Snap Judgment

Saturday - 6:00 pm

Hosted by Glynn Washington

This dynamic one-hour show with host Glynn Washington tells intriguing stories about extraordinary and defining events in people's lives.

Snap Judgment's fast-paced, intimate, and musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see a sliver of the world through another's eye.

Glynn Washington

Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington takes listeners on a narrative journey - leaping from one person's frying pan into another person's fire.

Snap Judgment

November 01, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment: Godsend – Saturday at 10am
When a woman is released from the hospital after a mysterious stroke-like episode her voice will never be the same again. And a boy growing up in Alaska continues to hear rumors about the elusive blue bear. One day a friend convinces him to go out searching for one, and what he ends up finding is,…
October 18, 2019
Snap Judgment Presents: The Banshees – Saturday at 10am
This week Snap Judgment Presents: Spooked... Tales about ladies who lurk, haunt and aren't messing around. After a little girl is found lifeless in a pond, she avenges her untimely end. And a film producer visits one of the most iconic haunted places in the world: The Stanley Hotel. He doesn’t…
October 11, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment: Turncoat – Saturday at 10am
An Israeli Defense Soldier is feeling anything but proud and has an impossible decision to make. And a little girl in Brooklyn can help her whole community if she just devotes herself to becoming a nun… but what if she doesn't want to? Snap Judgment - storytelling with a beat, airs every Saturday…
October 04, 2019
Snap Judgment Presents “Misguided” – Saturday at 10am
This week on Snap Judgment, a boy and his father go on a slave plantation tour, only to be served drinks and discuss architecture. And a mentor to a disabled little boy, loses a piece of himself and discovers what is gained. And a young woman steps foot into the latest version of the Sim’s game,…
September 27, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment: Picking Up The Pieces – Saturday at 10am
A brother and sister embark on a real-time rescue mission to save their estranged father. And after a man falls in love, a bold lie keeps his relationship under wraps…until it almost doesn't. Snap Judgment - storytelling with a beat, airs every Saturday morning at 10 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /…
September 20, 2019
I Sing the Body Electric on Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10am
A man tries to cheat death with homemade technological body enhancements, but the world isn’t ready for his kind of lifestyle. And a son wants to keep his dad around for as long as possible, so he saves his favorite part about him in the best way he knows how. Snap Judgment - storytelling with a…
Sep 06, 2019
On This Week’s Snap Judgment: Legacy – Saturday at 10am
A brilliant inventor is robbed of his life’s work... to even the score, his son becomes a robber. And an 87-year-old woman's last wishes turn out to…
Aug 30, 2019
Snap Judgment presents “Head Games” – Saturday at 10am
This week on Snap Judgment, two stories about the human mind and how it can play tricks on you. A father of five and devout Mormon is dragged into a…
Aug 23, 2019
Campfire Tales VI on the Next Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10am
A paramedic has a gift for saving people’s lives. He also has another, darker, gift-- one that he doesn’t want to use. And a young man finds evil…
Aug 16, 2019
This week on Snap Judgment, The Badlands – Saturday at 10am
This week on Snap Judgment, a mix of missionaries, mercenaries, and misfits from around the world pack their bags, fly to Iraq and voluntarily run…
Aug 09, 2019
This week on Snap Judgment... Gambit – Saturday at 10am
This week on Snap Judgment, the battle may have ended, but the war isn’t over. A young boy beat down by life learns to fight back with the help of an…
Jul 26, 2019
An Ear Hustle Spotlight on This Week’s Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10am
This week, Snap Judgment spotlights the amazing podcast “Ear Hustle.” Two men leave San Quentin State Prison and find out who – or what – is waiting…
Jul 19, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment: The Patient – Saturday at 10am
