Snap Judgment
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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 489
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Forever is a Long Time
When Ian Coss decided to get married, every living member of his family who had ever been married had also been divorced. He wonders: are we doomed to recycle the patterns of behavior we get from our…
00:48:52 |
Thu 19 Aug 2021
The Ridiculous, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea
A computer learns to speak with emotion and conviction but lacks the ability to distinguish good ideas from absolute madness. And a man has a chance to work on a secret project involving millions of …
00:46:54 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
Haenyeo - Snap Classic
When Heidi Shin had her first baby, she took an entire year to care for her daughter full-time. For the most part, she loved it. But she also felt like she was losing part of herself to motherhood. S…
00:34:43 |
Thu 05 Aug 2021
The Turning from Rococo Punch & iHeartRadio
The podcast The Turning from Rococo Punch and iHeartRadio tells the story of religious sisters who joined Mother Teresa’s order of nuns, but who eventually decided they had to leave. It asks, what is…
00:49:09 |
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Map to the Disappeared
A woman in Veracruz, Mexico receives a map from a pair of anonymous strangers that leads her on a search to solve a mystery that’s haunted her for years. And a psychiatrist brings together three men …
00:48:36 |
Thu 22 Jul 2021
This Is Not A Drill - Snap Classic
On January 13th, 2018, at exactly 8:07 in the morning, one text message turned the state of Hawaii into a state of emergency. From panic and fear to acceptance and joy, Snap Judgment explores the 38 …
00:34:14 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
The Bone Reader
A severed head turns up in a small rural town. While police investigate this as a crime, they look at disturbed graves, search for missing people — suspect a killer. But the forensic artist on the ca…
00:52:50 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
Hey DJ! - Snap Classic
A tiny, pirate radio station broadcasts to the thousands of families trapped in ISIS-controlled Mosul. A man’s fingers fly across the keys with ease when he sits down at a piano for the first time. A…
00:50:40 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
On Our Watch from NPR & KQED
One officer in Los Angeles used car inspections to hit on women. Three hundred miles away in the San Francisco Bay Area, another woman says an officer used police resources to harass and stalk her.
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00:49:44 |
Thu 24 Jun 2021
The Census Powwow
Cheyenne Brady knew next to nothing about the US census when she was given the job of counting everyone on her reservation. Writer Julian Brave Noisecat follows her through the ups and downs of the 2…
01:03:10 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
Cowboy Bob - Criminal Spotlight
In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. Give me your money. No marked bills or dye packs.” Wi…
00:33:14 |
Thu 10 Jun 2021
Turncoat - Snap Classic
An Israeli soldier’s decision to speak out against his own violent actions comes back to haunt him. And a little girl in Brooklyn devotes herself to becoming a nun… or does she?
STORIES
Crimes, L…
00:49:12 |
Thu 03 Jun 2021
Uncuffed - Snap Spotlight
It's been almost a year since friends and family have been able to visit their loved ones in prison, due to the pandemic. Letters to the inside are always a lifeline. This year, more than ever.
Tod…
00:12:28 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
The Birth Dream
Andy Marra’s job has just offered her the chance of a lifetime: she’s going to Korea. But she’s got a secret plan for the trip that has nothing to do with work.
Thank you, Andy, for sharing your st…
00:35:36 |
Thu 27 May 2021
Hot Trash - Snap Spotlights “Ear Hustle”
Snap Judgment presents, “Hot Trash,” a special spotlight on the Ear Hustle podcast, from PRX’s Radiotopia.
Visiting a loved one in prison is both emotionally intense and constrained by countless ru…
00:53:00 |
Thu 20 May 2021
Rock Paper Scissors - Snap Classic
When the two greatest auction houses in the world - Christie’s and Sotheby’s - vied for the privilege of auctioning off $20 million worth of art in 2004, little did they know that they would be force…
00:16:24 |
Thu 13 May 2021
The Wedding Guest
After years of fighting battles as a child soldier, a Sudanese man finds himself a refugee in Australia. As he struggles to overcome his past, he comes face-to-face with his childhood tormentor on a …
00:49:19 |
Thu 06 May 2021
Mettle - Snap Classic
When a four-seater plane violently crashes onto the top of an 8,000-foot mountain, an 11-year-old fights to survive. A white boy discovers he's black. And history calls on an Oglala Lakota Headsman i…
00:49:30 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
Hair Battle
We follow four hairstylists who compete in the 2019 Bronner Brothers Salon vs. Salon Hair Battle - the only hair competition of its kind. As one contestant puts it, "It's a platform that every stylis…
00:49:06 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
Bloodlines
When Adreanna Rodriguez was a kid, she was given a choice about whether or not she wanted to stay in her home state of California. It was a choice she’s reckoned with for her entire life. Today, over…
00:39:36 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
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