Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
Snap Judgment mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. It's storytelling... with a BEAT.
Episodes
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Mar 29, 2018 • 50min
Unforgiven
There is a line, draw it in the sand, shake on it, mark it in blood, but if you cross it... there is no going back.
Season 6 Episode 12
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Mar 22, 2018 • 49min
Breakfast Of Champions
Stories of young people using every trick in their little arsenal to win praise and love, only to find themselves alone in the end.
Season 9 Episode 11
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Mar 16, 2018 • 20min
Fargo - Snap Classic
Paul Berczeller examines the case of Takako Konishi, who died in a frozen forest on the North Dakota/Minnesota border looking for the treasure from the Coen Brother’s film Fargo.
Producer: Joe Rosenberg
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Mar 9, 2018 • 50min
The Trouble With Shannon Cason
KC was a rising star, improving Detroit’s most troubled public schools. But to do that, she cut some legal corners that put her in prison.
Season 9 Episode 10
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Mar 1, 2018 • 60min
Counted: An Oakland Story
Counted: An Oakland Story is a yearlong look at the people lost to Oakland’s violence. During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers learned about Oakland’s homicide victims, their families and communities. Visit oaklandstory.org for more interviews, photos, and illustrations.
Season 9 Episode 9
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Feb 26, 2018 • 51min
Big Girls Don't Cry - Snap Classic
When the going gets tough, the tough make stuff happen. Featuring stories about rattlesnakes pageant queens, Apache orphans, and the legendary Xiao Xiao.
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Feb 22, 2018 • 24min
Lifted
Avraham’s story was included in a 12-part Hebrew webseries called Neviim: Operation Amramby Elad Ben Elul (@Eladbenelul) and Yossi Brauman. Read hundreds more testimonies like Avraham’s at Amram’s website. The Amram association has collected hundreds of saliva samples from people who connected to the kidnapping affair.
Producer: Shaina Shealy
Season 9 Episode 8
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Feb 15, 2018 • 16min
Quake City Hero
In 1989, an enormous earthquake struck the Bay Area. One of Oakland’s major arteries, the Cypress Freeway, collapsed. And one man named Raven left his home and dove into the wreckage to save lives.
This story comes from Liam O'Donoghue, host and producer of the podcast East Bay Yesterday.
Producers: Liam O'Donoghue and Eliza Smith
Original Score: Davey Kim
Season 9 Episode 7
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Feb 13, 2018 • 6min
The Spelling Bee - Snap Classic
When Snap Judgment producer Davey Kim was in eighth grade, he went to the regional level spelling bee with his best friend...and took R-E-V-E-N-G-E.
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Feb 8, 2018 • 43min
Monk Of Mokha
The story of how Mokhtar Akhanshali braved a civil war to bring Yemeni coffee to the world.
Dave Egger’s biography of Mokhtar, The Monk of Mokha, is available wherever books are sold. And be sure to check out the book’s instagram at @themonkofmokha.
Producer: Joe Rosenberg
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio
Season 9 Episode 6
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