''Snap Judgment'' is a weekly storytelling radio program and

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...

, produced in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

and distributed by

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, and hosted by

Glynn Washington Glynn Washington (born 1970) is a media personality and producer. He is the host, creator and executive producer of '' Snap Judgment'', a radio / podcast/ stage / television show distributed by PRX. Early life and education Washington was born in ...

. Guests have included comedian

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is an American comedian, performance artist, TV host, and storyteller. She has performed at venues such as San Francisco's Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), Asian Art Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Siren Theater, Sa ...

, Antwan Williams,

Alison Becker Alison Helene Becker (born March 8, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for appearing in NBC's ''Parks and Recreation''. Early life and education Becker grew up in Allamuchy Township, New Jersey. She attended Georgetown University i ...

Ise Lyfe Ise Lyfe (pronounced "Ice Life"), born Isaac Patrick-Francis Brown, is a spoken word and hip-hop artist as well as an educator, community organizer, and activist in his native Oakland, California. He won the 2001 National Poetry Slam Competition a ...

and

Earlonne Woods Earlonne Woods (born August 13, 1971) is an American podcaster and author, best known for co-hosting and co-founding the podcast '' Ear Hustle'' in 2017, and co-authoring the book ''This Is Ear Hustle'' in 2021. Woods helped create ''Ear Hustle'' ...

. Each episode is made up of narrative pieces on a common theme. The program first aired in July 2010. As of November 2017, the podcast was downloaded approximately 2 million times per month, and the program is broadcast across more than 400 radio stations nationwide.

History

In 2008, Glynn Washington won the Public Radio Talent Quest, a talent contest staged by

and

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. This provided the funding necessary to start the show. From 2015 through 2020 ''Snap Judgment'' was distributed by WNYC Falk, 2020 from 2020 to 2021, the program was broadcast in Canada on

CBC Radio One CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent of Ca ...

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