In this week’s A New Normal, we’ve curated some bite size content well-suited for weekend enjoyment. These are articles, podcasts, shows, and songs that have stuck with us because of their charm, smarts, strangeness, and honesty.
We hope they’ll delight you too.
We’re entranced by Zach Baron’s meandering interview with Robert Pattinson, complete with self-portraits and a deep dive into pasta-as-finger-food:
“Last year, he says, he had a business idea. What if, he said to himself, ‘pasta really had the same kind of fast-food credentials as burgers and pizzas? I was trying to figure out how to capitalize in this area of the market, and I was trying to think: How do you make a pasta which you can hold in your hand?’”
We love this interview with Max Witter, a New York-based comedian (and illustrator) who launches into practical (well…?) quarantine fashion advice, from giant crinoline skirts to dog cones for humans.
Meanwhile, COVID Good News is providing feel-good updates about COVID-19 and beyond — and the graphic design is a vibe.
We’re scrolling through this heart-warming and intimate project by City Labs, inviting readers to draw maps of the new worlds they’re experiencing during the pandemic.
Everyone who has listened to Rick Steves on The Daily has come out the other side with (1) a different understanding of the role of travel in our lives and (2) a desire to read all the cannabis-fueled ideas in Rick Steves’ personal journal.
The Atlantic captures the intimacy of Charli XCX’s latest album, how i’m feeling now, written entirely under quarantine.
Finally, consider watching The Midnight Gospel, Netflix’s latest animated series for adults which blends podcast culture with trippy animation. It’s a visual feast, but in the right headspace, the conversations are affecting.
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