The Down Low
By: The Down Low
Language: en
Categories: Comedy, News, Entertainment, Music, Commentary
Join Bernie Abambi and Ess in their bi-weekly discussions on music, politics, and general celebrity foolishness. The Down Low is hosted by two black, DL(ish), bisexual millennials in London, discussing both the fun and real topics of today, with a generous amount of shade for garnish. Email the show with your dilemmas, general life woes, fun questions or own music at deardownlow@gmail.com Find us on Twitter and Instagram at @deardownlow Hosts: Bernie Abambi: @bernieabambi Ess: @justt_ess
Episodes
Wicked Witch!
Dec 08, 2025My milkshakes brings HMRC to the yard...
Duration: 01:45:40Alienation of Affection
Nov 26, 2025Definitely over it...
Duration: 01:48:23The Five Year Engagement
Nov 11, 2025Boyfriends are so out...
Duration: 02:56:19Drunk In Love
Oct 26, 2025The Spirit of Messica...
Duration: 01:50:49Rappers & Raptures
Oct 05, 2025The girls are still fighting...
Duration: 02:06:37Empathy is a knife
Sep 20, 2025Purrr...
Duration: 01:40:36Spleen Says No!
Aug 24, 2025Let her eat cake!
Duration: 02:18:23Lord Of The Flies
Aug 13, 2025Dijana affi go!
Duration: 02:34:07Gayngel Of Mine
Jul 16, 2025The timing was unfortunate...
Duration: 02:01:18TOTTENHAM HOLD 'EM
Jul 07, 2025WAH WAH WAH!
Duration: 01:54:31Free Greta!
Jun 15, 2025Who is Addison McRae?
Duration: 01:56:30Side To Side
Jun 02, 2025I wonder if there are any paintings...
Duration: 01:49:38Who St*bbed Mr. Lanez?
May 18, 2025That's the way the brookie crumbles...
Duration: 02:08:16He Is Dead
Apr 26, 2025Oops-a-daisy...
Trigger warning SA: 30-45 mins.
Duration: 02:03:46Awful April!
Apr 07, 2025Planning drone strikes in the lad's group chat...
Duration: 02:01:20Socially Top/Fiscally Bottom
Mar 25, 2025Bangers, mash and delusion...
Duration: 02:05:29Standing On (Bi)dness
Feb 26, 2025But BLM, right?
Duration: 01:56:11Standing On (Bi)dness
Feb 26, 2025But BLM, right?
Duration: 01:56:11Born To DEI
Feb 09, 2025It's against my religion to tell y'all my business...
Duration: 01:54:38Short n' Sweet
Jan 26, 2025A delicious nothing burger!
Duration: 01:38:44Niggle, please!
Jan 19, 2025Bunch of weirdos...
Duration: 01:57:42THE DL WRAPPED: 2024
Jan 12, 2025Kind of bad, but adequate...
Time stamps (approx)
DL UNCUT Promo - 50:26
Mini Low Down - 1:28:22
Sound Offs and DL Wrapped Quiz - 2:19:47
Duration: 02:36:19Free Him!
Dec 15, 2024Bad vibes all round...
Duration: 02:03:51Green + White
Dec 04, 2024Light skin men can't catch a break...
Duration: 02:04:58Baby Daddy Lessons
Nov 19, 2024Yes, bitch, I lied to Gayle King!
Duration: 02:05:09101 D's
Oct 31, 2024Sending apologies to Fergie...
Duration: 01:52:34Barely Black
Oct 20, 2024He was a mutt, she was a mutt...
Duration: 01:51:22Alligator Tears
Oct 08, 2024Pretty privilege is real...
Duration: 02:01:58Alligator Tears
Oct 06, 2024Pretty privilege is real...
Duration: 02:02:03Emotional Luggage
Sep 22, 2024You thought I was feeding you?
Duration: 02:00:03Bi On Bi Violence
Aug 22, 2024Sucking what in the what?!
