Episode 84: How to Be A Spooky Ghostie

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Happy Spooktober, good podcast friends! Time to spook this place UP. We made this episode to teach you how to be a SPOOKY Ghostie. Not a NICE Ghostie. DON’T GET IT TWISTED.

Thank you to Nadine Carina for her song Liverpool! Find more from Nadine at nadinecarina.bandcamp.com

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Episode 83: How to Make Chili

It’s gettin’ cold outside, and in this family that means it’s time to break out the old Chili pot and make some of that good meat stew we love so much. “Chili is my favorite food. it’s so great, you can throw whatever in there, I love it!” -Ina Garten

Thanks so much to The Muammer and their song Procrastination! Search The Muammer on Spotify or find them @themuammer on Instagram!

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Episode 82: How to Be a Good Roommate

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Hey, is that your peanut butter? Put that down, if you want crunchy peanut butter maybe buy it yourself. Oh and while we’re doing this; If you’re gonna use my Netlfix account, at least make a new file so you stop messing up my suggestions. Aaaaaand Scene. Thank you for coming to my One Act/One Man Show about Bad Roommates. Now listen to this podcast episode.

Endless thanks to Matthew Gregory for providing us with music this week! If you loved Strangers on the Subway, you’ll love the rest of his catalog! find him on instagram @matthewgregorymusic and give him a follow! If you’re in NYC, go listen to him play at The Bitter End on October 19th!

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Episode 81: How to Name a Baby

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It’s Cuffing Season, y’all, and you know what that means… Babies. Having a baby is a lot of responsibility, and most of that responsibility comes in when you give that child a moniker that they will have to respond to for as long as it takes them to realize they can go by whatever the hell they want. Let the Downey Siblings (@downeysiblings) take that responsibility off of you. If today is your baby’s birthday and you don’t have time to listen to the episode, just skip to the end and pick from our Official Downtime Approved Baby Name List.

Thanks so much to Matty Marz for hookin’ us up with the music this week! If you enjoyed Love Fool by Matty Marz, you can search Matty Marz on Spotify to listen to the whole Love Fool EP. You can also find him @iammattymarz on your preferred social media site. Go give him a follow!

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Episode 80: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep

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Zzzzzzzzzz….

Thanks so much to They Called Him Zone for their song I Wanna Be Your Dog! Click the following link to hear more! theycalledhimzone.com

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Episode 79: How to Become The Mayor

Emily talks about office etiquette for a while which is fun, but I swear this is a real good way to learn how to get elected mayor. There’s also some really good music in the middle there. All in all a great episode. You should tell your friends about it.

Big thanks to Mike Turnwall and The Burning Sun for sending The Sea over to us for todays episode! If you like that, there’s a whole album you should listen to. Head on over to miketurnwallmusic.bandcamp.com and do that!

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Episode 78: How to Fly a Plane

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Have you ever dreamed of soaring? Communing with the birds and butterflies? Mastering the Bernoulli principle? Well strap in, enjoy your one complementary beverage, as well as your in flight entertainment, Crazy Rich Asians.

Thanks again to King Liar for their song Stay Awake! Find more from King Liar on Instagram @kingliarband or on Spotify at open.spotify.com/artist/6GIrnOXNcqa7W4S5KJue0B?si=LWYQEwwNRyqtv66I12tjeA

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Episode 77: How to Give the Sex Talk

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Do you or a loved one have a child? if so, you may be entitled to a free episode of Downtime explaining the best way to tell them about sex. No one wants to have that talk, but it’s important. Were here to make it easier for you. Mostly, just try to avoid using any animal metaphors, because they’re confusing and we don’t need any more furries than we already have.

Thank you Darryl Rahn for our very pertinent Music Interlude in his newest single Talk! Go find all his music at darrylrahn.bandcamp.com, then go to spotify, search Darryl Rahn, click “Follow”, then go to Instagram, find @darrylrahnmusic, follow that, then finally; profit.

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Episode 76: How to Do One Pull-up

We just want to do one pull-up. How hard is it, really? Let me try right now. Okay I’m back. That sucked, it’s very hard. I guess I have to listen to this episode to find out the best techniques. Sponsored by The Devil Wears Prada and Postmates at the same time.

Music brought to you by Êmia! We hope you enjoyed Psychic by Êmia. If you did, go to thisisemia.com to find more from her. Also find her @thisisemia on Instagram and go follow her in Spotify.

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Episode 75: How to Create a Superhero

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WHAM! POW! That’s the sound of your podcast app notification telling you to listen to this weeks episode of Downtime with John and Emily. What’s your favorite superhero? Well, throw that hero in the garbage where it belongs, and get ready for a new one.

Thanks so much to Donnie for her song Stir Crazy! Go follow Donnie on instagram @whothefisdonnie then go follow her on spotify and listen to her EP “Girl”!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7p5vwStNJm81m1pevrwhh5?si=FQ72qJVdS-CeRLMkLOCrxA

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Episode 74: How to Start a Society

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This episode is all about starting from scratch. You wake up and you’re in an open field. There are twenty other people who also don’t know what’s happening. What do you do? Start bossing people around, obviously. Just pray none of them have a gun, because that will go poorly. If the world suddenly takes a serious downturn, this episode is your one stop shop for how to start a society from scratch. Well, it’s really about starting an all teen society.. Which is basically just camp.

