Counterprogramming in the Time of Coronavirus

by | Mar 26, 2020

There’s only so much hitting the refresh button we can do before we reach peak news burnout during an extended crisis. And in this time of coronavirus, even the extroverts among us may have crashed into the “too much ZOOM, too many Hang Outs” wall. We took an informal survey to see how we on the diocesan staff are counterprogramming COVID-19 during our off-work hours. From books to gaming, podcasts to Netflix bingeables, and from the purely escapist to the deeply thought-provoking, here’s our best of the best: 

Books

Audiobooks

Podcasts and Streaming

TV shows

Movies

  • The Princess Bride
  • To Sir With Love
  • Bandits
  • Groundhog Day
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
  • Antoine Fisher
  • Leap of Faith
  • Pygmalion
  • Stardust
  • Murder by Death
  • O Brother Where Art Thou
  • My Man Godfrey
  • The Thin Man
  • Kinky Boots
  • Paper Moon
  • Off Limits
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy
  • The In-laws
  • The Harry Potter movies

Documentaries

Gaming

Apps and Other Things

  • Coffitivity (white noise app for when you want something on in the background, but you get too distracted if it’s music!)
  • Bemyeyes (app that assists vision impaired folks with shopping)
  • Practicing yoga (see a list of free classes)
  • Cycling
  • Running