End of the Rainbow - Snap Classic
Snap Judgment
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🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
A young girl’s fantastic dream to be a doctor sends her into the middle of political realities of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Plus – the story of the first dog to travel around the world and the hottest alien takeover of all time.
Round Trip
A young girl’s fantastic dream to be a doctor sends her into the middle of political realities of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
This story contains scenes of domestic abuse and gun violence, please take care while listening.
Thank you, MJ Fièvre, for sharing your story with us! You can read more about MJ’s childhood in Haiti in her memoir: “A Sky the Color of Chaos” And she’s working on a book series that uplifts Black women and girls – check out all that and more at badassblackgirl.com
Produced by David Exumé, original story score by Lalin St. Juste. Music and sound design for opening story by Druuvy.
The Dog that Went Around the World
The story of the first dog to travel around the world (and refuse a free steak).
Produced by Joe Rosenberg, original score & sound design by Leon Morimoto.
Bionic Blondes
The hottest alien takeover of all time.
This story was originally written by Kelly Link, and comes from her collection, Stranger Things Happen. It was adapted, directed, and produced by Mark Ristich and Eliza Smith. Voice ActorsL Glynn Washington and Joyce Lee.
Season 16 - Episode 29
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| 0:00.0 | Snap Studios |
| 0:02.0 | Okay, so back when it used to rain in California, I'm driving down the 580 Interstate Freeway, eh? |
| 0:19.0 | Going to the grocery store, wife, little boy, little girl myself. |
| 0:22.8 | Then, no notice, a rainbow blazes in front of us, intense. |
| 0:29.5 | And I don't mean in front of us up in the sky where it's supposed to be. |
| 0:33.1 | I mean right in front of us, right there, right there in front of us. |
| 0:37.5 | We're driving, we're driving, and then the air shimmers, golden for three, maybe five seconds, |
| 0:47.6 | and then there's no more rainbow. |
| 0:50.6 | My little girl shouts, there it is. |
| 0:54.1 | And I see it in the rearview mirror. |
| 0:59.3 | We had just driven through a rainbow. |
| 1:03.6 | And I'm upset, furious. |
| 1:07.0 | Number one, I didn't think that was supposed to be possible. |
| 1:09.6 | My science teachers all lied to me, but really, I'm angry because I always, always, always wanted to get to the end of the rainbow. |
| 1:19.8 | And I finally do, and it's in the middle of the interstate highway, no leprechauns, no pot of gold. |
| 1:29.4 | I feel robbed until I checked the back of seat. |
| 1:35.4 | And see their little faces, radiant, beaming, delighted, still touched with magic. |
| 1:51.0 | Music lighted, still touched with magic. Today on Snap Judgment, we probably present the end of the rainbow. |
| 1:56.2 | Stories from real people finding a different version of what they're looking for. |
| 2:01.0 | My name is Glenn Washington. |
| 2:02.7 | Now I just want to catch Bigfoot because you're listening to Snap Judgment. We begin |
| 2:23.6 | 1994 |
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