"When someone asks us about now, many of us answer with next." - Ken Woodward
"When someone asks us about now, many of us answer with next." - Ken Woodward
We took the mic into Union Market and asked strangers one question. What is your Right Now Question? Their answers, and the quiet trend running underneath them.
On a warm June afternoon in Washington, DC, we stood in Union Market and asked the people passing through a single thing. Not what they do. Not where they are headed. Just this. What is your Right Now Question?
What came back was a market full of strangers, each one carrying something. A job. A move. A book they could not choose. A neighborhood changing faster than anyone can hold. Listen for the trend running underneath the answers, then meet us on the other side for what we noticed.
A few of the Right Now Questions we heard:
Am I going to get this job?
What does peace look like?
Do I stay, or do I go?
Do the new neighbors know what this used to be?
Where will these protests lead us?
What is so hard about being kind?
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Episode Notes
00:00 Power of Questions
00:04 Welcome to Curated Questions
00:22 Union Market Setup
00:34 Job Hunt Anxiety
01:00 Future and Family Dreams
01:09 Seeking Love and Growth
01:24 What Peace Looks Like
01:58 Am I Doing Right
02:09 Stay or Go Decisions
02:40 Choosing the Next Book
03:25 Neighborhood Change and History
04:03 Protests and Immigrant Hope
04:40 Handling College Change
05:06 Faith and Full Living
05:37 Why Kindness Is Hard
06:21 Career Leap of Faith
08:07 Did You Spot the Trend
08:15 Present Questions Future Answers
10:59 Voices That Answer Each Other
13:50 Invitation to Stay in Now