Podcasts by Snap Judgment
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Love Cats - Snap Classic from 2023-11-30T19:04:22
Two crazy cats and one hard-nosed reporter land in Syria right as it is thrown into turmoil. And a lovesick junior high kid will do anything to win over his crush. Even if that means going “unde...
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The Hot Dog King of New York from 2023-11-23T10:12:53
This dog has everything: mustard, onions, a scrap with Giuliani, Vietnam Vets, and The Met. Everyone is coming for the Throne of the Hot Dog King of New York… Dan Rossi. And a camp for kids with...
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Seeking Shizuko from 2023-11-16T18:05:42
A young girl was lost to her family. Torn away from them during their time in the Japanese-American prison camps, she was institutionalized and thought to be gone. But now, somehow she is rumore...
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Rooty The Pig - Snap Classic from 2023-11-09T19:54:50
Rooty isn’t like most farm pigs, she’s a city pig. This 300-pound Vietnamese pot-bellied pig is a New Orleans girl. But when Hurricane Katrina hits, everything in Rooty’s world is threatened. Listen
The Real Fleetwood Mac from 2023-11-02T18:14:03
Elmer Gantry gets an offer to join a notoriously unstable rock n’ roll band on a tour of the US. What could possibly go wrong? And the infamous Pine Tar Game of baseball superstar George Brett.....
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Nevermore - Spooked from 2023-10-26T15:00
We’re getting spooky again this week with a quirky haunting from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and a tale from a girl who escapes a ghostly force through astral projection.
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Inside Out - Spooked from 2023-10-19T18:59:54
This week on Snap, a BigFoot story from Pawnee Nation and a tale from a traditional-Filipino-tattoo practitioner who rids people of ancestral spirits. Some spirits move on… others don’t want to ...
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The Promise - Snap Classic from 2023-10-12T16:00
Promises. Some of them are worthless, some have infinite value, and some you will never know how much they are worth… until you have to cash them in.
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Head Games - Snap Classic from 2023-10-05T17:36:03
This week on Snap, two stories about the human mind and how it can play tricks on you. A young man comes to terms with his mother’s profound mental illness. And a father of five and devout Mormo...
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Blood Oath - Snap Classic from 2023-09-21T13:59:54
Some commitments go way beyond words.
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True Friends
Glynn discovers the true meaning of friendship.
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Bates&Stokes from 2022-04-14T17:41:22
Two women, Bates and Stokes, were LPCs at Pontiac Correctional Center outside Chicago. They were popular with their clients. They always had each other’s back. And that... was just the start of ...
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The Pink Palace - Snap Classic from 2022-04-07T18:38:25
A plane crash, a mysterious man in a white suit, and a crazy idea to just go with the flow on a journey to the Amazon River. All aboard "The Pink Palace." Your honeymoon starts... now.
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The World Tomorrow from Love&Radio from 2022-03-31T19:13:09
The story behind the story of Glynn Washington… on life growing up in an apocalyptic cult like you’ve never heard before. Snap Judgment presents, “The World Tomorrow," from Love & Radio with...
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Field of Dreams from 2022-03-24T17:59:34
It's the roar of the crowd, on the edge of your seat, in that pivotal moment in history. Is it the Iran Hostage Crisis in Tehran or the 1955 World Series in Brooklyn? For one man, Press Attaché ...
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Space Rocks - Snap Classic from 2022-03-17T18:16:31
There’s something special about the small town of Montrose, surrounded by the majestic mountains and quiet mesas of western Colorado. One night, an explosion in the night sky brings townspeople ...
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Death Note from Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez from 2022-03-10T18:19:48
Narcocorrido superstar Chalino Sánchez sings to a sold-out crowd for the first time in Sinaloa. It's the best night of his career until someone hands him a note. His face turns pale and his smil...
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J Dilla's Lost Scrolls - Snap Classic from 2022-03-09T05:04:59
When record store owner Jeff Bubeck buys an old record collection out of an abandoned storage unit, he has no idea what he’s stumbled across. Jeff learns the collection once belonged to the late...
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The Loophole from 2022-03-03T23:07:53
Have you ever wanted something so badly you’d do anything to make it happen? Sixteen-year-old Mohamed decides to dig deep in his religion to take the next step with his crush. There’s no love li...
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Don't Worry, Be Happy from 2022-02-24T09:00:01
Mimi Nguyen’s mother, Thanh, has always been super anxious. She obsessively calls Mimi at all hours and is always worried they’re in danger. This paranoia really put a strain on their relationsh...
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Backstage - Snap Classic from 2022-02-17T17:54:08
Some of the best stories are told when the show’s over… Join us Backstage where we bring together incredible storytellers from all over the country for a roundtable of stories about second-rate ...
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Wherefore Art Thou? from 2022-02-10T21:27:59
A pair of star-crossed lovers encounter the paranormal while performing Romeo & Juliet in fair Wisconsin. And when a man falls in love with his wife he doesn’t just get one life partner - he...
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S***hole Country from Radiotopia Presents from 2022-02-03T19:23:54
Afia Kaakyire has a decision to make. And by God, her family is going to help her figure this s*** out.
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Radio 77 - Snap Classic from 2022-01-27T19:59:03
A DJ hosts a radio show from a garden shed in his backyard. For over forty years he had an audience of one.
This story was co-produced in partnership with our friends at Listen
Rooty the Pig from 2022-01-20T18:39:37
Rooty, a piglet, leaves her Victorian dollhouse on the farm and heads to the city of New Orleans to find a family. But when Hurricane Katrina hits, everything that is near and dear to her is thr...
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Bring Gloves from 2022-01-13T23:21:02
One stubborn, little DivaCup is all that stands in the way of life, liberty, and the pursuit of queerness. Ray Christian-Dickens tells their story of breaking free of the Bible Belt.
