Snap Judgment
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 the producer of leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, Note To Self, Here’s The Thing With Alec Baldwin, and more.
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50 min
Snap #828 - Kismet
From Russia With Love
Two women, a tiny boat, the wide open ocean...and kismet.
Elena has written a book about their adventure, called Talking to the Moon. You can read the story on the couple’s website, http://www.cadenza.ca/index.php/en/talking-to-the-moon-en/
You can learn more about Elena and Meg’s journey at their other website, anticruise.online.
Producer: Liz Mak
Original Score: Leon Morimoto
Gloomy Sunday
Hungarian composer Rezső Seress dreamed of changing the world with his music. He did. Producer: Davey Kim
50 min
Snap #1004 - The Border Hacker
A computer hacker tries to make his way home through two countries, a dense jungle and a seemingly endless string of technical challenges.
36 min
Snap #1003 - Heaven's Gate
A Snap Judgment special presentation of "Heaven's Gate."
The story of the cult that left 39 dead in a quest for spiritual salvation.
27 min
Snap #1002 - One Wrong Lie
Nick Yarris says he was a junkie, a thief, and a liar. So when he was imprisoned on a false charge, no one believed in his innocence. Then he found his only way out.
Thank you so much to Nick Yarris. Check out his books, including his latest, “Monsters & Madmen: A Death Row Experiment.” Learn more at nickyarris.org.
Thank you also to the Wolfgram Memorial Library at Widener University, and its Reference Librarian & University Archivist Jill M. Borin for her help.
And lastly, thank you Nick Yarris’ former attorney, Michael J. Malloy.
Producer: Liz MakOriginal Score: Leon Morimoto
37 min
Snap Classic - The North Pond Hermit
There was a legend in central Maine, about a hermit who had lived in the woods, unseen, for 30 years. Then, in 2013, the police arrested a man named Christopher Knight. To learn more about Chris Knight’s story, be sure to check out journalist’s Mike Finkel’s book, The Stranger In The Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. Producer: Joe Rosenberg Original Score: Renzo Gorrio and Andrew Vicars
35 min
Snap #1001 - This Is Not A Drill
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 minutes when the people of Hawaii faced an incoming ballistic missile threat.
Lead Producer: Jazmin Aguilera
Editor: Anna Sussman
Producers: Eliza Smith, Erika Lantz, John Fecile
Additional production assistance: Nancy Lopez
Original score and Sound design: Renzo Gorrio and Leon Morimoto
23 min
Snap #938 - The Other Secret Weapon
A young man has the chance to work on a very secret, very powerful weapon that could put an end to world war II. The project involves no toxins, no chemicals, no shrapnel and no bullets. Instead, the project involves lots and lots of flying mammals. Lots.
Content Advisory: This story details a war situation involving both people and animals, Listener Discretion Is Advised.
50 min
Snap #808 - Boxed In
When you feel the walls coming closer and closer, where do you go? Where do you hide?