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Lindy West

Host, Text Me Back

Stories

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    A Very Paranormal Swamp Family Reunion

    Is there an Oscar nomination for longest film? Did my revenant relative start a jam sesh? Is the Supreme Court giving itself a little too much power? Did a self described Ufologist discover aliens??? Maybe.

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    A Killer Time With Listeners And Sam Irby

    This week on Text Me Back!, mostly-optimistic hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays allow themselves exactly 4 minutes total to hate on Senator Dick Durbin and cream cheese frosting. Then, bestselling author and beloved TV writer Samantha Irby enters the chat to explain how she got Miranda to beat up The Killer on an episode of And Just Like That. And, Lindy and Meagan get too scared to shower after reading listeners' real-life close calls with The Killer!

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    Girls vs Ghouls

    A short selection of the finest historical battles--from the cinema to the sea. That's right it's the versus, verzuz? episode.

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    Conspiracies And Mysteries

    The past is history, the future is a mystery, but the present.... is possibly a pysop built to drive a wedge between the generations???

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    How to handle holiday tipping, dress codes, and trauma parties

    As fun-filled as this time of year can be, it can also force a plethora of sticky situations and quizzical conundrums for us to deal with. Soundside has rounded up a panel of etiquette and relationship experts to answer your toughest holiday questions

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    One Episode To Rule Them All: TMB Does LOTR

    Intrepid hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays battle common dismissals of the fantasy genre and tell us what they love and don't love about the beloved series The Lord Of The Rings. Then they play the most epic game of Eff Marry Kill you've ever heard with the heroes and villains from Middle-earth.

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    It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Swampmas

    Hark! the delicious benefits of Swamp Holiday Party season. Stop! the jam band scatting (but keep the nicknames). And... Wait! what about sasquatch and peach pits?!

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    Feral Bog Twins Fan Mail

    Wading through piles and piles and piles of listener tidings and fan mail….and one confidently wrong piece of hate mail. Come for the long distance bestie lessons stay for the story of building community with the rat ghosts in your home.