Lars gets a break from a tough week by delving into one of his friend Will's stories about life on the road when he was touring with M.I.A. In this episode, Lars and Will discuss a run-in with an electronic music luminary at a Barcelona coffeemaker. Stick around to hear a cover song recorded during a fit of writer's block.

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Writer Nick Amadeus stops by to help Lars see if crafting a screenplay based on today's headlines will help make sense of our era's most baffling stories.

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Lars and Sonny have a free-form conversation, covering the newest celebrity video, last week's BlackOutTuesday posts, and the trailer for the new Will Ferrell movie in which Lars's actual life is exploited for cheap laughs.

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Lars checks in with his sister, brother-in-law, and mother to conduct a 100% scientific focus group to save the bacon of beleaguered streaming service Quibi.

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Lars and Sonny, trapped in their Queens apartment, use the power of imagination to escape the realities of their COVID-19 lifestyle with a twelve-day road trip through the American Southeast.

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In 2015, Lars saw the first episode of a web series called Band Practice, about the struggles of two hapless wannabes in the Williamsburg rock scene, and it's stuck with him ever since. This is a conversation between Lars and one of Band Practice's creators, podcaster and producer Chris Wade about early creative works, their frustrations, and their lessons.

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Last week, the Creative Artists Agency announced the signing of Miquela, a virtual, "robotic" Instagram influencer. Comedian Kath Barbadoro stops by to help get to the bottom of what this means for the future of gawking at people in expensive clothing online. Things get sort of deep.

Variety article about CAA signing - https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/miquela-virtual-influencer-signs-caa-1234599368/

Miquela Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lilmiquela/?hl=en

Miquela vlog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ce0yDxxFA

Trevor McFedries Hollywood reporter profile - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/next-gen-2018-hollywoods-rising-executives-35-under-1156884/item/next-gen-execs-kim-rocque-1156928

Bermuda Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bermudaisbae/?hl=en

Sara DeCou in architectural digest: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/every-loft-should-look-like-this-ultra-airy-one-in-los-angeles

Miquela's older song - "Not Mine" – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMc1nsx0Iw

Miquela's newer song - "Speak Up" - https://youtu.be/Rz8lxRxdwig

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The continuing COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep people at home, and it's becoming more and more obvious that nobody knows what to eat. Food expert Daniel Gritzer (Serious Eats) gives Lars some words of wisdom to keep dinner fresh in our weird new world.

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