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What Does the Future Hold?
By Andrew Walsh on Monday, July 7, 2008.
When most public radio reporters want to tap into public opinion, they grab a microphone, hit the street, and start talking to random strangers.
Fereshteh Toosi basically did the same thing, only she dressed-up like a nurse, hauled around a crystal ball, offered people tea and rock candy, then asked them to predict the future.
The result is a short radio project called Red Crystal Palace, and it’s both starkly revealing and a bit surreal. She asks passers-by three questions:
1. When will the war in Iraq be over?
2. Where will you be 5 years from now?
3. Who will be the next president?
It breathes new life into the traditional vox pop, and you can listen to it in five parts at the Public Radio Exchange.
(Photo by Suvi Korhonen)
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