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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

Meagan & Lindy

News, Text Me Back, Comedy, Lindy West, Politics, Meagan Hatcher-mays

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

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!


WE NEED OUR ACCOLADES! It helps people find the show.

  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Spotify
  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars only please) on Apple Podcasts
  • Give 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:


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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Also! 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!


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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!



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0:00.0

That was also like a big conceit of her talk show. Like she would have people on who would talk about, you know, being abused and having cancer and having all these difficult times in their life. And Tyra would always be like, you know, one time I was on a shoot in Milan and I had to wear a bald cap, which is kind of like going through chemo. And the person would just be like, no, it's not at all. It's not like that at all.

0:22.3

You know, the road to hell is paved with good intention.

0:24.8

Yes.

0:25.4

And Tyra's hot ice cream.

0:29.2

The road to hell is absolutely paved with Tyra's hot ice cream.

0:33.0

It's so true.

0:44.9

Text me back. Text me back.

0:46.8

Text me back.

0:47.7

Text me back.

0:48.9

Text me back.

0:49.9

Text me back.

0:54.0

Hello. And welcome once again to Text Me Back Podcast. As you know, the only podcast. I'm Megan Hatcher-Maze.

1:02.3

And I'm Lindy West. You can't say that today because we have a guest who also has a podcast.

1:06.2

Oh my God. This is so awkward because I think I did this once in front of someone else who has a podcast.

1:10.2

And we had to be like, there technically. It's okay. Just kidding. There are other podcasts, but you and I both know. There are technically two. Anyway, we have a special guest. Unfortunately, for our listeners, we won't be spending the next 30 minutes introducing the show. We're going to get straight to our guests. She's very illustrious and it's very exciting

1:28.2

to have her. Lindy take it away. Yes, this person is very special to me. I have recently been

1:35.1

taken under her wing to learn how to be a social media influencer slash superstar. You know her,

1:41.4

you love her. Her name is Francesca Ramsey. And she's right here. Welcome to

1:44.8

Text Me Back Podcast. Francesca. Oh, that was a delightful introduction. Thank you so much. I love

1:51.4

you being under my wing. Yeah. Oh, I love it too. Sometimes I'm like, how many times a day is too

1:57.5

many times to text Francesca for feedback on my video that I made.

2:04.5

No, I love it.

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