Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

Snap Judgment mixes real stories with beats to produce cinematic, dramatic audio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. It's storytelling... with a BEAT.

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544 episodes
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Aug 3, 2018 · 21 min
My Private Utopia - Snap Classic
Dylan Evans had hit a wall. Life was becoming too routine, too mundane. So he did something very few of us would do to change that. For more check out Dylan Evan’s book: The Utopia Experiment Producer: Nancy Lopez Sound Design: Pat Mesiti-Miller
Jul 24, 2018 · 15 min
Return To Kuku Island
In the 1970s, thousands of Vietnamese refugees were left on the remote Anambas Islands in Indonesia. They were stranded without food, water, and shelter, forced to survive off the land. Now, almost 40 years later, one woman wants to go back to those dist
Jul 19, 2018 · 25 min
Suitcase Of Love And Shame - Snap Classic
In 2009, Jane Gillooly came across an item on Ebay that piqued her imagination. The picture was of a suitcase filled with old audiotapes. The listing’s title was “Suitcase of Love and Shame.” You can purchase Jane’s feature-length documentary film, Suit
Jul 12, 2018 · 35 min
Night At The Mirage
The story of The Mirage, the famous undercover Chicago Sun bar, as told by two reporters posing as bartenders. Pam Zekman currently works as an investigative reporter for CBS 2 Chicago. You can find Zay Smith’s book about The Mirage, his humor column an
Jul 5, 2018 · 53 min
Campfire Tales V
An all new season of Spooked, the podcast, is dropping early August. In this episode, we’re featuring some of our favorite stories from Spooked, season one. Season 9 Episode 20
Jun 28, 2018 · 21 min
Fight Club
The first rule about fight club is you do not talk about fight club. Ray Christian breaks that rule. You can hear more of Ray on his podcast What's Ray Saying. Producer: Mark Ristich Original Score: Renzo Gorrio Season 9 Episode 19
Jun 21, 2018 · 49 min
Ear Hustle's "Thick Glass" - Snap Special
Snap Judgment joins the podcast Ear Hustle, from PRX's Radiotopia, for a look at parenting from inside San Quentin State Prison. In this episode incarcerated fathers share their stories of striving to be present in their children's lives. One inmate reco
Jun 14, 2018 · 20 min
06 Female - Snap Classic
In 2006, a wolf was born in Yellowstone who would become a legend in her own time. For more about the 06 Female and the debate surrounding wolves in Yellowstone, be sure to check out Jeff Hull's article in Outside Magazine and Nate Rott's special report
Jun 7, 2018 · 28 min
Beyond Belief
What do you do when someone tells you something you know to be false, and yet...you can just tell they're telling the truth? Chaotic Good Malaclypse was part of a dangerous anarchist group. They stole, they killed, they escaped, until one day when Malac
May 31, 2018 · 50 min
Tin Man - Snap Classic
What if you don't have a heart?
May 24, 2018 · 50 min
Shrapnel
When the fight is over we still have to deal with the pieces of the battle that remain inside. Featuring The Warrior Box and Soul of a Soldier. Season 9 Episode 17
May 17, 2018 · 26 min
Secrets In The Stacks - Snap Classic
When Avi Steinberg became a prison librarian, he thought his job would be to keep track of the books. Then he started reading between the lines. To learn more about Avi’s time behind bars -- and between the stacks -- be sure to check out his memoir, Run
May 11, 2018 · 50 min
Lucky
Hear how one of Yugoslavia’s top basketball players attempts to escape the Siege of Sarajevo and don't miss The Nocturnists late night meltdown at the morgue. "The Choice" from the Lucky Podcast Nada Rothbart thought she’d have plenty of time to get her
May 4, 2018 · 18 min
Where No One Should Go - Snap Classic
In the desert of northern South Africa you come across a little puddle. If you dive down into that puddle, at the bottom there is a slot. This is the entrance to third largest freshwater cave in the world. This is where the adventure begins. Producer
Apr 26, 2018 · 38 min
The Iron Curtain
At the height of the Cold War, Ulrike Poppe just might have been the most surveilled woman in the world. But it was only after the wall fell that things got really interesting. Be sure to check out Luisa Beck’s reporting on all things Germany at The Wash
Apr 19, 2018 · 50 min
The Badlands
The Badlands
Apr 12, 2018 · 26 min
Running Man
When a rising high school track star in Eritrea, East Africa, is arrested under the military dictatorship, he realizes he might have a way out....run. For more information about issues facing African migrants in Israel and resources on how to help, Isra
Apr 6, 2018 · 13 min
26 Lives On Atlas Peak
On Atlas Peak there is one way in and one way out. When wildfire threatened their homes, the only escape route...was up. Sukey Lewis is an investigative reporter for KQED public radio out of San Francisco. The Atlas Peak fire was just one of a series of
Mar 29, 2018 · 50 min
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. Hijacker's Letter What do you do when you receive a letter from your husband’s killer? For more information, check out Kathleen’s website
Mar 22, 2018 · 49 min
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. The Best Little Swimmer Terry Galloway is ten years old and absolutely in love with the idea of summer camp. The only pr

Snap Judgment

My Private Utopia - Snap Classic

Return To Kuku Island

Suitcase Of Love And Shame - Snap Classic

Night At The Mirage

Campfire Tales V

Fight Club

Ear Hustle's "Thick Glass" - Snap Special

06 Female - Snap Classic

Beyond Belief

Tin Man - Snap Classic

Shrapnel

Secrets In The Stacks - Snap Classic

Lucky

Where No One Should Go - Snap Classic

The Iron Curtain

The Badlands

Running Man

26 Lives On Atlas Peak

Unforgiven

Breakfast Of Champions