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# “Text Me Back!” Prepares Us for the Election
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/cascade-pbs-ideas-festival/2024/10/text-me-back-prepares-us-for-the-election/
- Published: 2024-10-23T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-12T07:13:17.000Z
- Description: Co-hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays remind us to laugh in this bonus episode recorded live at the Seattle Public Library on October 15.
- Author: Paris Jackson
- Tags: Cascade PBS Ideas Festival, #podcast, #dovetail_c8cf9cea-e043-45bf-a7f6-f42d3a51ed54

Co-hosts Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays remind us to laugh in this bonus episode recorded live at the Seattle Public Library on October 15\. 

Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays join us again for another lively discussion on The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival podcast. 

In a special bonus episode, Cascade PBS partnered with The Seattle Public Library Foundation to put on a live podcast taping of *Text Me Back!* featuring West and Hatcher-Mays, who were part of the Ideas Festival lineup [earlier this year](https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/cascade-pbs-ideas-festival/6/3/podcast-comedy-roast-scotus). 

The conversation, moderated by Cascade PBS anchor Paris Jackson, took a lighthearted approach to the upcoming election and featured special guests Mariesa Bus, Brett Hamil and Naomi Ishisaka. 

This conversation was recorded on Oct. 15, 2024\. 

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Credits

Host: [Paris Jackson](https://crosscut.com/author/paris-jackson?ref=cascadepbs.org)

Producer: Isaac Kaplan-Woolner

Event producers: Jake Newman, Anne O'Dowd

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