Downers

EPISODE 54 // We don’t much about Virtual Reality but we can still be pessimistic about it! This week, we promise to come up with UNIQUE and DYSTOPIC scenarios for VR. We are challenging ourselves to go above and beyond, say, the plot of a BLACK MIRROR episode. Yes you might be tied to a VR pleasure machine forever; yes human interaction might all cease. We. Are. Not. Interested. In Those. Scenarios. What if VR made you vomit in a good way? What if VR lets you get married, but there are strippers at your wedding? What if a dolphin let gas loose into your face? All that, and more, on this episode of Downersssssss.

Plugs this week:

• Jaron Lanier’s DAWN OF THE NEW EVERYTHING (Jack) [a book on Virtual Reality]
• Seedboxes (Hao) [for pirates] #thenavyiscoming
• Spotify’s Jazz Vibes playlist (Kate)

[email protected] // @downersradio // sorry the episode has been late two weeks in a row, work is stressing me out

EPISODE 53 // What's Elon Musk up to and should be immediately suspicious of his power and wealth? That's the issue of the hour in this week's episode of Downers as we detail all the ways Elon Musk makes us sad. Is he a benevolent Iron Man or is he a specter of American capitalism run rampant? Find out... by listening!

Plugs this week:

• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle (Kate)
• Reading books (Jack)
• The lobster emoji from Unicode 11 (Hao)

@downersradio // [email protected] // if you know, use hashtag #iknow

EPISODE 53 // What's Elon Musk up to and should be immediately suspicious of his power and wealth? That's the issue of the hour in this week's episode of Downers as we detail all the ways Elon Musk makes us sad. Is he a benevolent Iron Man or is he a specter of American capitalism run rampant? Find out... by listening!

Plugs this week:

• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle (Kate)
• Reading books (Jack)
• The lobster emoji from Unicode 11 (Hao)

@downersradio // [email protected] // if you know, use hashtag #iknow

EPISODE 52 marks the one-year anniversary of our podcast! Our intros have evolved and so has the audio quality; it's all been possible thanks to our lovely listeners. We wanted to use the 52-episode mark to do a MIXED BAG on birthdays, and as always the episode quickly devolves into a surreal mix of etiquette about asking after people's plans and what rhino milk might taste like (grass).

PLUGS THIS WEEK

1. Subnautica (Hao)
2. Thinx period-proof underwear (Kate)
3. Roasted cabbage recipe (Jack)

@downersradio // [email protected]

p.s. we're trying out new production tags at the beginning and the end of the show. they're supposed to sound cool and weird and uh hopefully you like them

EPISODE 52 marks the one-year anniversary of our podcast! Our intros have evolved and so has the audio quality; it's all been possible thanks to our lovely listeners. We wanted to use the 52-episode mark to do a MIXED BAG on birthdays, and as always the episode quickly devolves into a surreal mix of etiquette about asking after people's plans and what rhino milk might taste like (grass).

PLUGS THIS WEEK

1. Subnautica (Hao)
2. Thinx period-proof underwear (Kate)
3. Roasted cabbage recipe (Jack)

@downersradio // [email protected]

p.s. we're trying out new production tags at the beginning and the end of the show. they're supposed to sound cool and weird and uh hopefully you like them

Welcome back to the Marx Podcast, where we're just doing it one step at a time. THIS WEEK we pick a Terrible Thing: mental illness! And we also talk about one thing that's causing mental illness, which is techno-determinism. Hao's sorry about his terrible mic technique in this episode -- he was trying to make eye contact with Kate. He also put this episode up pretty late because there's a sprint demo tomorrow and ugh that's a whole thing.

• Plugs: Virgin Marula Luxury Facial Oil - Drunk Elephant (Kate), loofahs (Hao), a moisturizer product made of snail trail (Jack).

Welcome back to the Marx Podcast, where we're just doing it one step at a time. THIS WEEK we pick a Terrible Thing: mental illness! And we also talk about one thing that's causing mental illness, which is techno-determinism. Hao's sorry about his terrible mic technique in this episode -- he was trying to make eye contact with Kate. He also put this episode up pretty late because there's a sprint demo tomorrow and ugh that's a whole thing.

• Plugs: Virgin Marula Luxury Facial Oil - Drunk Elephant (Kate), loofahs (Hao), a moisturizer product made of snail trail (Jack).

EPISODE 50 IS ABOUT ANARCHY

TYPES OF ANARCHY

ANARCHY AS ILLUSTRATED IN URSULA LE GUIN's THE DISPOSSESSED

IN HONOR OF ANARCHY THIS EPISODE DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN STRIPPED DOWN TO ITS BARE MINIMUM

and not because its author is in a hurry to go to work

• Plugs this week: Eccentric Ape in Julian, CA (Jack), the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea (Kate), Overwatch League (Hao) but specifically NY Excelsior

@downersradio

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EPISODE 50 IS ABOUT ANARCHY

TYPES OF ANARCHY

ANARCHY AS ILLUSTRATED IN URSULA LE GUIN's THE DISPOSSESSED

IN HONOR OF ANARCHY THIS EPISODE DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN STRIPPED DOWN TO ITS BARE MINIMUM

and not because its author is in a hurry to go to work

• Plugs this week: Eccentric Ape in Julian, CA (Jack), the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea (Kate), Overwatch League (Hao) but specifically NY Excelsior

@downersradio

[email protected]

Episode #49 is dedicated to the practice of YOGA and MEDITATION and, possibly, other so-called "Eastern practices." All three of us are dabblers! But we've never talked for a whole hour about it. It's the first in a possibly infinite series we call MIXED BAGS. When something's good... AND bad. We're courageous to even talk about them.

• Plugs this week: quinoa balls (Jack), the works of Lizst (Hao) (but really he meant Ligeti), and Top Chef (Kate) and Hot Ones

@downersradio // [email protected]