The Known Unknown from 99% Invisible from 2022-01-06T21:50:16
The Tomb of the Unknowns is a sacred monument for unknown U.S. service members who died in combat. But what if this memorial is hiding something? ...Or someone?
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The Golden Lure - Snap Classic from 2021-12-30T08:00:01
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.
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The Don't Look Back! Special from 2021-12-23T18:44:57
Two stories from the mountains full of holiday spirit(s). It's the Nightmare before New Year's with a very Spooky episode from Snap… where guardian angels don't get snow days. Snap Judgment pres...
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The Christmas Tree Mafia from 2021-12-16T08:00:01
Scott Lechner is the king of Christmas trees in Manhattan, nicknamed the “Pontiff of Soho.” But when his business runs afoul of the mob, he gets an offer that he can’t refuse. And a covert opera...
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In Search of a Black Utopia from VICE News Reports from 2021-11-25T08:00:01
This past year Adizah Eghan noticed an interesting trend on social media: everyone seemed to be living it up in Tulum, Mexico. Some were flocking there to have a good time, while others were see...
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The 2021 Gratitude Special from 2021-11-18T20:14:28
We’re reflecting back on stories that give thanks for a monster-fighting grandfather, growing up with same-sex parents, and stuffing your face with Girl Scout Cookies… LIVE. Even in another tou...
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Con Man Daddy from 2021-11-12T01:41:11
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.
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Double Trouble from 2021-11-04T21:46:17
A rock climber hits the jackpot in Yosemite and Moss Hills saves the day with his music on a sea cruise. Two stories… double the trouble.
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The Torment - Spooked from 2021-10-28T07:02:01
When a man starts having night terrors his family thinks it’s just nightmares. Only it’s not just bad dreams — there is an actual demon plaguing him. And two family members know their house is h...
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The Final Reckoning - Spooked from 2021-10-21T08:00
Jen is about to start an internship at a museum. But this isn’t a typical museum... it’s built inside two old, historic mansions. By this time, the original owners of these two old homes are lon...
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The King's Ransom from 2021-10-14T23:49:23
Amateur treasure hunters race to uncover $100,000 in gold and silver after a man buries his entire jewelry store around the state of Michigan. Hunters are given clues and left to explore the woo...
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The Fall Guy - Snap Classic from 2021-10-07T20:56:44
An Afghan man is asked the unexpected by one of the most notorious Talibs in his neighborhood. A boy is picked on at school but it isn’t the other kids he has to worry about. Glynn flies too clo...
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“August 21, 1971” from Ear Hustle from 2021-09-30T07:00:01
August 21, 1971, was the deadliest day in San Quentin history, and it’s still a painful topic, both inside the prison and out. At the center of the story was a Black revolutionary named George J...
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Backstage II from 2021-09-23T07:01
You know we had to go for Round 2! We’ve brought your favorite Snap storytellers from around the world Backstage again, sharing the real stories that bubble up when the stage lights go down.
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Kismet - Snap Classic from 2021-09-16T07:01
Two women set sail on a tiny boat, embarking on a journey to freedom that takes them across the globe. And a Hungarian composer dreams of changing the world… he did.
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Campfire Tales VIII from 2021-09-10T07:01
It’s when the last glow of amber fades from the sky. When you can’t quite tell who approaches you on the dark path. When everyone starts to speak with lowered voices. That when you know… it’s ti...
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“Solomon’s Sword” from This Land from 2021-09-02T08:01
ALM – as referred to in court documents – is a Navajo and Cherokee toddler. When he was a baby, a white couple from the suburbs of Dallas wanted to adopt him, but a federal law said they couldn’...
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The Hired G.U.N. from 2021-08-26T22:23:41
Sir Dyno is the Chicano Eazy-E, the king of lowrider car shows, an up-and-coming gangsta rapper straight outta Northern California. But when he gets the money to finance his next CD, he has no i...
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Forever is a Long Time from 2021-08-19T07:01
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 fro...
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The Ridiculous, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea from 2021-08-12T16:08:29
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 million...
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Haenyeo - Snap Classic from 2021-08-05T05:32:56
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 motherho...
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The Turning from Rococo Punch&iHeartRadio from 2021-07-29T14:58:18
The podcast The Turning from Rococo Punch and iHeartRadio tells the story of religious sisters who joined Mot...
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Map to the Disappeared from 2021-07-22T19:45:19
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...
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This Is Not A Drill - Snap Classic from 2021-07-15T05:36:05
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 th...
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The Bone Reader from 2021-07-08T14:47:27
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 t...
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Hey DJ! - Snap Classic from 2021-07-01T15:20:21
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 ti...
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On Our Watch from NPR&KQED from 2021-06-24T06:20:49
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 h...
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The Census Powwow from 2021-06-17T05:37:55
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 ...
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Cowboy Bob - Criminal Spotlight from 2021-06-10T04:15:56
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...
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Turncoat - Snap Classic from 2021-06-03T19:08:41
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?
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Uncuffed - Snap Spotlight from 2021-06-01T18:34:10
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.<...
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The Birth Dream from 2021-05-27T17:26:28
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.
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Hot Trash - Snap Spotlights “Ear Hustle” from 2021-05-20T15:12:08
Snap Judgment presents, “Hot Trash,” a special spotlight on the Ear Hustle podcast, from Listen
Rock Paper Scissors - Snap Classic from 2021-05-13T05:09:11
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 ...
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The Wedding Guest from 2021-05-06T19:03:52
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 ...
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Mettle - Snap Classic from 2021-04-29T15:02:46
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 Heads...
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Hair Battle from 2021-04-22T08:00
We follow four hairstylists who compete in the 2019 Bronner Brothers Salon vs. Salon Hair Battle - the only hair competition...
