Articles by Snap Judgment

Hear how one of Yugoslavia’s top basketball players attempts to escape the Siege of Sarajevo and don’t miss The Nocturnists late night meltdown at the morgue. “The Choice” from the Lucky Podcast Nada Rothbart thought she’d have plenty of time to get her

In the desert of northern South Africa you come across a little puddle.  If you dive down into that puddle, at the bottom there is a slot.  This is the entrance to third largest freshwater cave in the world. This is where the adventure begins.   Producer

At the height of the Cold War, Ulrike Poppe just might have been the most surveilled woman in the world. But it was only after the wall fell that things got really interesting. Be sure to check out Luisa Beck’s reporting on all things Germany at The Wash

The Badlands

When a rising high school track star in  Eritrea, East Africa, is arrested under the military dictatorship, he realizes he might have a way out….run. For more information about issues facing African migrants in Israel and resources on how to help, Isra

On Atlas Peak there is one way in and one way out.  When wildfire threatened their homes, the only escape route…was up. Sukey Lewis is an investigative reporter for KQED public radio out of San Francisco. The Atlas Peak fire was just one of a series of

There is a line, draw it in the sand, shake on it, mark it in blood, but if you cross it… there is no going back. Hijacker’s Letter What do you do when you receive a letter from your husband’s killer? For more information, check out Kathleen’s website

Stories of young people using every trick in their little arsenal to win praise and love, only to find themselves alone in the end.   The Best Little Swimmer Terry Galloway is ten years old and absolutely in love with the idea of summer camp. The only pr

Documentarian Paul Berczeller examines the case of Takako Konishi, who died in a frozen forest on the North Dakota/Minnesota border looking for the fictional treasure from the Coen Brother’s film Fargo.  Be sure to check out Paul’s documentary about Taka

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 w