Duration: 01:53:39Blackistan!
Aug 14, 2024Unwashed legs, washed nation...
Duration: 02:02:48Blackistan!
Aug 14, 2024Unwashed legs, washed nation...
Duration: 02:03:02Frenemies!
Jul 28, 2024The coconut doesn't fall far from the tree...
Duration: 02:03:02Freaky Friday
Jul 16, 2024Chat shit, get shhh....
Duration: 02:04:50For Coloured Girls
Jul 01, 2024This is gonna ruin the world tour...
Duration: 01:59:54Pride Sucks!
Jun 16, 2024Fenty Shake and Go!
Spoilers
Queenie 38mins -39mins
I Kissed A Girl 39 mins - 49 mins
Love Island 49 mins - 1hr 4 mins
Duration: 02:01:56Sadder Than Ever
Jun 01, 2024Je suis Karen...
Spoilers:
The Ultimatum: South Africa (42:10 - 59:10)
I Kissed A Girl (59:10 - 1:11:00)
Duration: 02:10:39Hateration Generation
May 18, 2024For the haters in their late twenties!
I Kissed a Girl spoilers 0:48 mins - 1:02 mins
Duration: 01:58:18Beyonc/A.I.
May 02, 2024SHOW THE PROOF OF FUNDS!
@palestinesolidarityuk
@lgbtrightsghana
@eye.on.palestine
Duration: 02:53:33The DL Wrapped: 2023
Jan 12, 2024We’ll see y’all very soon! (Also, you know the drill - no skipsies.)
Duration: 03:23:05Sloppy Bottom
Dec 26, 2023The messiest person you know...
Duration: 01:58:06Bleaches & Cream
Nov 30, 2023Right in front of my salad?!
Duration: 02:01:41Strictly Dickly
Nov 17, 2023Thirty Seven!?
Duration: 01:59:11Slurps Up!
Nov 03, 2023We back - Fo Shiz, Fo Shiz!
Duration: 01:56:53Bedbugs & Bullies
Oct 06, 2023Don't let the bed bugs bite...
Duration: 02:05:59Bad Vibes
Sep 07, 2023Hanging on tenterhooks...
Duration: 01:59:08Definitely Gay
Aug 28, 2023Blessed rat girl summer...
Duration: 01:58:40Definitely Gay
Aug 27, 2023Blessed rat girl summer...
Duration: 01:58:40Lift Every Voice and Swing!
Aug 11, 2023BOOP, badu badu badu...
Duration: 02:06:25Twenties-ish
Jul 30, 2023It's the crickets...
Duration: 01:57:27Ashes To Ashes
Jul 19, 2023He didn't say I couldn't sing!
Duration: 01:56:33Je Suis Submersible
Jul 02, 2023It's giving sexyyy...
Duration: 01:55:11Straight Outta Camden
Jun 18, 2023Some birthday!
Duration: 02:01:08He Lied, He Lied!
Jun 03, 2023Straights to the back!
Duration: 01:52:15Swirl To The World
May 22, 2023We like paragraphs!
Duration: 01:51:10Everyone Is Dead
May 07, 2023Stay slay!
Duration: 01:55:09Gorgeous, Gorgeous Girlies!
Apr 22, 2023Are you trying to fuck me?
Duration: 01:54:34Pr*cks Abroad
Apr 10, 2023From Donald Duck to Donald Trump
Duration: 01:50:06Monkey Business
Mar 23, 2023WELL!
Duration: 01:59:26Mean Girls
Mar 11, 2023Wind your neck in!
Duration: 01:58:59P**** Facing The World!
Feb 24, 2023ANJULUH BASSEH DID THA THING!
(Love island spoilers 27:00 - 47)
Duration: 02:02:59Jollof Wars!
Jan 27, 2023The percs of being a wallflower...
Duration: 01:59:35Death By Oxtail
Jan 14, 2023Justice for Celine!
Duration: 01:59:01The DL Wrapped: 2022
Dec 30, 2022No skipsies!
