Some people thought Series Two might never see the light, especially after everything that unraveled post-DNC Chicago. But This is Now was never about sticking to the script. We’re back—not with answers or agendas, but with the same open-hearted question: what happens when you simply step outside and let the world surprise you?
Chapter One begins in NYC’s Tompkins Square Park, an epicenter of rebellion, weirdness, and everyday magic. It’s a place where dogs and dealers, radicals and rent-hikers, skaters and strollers all share space. The perfect spot to re-ground the show in what made it work in the first place: curiosity, conversation, and letting the moment lead.
This is Now isn’t about getting somewhere. It’s about paying attention. It’s about dérive as method, absurdity as invitation, and joy as resistance. It doesn’t open with spectacle exactly—just the rumor of a dead body, a bizarrely on-point Bette Davis line, and a setup so perfect it begged for an NSFW joke. We’re not back to explain the world. We’re back to be in it.
Chapter 2 is here.
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