Snap Judgment
Episodes
Money Truck
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Six people, six different times and places, but they all find themselves in the same predicament, asking the same question, should they stop or should...
A Person Who Has Never Even Been Married... - Appearances Spotlight
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An Iranian American examines herself and her life in a one-woman audio show that straddles the line between fiction and truth. Snap Judgment presents,...
Monaea, a 2020 Diary - Snap Spotlights "VICE News Reports"
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2020 has been a YEAR, and Monaea Upton has a lot to say about it. This week we bring you an episode from the podcast Vice News Reports. Vice sent 17-y...
Upended - The 2020 Look Back Special
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if after the craziest year on record somebody asked you… “what happened?” The Snap team spoke to some of the people that changed our world ...
The Crossroad
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A good samaritan pulls over to the side of the road to help a family in distress. A few weeks later, he realizes something is wrong. This episode con...
The Lamb, the Lion, and the Fox - Snap Classic
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amaryllis was fast on track to become an established journalist when her mentor was kidnapped and killed by a terrorist group. She decided she had to ...
No One Calls Me Shooter - Snap Classic
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
School shootings and their tragic aftermath have become an all too common story. But here’s one side of it that you probably haven’t heard. This s...
Beautiful
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence “Binkey” Tolefree gets a phone call about a huge opportunity. But it’s the next call from his mom that leads to the most surprising per...
Brass Ring - Snap Classic
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A fortune hunter searches for buried treasure in an Arizona silver mine but finds something he never expected. And a young boy learns how to hustle an...
The 2020 Gratitude Special
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Glynn gets a new friend. A wolf in Yellowstone becomes a legend in her own time. And a woman’s life changes forever when a hurricane heads towards h...
The Badder, The Better: Bobby Shmurda - “Louder Than A Riot” from NPR
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rhyme and punishment go hand in hand in America. This week, we are featuring Louder Than A Riot, an incredible new podcast from NPR Music. It reveals ...
Greetings, Prophet!
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A mild-mannered theater professor attempts to stage a controversial play in a small East Texas town. This episode discusses drug use, sex, homophobia...
The Choice - Snap Classic
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nada Rothbart thought she’d have plenty of time to get her family out of Sarajevo. Suddenly, it was too late. This story originally aired on the L...
Spooked - Cat Bone Curse
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Todd’s uncle was one mean son of a biscuit. But long after he’s dead and gone, his descendants worry that his meanness might rub off on them. Snap...
Spooked - Don't Wanna Fright No More
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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:...
Spooked - Teacher's Pet
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kristen Cortez is a new teacher in beautiful Los Gatos, California. From her classroom window, she can see rolling, golden hills. Redwood trees. The s...
Spooked - Skinwalker
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 hur...
Backstage
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Texas Ranger - Snap Classic
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Time Traveler
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 begi...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to America
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 listener...
Hold That Space - Snap Spotlights "Ear Hustle"
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Four women share their stories of loving incarcerated men, and the challenges they face in maintaining their relationships, staying hopeful about an e...
Shame
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What’s keeping you from feeling proud today? We’re exploring that question with a special Snap two-for-one: SHAMEBOOTH, a traveling art installati...
Respawn - Snap Classic
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Bad Hair Cut - Snap Classic
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 u...
The Golden Lure
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 valu...
Soundtrack of Silence - Snap Classic
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 wou...
Campfire Tales VII
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Gotcha
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Na...
Easy Street - Snap Classic
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Stree...
Outbreak at San Quentin
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Belly of the Beast - Snap Classic
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 sto...
The Happening
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 son...
Chasing Thunder
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 journ...
Snap is Moving
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Gift
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A young boy in a migrant worker farm camp in California’s Central valley gets a surprise present from his father. But the gift comes with certain ex...
Radio 77
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Learn about yo...
Letters from Lockdown - Sarajevo, Yangon, New Orleans, San Francisco
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Border Hacker - Snap Classic
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A computer hacker tries to make his way home through two countries, dense jungle, and a seemingly endless string of technical challenges. Snap Classi...
