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In the middle of a Miami hurricane these pink beauties huddled together for survival, but zookeeper Ron Magill turned it into something iconic. And when a reporter’s love story hits a dead end, she turns to a Palestinian couple for answers. STORIES Flamingos in the Bathroom In the middle of a Miami hurricane these pink beauties huddled together for survival, but zookeeper Ron Magill turned it into something iconic.   A huge thank you to Ron Magill for sharing your story! Ron’s wild life images have appeared in publications and galleries around the world. Produced by Bo Walsh. Edited by Anna Sussman. Original score by Renzo Gorrio. Photo by Rob Magill. Photo Session When a reporter’s love story hits a dead end, she turns to a Palestinian couple for answers. Thank you Rayan, Samih, and Anna! Two years after their engagement, Rayan and Samih got married and moved to a flat just outside the camp and they still work there as journalists. Our storyteller Anna and her boyfriend got engaged shortly after she moved to Iraq to be with him. Read these two stories and many more in Anna Lekas Miller’s book Love Across Borders. Produced by John Fecile. Original score by Clay Xavier. Translation by Naziha Baassiri. Voice acting by Snap producer John Fecile and his wife Sarah Fecile. Season 17 - Episode 51 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Southern heat is turned up high as one man faces a filthy flock of sheep, a nonstop chatterbox, and an angry ram, all in a super explosive little shack. Plus, a story where an anarchist and an Amish family come together. STORIES Sheep Shearer The Southern heat is turned up high as one man faces a filthy flock of sheep, a nonstop chatterbox, and an angry ram, all in a super explosive little shack. Thank you, Brian Lee Knopp, for telling your story! Brian is a retired Private Investigator and sheep shearer. He’s currently working on a collection of personal essays. Produced by David Exumé, original score by Renzo Gorrio. Chaotic Good Malaclypse was part of a dangerous anarchist group. They stole, they killed, they escaped, until one day when Malaclypse could run no further… Dan has been playing and organizing LARPs for 20 years. He posts bad LARP advice on Twitter at LarpTips. Produced by Jazmin Aguilera, original score by Renzo Gorrio. Snap Classic - Season 17 – Episode 50 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A horse-drawn carriage picks up a man, escorting him to a destination unknown. And Georgia’s Lake Lanier seems like the perfect spot to spend a holiday weekend. But beneath the calm blue waters... something’s watching.  These supernatural stories come to us from our evil twin, Spooked. Spooked has all new October episodes! Listen to Season 11, "The Spooked Field Guide to the Shadow," and have a Happy Halloween Snappas!  STORIES The Death Carriage Since he was a kid, Joe Conrad knows that death is not the end… it’s just a stop on the road. Thank you Joe for sharing your story with us. Produced by Erick Yáñez, scouted by Dan Yashinsky, original score by Lalin St. Juste, art by Teo Ducot. Lady of the Lake Georgia’s Lake Lanier seems like the perfect spot to spend the Fourth of July. But beneath the calm blue waters… something’s watching.  Thanks Alyse for sharing your story! Produced by Erick Yáñez, original score by Yari Bundy, scouted by Evan Stern. Season 17 - Episode 49 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Snap engineer, Pat Mesiti-Miller, joins Spooked team Davey Kim, Zoë Ferrigno and Erick Yañez to talk about the origins of the infamous Spooked Theme Song. Happy Halloween!  ++ Thanks for listening to Snap Plus! If you haven't signed up yet... join our Snap Fam at Supercast ++ If you have a story and want to share it with one of our producers, send us an email to [email protected]  -- and if you like the theme song and wanna hear more music find Pat on Instagram. This episode was produced by Pat Mesiti-Miller, Davey Kim, Zoë Ferrigno, and Erick Yañez. Music by Pat too!

