Snap Judgment

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Snap Judgment (Storytelling, with a BEAT) mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic, kick-ass radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another.
WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Nancy, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, and many others.
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Spooked - Don't Wanna Frigh...

10.27.2020

When singer/songwriter and former frontwoman of the Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard, comes up against a hostile spirit in her home, she has to decide: who’s going to get to stay? Brittany... or the ghost? Snap proudly presents an amazing Spooked ...

Snap Judgment episodes:

10.27.2020 Spooked - Don't Wanna Fright No More When singer/songwriter and former frontwoman of the Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard, comes up against a hostile spirit in her home, she has to decide: who’s going to get to stay? Brittany... or the ghost? Snap proudly presents an amazing Spooked ...
10.22.2020 Spooked - Teacher's Pet Kristen Cortez is a new teacher in beautiful Los Gatos, California. From her classroom window, she can see rolling, golden hills. Redwood trees. The sun is almost always shining. And yet… something lurks. Snap proudly presents a story crafted in ...
10.20.2020 Spooked - Skinwalker Lee’s great grandfather, his grandfather, and his father have all seen him: the shapeshifter. They know this man has the power to curse them, to hurt them. Lee wonders: is this man coming for him too? Snap proudly presents a ...
10.15.2020 Backstage Some of the best stories are told when the show’s over… Join us for our first-ever Snap Backstage! We bring together incredible storytellers from all over the country for a roundtable of stories about second-rate first class tickets, a racist ...
10.08.2020 Texas Ranger - Snap Classic Back in the 1970s, Bob Favor signed up to be a Texas Ranger. He proudly helped local police solve some of their toughest cases. But there was one case that kept getting away from him. For more of Bob Favor’s ...
10.01.2020 Time Traveler Just a few weeks ago, writer and performer Jacoby Cochran walked through a Chicago neighborhood and into a time machine. That’s where the story begins… Sensitive listeners, please note this story contains explicit language and references racial violence. Thank you, ...
09.29.2020 The Hitchhiker's Guide to America A man walks off the side of a California highway, deep into the patchy grassland, to build a life away from the rest of the world. Sensitive listeners should know that this piece does contain a description of a car ...
09.24.2020 Hold That Space - Snap Spotlights "Ear Hustle" Four women share their stories of loving incarcerated men, and the challenges they face in maintaining their relationships, staying hopeful about an eventual reunion, and carrying on with their lives on the outside. We also hear from a man sentenced ...
09.17.2020 Shame What’s keeping you from feeling proud today? We’re exploring that question with a special Snap two-for-one: SHAMEBOOTH, a traveling art installation, hotline, and podcast featuring the voices of real people sharing their shame, and “Quiet Is Best,” a story from ...
09.10.2020 Respawn - Snap Classic A teenager ends up with more than he bargained for when he hacks his principal’s Twitter account. And a night-shift doctor shares a story of life after death. STORIES Code Yellow A teenage hacker inspired by “Mr. Robot” takes on ...
09.03.2020 Bad Hair Cut - Snap Classic When the man in charge of a small, insular northern Ohio town wreaks havoc on his followers, a young boy with a passion for good hair tries to clean up the mess. Produced by Shaina Shealy, original score by Leon ...
08.27.2020 The Golden Lure A fisherman down on his luck finds gold at the bottom of the sea. It’s only after his treasure hunt is underway that he discovers what is truly valuable deep down. BIG thanks to Joe Pennisi for sharing your story ...
08.20.2020 Soundtrack of Silence - Snap Classic When a young man is told is he going deaf, he sets out on a challenge to memorize the songs that defined his life. He had no idea that those songs would come back to him in the most unexpected ...
08.14.2020 Campfire Tales VII The last embers of the season. The final wander through the woods. The chill not yet hitting the air. That’s when you know it’s time… This week, experience the dark magic of Spooked on Snap. We proudly present, “Campfire Tales ...
08.06.2020 Gotcha A rowdy radio show. A sick listener. A Radio DJ who gets in way, way too deep. This story is a co-production between Snap Judgment Studios, Hi-Phi Nation with Barry Lamb, and our dear friends over at Love and Radio. ...
07.30.2020 Easy Street - Snap Classic A musician writes a song so catchy, it takes over the world…then he finds out it’s become a weapon on the streets of Portland. “Easy Street” turned into something it was never meant to be. This story contains explicit language, ...
07.23.2020 Outbreak at San Quentin Team Snap brings you the story of the devastating COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison, as told by people on the inside. STORIES Outbreak at San Quentin As the Coronavirus outbreak overwhelms San Quentin State Prison, one incarcerated person, ...
07.14.2020 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. Thank you, Paul, for sharing your story with Snap! Check out Paul Templer’s memoir, What’s Left of Me. Produced by ...
07.09.2020 The Happening The night of June 11, 2011, will forever be seared in Roger Stringer’s memory. The night started off with a dinner of boiled shrimp with his two sons. The night ended with his family being torn apart. This story contains ...
07.02.2020 Chasing Thunder For 110 days Peter Hammarstedt and his group of ocean vigilantes hunted the most notorious poacher on the high seas, known as the Thunder. Their journey turns into an epic chase across 10,000 miles, two seas, and three oceans, through ...
06.26.2020 Snap is Moving This weekend we are moving our podcast feed. You will still be able to listen to Snap Judgment on the radio and wherever you get your podcasts, but we want to make sure you don’t miss a beat. Make sure ...
06.24.2020 The Gift A young boy in a migrant worker farm camp gets a surprise present from his father. But the gift comes with certain expectations. Season 11 - Episode 21
06.18.2020 Radio 77 A DJ hosts a radio show from a garden shed in his backyard. For over forty years… he had an audience of one. Season 11 - Episode 20
