My Secret Self - Snap Classic

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4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Andy Marra is on a mission to Korea in search of the mother she never knew with a secret she absolutely has to tell. And when two close friends can’t see each other face-to-face, they exchange letters from two very different places.

The Birth Dream

Andy Marra is on a mission to Korea in search of the mother she never knew with a secret she absolutely has to tell.

Thank you, Andy, for sharing your story with Snap! Find out more about her advocacy work here.

Produced by Regina Bediako, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot.

Letters from Uncuffed

It’s been almost a year since friends and family have been able to visit their loved ones in prison, due to the pandemic. Letters to the inside are always a lifeline. This year, more than ever.

Today, from Uncuffed, we hear from Adamu Chan, who was recently released from San Quentin State Prison, while his friend Edmond Richardson, is still on the inside.

Uncuffed is a storytelling project made by people behind bars, from inside California prisons, in collaboration with KALW. To hear the full version of this story, visit Uncuffed and make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

Produced by Adamu Chan, Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Angela Johnston, Pat Mesiti-Miller & Eli Wirtschafter.

Snap Classic – Season 16 – Episode 4

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0:00.0	There's an environmental crisis out there that could change the way we grow food and how we eat.
0:12.0	They said if we don't save the pollinators, things will get ugly pretty quick.
0:16.0	Welcome to the world of Buzzkill, a new podcast from the Food and Environment Reporting Network, where we take on the pollinator crisis, what it is, why it matters, and what we can do about it. I'm your host, Teresa Cotsarillis. Join me as we tell the stories of people working to protect pollinators and biodiversity. Buzzkill is available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:55.5	Okay, so Sunday morning, I'm minding my own business, walking down the street, passed by a group of fellas, one of them's like, good job!
0:59.3	Starts doing them a little clap.
1:01.7	Uh, okay.
1:04.3	But another one says, one step at a time, that's the only way to be it.
1:09.6	Huh?
1:12.0	Never give up. Today is the first day to be it. Huh? Never get out.
1:15.0	Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
1:16.4	What?
1:20.9	Now, I don't know what it is about my appearance.
1:23.9	The sweats, the huffing and puffing.
1:25.9	Okay, okay, okay.
1:29.7	Maybe I put on a few pandemic pounds. Don't hate.
1:35.0	But for some reason, they see me as someone new to exercise.
1:43.5	Like I'm beginning a brand new life, turn over a new lead for something. And instead of laughing and calling me names,
1:45.0	they're to cheer me on my new path.
1:47.0	Fruits and vegetables.
1:48.0	That's the only way.
1:50.0	Drink you some water.
1:52.0	Because whatever it is they're seeing,
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