s 90s repertoire proves his superior range as an actor, and foreshadows his more successful adult career. Ronald Young Jr. considered this very debate when he was a kid during the height of Elijah and Macaulay’s childhood stardom. But how will he rule today? Follow Lindy @thelindywest on Instagram and Mea...2025-02-2034 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Crazy Ladies Livin’ in a BagAss oil, Dongexploder, and The Puppies! If those words and phrases make sense to you, you’ve been perusing the Text Me Back Biki and are OBSESSED with us! This week, these two supermodels do the impossible: record a podcast. Lindy goes absolutely feral on the mediaboard, testing the limits of both podcasting and her friendship with Meagan. Meagan has an important mouth update. Lindy is discriminated against AND/OR is herself the perpetrator? Tell us what you think happened in that coffee shop at deartextmeback@gmail.com! And then when you’re done with that, contact the E...2025-02-131h 01Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Start a Wikifeet Retirement PlanLots of news to get into today! First up, we start off with DOG THOUGHTS that includes an absolutely iconic voicemail from a very good husband listener named Gerald. Yes, Gerald, this time we ARE talking about you! If YOU want to tell us more about bull penis use-cases, call the Best Friend Party Phone at (703) 829-0003. And we have a new segment: The Reddit Report! What on Eru’s green Middle Earth is friggin HAPPENING around here??? Is it so hard to all agree that literal Nazis are bad and don’t belong in our Hobbitty littl...2025-02-0658 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Bring Snakes to a Gun FightThis week we welcome Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, our in-house private eye and bear oil enthusiast, who gives us some pretty hot gossip in this week’s Segment P.U.B.E.S. We’re learning who these dangerous yahoos are stocking Trump’s cabinet, and this week’s featured player is:-An alumnus from America’s most expensive clown college, Princeton*-A geography novice and a military fangirl-A former Fox & Friends host-A bona fide dick-shooterThat’s right, it’s P.U.B.E of the week Peter Hegseth! Good...2025-01-301h 08Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Corner the Zombie Pig DemographicA real embarrassment of riches over here on the Text Me Back side of the internet. First, we pay tribute to David Lynch, which bridges poetically into our next phase of entertainment: the Trump administration’s trailblazing focus on Making Hollywood Great Again with washed up losers who failed out of Hollywood! If art isn’t dead already, these freakin’ ding dongs will make sure it’s killed for good.But you know what? We also have good news. Our segment Normal News brings us wonderful news about zombie pig brains! And in the famed and celebrated segment...2025-01-231h 15Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Have Dog ThoughtsWe’re back again! And maybe this episode is slightly more normal than last week’s (complimentary)? We’re back on our Whatcha Watchin’ nonsense, and we’re talking Later Daters, The Ultimatum, Dateline, Sports (Beyoncé), and last and absolutely least: ReelShorts (??). Have you seen Later Daters?? TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS at deartextmeback@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram. Are you getting served ReelShorts slop? Tell Meagan EVERYTHING via the Best Friend Party Phone at (703) 829-0003. Bonus points if you tell us what soaps you grew up with.We are also ecstatic to present our...2025-01-161h 02Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Are Even Better BBWs in 2025It may be the dead of winter, but in our hearts the clammy buds of spring are bursting–and so are Lindy and Meagan!—with squeaky-clean teeth, resolutions, and creamed corn. This week, they dive into their post-holiday recap, revisit their 2024 affirmations, and commit to their new 2025 goals (including being Even Better Better Businesswomen!!). Plus, the Text Me Backolytes share their own resolutions! We are eating fruit, sewing, cooking, and enriching our pets’ lives. We are going to the library. We are being cute. This is the resistance, friends!It’s no...2025-01-091h 06
TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live#4348 Persuadable EmusLuke and Andrew team-up with Lindy and Meagan of Text Me Back for the long-awaited return of their podcasting supergroup best known as “TMBTL Of The Dog.” They discuss Lindy’s new animal shelter gig, Meagan’s “lil buggies”, Luke’s political yard signs, and Andrew’s rat problem (and how he plans to not help solve it.) 2024-11-291h 11Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Hang Out with Andrew and Luke Again!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 pro...2024-11-291h 14Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Can’t Just Buy One DonkeyBBW 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...2024-11-211h 06Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Get their Asses Got: LIVE at the Reser!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 Sp...2024-11-141h 38Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Recorded This Before The Bad Thing HappenedOh 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...2024-11-071h 09Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Accidentally Build a Haunted HouseHappy 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 authorita...2024-10-311h 05Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Pay off their Library Debt: LIVE!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 perf...2024-10-241h 07
Cascade PBS Ideas Festival“Text Me Back!” Prepares Us for the ElectionCo-hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays remind us to laugh in this bonus episode recorded live at the Seattle Public Library on October 15.
Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays join us again for another lively discussion on The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival podcast.
In a special bonus episode, Cascade PBS partnered with The Seattle Public Library Foundation to put on a live podcast taping of Text Me Back! featuring West and Hatcher-Mays, who were part of the Ideas Festival lineup earlier this year.
The conversation, moderated by Cascade PBS anchor Paris Jackson, took a ligh...2024-10-231h 06Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Take the No-Giggle Pledge (And You Can Too!)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 pres...2024-10-171h 14Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Claim the Coveted Title of Ink MasterThis 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 dar...2024-10-101h 02Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Call Out Assholes by NameIf 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...2024-10-031h 19Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan’s Appendect-isodeThis 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...2024-09-261h 13Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Have the Regular Number of OrgansIn 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.2024-09-1930 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Tell State Secrets Near a Beluga Spy Whale (our bad!)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 @textmebackpodSend y...2024-09-1239 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Maxi Pads in the Night BreezeSound 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 mi...2024-09-051h 02Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Are the Michigan J. Frog of PodcastsHello, 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 ch...2024-08-2957 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Get Shrill (Patreon Sneak Peek!)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...2024-08-2249 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Stay on the OnesThis 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...2024-08-1552 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Discuss the Ups and Downs of LifeThis 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...2024-08-0858 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Party PoopersYou 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 thei...2024-08-021h 23
TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live#4263 We Texted Them Back!TBTL once again teams up with Lindy and Meagan at the Text Me Back podcast to bring you another installment of the supergroup famously known as “TMTBL Of The Dog.” They discuss Lindy’s post-party conundrum, Meagan’s Olympic observations, and Andrew’s obsession with a 40-year old game show. Oh, and Luke’s pans. They also talk about Luke’s pans.2024-08-021h 26Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Roll for CharismaIt’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. L...2024-07-251h 06Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Put the "AD" in ADHDThis 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 commerci...2024-07-181h 07Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Officially BBWsThis 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...2024-07-111h 07Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Love Their Proud Gay (78 Million Year Old) SonIt’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 Ame...2024-07-041h 06Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Corner the Husband DemographicThis 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 access...2024-06-2749 min
Moms of FlavortownMoF 65 - Congrats to [REDACTED]! - Top Chef Wisconsin Finale!!!Send us a textDebbie (@waynesbasement) and Rachel (@rachelscbloor) are rolling out to recap Top Chef Wisconsin Episode 14 - the finale!!! We talk communal vacations and communal living, Emeril as the SURPRISE GUEST, our favorite cousin Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and of course our kids and what we’re cooking! Follow us for all things Food Network, Top Chef, The Bear, parenting, communism, memes, and whatever else!! Remember - we will be off for the next 2 weeks and then back with recap of The BEAR!Michelle - Fan Favoritehttp...2024-06-2659 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Ride Lizz Winstead’s Pontoon BoatThis 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...2024-06-131h 04Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Stalk Conan O'BrienThis 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...2024-06-0659 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Imagine Dragons Beyond the Flat Earth Ice WallWhat 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...2024-05-301h 05Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Need to Talk About KevinThis 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...2024-05-2349 minCascade PBS Ideas FestivalLaughing at Hollywood and the U.S. Supreme CourtLindy West, Meagan Hatcher-Mays and Guy Branum rank Hollywood celebrities and Supreme Court justices in a lighthearted take on pop culture and politics.
