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Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

Snap, Glynn, Storytelling, Wnyc, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Performing Arts, Washington, Society & Culture/documentary, Arts/performing Arts, Music, Arts

4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

A DJ hosts a radio show from a garden shed in his backyard. For over forty years he had an audience of one.

This story was co-produced in partnership with our friends at Narratively, which celebrates humanity through authentic storytelling. They have amazing stories, podcasts, and so much more.

Reporting for this piece came from Jeff Maysh. It was produced by Jeff Maysh, John Fecile, and Narratively‘s founder, Noah Rosenberg.

Original Score by Renzo Gorrio

Artwork by Teo Ducot

Season 13 - Episode 5 - Snap Classic

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0:00.0	Okay, so I'm in law school, right?
0:24.0	I'm going to a job interview.
0:27.3	The pleasant, well-dressed man across from your smile, that gives me the place to sit down.
0:33.3	I smiled back.
0:35.3	I've been through this process a million times.
0:37.3	He pulls up my transcripts.
0:38.3	He looks, but on cue, the puzzled expression, the slight tilting of the head, inhaling of
0:47.3	brand, and I know what he's seen.
0:51.3	No.
0:52.3	My grades aren't horrible exactly.
0:55.3	No, he begins where they all begin.
0:59.3	Mr. Washington, it says here you studied imaginary world's advanced literature.
1:06.3	In law school?
1:08.3	Well, I can explain an ancient Chinese calligraphy.
1:13.3	Animal music theory.
1:16.3	As part of a law curriculum?
1:18.3	Well, so here's what happened.
1:23.3	If one was to look back at the fine print of law school admittance, what you're supposed
1:29.3	to do as a lawyer, if you examine the fine print, it says you can take a certain amount of
1:35.0	high level courses from any discipline.
1:38.1	So two semesters in, I figure.
1:39.3	I've had all the law.
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