Boys and Girls

4.5 (12K) · SOCIETY & CULTURE · UPDATED WEEKLY

Unfiltered conversations about relationships, dating, gender, and everything in between. Two hosts, opposite perspectives, zero filter.

4D AGO

The Situationship Industrial Complex: Why Are We All in Them?

Langston thinks situationships are rational. Maya thinks they're cowardice with better branding. They talk to three people currently in situationships, a therapist, and a dating app executive, and somehow still don't agree at the end.

11D AGO

Emotional Labor: Who Does It and Who Won't Admit They Don't

A conversation about the uneven distribution of emotional labor in relationships — who plans the dinner, who remembers the anniversary, who manages the feelings. Langston argues this is overstated. Maya has a spreadsheet. Maya wins.

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Listener Confessions: The Relationship Mistakes You Made and What You Learned

Anonymous listener submissions about their worst relationship decisions, most embarrassing dating moments, and the specific things they wish someone had told them. Langston and Maya react, argue, and occasionally provide useful advice.

25D AGO

The Marriage Question: Is It Still Worth It?

Marriage rates are falling. Divorce rates are plateauing. And Gen Z appears to be approaching commitment from a completely different framework than previous generations. Langston and Maya ask whether the institution of marriage still makes sense in 2026.

32D AGO

Dating Apps: Are They Making Us Worse at Relationships?

The evidence on dating app psychology is more complicated than the hot takes suggest. A behavioral economist who studies online dating joins Langston and Maya to go through what the research actually says — including some findings that surprised everyone.

39D AGO

The Friendship Gap: Why Men and Women Have Fundamentally Different Friendships

Research consistently finds that men and women experience and maintain friendships differently. Langston and Maya explore what's behind the gap, whether it's narrowing, and what the loneliness epidemic tells us about how modern friendship is failing.

46D AGO

Body Image in 2026: Social Media, Ozempic, and the Impossible Standard

Body image has always been complicated. GLP-1 medications and AI-enhanced social media imagery have added new layers of complexity. A therapist specializing in body image joins the conversation for what becomes the most serious episode Boys and Girls has ever made.

53D AGO

What Men Aren't Saying and Why They Aren't Saying It

Male emotional suppression is having a cultural moment — from the loneliness epidemic to the mental health crisis among young men. Langston opens up about his own experience in a way that surprises both him and Maya, and the conversation that follows is one of the most honest the show has produced.

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Hosts & Guests

Langston KerrCo-Host

Maya ChenCo-Host

4.5

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12K Ratings

The relationship podcast that actually has the conversation

Most relationship podcasts are either too fluffy or too clinical. Boys and Girls is neither — it's two smart people who genuinely disagree having an honest conversation. The fact that Langston and Maya don't always agree is the whole point.

RelationshipFan · Mar 4, 2026

Refreshingly honest

Langston's emotional suppression episode is genuinely one of the best things I've heard on a podcast this year. He clearly didn't plan to go that deep and watching him navigate that in real time was remarkable. Worth subscribing for that episode alone.

HonestyFan · Feb 18, 2026

Smart comedy about hard topics

The show is funny without being dismissive of serious subjects. Maya's spreadsheet about emotional labor has become a meme in my friend group. We quote this show constantly.

GenZListener · Feb 3, 2026

About

Boys and Girls is an iHeart Podcasts original hosted by comedian Langston Kerr and journalist Maya Chen. Each week they pick a single topic at the intersection of gender, relationships, and modern life and argue about it with genuine disagreement, genuine respect, and zero pretense. The show is funny, frank, and refreshingly willing to take both sides of a difficult question seriously. From hookup culture to emotional labor to the specific ways that social media has warped modern dating, Boys and Girls covers the conversations that most people have in private and very few have publicly. The chemistry between Langston and Maya — who genuinely disagree on almost everything — is what makes it essential listening.