Podcast Summary

Podcast: First Date with Lauren Compton
Host: Lauren Compton (YMH Studios)
Guest: Langston Kerman
Episode: I Gave Everyone Molly At My Wedding
Date: November 25, 2025

Overview

In this insightful and often hilarious episode, comedian and content creator Lauren Compton sits down with actor, comedian, and writer Langston Kerman for a candid “first date.” They delve into relationships, marriage, parenting, failed poetic dreams, and wild wedding stories—including how Langston and his wife turned their nuptials into the most loving group Molly experience. The conversation is peppered with honesty, banter, and intimate confessions about what makes relationships (and breakups) hard, and why little rituals and quirks matter in love.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Relationship Journey & Marriage

• How Langston Met His Wife (03:04)

  • Set up by a mutual friend during simultaneous visits to Chicago; hit it off; survived a two-year long-distance relationship (Baltimore ↔ New York) before moving together to LA.
  • Notable Quote:
    “I tricked her into doing a long distance relationship for two years. … Persistence and begging and sort of like constant.” – Langston (03:36)

• Transition to Living Together (04:11–04:31)

  • Found LA to be a better mutual base. They’ve now been together in LA for 8 years with two kids.

• Marriage Details (02:25–02:34, 07:51–08:01)

  • Married since 2019, together for six years married and four years dating prior.
  • Notable Quote:
    “We were dating for four years and we've been married for six.” – Langston (08:01)

Proposing & Wedding Stories

• Unique Proposal Approach (08:05–09:36)

  • Fooled his wife with a fake Comedy Central release party; secretly edited his special to insert a personalized proposal video; surprise family and friends hidden in the other room.
  • Quote:
    “So the half hour starts to play… then it cuts to me being like, hey, will you marry me? And then in the other room, a bunch of her friends… were like hiding in wait. … It was perfect. I'm very proud of it.” – Langston (08:26–09:36)

• The Wedding: Molly for Everyone (39:17–40:17)

  • Openly shares they gave guests (they trusted) doses of Molly, contributing to a legendary, loving atmosphere.
  • Quote:
    “We bought a ton of Molly… and [were] disseminating it throughout the wedding to people who we knew hearts wouldn’t explode from the drug. … Everybody was just on Molly, and everybody was really having a great time.” – Langston (39:17)

Serial Monogamy and Dating Philosophy

• Monogamy Styles (10:12–11:04)

  • Both Lauren and Langston describe themselves as “serial monogamists,” struggling to date more than one person at a time due to emotional investment in potential partners.

  • Quote:
    “It was so hard for me to date more than one person at one time. If I liked you, it got me in trouble a lot…” – Lauren (12:44)

  • Langston’s self-reflection:
    “I use intimate language… that creates an impression with people … that maybe we are supposed to be together. And I don’t even know if I feel that way.” (12:57–13:22)

• Breakups, Ghosting & Closure (15:01–16:08)

  • Lauren always preferred an honest “let’s be friends” text post-date, rather than ghosting. Langston agrees it’s better but finds both uncomfortable.
  • Quote:
    “I don’t like friend would make me rage in my apartment. … But I would say that ghosting similarly is deeply painful and never resolves itself.” – Langston (15:36–16:08)

Romantic Pasts & Personal Growth

• Going Back to Exes & What Keeps Us Stuck (16:08–17:48)

  • Langston reflects on a Boston relationship he knew wasn’t right, attributing it to “sadness” and lack of grounding while at grad school.
  • Quote:
    “A lady that consistently cares about me felt like safety, regardless of the fact that, like, we did not get along at all.” – Langston (17:48)

• Ditching (and Publishing) Poetic Dreams (17:51–20:12)

  • Both confess to thinking their poetry would make them millionaires.
  • Lauren shares only selling one copy, to “a skateboarder who felt bad for me on the Venice boardwalk.” (19:24)

Living Together & Division of Labor

• Household Chores & Expectations (23:05–24:09)

  • Langston: Does most cleaning but draws a hard line at not cooking (“I’m not cooking shit”).
  • His wife is “a junkie person—not dirty, but clothes everywhere,” which he jokes is a “female” thing.
  • Quote:
    “I'm responsible for most of the cleaning in the house, but I don't cook, and I draw a hard line on that. … I'll make sure the dishes are taken care of.” – Langston (23:37, 24:05)

• Changing Diapers (25:09–27:35)