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Bloodlines from 2021-04-15T16:54:50
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,...
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Cloak of Good Fortune from 2021-04-01T19:17
Sieu is a young boy living in the big city of Phnom Penh, but he misses his old life in the Cambodian countryside. The air, the farms, but mostly… the animals. When the Khmer Rouge promises a r...
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Spartan Hall - Snap Classic from 2021-03-23T17:32:38
Glynn finds a cheap place to spend the summer… at a halfway house.
This story was performed at Snap LIVE in Los Angeles and was presented by KPCC.
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Marshmallow Day from 2021-03-18T08:00
Katie falls hard for Barys during a whirlwind trip to Belarus. But there’s a giant red flag she can’t ignore any longer. And two people who have the same name, live in the same city, and have th...
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The Medicine Game from 2021-03-11T21:39:03
A group of all-native girls with a lot to prove take on the future of their high school lacrosse team. And an ENT doctor learns to be comfortable outside her comfort zone.
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Suave - Spotlight from 2021-03-09T21:35:25
This week, Snap is proud to spotlight Suave! This podcast captures the true story of a teenager sent...
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Beyond Faces of Death - Snap Classic from 2021-03-04T09:00
In the mid-70s, Conan was hired to direct and produce a nature documentary. But he wanted to do something more ambitious. The film he made became one of the most infamous movies ever, but his su...
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The Sasquatch of Pumpkintown - Snap Classic from 2021-02-24T23:23:37
Everyone in Pumpkintown is hunting for Sasquatch... except Ben Becker. He knows exactly where Bigfoot lives.
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Diamonds in the Sky - Snap Classic from 2021-02-18T09:00
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 album in seven years.
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Jinho's Journey from 2021-02-04T20:13:59
A hip hop artist from Oakland leaves his mic behind to join the police force and fight for justice from the inside.
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The Secret Adventures of Black People from 2021-01-28T23:33:43
A woman recounts her Aunt’s fairytale love story and searches for her own Modern Romance. An African princess learns she is truly beautiful. And a precocious eight-year-old finds himself on the ...
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Heaven's Gate - Spotlight from 2021-01-21T09:00
In 1997, thirty-nine people took their own lives in an apparent mass suicide. The events captivated the media and had people across the planet asking the same question... ‘Why?’ 20 years later, ...
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Money Truck from 2021-01-14T09:00
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 they go?
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A Person Who Has Never Even Been Married... - Appearances Spotlight from 2021-01-08T02:16:47
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, “A Person Who Has Never Even Been Married.....
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Monaea, a 2020 Diary - Snap Spotlights "VICE News Reports" from 2020-12-31T09:00
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...
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Upended - The 2020 Look Back Special from 2020-12-24T09:00
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 in 2020 to see if their stories have a part II. Listen
The Crossroad from 2020-12-17T19:05:37
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.
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The Lamb, the Lion, and the Fox - Snap Classic from 2020-12-15T20:50:50
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 give up the transparency of journalism if sh...
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No One Calls Me Shooter - Snap Classic from 2020-12-10T19:29:25
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 story takes place at a high school in Portland, O...
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Brass Ring - Snap Classic from 2020-11-26T18:22:05
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 and survive in Brooklyn during a time when the...
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The 2020 Gratitude Special from 2020-11-20T22:52:40
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 her house full of birds. Snap Judgment presents...
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The Badder, The Better: Bobby Shmurda - “Louder Than A Riot” from NPR from 2020-11-18T00:36:17
Rhyme and punishment go hand in hand in America. This week, we are featuring Louder Than A Riot Listen
Greetings, Prophet! from 2020-11-13T02:44:29
A mild-mannered theater professor attempts to stage a controversial play in a small East Texas town.
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The Choice - Snap Classic from 2020-11-05T09:00
Nada Rothbart thought she’d have plenty of time to get her family out of Sarajevo. Suddenly, it was too late.
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Spooked - Cat Bone Curse from 2020-10-30T08:00
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 presents a story crafted in the dark of night b...
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Spooked - Don't Wanna Fright No More from 2020-10-27T08:00
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 ...
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Spooked - Teacher's Pet from 2020-10-22T18:09:16
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… someth...
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Spooked - Skinwalker from 2020-10-20T22:34:25
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 hi...
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Time Traveler from 2020-10-01T18:40:12
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…
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to America from 2020-09-29T18:40:37
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.
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Hold That Space - Snap Spotlights "Ear Hustle" from 2020-09-24T18:10:03
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 ...
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Shame from 2020-09-17T20:33:33
What’s keeping you from feeling proud today? We’re exploring that question with a special Snap two-for-one: SHAMEBOOTH, a tra...
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Respawn - Snap Classic from 2020-09-10T19:29:32
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.
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Cod...
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Bad Hair Cut - Snap Classic from 2020-09-03T17:23:54
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.
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The Golden Lure from 2020-08-27T16:11:50
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.
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Soundtrack of Silence - Snap Classic from 2020-08-20T23:34:05
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 w...
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Campfire Tales VII from 2020-08-14T01:21:46
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 Listen
Easy Street - Snap Classic from 2020-07-30T17:26:56
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.
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Outbreak at San Quentin from 2020-07-23T00:30
Team Snap brings you the story of the devastating COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison, as told by people on the inside.
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Outbreak at San Quentin
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Belly of the Beast - Snap Classic from 2020-07-14T23:30
Things go horribly wrong for a safari guide on the Zambezi River when he comes face-to-face with a rogue hippo.
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The Happening from 2020-07-09T16:30
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 ...
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Chasing Thunder from 2020-07-02T21:53:16
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 mi...
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Snap is Moving from 2020-06-26T16:00
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. Ma...
