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Snap Judgment

Secrets In The Stacks - Snap Classic

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

Arts/performing Arts, Society & Culture/documentary, Music, Arts, Performing Arts, Snap, Personal Journals, Storytelling, Society & Culture/personal Journals

4.711.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

When Avi Steinberg became a prison librarian, he thought his job would be to keep track of the books.  Then he started reading between the lines.

Producer: Joe Rosenberg

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0:00.0

Snap Judgment Studios

0:07.1

Hey Snap, it was a quick favor.

0:12.8

I really want to know what you think about what's happening at Snap, our storytelling

0:16.8

and everything, so we're conducting an audience survey.

0:20.2

And I would be super grateful if you could take just a few minutes to share your thoughts.

0:25.8

Visit survey.prx.org slash snap to take the survey today.

0:31.7

It's short, I promise.

0:33.6

That's survey.prx.org slash snap.

0:39.5

Thanks.

0:40.8

Okay Snap is, did you ever pass notes?

0:56.2

Never pass notes of course you did.

0:59.0

Well this next story is about notes, passing notes only, not in class.

1:05.7

Snap Judgment Joe Rosenberg takes it from here.

1:20.0

Avi Steinberg's mugging story takes place a few years ago, when on his way back from

1:24.5

a late night movie in Boston, a man stepped out from behind him and pressed a cold object

1:29.0

to Avi's chest.

1:30.6

He told me that he had a gun, but he actually did not have a gun here to knife.

1:35.4

So I very rarely took out the money, gave him the money.

1:39.2

I thought, okay we're done here.

1:41.8

Except they weren't done, because instead of leaving, the mugger just stood there, not

1:46.2

moving.

1:47.2

I'm thinking what does this guy want for me?

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