Love Cats - Snap Classic
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
4.8 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Two crazy cats and one hard-nosed reporter land in Syria right as it is thrown into turmoil. And a lovesick junior high kid will do anything to win over his crush. Even if that means going “undercover” for the US government.
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Wartime Cats
Two crazy cats and one hard-nosed reporter land in Syria right as it is thrown into turmoil. Rasha Elass navigates her way through Damascus amidst government crackdowns and whistling missiles in search of the country she loves.
This story contains graphic imagery and descriptions of wartime violence, sensitive listeners please be advised.
Thank you, Rasha, for sharing your story with us! Rasha Elass is currently the editorial director at New Lines Magazine, where she first shared this story. She’s also working on a memoir about her childhood and reporting days in Syria. Follow what she’s up to on her website.
Produced by David Exumé, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot
Danger 9b
Richard Hatch is overseas on a top-secret mission… to win over Jill, the most elusive, electrifying student in his 7th-grade class. He isn’t suave or sophisticated, so he’s gonna need help from The Beatles, the Russians, and even the CIA to pull it off.
Thank you, Richard Hatch aka Danger 9b, for sharing your story with us!
Rick is back in the US and is putting the finishing touches on a kid-friendly memoir about his travels abroad.
Produced by Regina Bediako, original score by Dirk Schwarzhoff
Season 14 – Episode 50
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| 0:00.0 | Snap Studios. |
| 0:05.0 | You heard him on Snap, on Snap. |
| 0:10.0 | On Spoot, on the mawth. Now from PRX and the moth |
| 0:15.5 | Experience the podcast What's Ray saying |
| 0:19.1 | by snap favorite Dr Ray Christian in each episode of what's Ray saying, you'll enter a world of southern-baked |
| 0:27.0 | personal narrative interwoven with black American history told through the lens of Ray |
| 0:32.1 | Christian's remarkable life as a combat veteran, academic, |
| 0:36.8 | Appalachian, an award-winning storyteller. |
| 0:40.0 | With a voice that feels like an old bottle of your favorite scot, |
| 0:43.6 | Ray makes you comfortable enough |
| 0:45.8 | to listen to things that aren't always easy to hear. |
| 0:49.4 | Find a brand new season of what's Ray saying starting November 8th. First of all, you have to understand I tell him not to do it. I tell him why not to do it. |
| 1:08.0 | My little brother is hard-headed. Nine years old, gets into his little head. He's going to take his little money from cutting people's lawns, from weed and Ms. Chalmer's garden. He's going to not get the candy, not get comic books. He's going to beat a good little savor, and instead, he's going to buy an aquarium. |
| 1:28.0 | Now, I'm 13 years old, so I see the future writ large, clear as day. |
| 1:34.3 | Don't do it. |
| 1:37.4 | He does it. |
| 1:39.3 | Purchases this huge aquarium with lights, |
| 1:42.6 | filters, plants, rocks, all the fixings. |
| 1:45.8 | And every couple of weeks, we can convince my parents |
| 1:48.8 | to take him to the aquarium supply store. |
| 1:51.5 | He buys fish for his brand new tank. |
| 1:54.0 | First, the Zebra the animals, then the betas, the mollies, the damselfish, Tetris, |
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