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Letters from Lockdown - Sarajevo, Yangon, New Orleans, San Francisco from 2020-06-15T16:00
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
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The Border Hacker - Snap Classic from 2020-06-11T16:00
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
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Thick Blue Line from 2020-06-03T16:00
Police shootings, mistaken arrests, and growing up Black / Brown in America. Snap presents amazing stories from people facing our nation’s original sin.
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The Iron Curtain - Snap Classic from 2020-05-28T16:00
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 - Se...
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The Country Doctor from 2020-05-21T16:00
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
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Lucky Penny - Snap Spotlights "The Truth" from 2020-05-15T16:00
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-awai...
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Letters from Lockdown - Philippines, Greece, Michigan, Libya from 2020-05-13T16:00
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 installmen...
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Modern Family - Mother's Day Special from 2020-05-08T16:00
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 Da...
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Letters from Lockdown - Liberia, Columbus, Chicago from 2020-05-06T16:00
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 S...
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After Glow from 2020-05-01T16:00
V grew up hearing about her parent’s love story... but she never knew about the song behind it. Season 11 - Episode 13
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Letters from Lockdown - Jericho, Rwanda, Brooklyn from 2020-04-29T16:00
While most of the world continues to shelter-in-place, Team Snap brings you the third installment of, "Letters from Lockdown.”
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Letters from Lockdown - Guantánamo, Utah, and On the Run from 2020-04-24T16:00
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
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The Enlightenment Trap - Snap Classic from 2020-04-22T16:00
A skeptical journalist fights freezing temperatures alongside a fitness guru to test the limits of his own mortality. Snap Classic: Season 8 - Episode 17
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Letters from Lockdown - Gaza, Myanmar, and at Sea from 2020-04-15T16:00
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 - Epis...
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Spooked - The Fog from 2020-04-03T16:00
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 ...
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The Writing is on the Wall - Snap Classic from 2020-04-01T16:00
When the scariest man in town is arrested for murder, only one lawyer is willing to represent him. Snap Classic: Season 6 - Episode 30
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Borders Between Us from 2020-03-26T16:00
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.
Zoo Nebraska from 2020-03-19T16:00
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 - Episod...
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Spooked - Isabelle from 2020-03-17T16:00
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 w...
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A Grenfell Story - Snap Spotlights "Have You Heard George's Podcast?" from 2020-03-11T16:00
A young teacher's daily struggles provide the backdrop for a poetic re-imagining of a public tragedy in London. Snap spotlights the amazing "Listen
The Real Black Klansman - Snap Classic from 2020-03-05T17:00
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 Clin...
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Watching Over Mountain Village from 2020-02-27T17:00
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...
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Senior Year Mixtape - Snap Classic from 2020-02-20T17:00
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...
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The Pink Palace from 2020-02-13T17:00
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 1...
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Raft of Passion from 2020-02-06T17:00
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 experiment of all time. Produced by John Fecile, ori...
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Night at The Mirage - Snap Classic from 2020-01-30T17:00
A Chicago newspaper establishes an undercover bar to catch officials in the act of corruption. They soon acquire a cast of characters looking for more than just a drink. Snap Classic - Season 9 ...
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Space Rocks from 2020-01-23T17:00
One night, an explosion in the night sky of western Colorado draws townspeople out to search for something more. Something bigger. Something… out of this world. Season 11 - Episode 1
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The Performers - Snap Classic from 2020-01-16T17:00
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 a heroine of the streets. And Chapelle's othe...
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Tell Christy I Love Her - Snap Spotlights "Ear Hustle" from 2020-01-09T17:00
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 Spotlights Radiotopia's "Ear Hustle."
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Notorious - Snap Classic from 2020-01-02T17:00
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 orientation, leading to a search for more Hi...
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The 2019 Look Back Special from 2019-12-26T17:00
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 of southern Utah. And a dangerous anarchist...
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Under Pressure from 2019-12-23T17:00
After traumatic experiences underwater, a diver falls in love with the ocean again by building a secret kingdom for seahorses. Season 10 Episode 36
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Pt 2: The Search for No Name Aporva from 2019-12-19T17:00
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 ring. Listen to Part Two of this amazing journey....
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Pt 1: The Search for No Name Aporva from 2019-12-12T17:00
When 14-year-old Annaporva finally decides to ask her mother about her biological family a story so unexpected unravels - there’s kingpins, death threats, and Maneka Gandhi. Listen next week for...
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Leap of Faith - Snap Classic from 2019-12-05T17:00
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 story of a simple piece of fruit. Snap Classic -...
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The 2019 Gratitude Special from 2019-11-28T17:00
A headless chicken proves sometimes urban legends are true, playground bullies expose dark secrets during a “pantsing” epidemic, and a young man comes out to his parents. We are grateful to tell...
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Diamonds in the Sky from 2019-11-21T17:00
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 album in seven years. Did we mention this is the s...
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Return To Kuku Island - Snap Classic from 2019-11-14T17:00
A woman revisits remote Indonesian islands where she and thousands of other Vietnamese refugees were once stranded without food, water, or shelter. She returns to this tiny place on the edge of ...
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The Lamb, the Lion, and the Fox from 2019-11-07T17:00
A former journalist turned CIA agent goes undercover to flip an international arms dealer and stop a terrorist bombing.
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Godsend - Snap Classic from 2019-10-31T16:00
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 he goes out searching for one, he ends up find...
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Spooked - Sharp Tooth Boy from 2019-10-29T16:00
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 a ghost boy with long, sharp, bloody teeth ...
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Spooked - Santi from 2019-10-24T16:00
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 Mexico for this very special Spooked tale.
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Spooked - The Banshees from 2019-10-22T16:00
We're bringing you Spooked tales about ladies who lurk, haunt and aren't messing around. Be afraid.
