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Snap Judgment Proudly Presents “Adaptation,”  Stories about metamorphosis.

Stories

Live Long And Prosper
Snap’s Glynn Washington decides upon a radical strategy to discard his past.

Like Daughter Like Daughter
Yolanda grew up in a privileged Berkeley neighborhood, but her loneliness drove her to teen pregnancy and later, the streets.  Yolanda’s mistakes catalyze of a cycle of addiction, leading her daughter towards a similar fate.

Salted Egg
Thirty years after the tragedy of the Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian Family begins an unlikely search for their missing Father.

The Man with the Gun
Fate conspires to make a Liberian child solider give away the thing that gives him power . . .

Aerial View
When a freak accident causes sporty, artistic Aerial to lose her sight, she finds herself terrified and unable to function. How can she adapt to a permanently dark world?

Topless 10K
Tania Katan decides to fight her fear in the only way she has left . . .


Smart Like You
Listen as Dhaya Lakshminarayanan rocks the Snap Judgment LIVE crowd with a story of family adaptation.


Listen to Snap Judgment, "Adaptation" / The Full Show

When Cindy adopted a four year old girl from China, there was a lot the two didn’t understand about each other.

Find out about Cindy’s story (and her books) at CindyChampnella.com.

Producer: Anna Sussman

Sound Design:  Pat Mesiti-Miller



Xiao Xiao - 2011

The True Story of a False Prophet.

Vikram Gandhi grew weary of fake religious gurus. So he became one. He named his guru-self "Kumare."

Producers: Glynn Washington and Nick van der Kolk, with Anna Sussman

To see the film upon which this piece is based, go to www.KumareMovie.com

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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.