# 937. - Paul W. Downs

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Podcast: [How Long Gone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-long-gone-273266)
Published: 2026-04-29T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Paul W. Downs is a creator, writer, and star of the award-winning television show Hacks. We chat with him from his home in Los Angeles about furries, protein-rich gravy, Picasso plates, the Cinnabon Mochalatta Chill, Paul Newman and Martha Stewart, the AMAs in Vegas this year, Hacks coming for magicians this season, shaving his body as a teen swimmer, buying Gucci at the outlet mall in New Jersey, celebrity selfies, the meme work of Joe Mande, working with your wife, and Paul workshops his sleep-guillotine system. instagram.com/paulwdowns twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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