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Barbara Nichols Pond
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Spooked - Mrs. Hagstrom from 2019-10-17T16:00
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 afraid.
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The Other Hand - Love + Radio from 2019-10-03T16:00
A mentor to a disabled little boy loses a piece of himself and discovers what is gained.
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I Sing the Body Electric from 2019-09-19T16:00
A man tries to cheat death with homemade technological body enhancements, but the world isn’t ready for his kind of lifestyle.
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The Spy's Son - Snap Classic from 2019-09-15T16:00
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.
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1865 "Sic Semper Tyrannis" from 2019-09-12T16:00
President Lincoln is mortally wounded. The nation is under attack. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton takes control and tries to protect Vice President Andrew Johnson.
This story comes to...
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The Inventor and The Thief - Snap Classic from 2019-09-05T16:00
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 10
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Head Games from 2019-08-29T16:00
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 young man comes to terms with his mother’s p...
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Campfire Tales VI - The Thin Place from 2019-08-22T16:00
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: Eliza Smith
Original Score: Renzo...
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The Badlands - Snap Classic from 2019-08-15T16:00
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 world pack their bags, fly to Iraq an...
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Shangri-La - Snap Classic from 2019-08-01T16:00
Glynn unearths paradise. A geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon Jungle, where rivers rage and legends come true. And a revolutionary living in exile does the unexpected. Snap presents a cl...
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Kissing the Concrete - Snap Spotlights "Ear Hustle" from 2019-07-25T16:00
Snap leaves San Quentin State Prison with the Ear Hustle Podcast and then goes back inside to hear stories from Prison Recepti...
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The Body Genius - Snap Spotlights "The Truth" from 2019-07-18T16:00
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 gym... isn't breathing.
Snap spotlight...
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On The Mat - Snap Classic from 2019-07-04T16:00
A one-legged high schooler wrestles with his identity and his weight class. A story featuring tough opponents and big decisions.
The Wrestler With The Missing Leg
Anthony Robles...
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Operation Little Flower from 2019-06-27T16:00
In a small Croatian town of Vukovar, some 200 people went missing. Years later, a group of investigators with The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia set out on an impossib...
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Quick Fix - Snap Classic from 2019-06-20T16:00
Mouth Of The Dragon
When a small child is lost, it's up to Glynn to face the dragon.
As The World Burns
What happens when the world arou...
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Snap LIVE! The Social Experiment from 2019-06-13T16:00
THE LEGEND OF SWEETFOOT
Comedian Dino Archie gets into a bar fight that blossoms into a bromance. The bond with hi...
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Bloodsport - Snap Classic from 2019-06-06T16:00
Point guard Alex Owumi has just landed in North Africa to play basketball for his childhood hero.
For more information, check out Alex’s book -- Listen
The Boy On The Beach from 2019-05-30T16:00
Hear the story behind the influential photo of the Syrian boy who drowned while attempting to reach Europe.
Read more in Tima Kurdi’s book, Listen
The Family Name from 2019-05-23T16:00
Quiet is Best
When Julie Lindahl discovered that her grandfather had been an active member of the German SS, she decided to return to the scene of his crimes. But her gr...
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“The Choice” Josh Healey Live at BAM - Snap Classic from 2019-05-22T16:00
When Josh Healey learns some unexpected news from his girlfriend, his first thought...is of Grandma Barbara and Grandma Henrietta.
Season 7 Episode 3
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A Wives' Tale - Snap Classic from 2019-05-17T16:00
Five women, one husband and one goal in life... to get to the Celestial Kingdom.
Producer: Tyler Measom & Adizah Eghan
Original Score and Sound Design: Renzo Gorrio
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Who's Your Mama? Pt 2 "Nose Job" from 2019-05-12T16:00
When Roderick turns 18, he gets a special gift from his mom... for the one thing about him, she does not love.
Sound Design & Score: Leon Morimoto
Produced: Shaina Shealy, Ma...
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Who's Your Mama - Pt 1 "#Waffle Woke" from 2019-05-09T16:00
Comic Jen Kober tells the story of the mother she never expected to find, on a journey she never expected to take.
Performed live at The Paramount in Oakland.
Music composed by ...
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Tricknology - Snap Classic from 2019-05-02T16:00
When you're struggling and living in the margins, the powers that be want to keep you ... exactly where you are.
Season 8 Episode 12
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No One Calls Me Shooter from 2019-04-25T16:00
When one couple learns that their teenage son has been identified as a potential school shooter, they do everything they can to prove that he’s not.
Bethany Barnes originally reported th...
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Good Morning, Mosul - Snap Classic from 2019-04-18T16:00
A tiny, pirate radio station broadcasts to the thousands of families trapped in ISIS-controlled Mosul. When listeners start calling in, something remarkable happens.
Producer: Anna Suss...
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Snap LIVE! At The Paramount from 2019-04-12T16:00
Snap LIVE! At The Paramount featuring Glynn Washington, Don Reed and Joyce Lee telling stories about subjects that are taboo, bizarre and humorous.
Live Music by Bell's Atlas
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The Promised Land from 2019-04-05T16:00
The story of a small Christian hill town in Palestine, and the 18 cows that kind of, almost, but never really, changed the course of its future.
Season 10 Episode 10
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Don Reed "Cardboard Boxes" at Snap LIVE! in Brooklyn from 2019-04-02T16:00
Snap Favorite Don Reed takes the stage with a heartfelt homage to his father's dreams for his son.
Performed live by Don Reed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
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Jen Kober "Skydiving" at Snap LIVE! in Brooklyn from 2019-03-29T16:00
Snap comedy queen Jen Kober thought having an adventurous date meant trying a new restaurant... little did she know she would be free falling into a pretty crappy situation.
Original Mus...
