Taylor Lorenz's Version
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-Mays
Meagan & Lindy
4.9 • 746 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
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:
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. We wanted to tell you about a new show we are loving, the Culture Study podcast with Anne Helen Peterson. It's a show about exploring the nooks and crannies of the culture that surrounds you. Each week, Anne and a super smart co-host answer listeners questions about the stuff they find interesting and perplexing like, why do clothes suck now? Is Paw Patrol copaganda, or is it not that deep? |
| 0:22.8 | And what's the deal with everyone I know getting a divorce? |
| 0:25.6 | Like Anne's tremendously popular newsletter, the Culture Study podcast is funny, insightful, and kind of weird. |
| 0:32.3 | And it's guaranteed to help you become the most interesting person at parties. |
| 0:36.5 | Listen to The Culture Study podcast |
| 0:38.3 | every Wednesday, wherever you get your shows. This podcast is free, and it's accessible to |
| 0:47.7 | everyone thanks to support from listeners like you. If you value this show, please consider |
| 0:53.2 | supporting its production by donating to our home, KUOW. |
| 0:57.4 | It only takes a minute to give, and you'll be helping to support the production of this podcast. |
| 1:03.5 | Make a donation at KUOW.org or follow the link in the show notes. |
| 1:09.1 | And thanks. |
| 1:11.4 | Are you sure you want to admit that? |
| 1:14.3 | That guy seems like a wizard. |
| 1:16.4 | Really quickly, people should know. |
| 1:18.0 | This podcast is not about facts, news, or information. |
| 1:22.6 | Okay. |
| 1:23.2 | Text me back. |
| 1:24.2 | Text me back. |
| 1:25.6 | Text me back at once. |
| 1:27.2 | Why want you to text me back? Text me back. Text me back. Text me back. Text me back. At once. Why won't you text me back? Text me back. Text me back. |
| 1:30.8 | Text me back, Megan. |
| 1:30.8 | Welcome to text me back. Text me back. Welcome to text me back, a podcast about friends and animals that live in the woods and burrow under the ground and the worst people. |
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