Duration: 02:24:05Stuntin’ At The Savoy
Dec 17, 2022Dunno what you heard...
Duration: 02:01:38Don’t Call Me (Nepo) Baby!
Dec 03, 2022Just horsin' around...
Duration: 02:07:14Silk Presses & Shenanigans
Nov 19, 2022Some body that I used to know...
SPOILER ALERT: Wakanda Forever - from 1:17:00 - 1:23:50.
Duration: 02:13:28Wilde Dressing!
Nov 05, 2022Ratchet Happy Birthday!
Duration: 03:11:44Rih-surface!
Oct 09, 20225 times?!?
Duration: 01:52:41The Banks Witch Project
Sep 24, 2022Ding dong, the [redacted] is [redacted].
Duration: 01:58:46She/(s)Her(ee)
Sep 09, 2022Read the room!
Duration: 02:07:04Peg The Monarchy
Aug 13, 2022I was born by the river, I was shaking that ass...
Duration: 01:51:40Peg The Monarchy
Aug 13, 2022I was born by the river, I was shaking that ass...
Duration: 01:51:40Strange(r) Tings Are Happening
Jul 30, 2022A pox upon your house!
Duration: 01:45:44Conversations With Friends
Jul 09, 2022Getting in our mailbag!
Duration: 01:55:32Horton Stomps A Ho!
Jun 27, 2022Release your trade!
Duration: 01:50:19Delusional Gurl!
Jun 10, 2022Alexa, play "Don't You Worry Child" by the Swedish House Mafia.... Link for Angel Maxine's GoFundMe (https://www.gofundme.com/f/angel-maxine)
Duration: 01:46:36Eton Messiness
May 28, 20224 eggs, Jeremy?! That's insane!
Duration: 01:50:05Heart Stopped? Carry On!
May 12, 2022I'm out here livin' tho!
Duration: 01:50:00Bye The Bi
Apr 29, 2022Start the queerbaiting - deadass.
Duration: 01:41:43Pull Out & Prayers
Apr 15, 2022Strrrrike!
Duration: 01:56:38King Slap
Apr 02, 2022The wild, wild western mailbag (p.s. it's moral absolutism!)
Duration: 01:40:55Partners in Grime
Mar 19, 2022You better work b****!
Duration: 01:48:14Stand Up!
Mar 05, 2022Blac Chyna was Tyga pum pum!
Duration: 01:49:124TH Baby Mumma
Feb 17, 2022Light, bright, take your man, I might!
Duration: 01:48:39Unfortunate Events
Feb 04, 2022She Who Shall Not be Named...
Duration: 01:44:20Hot Sauce Bling
Jan 22, 2022Got milk?
Duration: 01:47:51Murder She Throat
Jan 07, 2022I'm, I'm, I'm. I'm still queer...
Duration: 01:39:15The DL Wrapped: 2021
Dec 23, 2021Steppin' into 2022 like...
Duration: 02:34:15Omicron Challenge
Dec 10, 2021Free Tristan!
Duration: 02:02:20Ciara‘s Nightmare
Nov 25, 2021Our taxes are funding the Queen's BBL...
Duration: 02:13:52Pardon My French
Nov 04, 2021Team Nathan vs Team Lawrence!
Duration: 01:47:05Lil Mix Race Ting
Oct 22, 2021I don't want no chicken and chip boys!
Duration: 01:30:56Misery Business
Oct 11, 2021We've got nothing left!
Duration: 01:38:47Vax The Rich!
Sep 24, 2021And Peg Thee Patriarchy...
Duration: 02:00:39Issa Mandem(ick)!
Sep 09, 2021We will never forget!
Duration: 01:58:27Crates In The Sky
Aug 27, 2021Wash your babies!
Duration: 01:45:50The Messy Mailbag
Aug 02, 2021Secure the PLT deal!
Duration: 02:01:42Let Us Pray
Jul 16, 2021It didn't come home...
Duration: 02:36:35