New York Times bestselling author Lindy West and democracy expert and “recovering lawyer” Meagan Hatcher-Mays have been best friends for 25 years. Their podcast, Text Me Back!, celebrates that friendship through lively discussions of pop culture, politics, the paranormal and more.
As part of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival in early May, West and Hatcher-Mays took the stage with comedian and actor Guy Branum for a raucous, gossip-filled dissection of both Hollywood celebrities and th...2024-05-2048 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Agree: RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm Is NOT a Girls' Girl!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.2024-05-1659 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Demand Hollywood Secrets from Guy Branum (Live!)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...2024-05-0945 min
Normal GossipReady to be Bunco-ified with Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays join us for a story where the protagonists find themselves, in the words of our submitter, "stuck in an inescapable Samuel Beckett style loop of scandal gossip, rumor and orthotic shoes." Listen to their podcast, Text Me Back, and subscribe to their Patreon!PRE-ORDER KELSEY'S BOOK, YOU DIDN'T HEAR THIS FROM ME, HERE!!!Subscribe to our new newsletter for writing from Kelsey and Alex, blog recommendations, and bonus secrets! You can support Normal Gossip directly by buying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supp...2024-05-0858 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Haterz with a ZIn 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...2024-05-0259 min
TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live#4193 Super FriendsLuke and Andrew team up with Lindy and Meagan from the Text Me Back podcast to create a podcasting supergroup of sorts. Or maybe it’s more of a “Voltron of hilarity”, or a “half-chipmunk, half-horse of digital audio content”? Whatever you call it, it’s a lot of laughs and a lot of talk about frying pans. 2024-04-261h 04Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan are Too Beautiful to LiveHi 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. ⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°If you like this episode and want us to keep making the show forever, please subscribe to our Pa...2024-04-261h 01Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Start a Donkey Fight ClubWhen 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...2024-04-1849 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Violate a Man's PrivacyHi 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...2024-04-1157 minText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Solve All Their Psychological Problems with OzempicHello? 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...2024-04-0446 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Become Independent WomenAll 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 exceptio...2024-03-281h 04
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy And Meagan Do It LiveThis 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 bo...2024-03-211h 01
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy And Meagan Rig The ElectionFor 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 discernibl...2024-03-1429 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy And Meagan Get DraftedText 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 Mar...2024-03-0743 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy and Meagan Have Died of DysenteryThis 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 f...2024-02-2943 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysThe Killer Comes For Lindy's GrandpaThis 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! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysTaylor Lorenz's VersionThis 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...2024-02-1557 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysA LOTR Valentine's Bonus from TMB!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!
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Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysLindy Wrote A Theme Song!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.
Come to Text Me Back Live! at Town Hall Seattle o...2024-02-0818 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysA Very Paranormal Swamp Family ReunionThis 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.
Come to...2024-02-0139 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysA Killer Time With Samantha IrbyThis 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: 2024-01-2548 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysGirls vs GhoulsThis 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?
Got a question or accolades for Lindy and Meagan? Join the TMB Text Club! Text BFF to...2024-01-1851 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysConspiracies And MysteriesThis 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.
Got a question or accolades f...2024-01-1139 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysThe Absolute Worst People of 2024This 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!
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 Insta...2024-01-0440 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysThe Best Of Text Me Back! (So Far)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:
Lindy and Meagan's friendship origin story (Episode 1)
Lindy's close encounters with bears in her yard (Episode 2)
A listener's close encounter with rat ghosts (Episode 5)
Meagan's terrible decision to re-watch all of the TV show House (Episode 3)
Send us accolades! Join the T...2023-12-2851 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysOne Episode To Rule Them All: TMB Does LOTR"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...2023-12-2153 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysFrom Our Pals At WBEZ, It's Nerdette!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 La...2023-12-1841 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysIt's Beginning To Look A Lot Like SwampmasThis 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).
