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

Listen, we know you’ve been mulling over if you should invest in these two Better Business Women (BBWs) by supporting our Patreon. You are a savvy investor. You want to know where your dollars are going. Well, Sharks, we hear you, and that’s why this week we’re giving you a little sneak peek at Lindy and Meagan’s Patreon exclusive series 2 Shrill 2 Furious: Portland Drift!Lindy and Meagan dive deep into the chaotic, hilarious, and often absurd process of turning Lindy’s book, Shrill, into a hit TV show. From fast-tracking to series and rubbing elbows with Elizabeth “Liz” Banks to nearly losing Aidy Bryant over a lead character that was a bit too "disgusting," Lindy spills all the behind-the-scenes tea. Learn how Hollywood really works—or doesn’t—and why it’s just as glam, stressful, and utterly bizarre as you’ve always imagined.If you haven’t already, check out Lindy’s book, Shrill! Join us on our (re)watch journey! Watch Shrill on Hulu and be sure to be texting us your every thought on the Best Friend Party Phone (703) 829-0003.And if you want more bts Shrill content and love hearing about the wild journey of selling and creating a real-life TV show in Hollywood, USA, then you know what you gotta do. Hit us up over at Patreon.com/textmebackpod.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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!Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganbackYou 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 supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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.

22 Aug 202449min

This week is a grab bag special, which is a euphemism for “we forgot to plan anything for this episode,” and our hands are pulling out a special little treat from the archives. That’s right, it’s a stumble down memory lane where Lindy and Meagan talk about one of their early jobs working at Paul Allen’s musical history storage facility, Seattle’s Experience Music Project (now MoPOP).From the multi-sensory (🥴) Funk Blast ride to the soul-crushing reality of handing out malfunctioning MEGs to tourists, they leave no stone unturned. Surprise mentions include Rufio, Madonna (aka Cyndi Lauper), Ren-Faire Guy, a James Brown Face/Off moment, and the origin story of our famed Dr. Freekvonk music!Anyway, work sucks! If you are a teen or early-twenties worker, do the bare minimum and skip your last day! You can still be a lawyer and a writer, nothing real bad will happen, probably. Tell us ALL ABOUT your early employment stories at (703) 829-0003.Share your Stardew Valley updates with us by DMing us on IG @textmebackpod!Are you a former EMP/MoPOP employee OR James Brown’s body double and do you have access to those wretched Sky Church videos? PLEASE email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!If you want to see Meagan’s zonkered glasses, Lindy’s BUTT journal, and our James Brown bunny hop, find us on that famed video website.Don’t forget to support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/textmebackpodGet tix for Text Me Back Live at The Reser on November 7th!https://thereser.org/event/text-me-back-live-with-lindy-west-meagan-hatcher-mays/STAY ON THE ONES, SWEETIES.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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!Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganbackYou 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 supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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.

15 Aug 202452min

This week Lindy kicks us off with an unforgettable Dave Matthews tribute, but don’t let that stop you from staying tuned, it doesn’t last that long! We have SO many segments today (3). First, we kick off with segment P.U.B.E.S, which is quickly becoming dedicated to our own biffs, blunders, and bad ethics, and this week we actually do include a hit of that sweet sweet Socrates music after Alli PERSONALLY raked the internet to find what she hopes is a worthy nostalgic little riff (sorry for leaving you hanging, sweet bbs! 🤖)Next, we round the corner to deliver a Snake News segment we rustled up specifically because listener Caitlin & Husband FINALLY submitted a Snake of the Week jingle! You simply cannot miss it because we are going to be leaning on that audio cue heavily moving forward. And lastly but most importantly, the industry has spoken and they have determined Lindy’s podcast guesting rate to be a firm $3000-$10,000 per appearance. If you are Colin Cowherd, confirm Lindy’s upcoming appearance via the Best Friend Party Phone at (703) 829-0003. Also, Meagan was pretty confident she knew what Colin Cowherd’s whole deal was but now is NOT sure he’s a weird woke mind virus guy. Sorry?Did you stick around to hear the secret code word? There may be a poster in it for you if you email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com!Don’t forget to support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/textmebackpodGet tix for Text Me Back Live at The Reser on November 7th!https://thereser.org/event/text-me-back-live-with-lindy-west-meagan-hatcher-mays/Don’t forget to subscribe to Lindy’s substack butt news⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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!Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganbackYou 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 supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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.

8 Aug 202458min

You know them from being blacklisted from the Bulgarian podcast charts. You know them from leading the boards in Estonia. And third most likely, you know them from their podcast Too Beautiful to Live! This week Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays sit down with Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh for round two of their crossover series, and Lindy did NOT have to frantically Google their names and bios during the recording this time.Our tidings are full of bad pans and youth-infested homes. Lindy’s deep dive into her daughter’s weekend stay at their cabin leads to a detective-worthy investigation, while Meagan’s love for the Olympics turns her into a proud violently patriotic American 🔪🦅🇺🇲. The crew talks about strong feelings about Celine Dion, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Theo Von. They try to play a game. BUT THEN, some breaking news: Lindy lives in the light with a brave admission that it was she that left behind a surprise for her elegant guest to find, which quite frankly will probably be the only thing you remember about this episode.Love Logan and Arnold as much as we do? Listen to more of Too Beautiful to Live on Apple PodcastsDo you have a sticky pan you need lubricated? Call the Text Me Back hotline/pan unsticky service at (703) 829-0003.How did you poorly cover your tracks after a party in your parent’s place? Email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com (and don’t forget to include your email signature power flexes)Ever found yourself Out of Butt, Out of Mind? DM us on IG @textmebackpod (no photos for the love of god).⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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!Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganbackYou 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 supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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.

