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All Episodes - The Down Low

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.comFind us on Twitter and Instagram at @deardownlowHosts:Bernie Abambi: @bernieabambiEss: @justt_ess

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105 Episodes

Gayngel Of Mine

07/16/2025 121 min 18 sec

The timing was unfortunate...

TOTTENHAM HOLD 'EM

07/07/2025 114 min 31 sec

WAH WAH WAH!

Free Greta!

06/15/2025 116 min 30 sec

Who is Addison McRae?

Side To Side

06/02/2025 109 min 38 sec

I wonder if there are any paintings...

Who St*bbed Mr. Lanez?

05/18/2025 128 min 16 sec

That's the way the brookie crumbles...

He Is Dead

04/26/2025 123 min 46 sec

Oops-a-daisy... Trigger warning SA: 30-45 mins.

Awful April!

04/07/2025 121 min 20 sec

Planning drone strikes in the lad's group chat...

Socially Top/Fiscally Bottom

03/25/2025 125 min 29 sec

Bangers, mash and delusion...

Standing On (Bi)dness

02/26/2025 116 min 11 sec

But BLM, right?

Born To DEI

02/09/2025 114 min 38 sec

It's against my religion to tell y'all my business...

Short n' Sweet

01/26/2025 98 min 44 sec

A delicious nothing burger!

Niggle, please!

01/19/2025 117 min 42 sec

Bunch of weirdos...

THE DL WRAPPED: 2024

01/12/2025 156 min 19 sec

Kind 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

Free Him!

12/15/2024 123 min 51 sec

Bad vibes all round...

Green + White

12/04/2024 124 min 58 sec

Light skin men can't catch a break...

Baby Daddy Lessons

11/19/2024 125 min 9 sec

Yes, bitch, I lied to Gayle King!

101 D's

10/31/2024 112 min 34 sec

Sending apologies to Fergie...

Barely Black

10/20/2024 111 min 22 sec

He was a mutt, she was a mutt...

Alligator Tears

10/08/2024 121 min 58 sec

Pretty privilege is real...

Emotional Luggage

09/22/2024 120 min 3 sec

You thought I was feeding you?

Bi On Bi Violence

08/22/2024 113 min 39 sec

Sucking what in the what?!

Blackistan!

08/14/2024 122 min 48 sec

Unwashed legs, washed nation...

Frenemies!

07/28/2024 123 min 2 sec

The coconut doesn't fall far from the tree...

Freaky Friday

07/16/2024 124 min 50 sec

Chat shit, get shhh....

For Coloured Girls

07/01/2024 119 min 54 sec

This is gonna ruin the world tour...

Pride Sucks!

06/16/2024 121 min 56 sec

Fenty Shake and Go! Spoilers Queenie 38mins -39mins I Kissed A Girl 39 mins - 49 mins Love Island 49 mins - 1hr 4 mins

Sadder Than Ever

06/01/2024 130 min 39 sec

Je suis Karen... Spoilers: The Ultimatum: South Africa (42:10 - 59:10) I Kissed A Girl (59:10 - 1:11:00)

Hateration Generation

05/18/2024 118 min 18 sec

For the haters in their late twenties! I Kissed a Girl spoilers 0:48 mins - 1:02 mins

Beyonc/A.I.

05/02/2024 173 min 33 sec

SHOW THE PROOF OF FUNDS! @palestinesolidarityuk @lgbtrightsghana @eye.on.palestine

The DL Wrapped: 2023

01/12/2024 203 min 5 sec

We’ll see y’all very soon! (Also, you know the drill - no skipsies.)

Sloppy Bottom

12/26/2023 118 min 6 sec

The messiest person you know...

Bleaches & Cream

11/30/2023 121 min 41 sec

Right in front of my salad?!

Strictly Dickly

11/17/2023 119 min 11 sec

Thirty Seven!?

Slurps Up!

11/03/2023 116 min 53 sec

We back - Fo Shiz, Fo Shiz!

Bedbugs & Bullies

10/06/2023 125 min 59 sec

Don't let the bed bugs bite...

Bad Vibes

09/07/2023 119 min 8 sec

Hanging on tenterhooks...

Definitely Gay

08/28/2023 118 min 40 sec

Blessed rat girl summer...

Lift Every Voice and Swing!

08/11/2023 126 min 25 sec

BOOP, badu badu badu...

Twenties-ish

07/30/2023 117 min 27 sec

It's the crickets...

Ashes To Ashes

07/19/2023 116 min 33 sec

He didn't say I couldn't sing!

Je Suis Submersible

07/02/2023 115 min 11 sec

It's giving sexyyy...

Straight Outta Camden

06/18/2023 121 min 8 sec

Some birthday!

He Lied, He Lied!

06/03/2023 112 min 15 sec

Straights to the back!

Swirl To The World

05/22/2023 111 min 10 sec

We like paragraphs!

Everyone Is Dead

05/07/2023 115 min 9 sec

Stay slay!

Gorgeous, Gorgeous Girlies!

04/22/2023 114 min 34 sec

Are you trying to fuck me?

Pr*cks Abroad

04/10/2023 110 min 6 sec

From Donald Duck to Donald Trump

Monkey Business

03/23/2023 119 min 26 sec

WELL!

Mean Girls

03/11/2023 118 min 59 sec

Wind your neck in!

P**** Facing The World!

02/24/2023 122 min 59 sec

ANJULUH BASSEH DID THA THING! (Love island spoilers 27:00 - 47)

Jollof Wars!

01/27/2023 119 min 35 sec

The percs of being a wallflower...

