Impossible Weight

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

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4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When no one can hear you and nobody sees you anymore, how do you tell the world you are still there? One man's impossible journey back to the world that forgot him.

This story contains descriptions of drug use, medical situations, and adult language. Sensitive listeners, please be advised.

Thank you, Jake, so very much, for sharing your story with Snap.

Jacob Haendel is writing a book about his experiences and documents his recovery on his YouTube channel and website. He recently started Access, an app to help people with disabilities more confidently get around.

Producer: James Reddick

Editorial & production support: John Fecile

Original Score: Renzo Gorrio

Special thanks: Nikka Singh

Artwork: Teo Ducot

Season 13 - Episode 22

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0:00.0	Now, Judgment Studios.
0:12.0	Okay, so there is the thing you want.
0:16.0	There's the thing in the way and there's you.
0:19.0	And that's life.
0:21.0	That story, that's every film, every novel, that's everything.
0:26.0	Either you get it or you don't.
0:28.0	But the screenwriter will tell you is that the thing in between James Bond and the secret
0:35.0	plans or whatever, that thing can be hard.
0:37.0	That thing can be crazy, difficult, it can be absurd.
0:41.0	It just can't be impossible.
0:44.0	And that's great, but real life doesn't have screenwriters.
0:51.0	And let's watch a day on Snap.
0:55.0	We proudly present impossible weight.
0:59.0	Many of us can watch it in this story.
1:02.0	Cancel all of your plans, kick everyone out of the room, out of the car.
1:07.0	Leave them on the side of the road just for the next hour or so.
1:11.0	Because right now you're listening.
1:14.0	The Snap Judgment.
1:29.0	In a way, this is a hostage story.
1:33.0	But one like you've never heard before.
1:35.0	And since it's listeners should note, there is nothing outlandish.
1:40.0	The story does contain descriptions of drug use, medical situations, and adult language.
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