2 Aug 20241h 23min

It’s official, these two BBWs are breaking news left and right. Lindy and Meagan predict a Kamala presidential campaign (2024), break bad news about Harambe (2016), and give you the scoop about a hot new TV show called Freaks and Geeks (1999).Plus, this week we asked YOU if you agreed with the inspiration for our hyped up Larry Flynt bit and the results are in! Tune in to hear the conclusive but certainly not final chapter of this saga. We think you’re going to Ohh-Vehr-døZzz.But Lindy and Meagan’s watchdog journalism is never over. Lindy saves a toad (probably). Meagan has interactions with not one but TWO veep candidates, and if you think JD Vance contacted her on a normal platform, you’d be wrong! And last but not least, these two newspapermen discuss gaming! Are you an aspiring D&D dork? Do you love iPhone games? What should Lindy and Meagan try playing? Email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com to tell us what games you’re into and maybe they’ll play along!Check out these (currently un-sponsored) faves!Read The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWatch Dungeons and Drag Queens (text us your every thought on the Best Friend Party Phone @ (703) 829-0003)Support your local comic book store and drop Strange Days Comics and Games a follow! Pick up The D&D Player’s Handbook & feel free to email us to describe your aspirational D&D character (Toadus is taken)Play Murder in the Alps & make pizza & tell us what your favorite iPhone game is! ARE YOU A SOCRATES KID? Call us!!!⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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!Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganbackYou 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 supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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.

25 Juli 20241h 6min

This episode has everything: curdled milk, tiny hats, the Tour de France, Big Gretch. And that’s all before the break! In our SECOND segment, we explore our favorite topic of the week: ads.Move over Don Draper, because these two BBWs are coming through to serve up some of the best commercial moments you’ve ever heard. NOTHING helps ease the discomfort of humanity’s agonizing downward spiral like a catchy little jingle! We learn about Lindy’s legacy status in the advertising world and share some of the most iconic line reads from our favorite commercials (Robert Loggia???). Email us at deartextmeback@gmail.com to share what ads live rent-free in your brainestrone!Check out these (currently un-sponsored) faves!For amazing ice cream recipes, The Perfect Scoop by David LebovitzBrown Sugar-Bourbon Ice Cream by Bon AppetitGet into Cycling with us and watch the Tour de France on PeacockEnjoy Lindy’s shoutout by THEE Big Gretch!And of course, go listen to ep where Lindy and Meagan wax poetic about the Jardiance commercial: Lindy and Meagan Corner the Husband Demographic⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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!Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganbackYou 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 supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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.

18 Juli 20241h 7min

This week, Lindy and Meagan kick things off with a bang as they officially claim the title of BBWs (Better Business Women)! They’ve been eating nothing but thick cheesy soups like Forbes or something recommended and they’re ready to share their big juicy half-researched headlines as they hustle their way to the tippy top of the podcasting world. Forbes: 50 BBWs Under 50 here we come!But first! It’s time for Segment P.U.B.E.S., aka corrections, updates, and apologies. Lindy fesses up to some major Pete the Dragon libel, but there are plenty of P.U.B.E.S. to go around so don’t hesitate to share your very own P.U.B.E.S. with us on the Best Friend Party Phone at (703) 829-0003.Next up! Lindy and Meagan take notes from a couple other BBWs and their impressive PR teams. Our enigmatic Charlotte the Stingray has an unexpected ending but her mysterious pregnancy legacy lives on in the form of a Brazilian boa who lived for 9 years as a single man named Ronaldo and who recently gave birth to 14 snakes. That’s right–snake moms can be BBWs too. The show desperately needs a Snake of the Week jingle, so kindly send your genius little compositions over to our email deartextmeback@gmail.com. And finally, Lindy and Meagan dive into a topic many of our parasocial BFFS out there have been asking for: more friendship lore from the Lindy-Meagan archives. As a devoted listener, you are invited to use our weirdly specific movie quotes to confuse and alienate your very own friends and family!Happy slurpee day! If you’re 7/11 and want to sponsor two BBWs, DM us on IG and Tiktok @textmebackpodFrom NPR: Charlotte the stingray, the would-be mom, has died at her N.C. aquariumFrom a random potentially unverified source: 'Ronaldo had been looking slightly fatter than usual': Snake thought to be male has 14 babies in rare 'virgin birth'⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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!Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganbackYou 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 supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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.

11 Juli 20241h 7min

It’s a week of chaotic tidings for Lindy and Meagan that includes a befuddled Barry, rogue Cochin chickens, and snakes galore. Lindy’s spontaneous road trip has an unexpected ending, Meagan has an unhinged encounter with a live rooster on the streets of DC, and our beloved segment SNAKE OF THE WEEK is back. Move over Freekaconda and Titanoboa, new large snakey queen just dropped. Also, because dinosaurs are snakes if you think about it, Meagan shares a dinosaur finding for her snake of the week. Spoiler! The new (78 million year old) dino is a proud gay Gen Z American raising funds to run for Congress! Want to support him? Then subscribe to our Patreon! From some unfamiliar Lindy source: Move Over Titanoboa, Fossil Of "Largest Snake To Have Ever Existed" Found In GujaratFrom NPR: Named after the Norse god Loki, meet Lokiceratops, a new horned dinosaur species⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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!Full videos of our episodes are on YouTube at @textlindyandmeaganbackYou 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 supported by COPILOT Collective and produced by Alli Slice.Our music is by Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo. Diana Bowen is our video and creative advisor. Our digital strategist is Chance Nichols.You can also follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok @textmebackpod. And for even more bestie content, follow Lindy and Meagan on Instagram at @thelindywest and @importantmeagan!Special thanks as always to our perfect angels: Jeannie Yandel, Brandi Fullwood, and Isolde Raftery.⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°✩⋆｡°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.

4 Juli 20241h 6min