Feb 26, 2020

#155 – Kate went on a chartered boat trip, with plenty of swimming and warm water filled with leaf decomposition! Then, we talk about Sarah Miller's essay about dieting and body positivity in the New York Times. As we get older, we enter into a more complicated conversation with our bodies. We attempt to tackle the...

Feb 19, 2020

#154 – This week, we tackle something we've talked about before, but for an ENTIRE episode. It's this: the inherent tension between (1) being ambitious and (2) not wanting. What does it mean to chart a path through life that is both free from material wants and suffering and simultaneously filled with goals...

Feb 12, 2020

#153 – Asia! It's got so many countries, and, every now and then, Downers will bring you an exciting guest from one of them, and this is one of those times. In this episode, we interview Molly. Here are some facts about Molly and her interesting life: she is living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for exactly one year, she...

Feb 8, 2020

#152 – Jack and Hao tackle the most pressing issues of the day while Kate is on sick leave: Where, in his Brooklyn apartment, should Hao store the twelve toilet paper rolls? And what would OUR version of Little Italy look like... you know, without all the PROBLEMS the current one has? All this, and more, on...