The Absolute Worst People of 2024
Text Me Back! With Lindy West And Meagan Hatcher-Mays
Meagan & Lindy
4.9 • 746 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This week on Text Me Back!, part-time vegan hosts, Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays, discuss the new years resolutions that will plague them year-round. Then, they reveal the nominees for the worst people of 2024. Hint: an actor turned megalomaniac chocolatier and a conservative sexpartite tie. And, finally, as promised, sss-snakes!
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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? |
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| 0:32.3 | And it's guaranteed to help you become the most interesting person at parties. |
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| 0:38.3 | every Wednesday wherever you get your shows. In classic New Year's fashion, today we're going to |
| 0:47.7 | talk about New Year's resolutions. We're going to be looking into the text me back crystal ball |
| 0:54.0 | to be making predictions about 24 and who we think're going to be looking into the text me back crystal ball to be making predictions |
| 0:55.2 | about 2024 and who we think is going to get canceled. And snake of the year. That was so low |
| 1:04.2 | energy. I know. I was like, should I make a snake? And then I was like, what sound does a snake make? |
| 1:10.3 | Ribbit, rib it, rib it. Okay. Text me back. Text me back. Text me back at once. |
| 1:16.1 | Why won't you text me back? Text me back. Text me Back, a podcast about best friends, the best animals, and the worst people. |
| 1:37.2 | I'm Megan Hatcher-Maze. |
| 1:39.2 | And I'm Lindy West. |
| 1:41.1 | Happy New Year, Text Me Backalites. Welcome to our first show of the year 20, 24. |
| 1:50.2 | But I'm still writing 2023 on all my podcasts. |
| 1:56.8 | You're Megan Hatcher Mays, a democracy expert who has vowed to fix democracy for sure forever in 2024. |
| 2:06.9 | Right, Megan? |
| 2:08.2 | Yep, give me like six weeks. |
| 2:09.8 | I think I can crack it. |
| 2:11.0 | By the way, you are beloved New York Times bestselling author, Lindy West, queen of my heart, queen of the jokes. |
| 2:20.5 | Oh, thank you. |
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