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
Updated Thursday

Episodes544

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Apr 11, 2024 · 49 min
The Trials of Lt. McFadden
Melissa McFadden always saw police officers as protectors. But when she became an officer, she found herself with almost no one to protect her.
Apr 4, 2024 · 44 min
Belly of the Beast - Snap Classic
Things go horribly wrong for a safari guide on the Zambezi River when he comes face-to-face with a rogue hippo. And Dr. Ray Christian breaks the first rule about Fight Club and tells us all about it.
Mar 28, 2024 · 49 min
Transcendent - Snap Classic
A man fights freezing temperatures and extreme altitude while ascending Mt. Kilimanjaro, to search for answers to life’s questions. And when a resident of the Cadillac Hotel goes missing, her longtime lover and best friend won’t rest until she is found.
Mar 21, 2024 · 51 min
The Cannonball Run
Three fanboys and a dead-sexy wax Burt Reynolds are on a mission.They are Eastbound and Down on a road trip from Cali to Florida State and the troopers… are hot on their heels.
Mar 14, 2024 · 49 min
Subterfuge - Snap Classic
A Chicago newspaper establishes an undercover bar to catch officials in the act of corruption. And a hardcore soccer fan from the crowd is put to the test in a game what happens next made him a legend.
Mar 7, 2024 · 48 min
Father Forgive Them
Cell Double L is the final cell in Oklahoma State Penitentiary. It is the cell you occupy before your execution. We speak to three men and their loved ones as they move through death watch row.
Feb 29, 2024 · 49 min
Weight For It
We’re going back to college with Ronald Young Jr., where he couldn’t wait to explore a world beyond the watchful gaze of his churchgoing parents. He meets an amazing girl, but their story would not be a love story… because of their weight.
Feb 23, 2024 · 47 min
Money Truck - Snap Classic
Armored trucks spew clouds of cash into the sky and the people who happen upon it are faced with an unexpected moral dilemma.
Feb 21, 2024 · 50 min
New Folsom from On Our Watch
Two correctional officers pay a high price for exposing corruption and abuse by their fellow officers, in the most dangerous prison in California–New Folsom.
Feb 15, 2024 · 49 min
Photo Session
When a reporter’s love story hits a dead end, she turns to a Palestinian couple for answers.
Feb 8, 2024 · 48 min
Genghis Khan
From the heart of Waziristan, the legend of Genghis Khan is being rewritten... on the squash court. Maria Toorpakai Wazir was raised as a boy, and took on everyone and everything - neighborhood bullies, Peshawar weightlifters, and all the rules about who should be able to compete.
Feb 1, 2024 · 48 min
The Pink Palace - Snap Classic
A newlywed couple travels down a South American River into the thick of the Amazon jungle on a raft… alone. Their romantic adventure soon turns into the ultimate test for survival. 
Jan 25, 2024 · 48 min
No Good Turn
A small plastic boat bobs helpless in the Aegean Sea, overwhelmed and overloaded. A young father from Mogadishu must take the helm to save everyone on board -- but will he lose his family because of it?
Jan 18, 2024 · 49 min
Hyphy Kids Got Trauma
Hyphy, the legendary youth culture movement from the Bay. Uptempo music, oversized airbrushed T-shirts, stunna shades and candy painted cars doing donuts in intersections. It was an unbridled, livewire, communal celebration. The people fueled the music, and the music moved the people. But beneath it all? That’s where it gets real.
Jan 11, 2024 · 50 min
Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Snap Classic
A rock band from Zimbabwe becomes the voice of a revolution. And a New York Rabbi has his faith tested when he takes a job helping a member of the KKK.
Jan 4, 2024 · 49 min
Con Man Daddy - Snap Classic
You’re young, fun, and on the run from the law. One kid’s journey across the Deep South leads to a big confrontation with the man who inspired it all… Con Man Daddy.
Dec 28, 2023 · 49 min
The Stormy Night
Night creatures come in all shapes and sizes. They can make you tremble. But some of the most frightening aren't in plain sight.
Dec 21, 2023 · 49 min
The Gratitude Special
This week on Snap, the story of the first dog to travel around the world, a summer camp swimming contest to remember, plus - an earthquake that takes a man straight into the wreckage.
Dec 14, 2023 · 48 min
Movement
This week on Snap, the story of a self proclaimed “drunk drag queen,” and the music that saved them. Plus, we go on an adventure underwater to visit a secret kingdom for seahorses.
Dec 7, 2023 · 48 min
Big Girls Don't Cry - Snap Classic
One beauty pageant. 12 contestants. 1000 rattlesnakes. And a story from a young girl who is confronted with the opportunity every kid at the orphanage dreamed of. Plus, the legendary Xiao Xiao.

Snap Judgment

The Trials of Lt. McFadden

Belly of the Beast - Snap Classic

Transcendent - Snap Classic

The Cannonball Run

Subterfuge - Snap Classic

Father Forgive Them

Weight For It

Money Truck - Snap Classic

New Folsom from On Our Watch

Photo Session

Genghis Khan

The Pink Palace - Snap Classic

No Good Turn

Hyphy Kids Got Trauma

Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Snap Classic

Con Man Daddy - Snap Classic

The Stormy Night

The Gratitude Special

Movement

Big Girls Don't Cry - Snap Classic