Downers

EPISODE 64 // We devote the hour to the life of Sylvia Bloom, a legal secretary who passed away at the age of 96 this month and donated $8.2 million to charity. What was her life like? Is something like this still possible now? Just exactly how many friends did she have brunch with? Also: a special DUMPLING CORNER. All this and more… on Downers!

Plugs this week:

• KeepCup™ (Kate)
• The CVS near Atlantic (Hao)
• Typewriters (Jack, who is a monster)

[email protected] // @downersradio

EPISODE 63 // We cleared out all the items left on Terrible Things: Spring Cleaning. The elderly! Discourse on the internet! And much more!

Plugs this week:

• ASUS computers (Jack)
• Aloe plants (Kate)
• Spring in New York City (Hao)

[email protected] // @downersradio

EPISODE 63 // We cleared out all the items left on Terrible Things: Spring Cleaning. The elderly! Discourse on the internet! And much more!

Plugs this week:

• ASUS computers (Jack)
• Aloe plants (Kate)
• Spring in New York City (Hao)

[email protected] // @downersradio

EPISODE 62 // The three of us spent a long weekend in Austin without any internet and we wrote down all the queries we meant to Google. On this episode WE GOOGLE THEM: horses with Cushing's, Taylor Swift conspiracy theories, SEO spam, and more. Only an innovative groundbreaking podcast like ours would insert so many sounds of mechanical keyboard typing into an audio file.

PLUGS THIS WEEK

• The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club (Hao)
• Dae Jang Geum [translation: Jewel in the Palace] (Jack)
• Coconut-flavored La Croix (Kate)

[email protected] // @downersradio

EPISODE 62 // The three of us spent a long weekend in Austin without any internet and we wrote down all the queries we meant to Google. On this episode WE GOOGLE THEM: horses with Cushing's, Taylor Swift conspiracy theories, SEO spam, and more. Only an innovative groundbreaking podcast like ours would insert so many sounds of mechanical keyboard typing into an audio file.

PLUGS THIS WEEK

• The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club (Hao)
• Dae Jang Geum [translation: Jewel in the Palace] (Jack)
• Coconut-flavored La Croix (Kate)

[email protected] // @downersradio

EPISODE 61 is devoted to two different news articles about Ralph Nimmons, one in 1992 ("Black Is Victim of Beating By Hasidim in Crown Hts." in the New York Times) and one in 2018 ("Cops identify 'shoplifter' who died after grocery workers sat on him" in NY Post, and others). What must have his life been like? Why is it that Crown Heights is such a flash point for race relations in Brooklyn? Join us on the New York City local crime beat!

Plugs this week:

• Learning Hangul on Duolingo / Heroin (Jack)
• The League of Women Voters in LA (Hao)
• Performing a play on the Final Fantasy MMORPG (Jack)

EPISODE 61 is devoted to two different news articles about Ralph Nimmons, one in 1992 ("Black Is Victim of Beating By Hasidim in Crown Hts." in the New York Times) and one in 2018 ("Cops identify 'shoplifter' who died after grocery workers sat on him" in NY Post, and others). What must have his life been like? Why is it that Crown Heights is such a flash point for race relations in Brooklyn? Join us on the New York City local crime beat!

Plugs this week:

• Learning Hangul on Duolingo / Heroin (Jack)
• The League of Women Voters in LA (Hao)
• Performing a play on the Final Fantasy MMORPG (Jack)

EPISODE 60 is devoted to the architectural style known as BRUTALISM – what is it, why can it feel punishing, and how can WE punish the people responsible for inflicting such awful buildings on us. But first an incredible round of heavy downbeat tapas in the morning.

Plugs this week:

• Muji's freeze-dried strawberries (Kate)
• Spring (Hao)
• Not having palm trees (Jack)

[email protected] // @downersradio // stay tuned for our manscaping episode

EPISODE 60 is devoted to the architectural style known as BRUTALISM – what is it, why can it feel punishing, and how can WE punish the people responsible for inflicting such awful buildings on us. But first an incredible round of heavy downbeat tapas in the morning.

Plugs this week:

• Muji's freeze-dried strawberries (Kate)
• Spring (Hao)
• Not having palm trees (Jack)

[email protected] // @downersradio // stay tuned for our manscaping episode

EPISODE 59 // It's another philosophy episode! We devote Act II of our podcast to David Chapman, the philosopher who wrote meaningness.com (an online book) and has dedicated his life to figuring how to live life with purpose and all sorts of other good stuff. Along the way we talk eternalism and nihilism; like a high-school student angry at his chemistry teacher, we are striking a balance. Also we do a special Clare (April) Corner in Act I. So that's cool too.

Plugs this week:

• Allbirds shoes (Kate)
• Thai curry paste (Hao)
• Buddhism for Vampires (Jack)

[email protected] // @downersradio // #linkedfemale