Downers

Episode 89 // We’re talking sleep debt this episode! It affects all of us, and it has a negative impact on our lives. We also talk bed builds, check in with Kate in Hong Kong, and Jack’s street address is muffled by truck sounds.   Cheryl Strayed’s WILD, a #1 NYT Bestseller (Kate) Posture corrector (Jack) Jambalaya (Hao)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio

EPISODE 88 // When people move or pass on, they leave behind stuff. It can be weird to go through the artifacts of someone's life, picking out which pieces you want to keep. It can be weird to deal with both emotional and literal baggage at the same time. So we devote the hour to STUFF and the INHERITANCE of STUFF. It's another Hao-less episode (sorry guys I was out of the country). Also: MEDITATION CORNER. KATE HAS A CHAIR.   Plugs this week: BILL WURTZ, musician and gifted YouTuber (Jack) GOOD EATS: RELOADED, old Good Eats episode but updated (Kate)   @downersradio on Twitter // downersradio@gmail.com

EPISODE 87 // Seamless: we’ve all used it (maybe). But what’s it like in Hong Kong? And what are other things that we have here like in Hong Kong? And what’s all this kerfuffle about Goober Eats I mean Uber Eats? All this, and lumber, on this episode of Downers. Also Jack’s out so we do a quick segment called “What would Jack’s tapas be?”   Plugs this week:   IT’S ALIVE with Brad Leone on YouTube (Kate) PASTE, a paste management app (Hao)   Twitter: @downersradio // downersradio@gmail.com

EPISODE 86 // We devote the hour to the sexual and brutal nature of Nature. We talk violence! We talk sex in advertising! We talk about Kate's brand new apartment! Also we have a very good follow-up on the whole deal with Hong Kong. All that... and more!   Plugs this week: Peacoats (Hao) Painting a wall (Kate) tcpdump (Jack)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio on Twitter

EpIsODe 85 // HaS LaTEncY proBleMs ahem has latency problems. We discuss people we would send to meet the president! We nominate subcultures to take over America! In many ways our podcast is reflective of the country it came out of – America. Also we struggle with a laggy internet connection!   Plugs this week: Tote bags (Hao) Buddhist poet Thích Nhất Hạnh and the book THE OTHER SHORE (Jack) Lush Cosmetics and their bath oils / skincare products whatever they're a global brand (Kate)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio

EPISODE 84 // With minimum wage back in the news both overseas and at home, we devote the hour to minimum wage! What other minimum wages should we be allotted? Also: Hong Kong update! Follow-Ups! And we play a brand new game: What are Gray Lips?   Plugs this week: Short fiction (Hao) Pulling teeth (Jack) Take Taxi (Kate), for foreigners in Hong Kong Kate's realtor, her first Hong Kong friend (Kate) Banana trees (Jack)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio // #graylipsmystery

EPISODE 83 // Kate's in Hong Kong, and Jack the Ministry has questions! Hao forgot about the record and couldn't make it. :( We find about the experience of reading U.S. news on a 12-hour offset, how aggressively available Apple Pay is, and Sunday Scaries.   Plugs this week: Visiting Hong Kong (Kate) THE INTERNATIONAL, a DotA 2 tournament (Jack)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio

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EPISODE 81 // Or should I say 81 Episode? In this episode we switch up the format a little bit because it's symmetric in nature! In one direction we have Hao coming to NYC from China, and in another we have Kate going to China from NYC. How will that affect the episode's structure? Will it be a gigantic mess? You will have to tune in and find out!   Plugs this week: A plea for less salt and butter (Hao) On sabbatical from video games (Jack) MAKING IT, an NBC TV show (Kate)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio // #cluffx

EPISODE 80 // We talk about what's new in the world of exercise! Clare Updates, yoga, glasses, swimming, and more!   plugs this week to all the boys i’ve loved before (kate) spikes (hao) roses (jack)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio

EPISODE 79 // Hao has an opinion-editorial for the group!   plugs travel bottles - hao peek mental app - kate infrared thermometers - jack   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio

EPISODE 78 // We went to the movies and now we’re bringing the movies to you! Kate and Hao both watched CRAZY RICH ASIANS and we give a mostly spoiler-free review. THEN we read the showtimes near Jack and make him guess the plots. What will it take to get Jack to see a movie? All that and more, on DOWNERS.   Plugs this week:   Eating crepes on a Wednesday after a dental appointment (Kate) HTML5 (Hao) XHTML (Jack) Have a snack (Jack), and maybe the snack is hummus   @downersradio // downersradio@gmail.com

