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

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!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.

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!      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.

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!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.

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. ⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩ 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!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.

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. *** Come to TEXT ME BACK LIVE! Join us at Town Hall Seattle on Friday March 15th 7:30-9:30pm. Grab your tickets here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kuow-presents-text-me-back-live-tickets-797744574497***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!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.

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: Kahlil Greene Snarky Marky Barfly7777 Absolutely Lisa ⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩ 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. ⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩ 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!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.

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. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kuow-presents-text-me-back-live-tickets-797744574497 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.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! 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.

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 on Friday, March 15 · 7:30 - 9:30pm. Grab your tickets here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kuow-presents-text-me-back-live-tickets-797744574497 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. Diana Bowen makes our video content. 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. 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.

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

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?  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! 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.  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.