Apr 29, 2020
#164 – The pandemic is on our minds again, as I'm sure it's on you. We wanted to devote the hour this week to talking about fun ways the pandemic might end. Meteor strike? A custom-made astronaut suit for everybody? Plus: the death of content! What are we going to do without television and movies? Is this the rise...
Apr 22, 2020
#163 – This week, we read and react to Jeff Foster's poem "THE LIE OF HAPPINESS," which encourages us to engage in the full range of emotions that life has to offer, maybe. Plus: Jack's on a new microphone, and he's doing a lot of hand gestures. We also play a new game: Which emotion would you let take the wheel, at...
Apr 15, 2020
#162 – Some people are just plain happier, on a day to day basis. What's that all about? How can we quantify happiness? Is the pursuit of happiness futile? Only a special after-dark episode of Downers can answer, or guess at, these questions.
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Apr 8, 2020
#161 – Two episodes ago we watched a video of a real animal crossing, and now it's time to talk about Nintendo's Animal Crossing (New Horizons). Yes, this family-friendly Japanese-made video game is is out, and Jack and Kate have been playing it, while Hao has been watching speedruns of it on YouTube. While...
Apr 1, 2020
#160 – Neighbors! We all have them, and now they matter more than ever. In this hour, we talk about the neighbors we have had and the neighbors we have currently. We rank our neighbors on a scale from one to five. The numbers may astound you! That's just the kind of content we have on Downers: astounding...