06.15.2020 Letters from Lockdown - Sarajevo, Yangon, New Orleans, San Francisco Team Snap brings you voices from four amazing people - some looking to the future, some looking at the past, and those who never emerged. Season 11 - Episode 19
06.11.2020 The Border Hacker - Snap Classic A computer hacker tries to make his way home through two countries, dense jungle, and a seemingly endless string of technical challenges. Snap Classic - Season 10 Episode 4
06.03.2020 Thick Blue Line Police shootings, mistaken arrests, and growing up Black / Brown in America. Snap presents amazing stories from people facing our nation’s original sin.
05.28.2020 The Iron Curtain - Snap Classic 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 really got interesting. Snap Classic - Season 9 Episode 15
05.21.2020 The Country Doctor A Muslim doctor moves his family to a small, rural, Midwestern town. To his surprise, they fit right in... and then came the 2016 presidential election. Season 11 - Episode 18
05.15.2020 Lucky Penny - Snap Spotlights "The Truth" A son tries to make contact with his dad, who’s deteriorating in the throes of dementia. He makes new connections and discoveries, and as he says goodbye to his father, he is granted a long-awaited wish. Snap Judgment presents, “Lucky ...
05.13.2020 Letters from Lockdown - Philippines, Greece, Michigan, Libya Some stories that seem the furthest away hit closest to home. Team Snap presents more lockdown advice from around the world, even from the places you least expect. Listen to the fifth installment of "Letters from Lockdown." Season 11 - ...
05.08.2020 Modern Family - Mother's Day Special When a little girl goes missing in the desert, one woman is driven to find her, no matter what. And a mother makes her own Ebola suit - MacGyver style - to save her son's life. Happy Mother's Day to ...
05.06.2020 Letters from Lockdown - Liberia, Columbus, Chicago Who better to seek advice from than a mother? This week, Team Snap brings you the fourth installment of, "Letters from Lockdown,” featuring moms around the world. Happy Mother's Day to all the Snap Moms out there! Season 11 - ...
05.01.2020 After Glow V grew up hearing about her parent’s love story... but she never knew about the song behind it. Season 11 - Episode 13
04.29.2020 Letters from Lockdown - Jericho, Rwanda, Brooklyn While most of the world continues to shelter-in-place, Team Snap brings you the third installment of, "Letters from Lockdown.” STORIES Jericho Osama Iliwat spent days in solitary confinement inside an Israeli prison during the First and Second Palestinian Intifadas. Learn ...
04.24.2020 Letters from Lockdown - Guantánamo, Utah, and On the Run Team Snap proudly presents the second installment of, "Letters from Lockdown," featuring stories from people around the world who have experienced lockdown before. Season 11 - Episode 11
04.22.2020 The Enlightenment Trap - Snap Classic A skeptical journalist fights freezing temperatures alongside a fitness guru to test the limits of his own mortality. Snap Classic: Season 8 - Episode 17
04.17.2020 Buds Weed brownies, firefighting, and friendship. It’s a 4/20 Snap Special! Amazing stories by friends, about the friend you did not expect. Season 11 - Episode 10
04.15.2020 Letters from Lockdown - Gaza, Myanmar, and at Sea These people from all around the world share a common thread… this isn’t their first lockdown. During quarantine, Team Snap is bringing you pieces of wisdom, hope, and defiance. Season 11 - Episode 9
04.09.2020 Haenyeo A woman visits a faraway island to meet the last generation of Korea's mermaids. She comes away with an unexpected discovery about motherhood and about herself. Season 11 - Episode 8
04.03.2020 Spooked - The Fog Blair can’t see his hands in front of his face. He can’t see the ground beneath his feet. He’s not in the dark: he’s in a thick cloud of fog. And then, a voice emerges from the mist. This story ...
04.01.2020 The Writing is on the Wall - Snap Classic When the scariest man in town is arrested for murder, only one lawyer is willing to represent him. Snap Classic: Season 6 - Episode 30
03.26.2020 Borders Between Us Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. had a complicated relationship with his mother. But after she passed, he traveled across the world to try and make things better. This story comes from Transom.org and was produced by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. and Jay Allison ...
03.19.2020 Zoo Nebraska The story of a chimpanzee and a man whose dream brought disaster to a small American town. This story details violence against animals. Sensitive listeners, please be advised. Season 11 - Episode 6
03.17.2020 Spooked - Isabelle Betsy keeps seeing a young girl at night in her room. She stands at the end of Betsy’s bed and stares at her. She comes back, over and over: night after night; year after year. Betsy knows she wants something, ...
03.11.2020 A Grenfell Story - Snap Spotlights "Have You Heard George's Podcast?" A young teacher's daily struggles provide the backdrop for a poetic re-imagining of a public tragedy in London. Snap spotlights the amazing "Have You Heard George's Podcast?" from BBC Sounds. Season 11, Episode 5
03.05.2020 The Real Black Klansman - Snap Classic A black detective in Colorado Springs infiltrates the KKK and finds himself face-to-face with David Duke, the Grand Wizard. And Daryl Davis is a boogie-woogie pianist who's played with Bill Clinton, Bruce Hornsby and Chuck Berry. But we wanted to ...
02.28.2020 Spooked Season IV Trailer A whole new season of Spooked returns Friday the 13th of March. Expect all sorts of scary. And if you haven't learned by now... please, don't turn out the lights! Season IV's episodes will be available on Luminary. Download the ...
02.27.2020 Watching Over Mountain Village Mountain Village is an Alaska Native town in the middle of nowhere. One woman is the town’s only police officer and she alone is responsible for the safety of everyone there. Her track record is perfect until one day when ...
02.20.2020 Senior Year Mixtape - Snap Classic It’s Senior Year and Alex, Damaris, and Brantin have been waiting for the day they get to leave Mission High and enter adulthood. Snap follows the three students for a whole year as their dreams turn into reality. Snap Classic ...
02.13.2020 The Pink Palace When your plane crashes in the Amazon Jungle on your honeymoon, do you take a raft down a river to continue on… or turn back? This epic romance turns into the ultimate test of survival. Season 11 - Episode 3

