A young anthropologist working in the Amazon jungle makes a decision that will impact his family for generations.

Producer: Anna Sussman with assistance from Beth Morgan
Sound Design: Renzo Gorrio

Songs from this story and episode listed here: http://snapjudgment.org/song-list-snap-416-return

Yanomami Mami / Snap Judgment, "The Return"

In the quiet moments of our lives, we can all sense that our hearts long for something, though we often don’t know what that something is. We seek an answer in our phones, and while they can provide some sense of extension and fulfillment — a feeling of magic — the use of technology also comes with significant costs in individual development and interpersonal connection that we typically don’t fully understand and consider.

My guest today will unpack what it is we really yearn for, how technology, when misused, can direct us away from the path to fulfilling those yearnings, and how we can find true human flourishing in a world in which so much works against it. His name is Andy Crouch and he’s the author of The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World. Today on the show we talk about the tradeoffs you make when you seek magic without mastery, and how we can understand our desires better once we understand ourselves as heart, soul, mind, and strength complexes who want to be loved and known. We discuss the difference between interactions that are personal versus personalized, as well as the difference between devices and instruments, and how to use your phone as the latter instead of the former. We end our conversation with why Andy thinks we need to redesign the architecture of our relational lives and create something he calls “households.”

#796: The Life We’re Looking For

Audio from Dr. Wayne Dyer's last live radio show before passing away on August 30th, 2015.  Dr. Dyer cites the work of Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning as a big influence in his life. Dr. Dyer reads a passage from the book and challenges listeners to find the meaning in whatever adversity they are currently facing. The ability to have compassion for others during difficult times is discussed. 

Wayne Dyer's Last Live Radio Episode

Joel Brown from http://Addicted2Success.com Interviews Reverend Michael Bernard Beckwith who is an American New Thought minister, author, and founder of the Agape International Spiritual Centre.

For an amazing collection of Inspirational Michael Bernard Beckwith Quotes head over to: http://addicted2success.com/quotes/32-inspirational-michael-bernard-beckwith-quotes/

Michael Bernard Beckwith - How To Discover And Share Your Incredible Power With The World

On the next Snap Spooked Special..."Sight Unseen." When the lights go dark...how can you be sure you're alone?  Part of Snap's terrifying "Spooked Week" of haunting, true-life stories. Be afraid . . .

Snap Judgment

Listen to the entire Snap Spooked Special "Sight Unseen"

Just Classic R&B HarlemShit!!!

They called the fight “Bad Blood.” It was a marketing angle that wrote itself. In 2002, Oscar De La Hoya and Fernando Vargas met in a clash of Mexican-American U.S. Olympians from southern California, bringing the two biggest draws at 154 pounds together for a monster pay-per-view event that was powered by a bitter grudge.

In a special edition of the HBO Boxing Podcast, Eric Raskin speaks to De La Hoya, Vargas, and numerous insiders who were at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas that night and lets them tell the story of a modern classic, a showdown in which scores were settled and blood was spilled.

Blood Sport: The Story Of Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas

You're cordially invited to spend New Year's Eve with Walt Avery. To attend, simply play this podcast. Performed by Ben Jones and Tom Ligon, and produced by Jonathan Mitchell. 

Happy New Year

2 hour live set on fb- June 5th

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.