  • Lauren’s husband refuses to handle poopy diapers (“He will throw up if he sees poop”); Langston is flabbergasted and suspects she’s being “tricked.”
  • Quote:
    “I think…and I have, I been tricked? I want to be careful with the words I use, but I’ve learned about gaslighting pretty recently.” – Langston (27:02)

Parenting, Kids, and Gender

• Numbers and “Months” Conversations (05:01–06:58)

  • Comedic exchange on how long you can keep describing a child’s age in months.
  • Quote:
    “Part of what months is is that they are changing so often… but after awhile, a two-year-old is a two-year-old.” – Langston (05:46)

• Differences in Raising Boys vs. Girls (28:11–29:52)

  • Girls are “objectively better”—more advanced, sweeter, less likely to “smash things.” Boys “just want to smash things.”
  • Quote:
    “I would say girls are just objectively better, but I got the best that boys can offer.” – Langston (28:14)

The “I Love You” & Meeting Parents

• Saying ‘I Love You’ & Meeting The Families (30:06–32:27)
  • Six or seven months for “I love you.” Meeting family was less important to Langston, but it was big for his wife.
  • Quote:
    “I'm not the type of person that would have needed her to…get my mother's approval to make that happen.” – Langston (31:37)

Reflections on Compatibility

• Cohabitation & Routines (33:13–35:45)

  • Lauren moved in quickly with early boyfriends, learned her routine would be disrupted and found freedom in her marriage because her husband lets her “do [her] thing.”

• Long Distance Perks (35:45–36:30)

  • Langston credits long distance for keeping independence in his relationship:
    “I knew I had a set time where I could speak to you… But then I get to go around…doing whatever it is I want to do.”

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Langston on proposing:
  “This dumb, dumb thinks we’re about to watch it with our pals and then it cuts to me being like, hey, will you marry me? … It was perfect.” (08:26–09:36)
• On wedding Molly:
  “Everybody was just on Molly and everybody was really having a great time.” (39:17)
• On breakup etiquette:
  “I don’t like [the] friend [text], would make me rage…but ghosting is—at least friend, I go, oh, I know what this is. Ghosting is like I’m still wandering the streets, staring up at buildings…” (15:36–16:08)
• Lauren on poet dreams:
  “I self-published 500 copies of this book that I wrote. … I sold one. To a skateboarder who felt bad for me on the Venice boardwalk.” (19:24)
• On household labor:
  “Don’t even touch [my laundry]. Stay out of that. … My children, someday they’ll have chores. … How am I going to discipline them…when their mother doesn’t do hers?” – Langston (23:05–23:28)

Timestamps for Key Moments

• Intro & First Date Vibe — 00:30–03:03
• How They Met & Early Relationship — 03:04–04:31
• Marriage Story & Proposal — 07:51–09:36
• Serial Monogamy Discussion — 10:06–13:22
• Breakup Strategies: Ghosting, Friend Zone — 15:01–16:08
• Staying in Bad Relationships — 16:08–17:48
• Poetry Degrees and Miserable Publishing — 17:51–20:12
• Household Labor Division — 23:05–24:09
• Parenting: Diapers & Children’s Ages — 25:09–27:35
• Raising Boys vs. Girls — 28:11–29:52
• Saying "I Love You" — 30:06–30:25
• Proposal Game & Early Bonding — 30:25–31:11
• Meeting Each Other’s Families — 31:32–32:27
• Routine & Cohabitation — 33:13–35:45
• Long Distance Love’s Silver Linings — 35:45–36:30
• Wedding Story: The Molly — 39:17–40:17
• Wedding Planning Chaos & Reflections — 40:17–46:14

Tone & Atmosphere

The episode keeps a playful, confessional, and lightly sarcastic tone, with both Lauren and Langston wielding self-deprecating humor and honesty. Banter is sharp and familiar, with neither shying from vulnerable admissions about failed relationships, personal flaws, gender quirks, and unconventional romantic gestures.

Where to Find More

• Langston Kerman: @langstonkerman on social media; podcast “My Mama Told Me”
• Lauren Compton: “First Date with Lauren Compton” everywhere podcasts are found

Final Takeaways

This “first date” is a revealing case study in modern relationships, featuring the messiness, humor, and joy of finding (and sometimes choosing) your person—plus the occasional party drug to keep things interesting. Lessons abound in letting go, staying honest, laughing at yourself, and the value of not taking weddings too seriously.

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