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Texas Ranger - Snap Classic from 2019-03-22T16:00
Back in the 1970's Bob Favor signed up to be a Texas Ranger. He helped local police solve some of their toughest cases. But there was one case that kept getting away from him.
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Love Me's "Meet Cute" from 2019-03-15T16:00
John Cotrocois is obsessed with meet-cutes, but he always falls for the wrong men. Will his dream of a fairy-tale romance come true?
Season 10 Episode 7
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Peace Of Mind with Bhi Bhiman - Snap Spotlight from 2019-03-08T17:00
Snap spotlights "Peace of Mind" with Bhi Bhiman. In the inaugural episode, Bhi interviews Glynn Washington, bestselling author Dave Eggers, and renowned psychologist Lee Ross.
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Reckonings - Snap Spotlight from 2019-03-01T17:00
After a college party, Anwen* and Sameer* went back to a dorm room. What happened that night was confusing and horrible. But in this story we get the rare opportunity to hear both of them grappl...
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I'm Your Man from 2019-02-22T17:00
The voicemail message says someone from your past needs your help. Would you respond, if it meant getting involved in a murder trial?
Season 10 Episode 5
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The Border Hacker from 2019-02-08T17:00
A computer hacker tries to make his way home through two countries, a dense jungle and a seemingly endless string of technical challenges.
Season 10 Episode 4
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Heaven's Gate from 2019-02-01T17:00
It was both a tragedy and a punchline. The story behind a cult that changed the world.
Season 10 Episode 3
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One Wrong Lie from 2019-01-25T17:00
When a man is falsely accused of kidnapping a police officer, he tells a lie to set himself free. But that lie comes at an enormous cost.
Season 10 Episode 2
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The North Pond Hermit - Snap Classic from 2019-01-18T17:00
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.
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This Is Not A Drill from 2019-01-11T17:00
Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter.
A very special presentation of the day the world almost ended.
Season 10 Episode 1
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The Other Secret Weapon from 2019-01-04T17:00
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...
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The Look Back Special from 2018-12-20T17:00
A special presentation just for you... "Look Back 2018." Coming to terms with events that have happened, but that you don’t want to believe. Featuring some favorite Snap stories from the vault.<...
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Ear Hustle's The Big No No - Snap Spotlight from 2018-12-14T17:00
Snap Judgment spotlights the amazing podcast Ear Hustle: The Big No No, stories from San Quentin State Prison.
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48 Hours In Syria from 2018-12-06T17:00
Kassem Eid had spent two years living in a city under siege. After he and his neighbors took part in the protests during the Arab Spring in 2011, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad began to punis...
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The 2018 Gratitude Special from 2018-11-22T17:00
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes: little girls, traveling dogs and men who save strangers from disaster... on the Snap Judgment 2018 Gratitude Special.
Season 9 Episode 33
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The Fire Tapes Special from 2018-11-13T17:00
What do you do when you are trying to give birth... in the middle of a wildfire?
Nicole Veum is interviewed live by producer Listen
Snap LIVE! in NYC from 2018-11-02T16:00
Legendary "Snap LIVE! in NYC" at RadioLoveFest featuring Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter from The Roots and The Tonight Show, comedian Jen Kober, and Snap favorite Josh Healey.
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Creepy Crawly - Spooked IX from 2018-10-25T16:00
The Birds: As a little boy in Richmond Virginia, raising pigeons, Ray Christian made a friend with the same hobby. But there was something mysterious about Ray’s new pal.
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Trapped - Spooked IX from 2018-10-19T16:00
Get 13 all-new episodes of Spooked Season 2 at Spookedpodcast.org.
THE IRON GATE
When D...
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Back To The Wall from 2018-10-12T16:00
Pro rock climbers Jason Smith and Tommy Caldwell know a thing or two about dangerous even life threatening adventures, but when they go on an expedition to the famous Yellow Wall in Kyrgyzstan, ...
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Two Brains from 2018-10-05T16:00
What if you had two choices. Either risk death, or start over in a completely new life. Now imagine you had to make that decision for your child.
Season 9 Episode 28
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Love Lessons from 2018-09-28T16:00
How do you imagine falling in love when you know you might never get the chance to? A story from inside the walls of Guantanamo Bay Prison.
Season 9 Episode 27
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Beyond Faces of Death from 2018-09-21T16:00
In the mid-70s, Conan was hired to direct and produce a nature documentary. But he wanted to do something more ambitious. The film he made "Faces of Death" became one of the most infamous movies...
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy from 2018-09-14T16:00
Sometimes the only word you hear is "No." But what if you always said "Yes"? Snap Judgment proudly presents "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy".
Forbidden Fruit
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Belly Of The Beast from 2018-08-30T16:00
When you’re a safari guide on the Zambezi River, you always know that things could go horribly wrong.
Season 9 Episode 25
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The Real Black Klansman from 2018-08-24T16:00
Featuring a new story from the "Real Black Klansman" Detective Ron Stallworth...we're going face to face with "The Klan." Includes a bonus Snap Classic story from boogie-woogie pianist Daryl Dav...
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All Eyes On Me from 2018-08-17T16:00
"Mirror Touch"
Neurologist Joel Salinas on mirror-touch synesthesia.
"What Accent?"
Ellen Spencer with Foreign Accent Syndrome.
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Talk Of The Town from 2018-08-09T16:00
After a salesman at Oakland’s Lake Merritt disappears, journalist Tammerlin Drummond investigates what happened to him.
Season 9 Episode 23
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My Private Utopia - Snap Classic from 2018-08-03T16:00
Dylan Evans had hit a wall. Life was becoming too routine, too mundane. So he did something very few of us would do to change that.
