Free Reign - Tooth & Claw
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
An Iranian American professor is on a date in the hills outside Tehran. She hears the thunder of galloping, and what comes over the crest will ignite an unbridled passion in her - defining her future and explaining her past. Plus, an urban legend about a chicken that turns out to be true.
This is our final week of the Tooth & Claw series -- stay tuned next month for our collection of love stories in February... Fever. Do not miss it.
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An Iranian American professor is on a date in the hills outside Tehran. She hears the thunder of galloping, and what comes over the crest will ignite an unbridled passion in her - defining her future and explaining her past.
This story contains state brutality and sexual situations, sensitive listeners please be advised.
Thank you Pardis for speaking with Snap! Check out her book --Book of Queens -- all about her time on horseback in Iran.
Produced by Anna Sussman, original score by Dirk Schwarzhoff.
Headless Chicken
Some schoolyard stories are true, and so are some urban legends.
This story contains descriptions of a chicken without a head, please take care while listening.
For more information about Mike The Headless Chicken, including Fruita, Colorado’s annual Mike The Headless Chicken Festival, check out miketheheadlesschicken.org
Produced by Joe Rosenberg, original score by Renzo Gorrio with additional instrumentation by Andrew Vickers.
Season 17 - Episode 4
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