Here's How We Cope When We're Stressed: Ideas From NPR's Arts Desk
What helps you feel better when life is stressful and scary?
We asked members of the NPR Arts Desk, and their answers include a Norwegian knitting marathon, America's Next Top Model, British crime dramas and peanut soup.
Find 17 tried-and-true ideas below and stay tuned to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast for an episode about this very topic.
America's Next Top Model
I hesitate to truly recommend America's Next Top Model, because it is not good. But what I can promise is very low stakes. Rarely has the show resulted in a major career for anyone, so win or lose, mostly they're there to participate in the show itself. And while I might not be able to relate to living on a desert island, I can relate to not liking a picture of yourself or being in distress over a terrible haircut. I cannot tell a lie: It's one of my go-to comfort watches. (Available on Amazon Prime, Hulu, iTunes, YouTube)
— Linda Holmes, host, Pop Culture Happy Hour
Helena Bonham Carter's impressive hair extensions lead an all-star British cast that includes Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench and — this movie is so old — Daniel Day-Lewis as an awkward third-tier love interest. This 1985 adaptation of E.M. Forster's maintains its author's decorous sensuality, particularly in a great all-male nude bathing scene that manages to be both riotously family friendly and also slyly cognizant of