Death By Oxtail

01/14/2023 119 min 1 sec

Justice for Celine!

The DL Wrapped: 2022

12/30/2022 144 min 5 sec

No skipsies!

Stuntin’ At The Savoy

12/17/2022 121 min 38 sec

Dunno what you heard...

Don’t Call Me (Nepo) Baby!

12/03/2022 127 min 14 sec

Just horsin' around...

Silk Presses & Shenanigans

11/19/2022 133 min 28 sec

Some body that I used to know... SPOILER ALERT: Wakanda Forever - from 1:17:00 - 1:23:50.

Wilde Dressing!

11/05/2022 191 min 44 sec

Ratchet Happy Birthday!

Rih-surface!

10/09/2022 112 min 41 sec

5 times?!?

The Banks Witch Project

09/24/2022 118 min 46 sec

Ding dong, the [redacted] is [redacted].

She/(s)Her(ee)

09/09/2022 127 min 4 sec

Read the room!

Peg The Monarchy

08/13/2022 111 min 40 sec

I was born by the river, I was shaking that ass...

Strange(r) Tings Are Happening

07/30/2022 105 min 44 sec

A pox upon your house!

Conversations With Friends

07/09/2022 115 min 32 sec

Getting in our mailbag!

Horton Stomps A Ho!

06/27/2022 110 min 19 sec

Release your trade!

Delusional Gurl!

06/10/2022 106 min 36 sec

Alexa, play "Don't You Worry Child" by the Swedish House Mafia.... Link for Angel Maxine's GoFundMe (https://www.gofundme.com/f/angel-maxine)

Eton Messiness

05/28/2022 110 min 5 sec

4 eggs, Jeremy?! That's insane!

Heart Stopped? Carry On!

05/12/2022 110 min 0 sec

I'm out here livin' tho!

Bye The Bi

04/29/2022 101 min 43 sec

Start the queerbaiting - deadass.

Pull Out & Prayers

04/15/2022 116 min 38 sec

Strrrrike!

King Slap

04/02/2022 100 min 55 sec

The wild, wild western mailbag (p.s. it's moral absolutism!)

Partners in Grime

03/19/2022 108 min 14 sec

You better work b****!

Stand Up!

03/05/2022 109 min 12 sec

Blac Chyna was Tyga pum pum!

4TH Baby Mumma

02/17/2022 108 min 39 sec

Light, bright, take your man, I might!

Unfortunate Events

02/04/2022 104 min 20 sec

She Who Shall Not be Named...

Hot Sauce Bling

01/22/2022 107 min 51 sec

Got milk?

Murder She Throat

01/07/2022 99 min 15 sec

I'm, I'm, I'm. I'm still queer...

The DL Wrapped: 2021

12/23/2021 154 min 15 sec

Steppin' into 2022 like...

Omicron Challenge

12/10/2021 122 min 20 sec

Free Tristan!

Ciara‘s Nightmare

11/25/2021 133 min 52 sec

Our taxes are funding the Queen's BBL...

Pardon My French

11/04/2021 107 min 5 sec

Team Nathan vs Team Lawrence!

Lil Mix Race Ting

10/22/2021 90 min 56 sec

I don't want no chicken and chip boys!

Misery Business

10/11/2021 98 min 47 sec

We've got nothing left!

Vax The Rich!

09/24/2021 120 min 39 sec

And Peg Thee Patriarchy...

Issa Mandem(ick)!

09/09/2021 118 min 27 sec

We will never forget!

Crates In The Sky

08/27/2021 105 min 50 sec

Wash your babies!

The Messy Mailbag

08/02/2021 121 min 42 sec

Secure the PLT deal!

Let Us Pray

07/16/2021 156 min 35 sec

It didn't come home...

Not The Plasma!

07/01/2021 150 min 48 sec

Okay. Wtf do we do?

Hey, Queen!

06/17/2021 138 min 57 sec

Don't touch my helmet of salvation!

Professa Tessa

06/04/2021 136 min 13 sec

Secure the air fryer!

These Are My Expressions

05/21/2021 191 min 15 sec

That's not the truth, Ellen

Get Out Of My Pub!

05/06/2021 145 min 22 sec

If you know, you know...

Love & Crab Legs

04/23/2021 152 min 20 sec

Damn, double homicide...

A Street Cat Named Desire

04/07/2021 142 min 9 sec

Get your homosexual hands off me!

Teach Me!

03/23/2021 131 min 47 sec

During Women's History Month?!

Madea's Royal Family Reunion

03/12/2021 183 min 0 sec

Oppression Olympics - let's go!

My Little Crony

02/25/2021 153 min 39 sec

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!

Edges Laid to Rest

02/11/2021 135 min 30 sec

You have no authority here! P.S spoiler alerts for Malcolm & Marie (57:00 - 1:07:00) and It's A Sin (1:07:00 - 1:18:00)

Call Me By My Name!

01/28/2021 144 min 50 sec

Cat noodle soup with a soda on the side...

Be Quiet, Tiffany!

01/10/2021 162 min 43 sec

2021 woke up and chose violence...

Tho(ugh)t Prevention Hours

12/23/2020 128 min 32 sec

Still waiting on our super powers...

Nappy Ass Heauxz

12/09/2020 138 min 29 sec

Not the white man Bon Iver...

Foucauldian Miss-course

11/26/2020 150 min 24 sec

Ethereal bisexuals stand up!

Pride, Prejudice and Private Islands

11/11/2020 126 min 36 sec

It's Rest In Peace, not Rest In Pixels...

The Messy Pilot

11/02/2020 116 min 52 sec

Mess, mess and more mess. Start as you mean to go on...