My Momma Told Me

Episodes

• Egg Mucus is POISONING You (with Zainab Johnson)Will eating the chalaza of an egg give you salmonella? Langston and David are joined by comedian-actress Zainab Johnson to question if we shouldn’t be eating the white film on egg yolks. Then, they answer a voicemail about NBA megastar Stephen Curry. 0:00 Cold open: Extraordinary genitals 6:45 A very The-Dream intro 13:01 Michael Jackson’s vulnerability in ‘Will You Be There’ 22:15 Katt Williams anecdote 26:52 Conspiracy: Never eat the chalaza of an egg 37:47 Unironically wearing Kangol hats 47:02 Talent vs. decency 52:42 Voicemail: Steph Curry uplifts white hoopers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• They’re Committing ‘Tism Fraud (with Langston and David)How many people are deceitfully claiming autism or ADHD to explain away bad behavior? Langston and David answer three listener voicemails, including one positing that self-diagnosed neurodivergence has gone too far. 0:00 A very low and sultry intro 3:46 Getting recognized in public 6:08 Boosie BadAzz got scammed 19:00 Fighting in prison 26:34 Voicemail 1: Langston’s secret…? 28:28 Voicemail 2: Light-eyed bigotry 32:35 Voicemail 3: The spectrum ain’t spectrum-ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Bare-faced Men Can’t Be Trusted (with Langston and David)Does a man’s choice of facial hair expose his personality? Langston and David sit down to answer a handful of voicemails, including one about how men choose to adorn their faces betray the content of their souls. 0:00 Intro: Jamaican patois teacher 16:13 Voicemail 1: Cannibalism FIFA 21:25 Voicemail 2: Black people are not Native Americans 27:05 The biracial experience, revisited 34:30 Voicemail 3: Stripper names could be nicknames 42:01 Voicemail 4: Men’s facial hair reveal their character 50:06 Voicemail 5: Sucking on breasts enlarges them 55:05 Other mammals’ genitals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Little People Are Being Used For BBLs (with Denny Love)Are people with dwarfism being harmed for the sake of advancing cosmetic surgeries? Langston and David are joined by actor-comedian Denny Love to discuss truly one of the craziest theories ever put forth in the history of this podcast. 0:00 Cold Open: Black Happy Birthday 4:12 Almost soiling your pants 12:11 Yelling out of the car 18:29 Intro: Soundboard shenanigans 24:48 Conspiracy theory: Little people are being targetted for BBL research 43:43 Is this theory…hate speech? 50:19 What the “research” says 57:52 Nicknames, reprised 1:01:35 Voicemail: Yung Miami is kid-maxxing 1:05:43 Bathroom emergencies, revisited Check out Langston’s mom’s Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaGiasStuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  581|1T 11M
• Alien News Is a Decoy (with Malcolm Barrett)Is the government dangling confirmation of human contact with aliens to divert our attention from more pressing matters? Langston and David are joined by actor Malcolm Barrett to discuss how convenient the timing of alien news is for those in power as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life at large. 0:00 Cold open: The lore of Yakub 2:59 Have you ever been dunked on? 6:38 The art of the scam 9:38 Intro: The term “wifey” 21:30 Pop-a-shot at home 28:31 David is anti-whimsy 40:18 Conspiracy theory: They’re trying to distract us with aliens 48:01 Coolest American presidents 56:52 Would aliens even want to meet us? 1:01:45 Asian people with non-American accents 1:07:57 Are we too free here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  580|1T 15M
• White People Like to OWN Their Pets (with Langston and David)Is there something deeper and darker behind the way some white folks relate with animals? Langston and David sit down to respond to listeners’ voicemails and emails, including one about the power dynamics between white people and their pets. 0:00 Avatar is mid 4:34 Doing bits with loved ones 9:39 Langston acquires a new nickname! 13:11 Voicemail 1: The Love Island men receive help 21:35 Voicemail 2: Investi-gay-tion 40:39 Email: White people and their pets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The Lettuce-Diarrhea Outbreak is a Psyop (with Orlando Jones)Was the panic around lettuce-related explosive diarrhea fomented to make us turn on immigrant farmers? Langston and David are joined by actor/comedian Orlando Jones to answer four (4) voicemails sent in by the Lil’ Mommas, including one about the recent iceberg lettuce scare. 0:00 Intro: Bad slave dealerships 9:08 Autobiographies 16:14 Good Black stereotypes and demon possession 25:32 Voicemail 1: Biracial eugenics 35:02 Voicemail 2: Langston’s idiosyncratic noises 37:46 Voicemail 3: Don’t trust school tests 50:42 Voicemail 4: Is the lettuce-diarrhea parasite for real? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• They WANT the World to Burn (with Mariah Smith)Are they leading our species to extinction because we’re having too much fun? Langston and David sit down with the ageless Mariah Smith to discuss the end of the world as we know it and how to cope with that. 0:00 Cold open: Sports vs theater 3:22 Intro: Aspirations and checkpoints 11:01 How old is Mariah? 15:20 Conspiracy: They want the planet to die 21:53 Mariah’s favorite is…Ed Sheeran? 31:10 Getting cryogenically frozen 38:45 How long do we have as a species? 42:38 (Hypothetical) deceitfulness as a way of life 49:38 Voicemail: Civilization dies in comfort 55:23 Compulsive lying for sport, reprised Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Pokémon GO Is Data-Mining You (with Brian Robert Jones)Are shady powers behind the once-viral mobile game Pokémon GO? Langston and David are joined by guitarist and former Pokémon GO player Brian Robert Jones to discuss the possibility that the popular game was harnessed for wicked purposes. 0:00 Cold open: Steppers, criminality, racial slurs 6:48 Intro: David’s treasonous ways 10:57 Smokey Robinson trying to pronounce Chanukah 20:10 Jar Jar Binks (!!!) 28:25 Conspiracy: Pokémon GO was a CIA plant 44:50 Slavery was the big lick 51:57 Fandom, fame, fitness, fishing 1:13:31 Homemade wine and new cocktail technology 1:19:30 Boundaries between teachers and students 1:25:34 Being tracked by the Apple Watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  576|1T 31M
• What Does Leviathan Meat Taste Like? (with Kiry Shabazz)Has the biblical serpent Leviathan risen? Langston and David are joined by comedian Kiry Shabazz to discuss the scenarios in which we can eat, or be eaten by, the mythical sea beast. Then, they answer a listener voicemail about Terrence Howard’s porn habits. 0:00 Using the car back-up camera 7:10 Rappers acting as themselves in movies 12:20 Why the American accents in ‘The Odyssey’? 18:30 Denzel as a gateway into Shakespeare 27:45 Intro: The new soundboard 34:20 Smokey Robinson promoting (?) the gang life 37:15 The whimsical Baltimore accent 42:45 British rap…nah 49:00 What happened to white music culture? 54:15 Conspiracy: The Leviathan has risen 1:02:40 Do you worry that the Leviathan will eat you? 1:04:55 The unbelievable Langston car accident story 1:11:43 Voicemail: Terrence Howard watches incest porn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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