A powerful flood brings things once buried to the surface in the Appalachian Mountains. Happy Spooky Season Snap Nation!!! It's a Halloween tradition to feature our evil twin, Spooked. Spooked has all new episodes this October... explore Season 11, "The Spooked Field Guide to the Shadow." Be afraid. Big thanks to Lora Smith, Beau Morgan, and Gwen Johnson sharing your stories with us. If you want to know more about the goblins in Eastern Kentucky… Lora wrote a wonderful piece about them for Oxford American.  Scouted & produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Doug Stuart, art by Teo Ducot. Season 17 - Episode 48 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Bigfoot takes over a small southern town in a massive way. Locals say he’s a beast, a spiritual entity, or even worse… a damn Yankee. Plus, a story from Pumpkintown… where everyone is hunting for Sasquatch. STORIES Bigfoot in Littleton Bigfoot takes over a small southern town in a massive way. Locals say he’s a beast, a spiritual entity, or even worse… a damn Yankee. A very big thank you to Stephen Barcelo, Sylvia Alsten with the Littleton Woman’s Club, and Alan Williford at Medock Mountain State Park.  Thank you also to Jesse Walker, Loretta Woodburn, Wyatt Pegram, Matt Johnston, Richard Holm, and all the other folks in Littleton, North Carolina who spoke to us for this story.  Produced by Elissa Castles, edited by Nancy López, original score by Nick Marks, artwork by Teo Ducot. The Sasquatch of Pumpkintown Everyone in Pumpkintown is hunting for Sasquatch… except Ben Becker. He knows exactly where Bigfoot lives. This episode does contain strong language, sensitive listeners please be advised. This story originally aired on the Here Be Monsters podcast hosted by Jeff Emtman. They just dropped a new season… listen and subscribe for more awesome stories! Produced by Jeff Emtman. Season 17 - Episode 47 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Did you ever have that one friend that you didn’t want but it turns out you really need? This week on Snap, epic stories about unexpected companionship. STORIES Shut Up Rick He’s called Shut Up Rick. Let’s hear what he has to say. Thank you Bucky Sinister and Rick Loddy. Bucky is a poet, author, and comedian — to learn more about Bucky’s work and what he’s up to now, subscribe to his substack. Original score by Clay Xavier, produced by Zahra Noorbaksh and John Fecile, artwork by Teo Ducot. Rock Paper Scissors When the two greatest auction houses in the world – Christie’s and Sotheby’s – vied for the privilege of auctioning off $20 million worth of art in 2004, little did they know that they would be forced to engage in an ancient form of ritualized combat known as… rock paper scissors. Be sure to check out Carol Vogel’s original New York Times article. Produced by Joe Rosenberg The Kipling Hotel – LIVE A young, penniless student arrives at UCLA with no place to stay and is forced to improvise. Performed by Don Reed at Snap LIVE in San Francisco, CA. Music composed by Alex Mandel, performed by the Snap Judgment Players: Alex Mandel, David Brandt, and Tim Frick Snap Classic - Season 17 – Episode 46 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ali faces down her attacker in court and wins. But will the Central California Women's Facility officers who assaulted her former cell mate and 150 other women see justice? And with the story still unfolding, reporters Madi Bolaños and Anna Sussman unpack the investigation with editor Sukey Lewis in the studio. Part 3 of 3.  This episode contains violence against women, sexual assault, and strong language. Please take care while listening.  "We Are Jane Doe" is a new 3-part series from KQED’s Snap Studios. Over three episodes, we trace Ali Prout's dramatic fight for justice and the stunning ripple effects that threaten to upend the system of power and control at one of the largest women’s prisons on earth. KQED reporters Anna Sussman and Madi Bolaños spent two years investigating this story. They spoke to more than a dozen women incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility, read through hundreds of pages of internal prison documents, obtained leaked audio, and painstakingly watched hours of video footage to reconstruct one of the most complex and devastating use-of-force incidents in state history.    This series was made possible in part with support from The Poynter Institute. Produced by: Madi Bolaños, Anna Sussman & Sukey Lewis Featured Story Voices: Aliksandria Prout, Catrina Cameron, Christina Wind, Wisdom Mohammed, Elizabeth Lozano and Antoinette Yancey Editors: Sukey Lewis, Nancy Lopez & Mark Ristich Fact-checking: Mark Bettancourt Data Editor: Jeremy Sanchez Rue of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism  Original Music & Engineering: Dirk Schwarzhoff Director of Production: Marisa Dodge Executive Producers: Glynn Washington and Mark Ristich Artwork: Teo Ducot Season 17 - Episode 45 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Go inside the world of a youth firefighting crew battling blazes at a massive wildfire... From one of California's most notorious juvenile detention centers, a 16-year-old girl named KD joins fire camp. There she fights wildfires side-by-side with free firefighters, dropping in from helicopters, sawing down trees, and securing ridgelines. When she's released and tries to become a professional firefighter on the outside, she faces a different reality. Produced by Anna Sussman, scored by Bo Walsh with music from Renzo Gorrio and Pat Mesiti-Miller. Engineering by Dirk Schwarzhoff.  Snap Plus comes to you monthly, exclusively and ONLY to Snap Plus subscribers. Thank you for supporting us!!!

