Thi si s s uei sver yc l os et omyhear t . Notonl yi si tt hel as ti s s ueoft heac ademi cyearbutal s omy l as ti s s ueaspr es i dent !Thi syearhasbeent oughandIt hi nkever yonehasf el t , t ovar yi ngdegr ees , al i t t l ewei gheddown. Thi si s s uepr ovi desat akeont hec omi ngmont hsast hi ngsopenagai nand weent erwhatCobal thasdeemed‘ t henew r enai s s anc e’ . Ournew ex echa vedoneanamaz i ngj ob andIknow I ’ ml ea vi ngCobal ti nwonder f ul l yc apabl ehands . Wi t ht hatIpas syouovert oournew pr es i dent , t hel ovel yMar i a!
Be t h
Wi t hanew t eam ofex ec s , Cobal ti t s el fi sunder goi ngaki ndofRenai s s anc e. Ever yyearnew and r et ur ni ngmember s , ex ec sandal umniac hi evet heunac hi evabl eby i ndi ngf r es hwa yst oexpr es s t hei rc r eat i vi t yandi deas . Iam ex c i t edt obeapar toft hi sr ebi r t haswes l owl ybuts ur el yl ea vet he c hai nofl oc kdownsbehi ndusandmovei nt oahopef ult omor r ow. Iam s ur et hatt henextyearwi l l bef ul lofex c i t i ngc hal l enges , butf ornow wear ei ni s hi ngt hi sac ademi cyearwi t habang. Enj oy t hi swonder f uli s s ueands eeyous ooni nours ubmi s s i ons !
Ma r i a
Co nt e nt s
3
Feaut ur edExec :PWW I nt er vi ew Pr ot e c tWar wi c kWome n
19
4
New Reni as s anc e El i s haFal l
20
6
TheNew Renai s anc e Manpr e tKaur
21
8
ANew Me Cal e bMat he s
22 24
10
How Pat t iFl oydGotHerNephew Ki l ed Har yMar s h
11
TheNew Anxi et y Be ht anyLe e
26
12
es i onsofaReader Conf Laur e nShl omov i c h
27
Conver s at i onsWi t hFr i ends Mi l l i eJ ac ks on
28
Seedl i ng Gus t eTe nai t y t e
30
15
TheSpr i ngTur n i t hMul opo Ke
31
16
Renai s anc eoft he00’ s Mi naMi t c he l l Har dy
32
18
Top5Al bumsoft heSummer S i e nnaSamr a
34
14
ANe wNo r ma lA p p r o a c h e s
Thi ngswi l lc ha ngef ort hebe e r i fIs a yi te nought i me s Ic a nt hi nki ti nt oe xi s t e nc e Ane w nor ma la ppr oa c he s Ic a ne mbr a c ei t — pl e a s edon’ tr ui nt hi s Ha r dwor kwi l lge tmet he r e Noonet os t opmebutmys e l f Iwon’ tbemyownwor s tni ght ma r e a nymor e I t ss ha pebe c ome sc l e a rt ome , Ic a ns e ei t . I t ’ sne a r . St opma ki nge xc us e s a ndgr a bi t Themi r r orf a de s a ndt hepa s s i onr e t ur ns . Iwi l lma kei tt he r e
Asl onga smyf e e tt ouc ht hegr ound Iwi l lma kei t
Tha ï sFi t z ge r a l d 3
4
NE WE XE C SH E L L O 5
10
Re nai s s anc eMan
11
12
13
14
15
CONTENTDURI NGTHE PANDEMI C
-a nu n l i k e l yh e r o
16
For t unat e l y ,Iwas n’ tt heonl yone .Podc as t c ons umpt i oni nt heUShadgoneupby18%,wi t hove r 31% ofGe nZadul t s-us-havi nge xpe r i e nc e dan i nc r e as ei nt he i rl i s t e ni ngac t i vi t y .Ime an,Igue s st he r e i ss ome t hi ngs pe c i alaboutane ar l ymor ni ngbaki ng s e s s i onwi t hpe opl ec hor t l i ngi nyoure arove raj okei n yourf avour i t ebook. That ’ st heat t r ac t i on.I t ’ snotj us tyourf avour i t ebook, i t ’ sal s ot he i r s . Thati ss ome t hi ngyouandt hepe r s on ont heot he re ndoft hemi c r ophones har et oge t he r . Thatpoi ntofc onne c t i oni swhat ,manywoul dar gue , ke e psusc omi ngbac k. Mor ef or mal l y ,t hi si sc ons i de r e dpar as oc i al i nt e r ac t i on.I t ’ saps yc hol ogi c alr e l at i ons hi pt he audi e nc ede ve l opswi t ht hepe r f or me ri nmas sme di a. Nowonde r ,c ons i de r i ngt heye arwehad.I nape r i odof e xt r e mel one l i ne s sandas hoc ke dde t ac hme ntf r om f ami l i ars oc i alc i r c l e s ,i t ’ snotas ur pr i s et hatpe opl e havet ur ne dt ot hes l i ght l ymanuf ac t ur e d c onve r s at i onst he yc anf i ndont hei nt e r ne t . Anyt hi ng i sbe t t e rt hannot hi ng. Butt hatdoe s n’ te xpl ai nt hes us t ai ne di nt e r e s ti n podc as t s . Thewor l di sc aut i ous l yope ni ngbac kup, andpe opl ehavebe e nf l out i ngt her ul e sf orawhi l enow anyway . Al lt hi st os ay ,t hes oc i alne e di s n’ taspr e s s i ng anymor e . Whydope opl eke e pl i s t e ni ngt he n? As i mpl eans we rwoul dbes us t ai ne dmome nt um.I f you’ veal r e adys t ar t e dl i s t e ni ngt opodc as t sandar e i nve s t e di nas e r i e s ,t he r e ’ snor e as ont os t op.Make s s e ns eandwoul dhol dupasane xpl anat i on. Pe r s onal l y ,Idon’ tt hi nki tc apt ur e st hef ul ls t or y . The j oyoff i ndi ngs ome onewhos har e syouri nt e r e s t sandi s ve r ywi l l i ngt ot al kf orhour saboutt he mi s unde r r at e d.Fi ndi ngs oc i ali nt e r ac t i ont hatal s oc at e r s t oyourde e pl yhe l di nt e r e s t si sdi f f i c ul t ,andof t e n l i mi t e dt oc l os ef r i e nds hi psandr e l at i ons hi ps . The i nt i mac yt hatpodc as t sandt he i rhos t spr ovi dei s val uabl e–ahi dde nt r e as ur ei napr e t t ys hi t t yt i me .