Thank you so much to Lileth for providing the music today! You can find her on Instagram @Lilethbb and you can subscribe to her artist page on Spotify by searching Lileth and Sick ft. HGods. Thanks again Lileth!

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Episode 73: How to Come Back

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We're back.

Significant talking points include: Making the greatest comeback anyone has ever seen, How to lose all your followers, never EVER going on The View, and It's Britney B***h.

Thank you so much to Mason McDowell for providing amazing music once again. We can always count on him. Play With Fire is on Spotify so go listen to it! To make it easier for you, just go follow him on Instagram @mason.mcmusic and click the link in his description. Then follow him on Spotify.

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Episode 72: How to Give the Best Presents

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This episode is dedicated to our favorite older brother Kit Downey! It’s his birthday on December 24th, so we just wanted to say we love you, Kit. And we hope that you have a great day even though we can’t be there to eat, drink, laugh, and drink with you. Hbd, Big Brother! Go follow his insta @chroniccocinero

Now that the day of gift giving is upon us and all of your shopping is done, we wanted to sit you down and tell you how you did everything just so wrong. I know you think you crushed it with the gifts this year, but seriously, throw away all the crap you made, bought, and/or acquired, shut up, and listen.

Thank you so much to GULES for providing us with her song 65th Street! You can find her single 65th Street along with much more at her website gulesmusic.com and you can follow her on Insta, fb, and Twitter @gulesmusic, Thanks again GULES!

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Episode 71: How to Be in a Relationship (ft. Samantha Jones)

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Emily is still gone, so John is begging everyone else around him to record an episode with him. His amazing girlfriend of 6 years, Samantha Jones, was kind enough to heed his begging and join in on a relationship advice episode! These two are here to help you with issues ranging from awkward cuddling, to leftover possession, to belly-button lint removal. No one said being in a relationship was gonna be all sunshine and roses.

Thanks so much to Friends At The Falls for their song Stay All Night! Go follow Friends At The Falls on Spotify and Instagram @friendsatthefalls and go check out their website friendsatthefalls.com

John was recently on an episode of Are We Friends the podcast, find them at are-we-friends.com or on instagram and twitter @_arewefriends

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Episode 70: How to Escape a Haunted Mansion

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The ghost of Emily past has returned to the podcast to help guide you through the spookiest haunted mansion you’ve ever heard of. Hold on to your butts while you endure bad wifi, people getting super turned on by being haunted, and the Righteous Martyrdom of CowCow the Monkey.

Thank you so much to Sammy Rae for sending over the song Good Life! Get all your Sammy Rae music and info at sammyrae.com

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Episode 69: How to Make the Perfect Porno (feat. Are We Friends)

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Warning: As you can see by the title of this episode, there are some strong sexual themes in this one. You should’ve expected it though, it’s #69. If you are a child, or our parents, please just skip this one. Okay, I love you, goodnight.

Joined by Brian, Jorge, and Taylor of the new podcast “Are We Friends” we’re coming at you with a film score by Of Montreal, a whole lot of action for Danny DeVito, and just completely shredding Matthew Broderick’s career.

Thank you so much to Ariah & for providing us with her song Gold Bottle! If you want to hear more from Ariah &, head to her website ariahand.com

Check out Are We Friends the podcast on Insta and Twitter @_arewefriends or on their website are-we-friends.com

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Episode 68: How to Replace Your Sister

We’re back! In this one, John is auditioning some talent to replace Emily for betraying him and the podcast by moving to Africa. The candidates are two incredibly talented people and past Downtime musical guests Sara Donnellan and Ava Heatley! We cover a number of Sororal topics from Sleepwalking Incidents to Competitive DDR to #JenniferAnist-hand.

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Double thanks to Ava Heatley for co-hosting AND bringing us her brand new single Beautiful/Terrifying! Find the song on Spotify, and follow Ava on Insta @avaheatley

Also find Sara and her music on Insta @sara.donnellan

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Episode 67: How to Be a Good Neighbor

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Are you a bad neighbor? Look, we've all been there. That's a rough space to be in and here at Downtime Enterprises or whatever, we get that and we want to help. Emily and John are here to lecture you about Noise Ordinances, Fake Boobies, Climate, Strep Throat, and most importantly, Fake Boobies. Hit us up for a Cup o' sugar any day. Shouts to anyone else still playing Pokèmon GO, because I caught a Shiny Swablu while editing this.

Thanks so much to Steve Hewitt for providing his song Pushing Me Away! For access to everything Steve Hewitt, check out stevehewittmusic.com

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Episode 66: How to Get Free Food

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Are you hungry? Of course you are, it's tough times out here. Sate your appetite for more Downtime with this fresh, hot, mouth-watering episode. We're talkin' Road Kill Cuisine, Low Country Sashimi, and all the Garbage Person Trash Tips (tm) you can ask for in one podcast episode.

Music this week provided by Come The Spring with their song For What It's Worth! Check out Come The Spring on their Facebook Page. facebook.com/comethespring3

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Episode 65: How to Get Swol (Ethiopian Edition)

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FLEXING! REPS! SPRINTS! BENCHING! PROTEIN! GET SWOL! Learn how to get totally ripped all while learning about Monkey research and Ethiopian culture. Main bullet points are: Monkey Cloning, Prison Gym, and Hillary Duff Shrines.

Thanks to Tonota 80 for their song Could Do Better! To learn more about Tonota 80, check them out on their facebook! www.facebook.com/Tonota-80-1483944784979290/

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