Big Girls Don't Cry - Snap Classic
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
4.7 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
One beauty pageant. 12 contestants. 1000 rattlesnakes. And a story from a young girl who is confronted with the opportunity every kid at the orphanage dreamed of. Plus, the legendary Xiao Xiao.
STORIES
Been There Better Than That
Glynn witnesses a lady show what real class looks like.
12 Pageant Queens, 1000 Snakes
One beauty pageant. 12 contestants. 1000 rattlesnakes.
Produced by Anna Sussman
A Hard Knock Life
Sharon Skolnick was nine years old and an orphan in the Murrow Indian Orphanage, when she was confronted with the opportunity every girl at the orphanage dreamed of. Find out more about artist Sharon Skolnick at here.
Sound Design by Renzo Gorrio, produced by Anna Sussman
Xiao Xiao
When Cindy adopted a four year old girl from China, there was a lot the two didn’t understand about each other.
Find out about Cindy’s story (and her books) at CindyChampnella.com.
Sound Design by Pat Mesiti-Miller, produced by Anna Sussman
Art by Teo Ducot
Season 14 - Episode 51
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| 0:00.0 | Snap Judgment Studios |
| 0:10.4 | The first professional I spoke to about starting something called Snap Judgment. |
| 0:16.8 | He said that I shouldn't speak into a microphone because of my speech impediment. |
| 0:23.0 | Until that moment, I didn't know I had a speech impediment. |
| 0:28.2 | So we had to start without his help. |
| 0:31.1 | Instead, I asked for help from the people who'd heard these stories. |
| 0:35.0 | Now, if you've ever been unable to get out of the car, |
| 0:38.8 | the kitchen, the office, until you've heard the end of the story, |
| 0:43.0 | please become one of us and support the show that makes it happen right now at snapjudgment.org. |
| 0:51.2 | You can get Snap stuff, including Snap music, a chance to pitch your story |
| 0:56.6 | or backstage pass to spook live, |
| 0:59.9 | but join at a level that makes sense for you at snapjudgment.org. |
| 1:06.1 | It is the joy of my life to bring you these tales. |
| 1:10.3 | Please know that Snap Storytelling narrated by a guy with a speech impediment |
| 1:15.3 | simply doesn't happen unless you make it happen. |
| 1:18.6 | So I'm asking from one snapper to another, |
| 1:22.3 | please stop the show for just a moment. |
| 1:24.9 | Just a moment. |
| 1:26.4 | And make it happen at snapjudgment.org. |
| 1:31.4 | Thanks. |
| 1:32.4 | Hey, it's Clem Washington from Snap. |
| 1:36.4 | And I've got big news. |
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