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Snap Judgment Live #119 Wild Kingdom

Series: Snap Judgment hosted by Glynn Washington
From: Snap Judgment
Length: 00:53:58

Snap Judgment storytellers step up to the stage once again for this installment of Snap Judgment LIVE. Get ready for bold, brave tales of animal encounters in front of a live audience. Join them, along with host Glynn Washington at San Francisco’s Brava Theater. Read the full description.

Wildkingdomsmall_small Segment A

Fish Blink
Host Glynn Washington opens up the episode with an exotic fish tale from Taiwan.

Big Jim
Actor, producer and fitness guru Tabitha Christopher take the audience across the Caribbean Sea to her home island of St. Thomas, and the day when she learned the hard truth about her family’s tasty goat soup.

One of four children, Tabitha has always felt the need to fight for survival. At the age of four she began  storytelling and learning to play the piano. She has since appeared on stage and screen across the country.  On the Snap Judgment stage Tabitha imparts the lessons of growing up, island style.

Segment B

Walk the Jaguar
Journalist Thayer Walker has been chased by rhinos in Nepal and fought sharks in Guadalupe. But he tells the Snap Judgment audience, it wasn't until the day he had his face swallowed by a predatory cat in Bolivia, that he began to contemplate a desk job.

Segment C

Mouse Mortuary
With heartbreaking candor, actress Kate Ascott-Evans brings us a story from her youth in South Africa, about orchestrating the fate a tiny mouse family, as her own human family crumbled around her.


Stealing Ann
Stealing is not cool..unless it saves a life, or two. Animator and storyteller Scott Kravitz explains why he stole from a homeless person, and wins over our Snap Judgment audience with his sneaky charisma.

The Jackals

Host Glynn Washington wraps up the episode with a story about escaping “the jackals” that sense his weakness and pursue him after his “operation.”

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Piece Description

Segment A

Fish Blink
Host Glynn Washington opens up the episode with an exotic fish tale from Taiwan.

Big Jim
Actor, producer and fitness guru Tabitha Christopher take the audience across the Caribbean Sea to her home island of St. Thomas, and the day when she learned the hard truth about her family’s tasty goat soup.

One of four children, Tabitha has always felt the need to fight for survival. At the age of four she began  storytelling and learning to play the piano. She has since appeared on stage and screen across the country.  On the Snap Judgment stage Tabitha imparts the lessons of growing up, island style.

Segment B

Walk the Jaguar
Journalist Thayer Walker has been chased by rhinos in Nepal and fought sharks in Guadalupe. But he tells the Snap Judgment audience, it wasn't until the day he had his face swallowed by a predatory cat in Bolivia, that he began to contemplate a desk job.

Segment C

Mouse Mortuary
With heartbreaking candor, actress Kate Ascott-Evans brings us a story from her youth in South Africa, about orchestrating the fate a tiny mouse family, as her own human family crumbled around her.


Stealing Ann
Stealing is not cool..unless it saves a life, or two. Animator and storyteller Scott Kravitz explains why he stole from a homeless person, and wins over our Snap Judgment audience with his sneaky charisma.

The Jackals

Host Glynn Washington wraps up the episode with a story about escaping “the jackals” that sense his weakness and pursue him after his “operation.”

Timing and Cues

Segment 1: Billboard
Length: 00:00:59
Incue: I'm Glynn Washington and I heard you...
Outcue: Storytelling with an audience. Get ready. (music)

Segment 2: Program Segment A
Length: 00:15:30
Incue: Welcome to Snap Judgment from PRX and NPR.
Outcue: Snap Judgment Live continues in just 60 seconds. Stay tuned.

Segment 3: Music Bed A
Length: 00:00:59
Incue: music in
Outcue: music out

Segment 4: Program Segment B
Length: 00:11:00
Incue: You're listening to Snap Judgment from NPR and PRX.
Outcue: Snap Judgment Live will be right back.

Segment 5: Music Bed B
Length: 00:00:59
Incue: music in
Outcue: music out

Segment 6: Program Segment C
Length: 00:24:30
Incue: Welcome back to Snap Judgment from NPR and PRX...
Outcue: This is NPR.