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

Lindy and Meagan Low-Key Have High Hopes

In the Text Me Back universe, Meagan and Lindy are but 22 days into the year. Ahhh so young so innocent. Their New Year's Resolutions clinging so bravely on.BUT FIRST. Not one, but TWO surprise microsegments from these two crazy ladies. Find out what little treat Lindy is finding criminally underrated, and which 2025 film has left Meagan losing faith in the integrity of the Oscars. Tell us which film you’re committing crimes to help win best picture in the discord at patreon.com/textmebackpod #oscarssocars And in our headlining segment of the week, gird your loins and check your bedsheets, we’re bringing back one of our OG segments. That’s right…it’s time for SNAKE OF THE WEEK.OUR CONTENDERS FOR SNAKE OF THE WEEK:SOTW #1SOTW #2SOTW #3SOTW #4SOTW #5As always, email us with your thoughts, and with any personal snakes of the week you’d like us to be aware of via deartextmeback@gmail.com.And on an animal-related note: How much onion can a dog eat? Licensed vets, please contact the BFF party phone at (703) 829-0003 if you’d like to be our resident veterinarian, we have a loooot of ailing animals.NEVER LISTENED TO THE POD BEFORE? HERE IS YOUR STARTER KIT TO BEING BFFS WITH US!Listen to our full 2026 resolutions in Lindy and Meagan will Run VenezuelaMeet Kevin in: Lindy and Meagan Need to Talk About KevinLearn why they keep saying BBW in Lindy and Meagan Are Officially BBWsDiscover the Kayak Dad Lore in: It’s Our First Episode!WE NEED OUR ACCOLADES! It helps people find the show.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Spotify⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Apple PodcastsGive us Rave Reviews and Accolades on Apple Podcasts! “This podcast gives me the same feeling as when I get to catch up with my long distance best friend!Thank you for making it ♥️”STSCHWARTZ THAT IS BECAUSE YOU **ARE OUR** LONG DISTANCE BEST FRIEND! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ STUFF TO CHECK OUT:Pre-Order Lindy’s book!!!! Adult BracesLindy’s book tour infoFollow Meagan on LetterboxdNew Year’s Resolution Fail dressNEWSLETTER ME BACK (A FREE WAY TO SUPPORT THE SHOW!)Check out SWAMP PERSON Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news!Check out our MERCH so we can make MORE merch!! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)Listen Ad-Free by joining our $12 Patreon tier Freakaconda!Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news!Join our Discord! We’re obsessed with these people.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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/TextMeBackPodAlso! 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!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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 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!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sneak Preview: ADULT BRACES IS OUT NOW!!!!!!

Hello beautiful Text Me Backolytes!!!We are thrilled to share with you a free chapter of Lindy's new book Adult Braces. We know MOST of you have undoubtedly already rabidly pre-purchased the hard copy, BUT the audio book is truly such a delight. It's ready by Lindy herself. You'll hear such gems as: "If you're still being drilled by a man...have you consider a woman??? It's 2026!!!"Buy your beautiful hard copy here!https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lindy-west/adult-braces/9780306831836/Or here!https://bookshop.org/p/books/adult-braces-driving-myself-sane-lindy-west/0870b710f235c1b9?Check out the full audiobook on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/5F535shsbAUuaoRORqnZ7o?si=c9fe898eb6b44f34Or on Audible! https://www.audible.com/pd/Adult-Braces-Audiobook/B0FH5V48WK?srsltid=AfmBOooc1XfrUJNh5XUG2irzK2ug9xQaHFaZSf_c30sE3UrwOcyiou-nWe also love our local bookshops and libraries!!!!! And don't forget to check out Lindy's book tour and follow her around the country!https://www.instagram.com/thelindywest/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lindy and Meagan and Isolde and Ella ARE the Adults in the Room

