Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-Mays Taylor Lorenz's Version
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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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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