Trace Crutchfield of THIS IS NOW

In this episode, we are joined by the host with the most,

Trace Crutchfield

. You may remember him from the Coronavirus Potluck episode of The Modernist Society back in 2020, but you more likely remember him as one of VICE’s most beloved on-camera correspondents in the company’s earliest forays into video (think classic Vice Guide to Travel pieces like Screwed in Houston or Bolivian Marching Powder. Yes, he was the guy you saw indulging in purple drank, chewing coca with Evo Morales, and fitting right in at a baile funk in the favelas of Rio.)

But that was then and this is now, which happens to be the name of the new non-consumerist travel show that Trace is making together with

The Modernist Society

’s own Jason Mojica. THIS IS NOW is a show that “drifts through the spectacle, notes the marginal, and refuses to let belief limit surprise.” We talk all about the philosophy behind this DOGME 95-inspired approach to the travel show and the upside of low-budget, DIY video production.

Trace Crutchfield waiting for Jason Mojica to find his focus while shooting THIS IS NOW in Chicago.

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