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. And follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest a...2023-12-1443 min
TV, I Say w/ Ashley RayI Only Watch Reruns w/ Lindy West & Meagan Hatcher-MaysZiwe interviewing George Santos, Julianna Margulies “as someone who plays a lesbian journalist" comments, it's been a chaotic week in TV news! Lindy West & Meagan Hatcher-Mays join Ashley to break down all the TV goss and explain why reruns of Antiques Roadshow are soothing. They also discuss their favorite recent docs including Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife and Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God. Donate to Hollywood crew members in need at The Entertainment Community Fund. If you have 2 minutes, please help TV I Say grow by filling out this su...2023-12-1357 min
NerdetteSpecial Episode - Text Me BackThis week, we're sharing a podcast from our public radio friends KUOW in Seattle. It's called "Text Me Back" and it's all about friendship and making your favorite people laugh, even when this dumpster fire of a world gets you down.Bestselling writer Lindy West and democracy policy expert Meagan Hatcher-Mays are two award-winning best friends from high school. Each week, Lindy and Meagan will hilariously digest what’s going on in the news, their lives and their text threads with their singular combination of political smarts, embarrassing sincerity, and a truly concerning level of investment in pop cu...2023-12-0822 minNerdetteSpecial Episode - Text Me BackThis week, we're sharing a podcast from our public radio friends KUOW in Seattle. It's called "Text Me Back" and it's all about friendship and making your favorite people laugh, even when this dumpster fire of a world gets you down.Bestselling writer Lindy West and democracy policy expert Meagan Hatcher-Mays are two award-winning best friends from high school. Each week, Lindy and Meagan will hilariously digest what’s going on in the news, their lives and their text threads with their singular combination of political smarts, embarrassing sincerity, and a truly concerning level of investment in pop cu...2023-12-0822 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysFeral Bog Twins Fan MailThis 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.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at htt...2023-12-0740 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysAmerica's Next Top Best BullyThis 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.
Got questions for Meagan about the baffling inner workings of our democracy? Or for Lindy about snakes? Got a friendship dilemma that could use the insight of two Award-Winning Best Friends? We're here for you! Text B-F-F to 206-926-9955 to join the Text Me Back Text Club.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....2023-11-3049 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysThe Cozy EpisodeThis 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 and archaeological mysteries of British television via Time Team.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...2023-11-2338 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysI(owa) Can Fix HerThis 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?
Got questions for Meagan about the baffling inner workings of our democracy? Or for Lindy about snakes? Got a friendship dilemma that could use the insight of two Award-Winning Best Friends? We're here for you! Text B-F-F to 206...2023-11-1636 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysIt's Our First Episode!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.
Got questions for Meagan about the baffling inner workings of our democracy? Or for Lindy about snakes? Got a friendship dilemma that could use the insight of two Award-Winning Best Friends? We're here for you! Text B-F-F to 206...2023-11-0942 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysPREVIEW 2! Scientists Need Improv ClassesLAUNCH 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2023-11-0804 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysPREVIEW: Attenzione!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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2023-11-0105 min
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-MaysText Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-Mays (Official Trailer)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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Priv...2023-10-2002 min
The Wellness ScoopHow to Create Positive Body ImageBody image concerns are prevalent, so the question is how do we proactively fight against that pressure and foster a body sense of self and in doing so create a positive body image. Should we just stop talking about body image altogether, how far reaching are the consequences of a negative view on ourselves, what role does social media play and how do we change it for our children? We explore all this and much more with body image researcher Nadia Craddock.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/play-episode/id1428704212?i=1000427670685 A s...2020-07-2851 min