My Momma Told Me

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?
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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