When you're at your very worst, alone, naked in a thin robe, and on a white table that you realize what you're really made of. This week, stories…
Jul 12, 2019
This Week on Snap Judgment: Respawn – Saturday at 10am
A teenage hacker inspired by “Mr. Robot” takes on his principal, teachers, and the Board of Education. And a night-shift doctor shares a story of…
Jul 05, 2019
On the next Snap Judgment… On the Mat – Saturday at 10am
A one-legged high schooler wrestles with his identity - as well as his weight class. And five brothers enter the wrestling ring , but only one will…
Jun 28, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment… Aftermath – Saturday at 10am
Some mysteries must be solved for the good of our own conscience… Two men set out to bring a war criminal to justice and a college student engages…
Jun 21, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment: “Quick Fix” – Saturday at 10am
This week: Glynn faces a 25-foot dragon, Comedian Josh Healey’s world starts to burn, a Muslim bachelor pretends to be Jewish, and an English…
Jun 14, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment: The Social Experiment – Saturday at 10am
Snap LIVE! “The Social Experiment” featuring two comic storytellers, Dino Archie and James Judd, that raise the roof and bring down the house. On…
May 23, 2019
The Family Name on the Next Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10 am
Stories of family secrets that bring us together, and family secrets that tear us apart.
May 02, 2019
On the Next All-NEW Snap Judgment: ”Tricknology” – Saturday at 10 am
When you’re struggling and living in the margins, the powers that be want to keep you…exactly where you are.
Apr 25, 2019
"No One Calls Me Shooter" on Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10 am
When one couple learns that their teenage son has been identified as a potential school shooter, they do everything they can to prove that he's not.
Apr 11, 2019
Snap LIVE! At The Paramount on Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10 am
Snap LIVE! At The Paramount featuring Glynn Washington, Don Reed and Joyce Lee telling stories about subjects that are taboo, bizarre and humorous.
Apr 04, 2019
This Week on Snap Judgment, “Promised Land" – Saturday at 10 am
Stories of victory, defeat, and love from some of the world’s most troubled lands.
Mar 28, 2019
"Snap LIVE! in Brooklyn" – Saturday at 10 am
There's a special kind of magic that happens when you've only got one shot.
Mar 21, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment, "Can't Hold Me Down" - Saturday at 10 am
On the next Snap, "Can't Hold Me Down." The world has a natural order that we all abide.
Mar 14, 2019
Snap Judgment Proudly Presents "The Grand Illusion" – Saturday at 10 am
On the next Snap... "The Grand Illusion"-- What if we wake up and discover -- that we're living in someone else's game? Snap Judgment proudly…
Mar 07, 2019
How Well Do You Know the Person You Thought You Knew? Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10 am
"Second Skin." Amazing stories from people realizing the person they thought they knew -- they may not know at all.
Feb 21, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgment, "I’m Your Man" – Saturday at 10 am
You had a relationship. You cared about that person a long long time ago; years ago. But what if you got a phone call that said unless you agree to…
Feb 14, 2019
Two Women, a Tiny Boat, the Wide-Open Ocean... and Kismet on Snap – Saturday at 10 am
Snap Judgment - storytelling with a beat - airs every Saturday morning at 10 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on…
Feb 07, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgement, the Border Hacker – Saturday at 10 am
A computer hacker tries to make his way home through two countries, a dense jungle and a seemingly endless string of technical challenges.
Jan 31, 2019
The Tragedy and Punchline of Heaven’s Gate on Snap Judgement – Saturday at 10 am
It was both a tragedy and a punchline; and on the next Snap Judgment, learn the story behind the cult that changed the world, “Heaven’s Gate.
Jan 24, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgement: Preposterous – Saturday at 10 am
There a lie, there's a damn lie, and there's a Facebook or Instagram post.
Jan 17, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgement, "Personal Jesus." Reach Out and Touch Faith – Saturday at 10 am
This week, amazing stories of people searching for their own salvation: There was a legend in central Maine, about a hermit who had lived in the…