Thick Blue Line
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Police shootings, mistaken arrests, and growing up Black / Brown in America. Snap presents amazing stories from people facing our nation’s original ...
The Iron Curtain - Snap Classic
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 thin...
The Country Doctor
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 electi...
Lucky Penny - Snap Spotlights "The Truth"
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 go...
Letters from Lockdown - Philippines, Greece, Michigan, Libya
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Modern Family - Mother's Day Special
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Letters from Lockdown - Liberia, Columbus, Chicago
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who better to seek advice from than a mother? This week, Team Snap brings you the fourth installment of, "Letters from Lockdown,” featuring moms aro...
After Glow
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
V grew up hearing about her parent’s love story... but she never knew about the song behind it. Season 11 - Episode 13 Learn about your ad choices...
Letters from Lockdown - Jericho, Rwanda, Brooklyn
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While most of the world continues to shelter-in-place, Team Snap brings you the third installment of, "Letters from Lockdown.” STORIES Jericho ...
Letters from Lockdown - Guantánamo, Utah, and On the Run
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Team Snap proudly presents the second installment of, "Letters from Lockdown," featuring stories from people around the world who have experienced...
The Enlightenment Trap - Snap Classic
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A skeptical journalist fights freezing temperatures alongside a fitness guru to test the limits of his own mortality. Snap Classic: Season 8 - Epis...
Buds
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 -...
Letters from Lockdown - Gaza, Myanmar, and at Sea
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Haenyeo
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 abo...
Spooked - The Fog
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
The Writing is on the Wall - Snap Classic
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When the scariest man in town is arrested for murder, only one lawyer is willing to represent him. Snap Classic: Season 6 - Episode 30 Learn about y...
Borders Between Us
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 bette...
Zoo Nebraska
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The story of a chimpanzee and a man whose dream brought disaster to a small American town. This story details violence against animals. Sensitive lis...
Spooked - Isabelle
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
A Grenfell Story - Snap Spotlights "Have You Heard George's Podcast?"
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Yo...
The Real Black Klansman - Snap Classic
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Watching Over Mountain Village
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Senior Year Mixtape - Snap Classic
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Pink Palace
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 turn...
Raft of Passion
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mary needed to get away from her husband. A handsome stranger offered her a way out. All she had to do was participate in the strangest group experime...
Night at The Mirage - Snap Classic
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A Chicago newspaper establishes an undercover bar to catch officials in the act of corruption. They soon acquire a cast of characters looking for mor...
Space Rocks
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One night, an explosion in the night sky of western Colorado draws townspeople out to search for something more. Something bigger. Something… out o...
The Performers - Snap Classic
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An openly gay luchador full of talent faces an uphill battle to get the crowd and the press on his side. A woman takes on superhero duty, serving as...
Tell Christy I Love Her - Snap Spotlights "Ear Hustle"
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom was a cop. Jason was a teenager in a gang. The two men tell the story of the one night in 1997 that changed who they both are now. Snap Spotligh...
Notorious - Snap Classic
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A loan shark crusades against the dark side of the payday industry, after running a risky business. A student discovers a kid named Hitler at college ...
The 2019 Look Back Special
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A poet delivers a devastating portrait of the relationship that made him who he is today. Two men come face to face one night in the dark canyon-lands...
Under Pressure
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After traumatic experiences underwater, a diver falls in love with the ocean again by building a secret kingdom for seahorses. Season 10 Episode 36 L...
Pt 2: The Search for No Name Aporva
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A woman arrives in India only to discover that the baby she’s there to adopt has just been rescued from an orphanage tied to a child trafficking rin...
Pt 1: The Search for No Name Aporva
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When 14-year-old Annaporva finally decides to ask her mother about her biological family a story so unexpected unravels - there’s kingpins, death th...
Leap of Faith - Snap Classic
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An aid worker is held hostage in Iraq, a detective’s toughest case turns out to be an investigation into his own past, and a hauntingly beautiful ...
The 2019 Gratitude Special
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A headless chicken proves sometimes urban legends are true, playground bullies expose dark secrets during a “pantsing” epidemic, and a young man c...