Guys…high school was CRAZY.This week, we sit down with names you may know from Text Me Back outros of yore, Isolde Raftery and Ella Hushagen. That’s right, Garfield Class of NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS UNITE! Woof woof Bulldogs! Ella and Isolde unpack even more of what the hell went on at Garfield High, and it’s a true testament to their journalistic chops that they broke this story back in Y2K and are still looking for answers (still waiting on your comments Seattle Public Schools! Call Isolde back!!!!). You’re going to want to go listen to all available eps ASAP because all this makes Lindy and Meagan make sense. Pleaaaase please go listen to Adults in the Room! It’s sooooooo gooooood. We’re getting involved with THAT. And tell us about YOUR insane time being a teenager in the Discord at Patreon.com/textmebackpod :)Trigger warning: We do not go into gratuitous or explicit detail about these awful topics, but as it is the premise of Adults in the Room we talk about suicide, sexual abuse, and grooming. You know…major themes of the ‘90s. NEVER LISTENED TO THE POD BEFORE? HERE IS YOUR STARTER KIT TO BEING BFFS WITH US!Meet Kevin in: Lindy and Meagan Need to Talk About KevinLearn why they keep saying BBW in Lindy and Meagan Are Officially BBWsDiscover the Kayak Dad Lore in: It’s Our First Episode!WE NEED OUR ACCOLADES! It helps people find the show.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Spotify⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Apple PodcastsGive us Rave Reviews and Accolades on Apple Podcasts! REAL LIFE EXAMPLE:Keep on Swamping.This show always gets my serotonin flowing. I think you should keep going with Swamp Person, too! Meagan offers a great perspective on the current state of the country. It's not sugar coating, but it doesn't make me want to wander into the woods to be eaten by a cougar.KMARTINEZ328 **THIS REVIEW** IS OUR SEROTONIN AND WE WILL NOT LET YOU BE EATEN BY A COUGAR!!!!!!!!!STUFF TO CHECK OUT:Adults in the Room with our besties Ella and Isolde!!Learn more about Rick here!Pre-Order Lindy’s book!!!! Adult BracesNEWSLETTER ME BACK (A FREE WAY TO SUPPORT THE SHOW!)Check out SWAMP PERSON Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news!Check out our MERCH so we can make MORE merch!! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)Listen Ad-Free by joining our $12 Patreon tier Freakaconda!Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news!Join our Discord! We’re obsessed with these people.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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/TextMeBackPodAlso! 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!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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 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!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lindy and Meagan and Franchesca Love a Lace Front Beard Wig

Okay shut up shut up we have to focus!!!We have the INCREDIBLE Franchesca Ramsey in the house, so we can’t be distracted by things like 1) what Text Me Back even is? 2) if it is good or bad. Franchesca’s presence punctures one of the central tenets of Text Me Back - for SHE has a podcast (Lemme Fix it!) AND she is also the iconic host of Webby nominated series We Were All Rooting for You. We have people looking into this, but initial reporting suggests that there may be other podcasts apart from Text Me Back. Seems suspicious, but we will circle back when we know more.And since Franchesca is the big brain behind Lindy’s renewed internet fame, we’re talking about our TOP CELEBRITY BEEFS. You’ll never guess who we have called out, betrayed, and been blocked by. Thomas Lennon, follow Lindy again if you forgive us!! Sorry we didn’t like that one movie you were in, buddy!!! And because we’re talking about internet psychos, that naturally brings us to Tyra Banks, America’s Next Top Model, and Jake and Logan Paul. PLUS: updates on the tumbleweed situation, stay tuned til the end!!NEVER LISTENED TO THE POD BEFORE? HERE IS YOUR STARTER KIT TO BEING BFFS WITH US!Hear the start of the tumbleweed conversation in Lindy and Meagan Apologize to the DJ DemographicMeet Kevin in: Lindy and Meagan Need to Talk About KevinLearn why they keep saying BBW in Lindy and Meagan Are Officially BBWsDiscover the Kayak Dad Lore in: It’s Our First Episode!WE NEED OUR ACCOLADES! It helps people find the show.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Spotify⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Apple PodcastsGive us Rave Reviews and Accolades on Apple Podcasts! REAL LIFE EXAMPLE:Upgrading our morning commute - My Martinelli-loving teenagers and I listen to this podcast together every morning on the way to school (parceled out over the week.) We adore Lindy and Meagan!SFLABRECQ WE ADORE YOU AND YOUR TEENAGERS AND YOUR MARTINELLIS!!!!STUFF TO CHECK OUT:Pre-Order Lindy’s book!!!! Adult BracesCareless People book rec from FranchescaWe Were All Rooting For YouLemme Fix It@chescaleigh on YTAdults in the Room with our besties Ella and Isolde!!NEWSLETTER ME BACK (A FREE WAY TO SUPPORT THE SHOW!)Check out SWAMP PERSON Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news!Check out our MERCH so we can make MORE merch!! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)Listen Ad-Free by joining our $12 Patreon tier Freakaconda!Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news!Join our Discord! We’re obsessed with these people.00:00 Intro02:45 Franchesca Ramsey On Reinventing Herself As A Social Media Consultant06:05 Are Social Media Algorithms Radicalizing Young Men?10:12 Why Powerful Tech CEOs Are Just Insecure Losers14:58 The Rules Of Going Viral Without Losing Your Mind19:07 Celebrity Beefs: LL Cool J, Erika Badu, And Getting Blocked24:52 The Let’s Go Brandon Era And Right Wing Message Testing27:05 Jake Paul, Bad Bunny, And The Puerto Rico Tax Escape31:08 The Lace Front Beard Conspiracy After Jake Paul’s Surgery38:04 America’s Next Top Model And The Race Swapping Challenge44:22 Did Tyra Banks Have Good Intentions — Or Just A Vanity Project?49:12 The Fat Suit Episode And Tyra’s Talk Show Delusion54:18 Why Admitting You’re Wrong Is A Superpower58:02 We Were All Rooting For You: Behind The Audible Deep Dive01:00:25 Tumbleweeds Are Real And They Will Destroy Your Car01:03:45 Sex Negative, Snakes Positive01:04:28 Preview: Adults In The Room And Our Wild High School Scandal01:07:15 Grooming, Cult Of Personality Teachers, And The Early 2000s⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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/TextMeBackPodAlso! 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!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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 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!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lindy and Meagan Apologize to the DJ Demographic

