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’t. So they sued. Today, the lawsuit doesn’t just impact the future of one child, or even the future of one law. It threatens the entire legal structure defending Native American rights.

Today, from Crooked Media, we’re sharing the first episode of This Land Season 2.

To hear the full series, subscribe now to This Land wherever you get your podcasts.

Snap Spotlight – Season 12 – Episode 35

“Solomon’s Sword” from This Land

The Old House illustrated...
Taken from "Tamarind Tree Beats"
http://suedey.bandcamp.com

Lil' Pill

What does a newborn baby need more than anything else? 

Sound Design by Pat Mesiti-Miller

First Friend / Snap Judgment

Tameer is part of an ethnic minority in northern Israel called Druze. When he is struck on the head as a young boy he inherits an entire new lifetime of memories.

Original Score: Renzo Gorrio
Producer: Shaina Shealy

Snap Judgment

Listen to the entire Snap Judgment episode "Duality"

What happens when boy meets girl and… fungus? This is a story about love and spores, from one of our favorite podcasts, Love Me. You can find more episodes of Love Me at cbc.ca/loveme, or whenever you listen to podcasts. Be sure to check out producer Jonathan Zenti’s podcast, Meat. 
Producer: Mira Burt-Wintonick, Cristal Duhaime, and Jonathan Zenti

Linda, Loretta and Me / Snap Judgment "How You Like Me Now"

Three San Francisco high school seniors try to make sense adulthood. We spend a year with them as they fight for their futures, in a rapidly changing city.

Producer: Adizah Eghan, Liz Mak, Eliza Smith, Anna Sussman and Mark Ristich.

Original Score: Pat Mesiti-Miller and Renzo Gorrio

Listen to the entire Snap Judgment episode "Senior Year Mixtape"

Snap proudly presents "The Trouble With Shannon Cason." KC Wilbourn was a rising star in education, turning around some of Detroit’s most troubled public schools. But in order to do that, she cut some legal corners that put her in prison. Do the ends justify the means?

Check out the new podcast "The Trouble with Shannon Cason" and connect on Twitter @TheTroublePod

Snap Presents: The Trouble With Shannon Cason

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. Check out more of Amy Roost’s work here and her podcast Fury here.https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fury/id1420225706

Read Amy Roost’s article on what may have caused each of her children to have brain malformations in Dame Magazine.  https://www.damemagazine.com/

Producer:Amy Roost, Anna Sussman. 

Original Score: Renzo Gorrio

Two Brains

What would you do if your best friend called to say she found the Buddha?  Jeff Greenwald didn’t have to be told twice - he hopped on the next flight to meet the guy for himself.

Story by Jeff Greenwald

Producer: Roman Mars

The Gold Ring / Snap Judgment, "The Storyteller"

A young teacher's daily challenges provide the backdrop for a poetic re-imagining of a public tragedy in London. And a penniless student arrives at UCLA with no place to stay and is forced to improvise.

STORIES

A Grenfell Story

A young teacher's daily struggles provide the backdrop for this harrowing reflection on the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Snap spotlights the amazing "Have You Heard George's Podcast?" from BBC Sounds. #HYHGP

In a move from journalism to drama, George departs with the documentary-style narration of previous episodes to deliver a heart-wrenching story of resilience and neglect in London's inner city. Enlisting the help of rising star Jade Alleyne, poet Sophia Thakur, as well as his own brothers, Freddie, Michael and Kenny Mpanga, George, introduces a small universe of characters whose witty exchanges offer insight into their respective environments.  

BIG thanks to George the Poet, Benbrick, and BBC sounds for sharing this story with us! 

Written by George the Poet, original score by Benbrick. Produced by Benbrick and George The Poet. Additional music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.

Featured songs:

Chika Dole - Touch

Abi Ocia - Running

The Kipling Hotel - Don Reed LIVE

A young, penniless student arrives at UCLA with no place to stay and is forced to improvise.

Performed by Don Reed at Snap LIVE in San Francisco, CA. 

Music composed by Alex Mandel, performed by the Snap Judgment Players: Alex Mandel, David Brandt, and Tim Frick

Snap Spotlight - Season 11, Episode 5

Snap Judgment 

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

Improvisation with Tem Noon one September evening in my empty home in Clyde, Kansas before moving in...

Tabla ~ http://soundcloud.com/tem-noon
Banjo ~ http://soundcloud.com/c-napier

Tabla & Banjo 1

Snap Judgment is a weekly storytelling radio show and podcast, hosted by Glynn Washington. Snap mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic, kick-ass radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling… with a BEAT!!  Snap first aired on NPR stations nationwide in July 2010. Snap Judgment is now aired on over 400 public radio stations.

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