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

Lindy and Meagan and Franchesca Love a Lace Front Beard Wig

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

Show Notes

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 Demographic Meet Kevin in: Lindy and Meagan Need to Talk About Kevin Learn why they keep saying BBW in Lindy and Meagan Are Officially BBWs Discover the Kayak Dad Lore in: It’s Our First Episode!

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STUFF TO CHECK OUT: Pre-Order Lindy’s book!!!! Adult Braces Careless People book rec from Franchesca We Were All Rooting For You Lemme Fix It @chescaleigh on YT Adults 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 Intro 02:45 Franchesca Ramsey On Reinventing Herself As A Social Media Consultant 06:05 Are Social Media Algorithms Radicalizing Young Men? 10:12 Why Powerful Tech CEOs Are Just Insecure Losers 14:58 The Rules Of Going Viral Without Losing Your Mind 19:07 Celebrity Beefs: LL Cool J, Erika Badu, And Getting Blocked 24:52 The Let’s Go Brandon Era And Right Wing Message Testing 27:05 Jake Paul, Bad Bunny, And The Puerto Rico Tax Escape 31:08 The Lace Front Beard Conspiracy After Jake Paul’s Surgery 38:04 America’s Next Top Model And The Race Swapping Challenge 44:22 Did Tyra Banks Have Good Intentions — Or Just A Vanity Project? 49:12 The Fat Suit Episode And Tyra’s Talk Show Delusion 54:18 Why Admitting You’re Wrong Is A Superpower 58:02 We Were All Rooting For You: Behind The Audible Deep Dive 01:00:25 Tumbleweeds Are Real And They Will Destroy Your Car 01:03:45 Sex Negative, Snakes Positive 01:04:28 Preview: Adults In The Room And Our Wild High School Scandal 01:07:15 Grooming, Cult Of Personality Teachers, And The Early 2000s

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