1 7
20
Ma n p r e e t K a u r
21
22
23
HOW PATTI FLOYD GOT HER NEPHEW KI LLED
“ Al e ga c yofc ha nge . ”Thi si st hepr omi s eoft heSt e phe nLa wr e nc eDa yFounda t i on,ac ha r i t ywor ki ngt oi mpr ovet he c ondi t i onsofyoungpe opl ei nt he i rc ommuni t i e s ,c l a s s r oomsa ndc a r e e rpr os pe c t s .Bot hhe l par a ngeofi ndi vi dua l sbut a r ec ur r e nt l ya ndhi s t or i c a l l yi nvol ve di nc omba t t i ngr a c i a li nj us t i c ebe c a us epr e j udi c et owa r dsbl a c kpe opl ec ons t i t ut e sa hugepa r toft hes ys t e ma t i cdi s c r i mi na t i oni nt hewe s t e r nwor l d. Yout ooc a nbeapa r toft hi sa i dwi t houtne e di ngt o dona t ebys ha r i ngt he i re f f or t si ns oc i a lme di aa c t i vi s mpos t sorge t t i ngi nvol ve dwi t ht heva r i ousi npe r s ona ndonl i ne e ve nt si ns uppor toft he i re f f or t s . “ Advoc a t ef ort hei nnoc e nt . ”Thi si st hes l oga nofTheI nnoc e nc ePr oj e c t ,anonpr of i tl e ga lor ga ni s a t i onde di c a t e dt o t hee xone r a t i onofde a t hr owi nma t e st he ybe l i e vet obewr ongf ul l yc onvi c t e d.
24
25
26
c o n v e r s a t i o n s wi t hf r i e n d s
27
C ONF E
28
Sd l i n g
Gus t eTuna i t yt e 30
32
33
Al l Pho t osf r ompe x e l s . c oma nduns pl a s h. c oma r e CC0l i c e ns e d Fr ont Co v e r : Pi x a ba y&We nc he ngJ i a ng( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge3: Br a ndyKnol l ( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge4&5: Mt he usVi a na( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge6: Ma r i a mGa b( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge10: Os c a rHe l g s t r a nd( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge1 1: Ma r kNe a l ( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge 12&1 3: S i monS hi m( uns pl a s h. c om) Pa ge1 4: Ol gaS e r j a nt u( uns pl a s h. c om) Pa ge1 6&1 7 : S e a nBe ne s h( uns pl a s h. c om) Pa ge18&1 9: El i naKr i ma( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge21: Ma r i s a04( pi x a ba y . c om) Pa ge22: c o t t onbr o( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge24: c o t t onbr o( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge26: J i mmyCha n( pe x e l s . x om) Pa ge27 : Pr i s c i l l aDuPr e e z( uns pl a s h. c om) Pa ge28&29: Fa hr ul Az mi ( uns pl a s h. c om) Pa ge3 1: I kkaAme bos hi &Li s a( pe x e l s . c om) Pa ge32&33: S ha r kboo ya ndLa v a g i r l ( Tr oubl e ma k e rS t udi os . ) Pa ge34&35: I g or , Ty l e rt heCr e a t orCo v e rAr t . ( Col umbi aRe c or ds . ) Dr e a ml a nd, Gl a s sAni ma l sCo v e rAr t . ( Wol f ToneRe c or ds , Pol y dorRe c or ds , Re publ i cRe c or ds . ) Ge ogr a phy , TomMi s c hCo v e rAr t . ( Be y ondt heGr oo v e , Ca r ol Mi s c h. ) ATouc hof t heBe a t Ge t sY ouUponY ourFe e t Ge t sY ouOut a ndThe nI nt ot he S un, Al y&AJCo v e rAr t . ( Al y&AJMus i cLLC. ) I t Wa sDi v i ne , Al i naBa r a zCo v e rAr t . ( Mom+Pop. ) Ba c kCo v e r : Pi x a ba y&We nc he ngJ i a ng( pe x e l s . c om)