For more check out Dylan Evan’s book: Listen
Return To Kuku Island from 2018-07-24T16:00
In the 1970s, thousands of Vietnamese refugees were left on the remote Anambas Islands in Indonesia. They were stranded without food, water, and shelter, forced to survive off the land. Now, alm...
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Suitcase Of Love And Shame - Snap Classic from 2018-07-19T16:00
In 2009, Jane Gillooly came across an item on Ebay that piqued her imagination. The picture was of a suitcase filled wi...
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Night At The Mirage from 2018-07-12T16:00
The story of The Mirage, the famous undercover Chicago Sun bar, as told by two reporters posing as bartenders. Pam Zekman currently works as an investigative reporter for CBS 2 Chicago. You can...
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Campfire Tales V from 2018-07-05T16:00
An all new season of Spooked, the podcast, is dropping early August. In this episode, we’re featuring some of our favorite stories from Spooked, season one.
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Fight Club from 2018-06-28T16:00
The first rule about fight club is you do not talk about fight club. Ray Christian breaks that rule.
Season 9 Episode 19
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Ear Hustle's "Thick Glass" - Snap Special from 2018-06-21T16:00
Snap Judgment joins the podcast Ear Hustle for a look at parenting from inside San Quentin State Prison.
In this episode incarcerated fathers share their stories of striving to be presen...
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06 Female - Snap Classic from 2018-06-14T16:00
In 2006, a wolf was born in Yellowstone who would become a legend in her own time.
For more about the 06 Female and the debate surrounding wolves in Yellowstone, be sure to check out Jef...
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Beyond Belief from 2018-06-07T16:00
What do you do when someone tells you something you know to be false, and yet...you can just tell they're telling the truth?
Chaotic Good
Malaclypse was part of...
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Tin Man - Snap Classic from 2018-05-31T16:00
What if you don't have a heart?
If I Only Had A Heart
The sum of the parts cannot equal the hole in your heart.
The Scientist And The Psychopath<...
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Secrets In The Stacks - Snap Classic from 2018-05-17T16:00
When Avi Steinberg became a prison librarian, he thought his job would be to keep track of the books. Then he started reading between the lines.
Producer: Joe Rosenberg
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Where No One Should Go - Snap Classic from 2018-05-04T16:00
In the desert of northern South Africa you come across a little puddle. If you dive down into that puddle, at the bottom there is a slot. This is the entrance to third largest freshwater cave ...
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The Iron Curtain from 2018-04-26T16:00
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 got really interesting.
Producer:...
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The Badlands from 2018-04-19T16:00
For two years, ISIS fought to take over the city of Mosul, killing 40,000 civilians. This is a story about a group of men and women from around the world who packed up their bags, flew into Iraq...
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Running Man from 2018-04-12T16:00
When a rising high school track star in Eritrea, East Africa, is arrested under the military dictatorship, he realizes he might have a way out....run.
Season 9 Episode 13
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26 Lives On Atlas Peak from 2018-04-06T16:00
On Atlas Peak there is one way in and one way out. When wildfire threatened their homes, the only escape route...was up.
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Unforgiven from 2018-03-29T16:00
There is a line, draw it in the sand, shake on it, mark it in blood, but if you cross it... there is no going back.
Season 6 Episode 12
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Breakfast Of Champions from 2018-03-22T16:00
Stories of young people using every trick in their little arsenal to win praise and love, only to find themselves alone in the end.
Season 9 Episode 11
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Fargo - Snap Classic from 2018-03-16T16:00
Paul Berczeller examines the case of Takako Konishi, who died in a frozen forest on the North Dakota/Minnesota border looking for the treasure from the Coen Brother’s film Fargo.
Produ...
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The Trouble With Shannon Cason from 2018-03-09T17:00
KC was a rising star, improving Detroit’s most troubled public schools. But to do that, she cut some legal corners that put her in prison.
Season 9 Episode 10
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Counted: An Oakland Story from 2018-03-01T17:00
Counted: An Oakland Story is a yearlong look at the people lost to Oakland’s violence. During 2017, a team of Listen
Big Girls Don't Cry - Snap Classic from 2018-02-26T17:00
When the going gets tough, the tough make stuff happen. Featuring stories about rattlesnakes pageant queens, Apache orphans, and the legendary Xiao Xiao.
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Lifted from 2018-02-22T17:00
Avraham’s story was included in a 12-part Hebrew webseries called Neviim: Operat...
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Quake City Hero from 2018-02-15T17:00
In 1989, an enormous earthquake struck the Bay Area. One of Oakland’s major arteries, the Cypress Freeway, collapsed. And one man named Raven left his home and dove into the wreckage to save liv...
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The Spelling Bee - Snap Classic from 2018-02-13T17:00
When Snap Judgment producer Davey Kim was in eighth grade, he went to the regional level spelling bee with his best friend...and took R-E-V-E-N-G-E.
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Monk Of Mokha from 2018-02-08T17:00
The story of how Mokhtar Akhanshali braved a civil war to bring Yemeni coffee to the world.
Dave Egger’s biography of Mokhtar, Listen
Ear Hustle Special - Left Behind from 2018-01-31T17:00
Ear Hustle brings you stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it. The podcast is a partnership between Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, currently incarcerated at Sa...
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Senior Year Mixtape from 2018-01-25T17:00
Snap spends a year with three Mission High School seniors Brantin, Damaris, and Alex as they try to make sense of adulthood in a rapidly changing San Francisco.
Producers: Adizah Eghan, ...
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Soundtrack Of Silence from 2018-01-22T17:00
What sounds would you want memorize if you were told you were going to be completely deaf before you turned 28?
Producer: April Dembosky
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio
Soun...
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Linda, Loretta, and Me from 2018-01-18T17:00
What happens when boy meets girl and… fungus?
