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Pod Cast Snap Judgement

The monsters of Shane's night terrors tremble in fear of Shane's grandfather until his powers fail. 

Shane Koyczan is an award winning Canadian Poet, Author and Performer. He is also a TED Talks speaker. Shane's influential, anti-bullying, To This Day Project video went viral in early 2013 and currently has over 10 million views and counting.

Original music by Alex Mandel performed by Alex Mandel and the Snap Players

Why Does This Man’s Grandfather Fight Monsters?  / Shane Koyczan, Snap Judgment LIVE!

A 2002 look at why some stories make it to the front page and others don't even seem to exist. #VintageOTM

Burying Stories

Therese Wood calls into The Moth Pitchline to recount a story of preservation and kindness.

Do you have a story you'd like to pitch? Call us at 1-877-799-MOTH or record one at TheMoth.org

Moth Pitch: Therese Wood

A young man has the chance to work on a very secret, very powerful weapon that could put an end to world war II. The project involves no toxins, no chemicals, no shrapnel and no bullets. Instead, the project involves lots and lots of flying mammals. Lots.

Producer: John Fecile

Snap Judgment

The Other Secret Weapon

On January 13th 2018, at exactly 8:07 in the morning, one text message turned the state of Hawaii into a state of emergency.

From panic and fear to acceptance and joy, Snap Judgment explores the 38 minutes when the people of Hawaii faced an incoming ballistic missile threat.

Lead Producer: Jazmin Aguilera

Editor: Anna Sussman

Producers: Eliza Smith, Erika Lantz, John Fecile

Additional production assistance: Nancy Lopez

Original score and Sound design: Renzo Gorrio and Leon Morimoto

This Is Not A Drill

Nick Yarris says he was a junkie, a thief, and a liar. So when he was imprisoned on a false charge, no one believed in his innocence. Then he found his only way out.

Thank you so much to Nick Yarris. Check out his books, including his latest, “Monsters & Madmen: A Death Row Experiment.” Learn more at nickyarris.org.

Thank you also to the Wolfgram Memorial Library at Widener University, and its Reference Librarian & University Archivist Jill M. Borin for her help.

And lastly, thank you Nick Yarris’ former attorney, Michael J. Malloy.

Producer: Liz Mak
Original Score: Leon Morimoto

One Wrong Lie

It was both a tragedy and a punchline. The story behind a cult that changed the world. Snap Presents "Heaven's Gate".

Snap Presents: Heaven's Gate

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Welcome to LSE's award-winning podcast, LSE IQ, where we ask leading social scientists - and other experts - to answer an intelligent question about economics, politics or society. 

In this episode, Joanna Bale asks 'Should we fear the rise of the far right?' She talks to LSE's Simon Hix and Marta Lorimer, as well as Matthew Feldman of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right and Sara Khan, Britain’s first counter-extremism commissioner.

For further information about the podcast and all the related links visit http://lse.ac.uk/iq and please tell us what you think using the hashtag #LSE

LSE IQ podcast

Should we fear the rise of the far right?

A computer hacker tries to make his way home through two countries, a dense jungle and a seemingly endless string of technical challenges.

The Border Hacker

From Russia With Love

Two women, a tiny boat, the wide open ocean...and kismet.  

Elena has written a book about their adventure, called Talking to the Moon. You can read the story on the couple’s website, http://www.cadenza.ca/index.php/en/talking-to-the-moon-en/

You can learn more about Elena and Meg’s journey at their other website, anticruise.online.

Producer: Liz Mak

Original Score: Leon Morimoto

 

Gloomy Sunday

Hungarian composer Rezső Seress dreamed of changing the world with his music. He did.

Producer: Davey Kim

Listen to the entire Snap Judgment episode "Kismet"

The voicemail message says someone from your past needs your help. Would you respond, if it meant getting involved in a murder trial?

Listen to the entire Snap Judgment episode "I'm Your Man"

When April’s ex-boyfriend commits an unthinkable crime, she is forced to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew, and make a high stakes decision.

I'm Your Man / Snap Judgment

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.