What’s up, lil tumbleweeds? Much like actual tumbleweeds, we are very pleased that you’re here and that you exist! Today we’re talking about Whatcha Watchin’ and as always, invite you to share whatCHUR watchin’! Which work featuring the iconic Catherine O’Hara are YOU revisiting? Are we watchin’ Housewives? Traitors? Should Lindy invite Tood Barry to her New York book tour events? (Pre-Order Adult Braces in hardcover so that Lindy’s career is still good!!!)Plus, we have a new segment drop! It’s called… ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 Lindy’s Burning Question ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥Do YOU have a Burning Question? Call or text us!!!! (703) 829-0003And do you love our little songs? WE DO! If you want to hear the full-length versions of any of our incredible bespoke songs by Ahamefule J. Oluo, just become a patron member at the $6 tier or higher to get access to all those beautiful songs!!!! patreon.com/textmebackpodAs we always say, meep meep and that’s on PERIOD!!!NEVER LISTENED TO THE POD BEFORE? HERE IS YOUR STARTER KIT TO BEING BFFS WITH US!Hear Lindy refer to Mary Lou Henner brain in Lindy and Meagan and Andrew and Luke are Waiting for BrunotMeet Kevin in: Lindy and Meagan Need to Talk About KevinLearn why they keep saying BBW in Lindy and Meagan Are Officially BBWsDiscover the Kayak Dad Lore in: It’s Our First Episode!WE NEED OUR ACCOLADES! It helps people find the show.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Spotify⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Apple PodcastsGive us Rave Reviews and Accolades on Apple Podcasts! REAL LIFE EXAMPLE:*the* premier cozy podLindy and Meagan have given me so many gifts, but perhaps none is greater than the recommendation of Pennsylvania Dutch this season. 5 stars isn't enough 👏💫ALEX_SOMETHING CONGRATS ON YOUR PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH JOURNEY WELCOME TO THE CLUB 💫💫💫💫💫💫💫STUFF TO CHECK OUT:Pre-Order Lindy’s book!!!! Adult BracesNEWSLETTER ME BACK (A FREE WAY TO SUPPORT THE SHOW!)Check out SWAMP PERSON Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news!Check out our MERCH so we can make MORE merch!! (Patrons get a discount, so check us out at patreon.com/textmebackpod)Listen Ad-Free by joining our $12 Patreon tier Freakaconda!Subscribe to Lindy’s newsletter butt news!Join our Discord! We’re obsessed with these people.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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/TextMeBackPodAlso! 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!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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 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!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.