Jan 10, 2019
On the Next Snap Judgement, This Is Not A Drill – Saturday at 10 am
You wake up. Brush your teeth. A day like any other… Until you look at your phone and it tells you a disaster is about to strike.
Dec 27, 2018
Amazing Stories from Real People with Nowhere to Go on Snap Judgement – Saturday at 10 am
There’s a scene in the Star Wars movies where Luke and Leia are in the garbage area and the walls start compacting; inexorably crushing.
Dec 20, 2018
It’s a Look Back at 2018 on Snap Judgement – Saturday at 10 am
We run as fast as we can Going, doing, striving, But you can’t ever really move forward Unless you know where you’ve been Snap Judgment proudly…
Dec 06, 2018
Secrets Of War on the Next Snap Judgement – Saturday at 10 am
In the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a man is pulled aside and presented a secret one-way mission.
Nov 30, 2018
On the Next All-New Snap, "The Bear, The Goose, and the Whale" - Saturday at 10 am
"The Bear, The Goose, and the Whale" features the story of the orca named Luna who might just be a reincarnated First Nations chief, the tale of a…
Nov 22, 2018
The Snap Judgment Gratitude Special – Saturday at 10 am
Tension is in the air. Between friends, between parents, associates. Are you afraid to sit at the family table this holiday season? Well, we’ve got…
Nov 08, 2018
On the Next Snap Judgment Counted: An Oakland Story on the Next Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10 am
Counted: An Oakland Story is the story of the people lost to Oakland’s violence last year.
Nov 01, 2018
This Week on Snap Judgement, "Snap LIVE! in NYC" – Saturday at 10 am
"Snap LIVE! in NYC" featuring Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter from The Roots, comedian Jen Kober, and Snap favorite Josh Healey.
Oct 03, 2018
The Weight of the World on Snap Judgment - Saturday at 10 am
They could look normal… Hold normal conversations… Do everything you expect… And still have a secret… On the next Snap Judgment The “Weight of the…
Sep 13, 2018
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on Snap Judgement - Saturday at 10 am
If you don’t care about hard work, Patience, sacrifice, and all that other nonsense, Do you know the fastest way to make a million dollars? Easy.
Jul 19, 2018
On the Next Snap Judgment, "Caught up" - Saturday at 10 am
You may think that you make your own decisions… You go your own way… You forge your own path… But you look up one day and realize.
Jul 13, 2018
"Subterfuge" on the Next Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10 am
In this all-NEW Snap Judgment, put your dark glasses and trench coat on, ‘cause we’re going undercover.
Jul 05, 2018
“Campfire Tales” Stories of the inexplicable on the next Snap Judgment – Saturday at 10 am
When what you see doesn’t comport with science, with reason, with the rules you know about how the universe works; who are you going to believe?…
Jun 21, 2018
Snap Special Presentation "Ear Hustle: Thick Glass" – Snap Judgment, Saturday at 10 am
A lot of things can make it difficult to raise a child, but what if you have to do it from the inside of a prison? Snap proudly presents Ear Hustle's…
Jun 15, 2018
On the Next Snap Judgment, from WNYC, “Legendary” – Today at 10 am
You’ve heard of them. They don’t have to talk about themselves because everybody else already does.
May 31, 2018
The Scientist and the Psychopath on the Next Snap Judgement – Saturday Morning at 8 am
Neuroanatomist Dr. James Fallon studies the most dangerous kind of person: the psychopath. His job is to get up close and personal with the mind of…
May 03, 2018
"The Muse" - Snap Judgment - Saturday May 5th @ 10 am
When a young man is told is he going deaf, he sets out on a challenge to memorize the songs that defined his life.
Jan 25, 2018
"Senior Year Mixtape" - Snap Judgment - Saturday @ 10 am
Three San Francisco high school seniors try to make sense adulthood. We spend a year with them as they fight for their futures, in a rapidly changing…
Oct 05, 2017
"Man Of Steel" - Snap Judgment, Saturday Morning @ 10 am
It seems like a lot of people are squishy. You don't know where they stand because they don't know where they stand.
Mar 23, 2017
"Born Identity" - Snap Judgment, Saturday Morning at 10:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91
You have the person you’re born to be, and then you have the person you’re creating.

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