EPISODE 77 // Our topic of the hour is PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT. We talked about physically aging and now we’re going to talk about financially aging. Join us as we talk about the expectations for retirement in Hawaiian I mean Western nations. Retirement is sad, but not when you talk about it with good friends. We also spend a long time talking about reality TV on TLC.   Plugs this week!   Breezes (Jack) YouTube channel VIDEOGAMEDUNKEY (Hao) The iOS game HOLEDOWN (Kate)   @downersradio // downersradio@gmail.com

EPISODE 76 // SARA is the guest of the hour. We have three guests in the studio so, once again, the sound quality is IFFY. What do we talk about? We ponder the difficulty of moving to a new place and leaving an old one behind. We also jab about communities and snack strategies on long road trips and putting everything you own into a compact car. Plus a new segment: Is This Animal a Yoga Pose or Not? And another new segment: UTILITIES ARE WEIRD IN HONG KONG.   Plugs this week:   David Chang’s non-fiction Netflix show UGLY DELICIOUS (Kate) Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel MADDADAM (Sara) [Weak plug] Murakami's collection of short stories AFTER THE QUAKE (Jack) Owning your modem / Calling your ISP's retention department to get a discount (Hao)   @downersradio // downersradio@gmail.com

EPISODE 75 // This episode takes place in our ears, and it's devoted to Kate's trip to Italy. We talk about the pace of life outside the United States; we talk coffee; we talk about what it is like to live in a place seeped in history; we talk about how difficult it is to get groceries in Pompeii. All this and more!   Plugs this week: TV's THE GOOD PLACE (Kate) Undertale (Hao) Anti-plug for "reevaluation" (Jack)   @downersradio // downersradio@gmail.com

EPISODE 74 // With Kate succumbed to illness, Jack and Hao once again try to cobble together enough content to make a cohesive, compelling episode of television I mean podcasts. In this episode we discuss the FIVE WAYS PEOPLE AGE, and it's mostly centered on the different parts of the body. What are all the parts? Well you'll have to tune in to find out. One of them is dirty lips. That one I can reveal right away. I've been authorized to reveal dirty lips right away.   Plugs this week:   Brighton Beach (Hao) The TV show SUPERNATURAL (Jack)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio on Twitter

EPISODE 73 // Follow-ups abound on this episode as we follow up on many of the previous topics we discussed in past episodes. Resolutions, evening tapas, and more! Also it’s a NIGHT RECORD.   Plugs this week:   Final Deployment 4 Walkthrough (Jack) Don’t go to IHOP (Jack) Packing cubes (Kate)   @downersradio // downersradio@gmail.com

EPISODE 72 // Los Angeles, the City of Angels, is making a serious play at starting a PUBLIC BANK. We devote the hour to this current event. Also: how do you create a society? What’s the easiest way to steal all of Jack’s money? ALL THAT AND MORE.   https://publicbankla.com   Plugs this week:   THE LA PODCAST (Hao) Drunk Elephant, cameras (Kate) Dropping F-bombs (Jack)   @downersradio // downersradio@gmail.com

EPISODE 71 // As previewed on our last episode, this week’s episode is about BLOCKCHAINS. Who’s making money off the blockchain? Who stands to win, and who stands to lose? Also, Kate puts herself on the job market! All that… and MORE.   Plugs this week:   Green tea, roasted rice, Japanese stew (Jack) Hand strength, getting your shit together prior to a big move (Kate) Calluses from learning guitar (Hao)     downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio

EPISODE 70 // Kate is moving to Hong Kong and it's making her contemplative about the product subscription industry. More generally we talk about all the comforts and trappings of living at home and then having to move abroad. Also we interrogate Jack about his hiking rollouts; and we follow up on Kate's allergies at the very end.   This episode was posted very late because I had to assemble a 100lb computer desk by myself over the course of two days.   Plugs this week: Neti Pots / self-waterboarding (Kate) Get all the stuff that's yours but your parents have it (Jack) MTA's new Atlantic Ticket program (Hao)   downersradio@gmail.com // @downersradio on Twitter