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DOWNERS: the definitive podcast about sadness and sometimes Korean food, hosted by Jack, Kate, and Hao. It's released every Wednesday and sometimes Thursday and sometimes, sigh, even Friday if work is really busy.

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Feb 27, 2019

EPISODE 104 // Kate went to an onsen in (温泉) in Japan and she's here to talk about some of the SADNESS involved in these Japanese nude spas. We talk about childrearing! We talk about the vote for public advocate in NYC, which happened on Tuesday!

 

Plugs this week:

  • 0.7mm gel pens (Hao)
  • New York Times mini...


Feb 20, 2019

EPISODE 103 has an UNUSUAL structure. First we talk about the rise of binge-watched television, using Michael Schur's recent filmography as an example. THEN we talk about making music with the Teenage Engineering OP-Z workstation. Hao's audio was TOO LOUD this record. SORRY.

 

Plugs this week:

  • Puddle skipping...


Feb 13, 2019

EPISODE 102 is all about MEDITATION and VALENTINE'S DAY. Come with us as we dive into the Insight Timer App, the book THE MIND ILLUMINATED, and the very idea of Valentine's Day. We are observing but not labeling. We are fraught and obligatory and affectionate and ostentatious and knotted. These are the words I jotted...


Feb 6, 2019

EPISODE 101 // UNRESOLVED MYSTERIES flicker at the edges of our lives. Whether it's UFOs, Bigfoot, or the glitter industry, they're waiting to be resolved and they can't. In this episode we devote the hour to talking about the inherent sadness in real-life stories that never conclude. AND we share some unresolved...