Diamonds in the Sky
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fans and journalists embark on a seven-show tour with Rihanna... in seven countries, over seven days, on a Boeing 777, to celebrate her seventh alb...
Return To Kuku Island - Snap Classic
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A woman revisits remote Indonesian islands where she and thousands of other Vietnamese refugees were once stranded without food, water, or shelter. ...
The Lamb, the Lion, and the Fox
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A former journalist turned CIA agent goes undercover to flip an international arms dealer and stop a terrorist bombing. Learn about your ad choices:...
Godsend - Snap Classic
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A woman’s voice changes forever, following a stroke-like episode. A man living in Alaska continues to hear rumors about the elusive blue bear. When...
Spooked - Sharp Tooth Boy
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bonnie Blagg and her two friends call for Bloody Mary in the mirror on her dresser during a middle school sleepover. Bonnie thinks nothing of it until...
Spooked - Santi
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Maribel loses her little brother Santi, her very best friend in the world, she learns that love is sometimes stronger than death. We travel to Me...
Spooked - The Banshees
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're bringing you Spooked tales about ladies who lurk, haunt and aren't messing around. Be afraid. STORIES Barbara Nichols Pond Ever since a lit...
Spooked - Mrs. Hagstrom
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's Spooked Season! When supernatural forces come for her kids, Curtis’s mom stands strong. Mrs. Hagstrom may be one of the meanest ghosts yet. Be...
Turncoat
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An Israeli Defense solider decides to speak out about his violent actions from the past and they come back to haunt him. Season 10 Episode 26 Learn...
The Other Hand - Love + Radio
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A mentor to a disabled little boy loses a piece of himself and discovers what is gained. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Misguided
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A teen's dad surprises him by taking him on his first slave plantation tour. And a girl realizes the computer version of herself, acts more like he...
I Sing the Body Electric
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A man tries to cheat death with homemade technological body enhancements, but the world isn’t ready for his kind of lifestyle. Learn about your ad ...
The Spy's Son - Snap Classic
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The story of a lifetime falls into a reporter’s lap when he receives a tip about father-son co-conspirators who sell national secrets to Russia. L...
1865 "Sic Semper Tyrannis"
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
President Lincoln is mortally wounded. The nation is under attack. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton takes control and tries to protect Vice President...
The Inventor and The Thief - Snap Classic
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When a brilliant inventor was robbed of his life’s work, his son did the only reasonable thing: he became a robber. Snap Classic: Season 8 Episode ...
Head Games
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The human mind can play tricks on you... A father of five and devout Mormon is dragged into a world that upends everything he knows to be true. And a...
Campfire Tales VI - The Thin Place
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Martin is a paramedic. He has a gift for saving people’s lives. He also has another, darker, gift--one that he doesn’t want to use. Produced by: ...
The Badlands - Snap Classic
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For two years, ISIS fought to take over the city of Mosul, killing 40,000 civilians. A mix of missionaries, mercenaries, and misfits from around the ...
Gambit
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A man inspired by joy writes a song, then he discovers it’s become a weapon. And a boy beat down by life learns to fight back, with the help of an ...
Shangri-La - Snap Classic
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Glynn unearths paradise. A geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon Jungle, where rivers rage and legends come true. And a revolutionary living in e...
Kissing the Concrete - Snap Spotlights "Ear Hustle"
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Snap leaves San Quentin State Prison with the Ear Hustle Podcast and then goes back inside to hear stories from Prison Reception. Content Adviso...
The Body Genius - Snap Spotlights "The Truth"
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a dark and fictional world, we meet the best Hollywood trainer money can buy. A trainer who specializes in the human body, but one body in his ...
Respawn
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A teenage hacker inspired by “Mr. Robot” takes on his high school and gets personal with his principal's Twitter account. And night-shift docto...
On The Mat - Snap Classic
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A one-legged high schooler wrestles with his identity and his weight class. A story featuring tough opponents and big decisions. The Wrestler Wit...
Operation Little Flower
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a small Croatian town of Vukovar, some 200 people went missing. Years later, a group of investigators with The International Criminal Tribunal ...