Season 9 Episode 2
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How Estee Got Her Zumba Back from 2018-01-13T17:00
What if you were born to twerk it, but you didn't know how to work it? Estee Rose grew up in a tight-knit Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn. Find out how she reclaims her faith after she l...
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Tonya For Hire - Snap Classic from 2018-01-10T17:00
What if one day you found out you look like one of the most famous people in the country -- who everybody hates?
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Snap Special - Zim Heavy: Rock and Revolution in Zimbabwe from 2017-12-28T17:00
Before there was Zimbabwe, there was the “Heavy” scene. In the 1970’s, Rock music rang out from the black townships in Rhodesia. One band, Wells Fargo, became the voice of the people. Founding m...
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Snap Holiday Special 2017 from 2017-12-22T17:00
The Snap Judgment Holiday Special features two good Santas in "Miracle on 22nd Street," a misguided angel in "Preaching to the Choir," and Snap story makers as they look back on their favorite s...
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Down With The Ship: The Sinking Of The Oceanos - Snap Classic from 2017-12-15T17:00
Let Moss Hills take you on sea cruise…
Producer: Joe Rosenberg
Sound Design: Renzo Gorrio
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Finding Rebecca from 2017-12-07T17:00
In 1962, in a very small, very white suburb of Chicago, a young couple set out to adopt a baby girl.
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Jay J. Armes: Private Eye - Snap Classic from 2017-11-28T17:00
Jay J. Armes was a real life superhero ... until real life intruded. Also be sure to check out Gary Cartwright’s original 1976 article on Jay J. Armes for Listen
Snap LIVE! The Passion from 2017-11-24T17:00
We're dropping the story-pocalypse...performed LIVE! at San Francisco's Nourse Theater.
Season 5 Episode 21
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The Gratitude Special 2017 from 2017-11-16T17:00
"The Outbreak" - What do you do when a life-threatening disease makes it too dangerous to save the person closest to you.
"Grits and Sausages" - When Ray Christian was a young boy, he lo...
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Spooked Presents - The Vanishing from 2017-10-27T16:00
Cowboy Ghost
Valerie is lost in a snowstorm in rural Montana. She thinks she might not be able to get out, when she sees two headlights coming to her through the storm. ...
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Spooked Presents - Sanctify from 2017-10-24T16:00
Great Aunt Rose
When Christina McKenna’s cruel aunt comes back from the grave to make amends--she’s not sure if she can forgive. Read more about Christina’s childhood in Ireland in her b...
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Confessions Of A Baby Snatcher from 2017-10-20T16:00
Confessions of a Baby Snatcher
The ‘work’ of social work is a lot more complicated than Katie Leavitt first thought. Luckily, a little voice helps to guide her.
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The Incident At Poison Spider Mesa from 2017-10-13T16:00
The story of two men who come face to face one night in the canyon lands of southern Utah.
Producer: Joe Rosenberg
Original Score and Sound Design: Leon Morimoto
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Lost In Time from 2017-10-10T16:00
Time Warp Saloon
The neon sign blinks at the roadhouse bar. The jukebox plays an old tune as the bartender shouts, "Last Call." Just one more. Why not? What could it hur...
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Man Of Steel from 2017-10-06T16:00
When an immovable object meets an unstoppable force, what is left standing?
Season 7 Episode 14
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The Bear, The Goose and The Whale (Part 2) from 2017-09-29T16:00
Goose Justice
Snap storyteller Abdul Kenyatta was taught to be wary of the police. Then one day he found a way to turn the tables.
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The Bear, The Goose and The Whale (Part 1) from 2017-09-22T16:00
Luna The Whale
In 2004, a lost baby orca named Luna swam towards Vancouver Island and tried to befriend humans. Then the First Nations and the Department of Oceans and F...
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The Performer from 2017-09-15T16:00
The hardest character to play is the character without a script.
Magic Lamp
Glynn's good luck charm goes missing.
Producer: Mark Ristich
Cassa...
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Spooked Sneak Peek from 2017-09-12T04:00
Supernatural Storytelling. Experience Snap's new haunted podcast, "Spooked!"
Featuring "Houdini’s Promise" and "The Night Mother."
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Campfire Tales IV - Primal from 2017-09-07T16:00
BOO! Get the NEW Spooked Podcast now at SpookedPodcast.org.
Border Bogeyman
Rocky Elmore used to work down by the border during long pitch-black nights in the d...
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The Promise from 2017-09-01T16:00
Promises. Some of them are worthless, and some of them have infinite value, and some you will never know how much they are worth... until you have to cash them in.
Season 7 Episode 7
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On The Mat from 2017-08-25T16:00
Amazing people wrestling with tough opponents and big decisions. Featuring Anthony Robles, the grappler that could take you down with one leg, and the Von Erich wrestling family whose glitz and ...
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High Crimes and Misdemeanors from 2017-08-18T16:00
When your back is against the wall and you're all out of options, you don't want to break the law...but it wants to break you. Featuring the story of an imprisoned Iranian fiancee and a personal...
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Transcendent from 2017-08-11T16:00
Amazing stories from people pushing the limits of their own mortality. Featuring the story of a skeptical journalist turned mountain climber.
Season 8 Episode 17
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The Mercenary from 2017-08-04T16:00
Fantastic stories from people paid to do our dirty work.
Season 5 Episode 6
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The Cadillac Hotel - Snap Special from 2017-07-28T16:00
At the Cadillac Hotel, an SRO in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, a resident has gone missing. Her long time lover and best friend won’t rest until she is found.
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Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) from 2017-07-21T16:00
Remarkable stories from real people battling a digital future.
Season 5 Episode 1
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Bad Medicine from 2017-07-14T16:00
You take the pills, you exercise regularly, and yet, still something or perhaps someone is wrong...
Season 8 Episode 16
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