Snap Judgment
Tuesdays 9-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 2-3 p.m. on KUAR
Snap Judgment is a themed, weekly NPR storytelling show. It is focused on presenting compelling personal stories - mixing tall tales with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio.
Snap Judgment is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and distributed through NPR and Public Radio Exchange (PRX). You can find more at its website.
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Snap Judgment favorite Joyce Lee remembers a student from her teaching days that reminds her that sometimes, the easy way out is not the best way.
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W.C. Jameson has searched for a recovered buried treasure across the world. But on a search in Arizona, he found something he never expected.
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Back in the days when Williamsburg was still rough, Lou Diaz learned how to hustle. He returned as an adult, and found that the hustle was still handy - but in a completely new way.
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When a circus elephant terrifies a small town in Tennessee in 1916, the town wants revenge.
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The notorious showman Chicken John creates a traveling circus that has only one rule: you can't have any talent to perform. Designed to fail, instead they face a new foe: success.
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When one boy runs away with the carnival, every kid's dream turns into one man's nightmare.
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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.
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When Snap Judgment producer Davey Kim was in 9th grade, he was the lead guitarist of a screamo emo band... but he almost wasn't.
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A young Iraqi man fought against the government that terrorized his family for his whole life. His tactics were controversial, but they were very effective.
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In one of soccer's most legendary fairy tales, manager Harry Redknapp once plucked a hardcore fan from the crowd and put him to the test for West Ham United. What happens next made the fan a legend.