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Snap Judgment episodes:

Spooked - Don't Wanna Fright No More

Spooked - Teacher's Pet

Spooked - Skinwalker

Backstage

Texas Ranger - Snap Classic

Time Traveler

The Hitchhiker's Guide to America

Hold That Space - Snap Spotlights "Ear Hustle"

Shame

Respawn - Snap Classic

Bad Hair Cut - Snap Classic

The Golden Lure

Soundtrack of Silence - Snap Classic

Campfire Tales VII

Gotcha

Easy Street - Snap Classic

Outbreak at San Quentin

Belly of the Beast - Snap Classic

The Happening

Chasing Thunder

Snap is Moving

The Gift

Radio 77

Letters from Lockdown - Sarajevo, Yangon, New Orleans, San Francisco

The Border Hacker - Snap Classic

Thick Blue Line

The Iron Curtain - Snap Classic

The Country Doctor

Lucky Penny - Snap Spotlights "The Truth"

Letters from Lockdown - Philippines, Greece, Michigan, Libya

Modern Family - Mother's Day Special

Letters from Lockdown - Liberia, Columbus, Chicago

After Glow

Letters from Lockdown - Jericho, Rwanda, Brooklyn

Letters from Lockdown - Guantánamo, Utah, and On the Run

The Enlightenment Trap - Snap Classic

Buds

Letters from Lockdown - Gaza, Myanmar, and at Sea

Haenyeo

Spooked - The Fog

The Writing is on the Wall - Snap Classic

Borders Between Us

Zoo Nebraska

Spooked - Isabelle

A Grenfell Story - Snap Spotlights "Have You Heard George's Podcast?"

The Real Black Klansman - Snap Classic

Spooked Season IV Trailer

Watching Over Mountain Village

Senior Year Mixtape - Snap Classic

The Pink Palace

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