Podcast
My Momma Told Me
Comedians Langston Kerman and David Gborie take a deep dive into the most exciting, groundbreaking and sometimes problematic Black conspiracy theories. They’ll have guests cover silly conspiracies, scary conspiracies and conspiracies they learned from that uncle who used to wear jeans when he went swimming in the public pool.
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- Comedy Interviews chart
- #31
- Episodes
- 575
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 13 min
- On air since
- 2020
- Latest episode
- 16 hours ago
Episodes
575 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 8 min
Pop Girlies Are Being Held CAPTIVE! (with Sequoia Holmes)
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Is the so-called Khia Asylum putting pop stars in protracted purgatory? Langston and David are joined by Sequoia Holmes to speculate about how the Illuminati might be keeping certain singers mired in irrelevance.
0:00 Cold open: Fan-dumb
2:38 A very ass-eating intro
12:08 Conspiracy: The Khia Asylum is real
50:56 Voicemail 1: Crack is the original GLP-1
54:03 Voicemail 2: The biracial math ain’t mathing
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1 hr 18 min
Well-Done Steak Is a SCAM! (with Langston and David)
Show notes
Were certain Black American idiosyncrasies actually planted by nefarious forces? Langston and David sit down in the new, permanent home of My Momma Told Me to answer listener voicemails, including one about how some Black customs (e.g. eating steak well-done) may not be authentic at all.
0:00 Cold open: The radio
4:46 A very new studio intro
10:27 Addressing the Filipino allegations
16:36 Adding a soundtrack to your life
27:30 Parenting a light-skinned child
34:08 Loving bad people (at the concert)
46:27 Voicemail 1: Well-done steak was popularized to deprive Black folks
57:15 Voicemail 2: Megan Thee Stallion has a ghostwriter
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1 hr 18 min
They’re STILL Experimenting on Black People (with Nina Parker)
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Is the government using Black social media users to study human behavior? Langston and David are joined by journalist-presenter Nina Parker to discuss how modern tech could be insidiously exploiting the Black community. Then, they answer a voicemail about the location of Dr. Umar’s charter school.
0:00 Prolapse cold open
8:58 A very weapons intro
17:24 Conspiracy: They never stopped experimenting on Black people
33:21 Content creation = drug dealing?
43:52 Newspapers, novels, smut
52:34 Internet posturing
58:04 Skincare for men
1:03:12 Voicemail: Dr. Umar’s school is in Delaware
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1 hr 19 min
Egg Mucus is POISONING You (with Zainab Johnson)
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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
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46 min
They’re Committing ‘Tism Fraud (with Langston and David)
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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
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1 hr 6 min
Bare-faced Men Can’t Be Trusted (with Langston and David)
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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
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1 hr 16 min
Little People Are Being Used For BBLs (with Denny Love)
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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
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1 hr 19 min
Alien News Is a Decoy (with Malcolm Barrett)
Show notes
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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1 hr 1 min
White People Like to OWN Their Pets (with Langston and David)
Show notes
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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1 hr 5 min
The Lettuce-Diarrhea Outbreak is a Psyop (with Orlando Jones)
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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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1 hr 7 min
They WANT the World to Burn (with Mariah Smith)
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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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1 hr 36 min
Pokémon GO Is Data-Mining You (with Brian Robert Jones)
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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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1 hr 26 min
What Does Leviathan Meat Taste Like? (with Kiry Shabazz)
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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
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1 hr 11 min
We Love a...No-Necked Raccoon? (with Bresha Webb)
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What does it say about America that we're obsessed with a deformed raccoon? Langston and David are joined by the brilliant actress Bresha Webb (Run the World, Marlon) to discuss Jimothy the internet sensation as well as answer a voicemail about the lost artifacts of slavery.
0:00 Cold open: Ranch and barbecue sauce
2:27 Jimothy the raccoon
8:40 The struggles of a no-neck existence
17:38 Acting roles bleeding into life
31:27 Why’d they name Jimothy slave-style???
35:48 Bigfoot, aliens, and Asian neighbors
52:11 Listener voicemail: Where are all the slave ships?
1:00:26 White people practicing whips
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1 hr 13 min
Are we already eating PEOPLE? (with Langston and David)
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Do cannibals live amongst us? Could we be unwittingly partaking in such a horrifying act? Langston and David explore the possibility of human meat consumption in our present and/or future. Then, they respond to an email about Big Soda potentially suppressing upstart beverage brands.
0:00 Cold open: Nicknames as an adult
11:05 Are we post-Julia Roberts as a society?
15:32 Conspiracy theory: We are already cannibals
32:34 A brief Jackie Chan detour
37:46 How would eating people even work?
43:25 How are the men on Love Island not hard all the time?
53:33 Listener email: Tropical Fantasy rumor
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1 hr 43 min
My Momma Told Me LIVE in Los Angeles (with Deante’ Kyle & Big Ice Cup Kat, Maud Arnold)
Show notes
Originally performed and taped at The Mint in Los Angeles, California on June 24, 2026.
0:00 Intro (Langston’s pants)
8:15 Is Adrien Broner okay?
15:45 Guests: Deante’ Kyle and Big Ice Cup Kat from the ‘Grits and Eggs Podcast’
19:15 ‘The Blackest’ game
40:30 The ‘Quid Pro Quo Ho’ game
1:01:50 The “Lil’ Momma Love Connection’ game with Maud Arnold
1:35:55 Q&A and outro
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1 hr 28 min
Neuralink Chips with the Dip (w/ Del Amo Manny)
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Has Elon Musk succumbed to his own creation, the Neuralink? Langston and David sit down with comedian Del Amo Manny to explore how this terrifying technology has already permeated the universe as well as answer a listener voicemail about putting purses on the floor.
0:00 Cold open: Juneteenth and oil men
14:31 Early Facebook shenanigans
25:19 Conspiracy: All of Elon Musk’s erratic behavior can be explained by the Neuralink chip
55:30 Gods shouldn’t be buff / what if Jesus was fat?
1:07:50 #LetLangstonDance
1:09:27 Listener voicemail: Don’t put your purse on the floor, it’ll make you go broke
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1 hr 14 min
Old MacSilicon Had a Data Farm (w/ Will Miles)
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Are social media trends just a thinly veiled strategy to collect data on us? Comedian and friend of the show Will Miles joins Langston and David to discuss that possibility, as well as answer a voicemail about how antidepressants are more prevalent among white people.
0:00 Robots kicking children in China
8:45 Conspiracy: Every social media trend is a psy-op
36:00 Racial slurs and their rules
41:50 What’s wrong with industry plants?
56:10 Voicemail: White people know secrets about SSRIs
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1 hr 5 min
Fish Dreams and Nightmares (with Mandal)
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Does having a dream about a fish presage pregnancy? If so, for whom? Langston and David sit down with hilarious friend of the show Mandal to discuss the powers that our dreams may carry. Then, they listen to a voicemail about whether dinosaurs really went extinct...or simply evolved. Finally, they explore the veracity of Steve Harvey's hair during his early career.
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1 hr 1 min
Coach Dr. Umar’s School of Black Excellence (with Langston and David)
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Could Dr. Umar’s dream of establishing and operating an alternative school for black children actually come to life? Langston and David get together (in David's house!) to react to new video evidence — straight from the horse’s mouth.
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