August 2nd, 2024, started with a search. More than 150 women rounded up into chow hall as their cells were tossed.  What happened next was beyond their imagination. It would be investigated by the feds and the state. Things did not go to plan, or did they? Part 2 of 3. This episode contains violence against women, sexual assault, and strong language. Please take care while listening.  "We Are Jane Doe" is a new 3-part series from KQED’s Snap Studios. Over three episodes, we trace Ali Prout's dramatic fight for justice and the stunning ripple effects that threaten to upend the system of power and control at one of the largest women’s prisons on earth. KQED reporters Anna Sussman and Madi Bolaños spent two years investigating this story. They spoke to more than a dozen women incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility, read through hundreds of pages of internal prison documents, obtained leaked audio, and painstakingly watched hours of video footage to reconstruct one of the most complex and devastating use-of-force incidents in state history.    This series was made possible in part with support from The Poynter Institute. Produced by: Madi Bolaños, Anna Sussman & Sukey Lewis Featured Story Voices: Aliksandria Prout, Catrina Cameron, Christina Wind, Wisdom Mohammed, Elizabeth Lozano and Antoinette Yancey Editors: Sukey Lewis, Nancy Lopez & Mark Ristich Fact-checking: Mark Bettancourt Data Editor: Jeremy Sanchez Rue of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism  Original Music & Engineering: Dirk Schwarzhoff Director of Production: Marisa Dodge Executive Producers: Glynn Washington and Mark Ristich Season 17 - Episode 44 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ali Prout had only been at the Central California Women’s Facility for a few days when an officer stopped her at a checkpoint. “You have beautiful lips and beautiful eyes,” he said. But he didn’t realize… this time he’d picked the wrong girl. Part 1 of 3. This episode contains violence against women, sexual assault, and strong language. Please take care while listening.  "We Are Jane Doe" is a new 3-part series from KQED’s Snap Studios.  Over three episodes, we trace Ali Prout's dramatic fight for justice and the stunning ripple effects that threaten to upend the system of power and control at one of the largest women’s prisons on earth. KQED reporters Anna Sussman and Madi Bolaños spent two years investigating this story. They spoke to more than a dozen women incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility, read through hundreds of pages of internal prison documents, obtained leaked audio, and painstakingly watched hours of video footage to reconstruct one of the most complex and devastating use-of-force incidents in state history.    This series was made possible in part with support from The Poynter Institute. Produced by: Madi Bolaños, Anna Sussman & Sukey Lewis Featured Story Voices: Aliksandria Prout, Catrina Cameron, Christina Wind, Wisdom Mohammed, Elizabeth Lozano and Antoinette Yancey Editors: Sukey Lewis, Nancy Lopez & Mark Ristich Fact-checking: Mark Bettancourt Data Editor: Jeremy Sanchez Rue of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism  Original Music & Engineering: Dirk Schwarzhoff Director of Production: Marisa Dodge Executive Producers: Glynn Washington and Mark Ristich Artwork: Teo Ducot Season 17 - Episode 43 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A man washes up on shore in Sitka, Alaska and finds himself in the middle of an underground boxing show. It’s a place where you might duke it out with the bartender, the locals, or your own troubled past. This episode contains violence and strong language. Sensitive listeners, please be advised. Thank you, Jaed “The Stone” Coffin, for sharing your story with us! For more about Jaed’s story, check out his memoir Roughhouse Friday. Produced by Bo Walsh, original score by Doug Stuart, artwork by Teo Ducot Snap Classic - Season 17 - Episode 42 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On the volcanic island of La Palma biologists unravel a massive mystery. Is it a crime scene, a treasure or a dream come true? And in the town of Trinidad a grade school trip to the ocean is about to get beautiful, raw, and wild. Whalecano On the volcanic island of La Palma biologists unravel a massive mystery. Is it a crime scene, a treasure or a dream come true? A huge thank you to Paula Alonso, and Dr. Antonio Fernandez for sharing your story with Snap! Produced by Erick Yáñez, with help from Anna Sussman. Original score by Nicholas Marks. Translation by Elvis Di Marcantonio. Art by Teo Ducot.  The Trinidad Whale In the town of Trinidad a grade school trip to the ocean is about to get beautiful, raw, and wild. Special thanks to Trinidad elementary’s seventh grade class: Alana, Jolena, Xavier, Joda and Atticus. Thanks as well to the third grade class: Remy, Harriet, Emmett Bowman, Margie Cunningham and Emmett Bowman.  Big thanks also to The Marine Mammal Stranding network at Cal Poly Humboldt, Alison Lewis, Dr. Dawn Gulley, The Trinidad Rancheria, Ron Sundberg, Selena Rowan, Dessa Gunning, and Jessica Gravelle.  Produced by Sukey Lewis, original score by Renzo Gorrio, engineering by Dirk Schwarzhoff.  Season 17 - Episode 41 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In sweet home Alabama, from the heart of Libya, comes a renegade candidate with a boombox and a head scarf. The cheerleaders, the geeks, the dweebs and the freaks are about to send a message the country needs right after 9/11. A very big thank you to Yasmin! Yasmin is a comedian and storyteller. You can follow her on Instagram @yasminelhahahady or TikTok @yasmin_elhady. She first told a version of this story at Story District in Washington, DC. Produced by Justin Kramon, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot. Snap Classic - Season 17 – Episode 40 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There’s a jumbie in a jalopy and the spirits are flowing during happy hour on St. Thomas. Plus, everybody kicks butt in Lee’s Los Gatos Spin Class but Cycle 23 is out of this world.  Snap Judgment presents this year's Campfire Tales... "Hot Wheels.” A supernatural summer tradition that features stories from our evil twin Spooked. Spooked drops weekly, you can listen on any podcast platform. Tune in and be afraid... STORIES Joyride There’s a jumbie in a jalopy and the spirits are flowing during happy hour on St. Thomas. Thanks, Greg, for sharing your story! Produced and scouted by Paulina Creque, original score by Doug Stuart, artwork by Teo Ducot. Soul Cycle  Everybody kicks ass in Lee’s Spin Class but Cycle 23 is out of this world.  Thanks Lee for sharing your story! Produced by Zoë Ferrigno, original score by Sandra Lawson-Ndu. Season 17 - Episode 39 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices