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🗓️ 11 January 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Glynn unearths paradise. A geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon Rainforest in search of a mythical river. And a revolutionary living in exile does the unexpected. Snap presents a classic, “Shangri-La.”
STORIES
“The Perfect Spot”
Backpackers are scouring Southeast Asia looking for the magical spot, but Glynn has the inside tip.
Produced by Pat Mesiti-Miller
“Boiling River”
Andres Ruzo tried to track down a legend he’s heard his grandfather talk about in stories when he was a little boy. He found the stuff of legends, and then was faced with the choices, and burdens of knowing a valuable secret.
Find out more in Andres Ruzo’s book, The Boiling River. Check out the Boiling River Project, the TED talk, and the TED book.
Produced by Anna Sussman, sound design by Leon Morimoto
“For Love and Revolution”
In the 1970s Truman Capote interviewed Watani Stiner, a young revolutionary serving time in San Quentin for the death of two Black Panthers. Then… things got interesting.
Produced by Sukey Lewis & Mark Ristich, sound design by Leon Morimoto
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Snap Classic
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0:00.0 | Now, Judgment Studios. |
0:10.0 | Okay, so in Southeast Asia, Westerners are always running around looking for the magic spot. |
0:26.0 | The perfect place we can live in the beach, get your chocolates aligned, meet the person |
0:32.6 | of your dreams, live off the fruit trees with the free beside you's and what not. |
0:37.0 | Every few months, the supposed spot changes. |
0:42.0 | First, it's somewhere outside of Chiang Mai. |
0:44.0 | Then, O-N-G, you just gotta go to U-Bit. |
0:47.0 | It's different there, man. |
0:49.0 | Different. |
0:50.0 | Then two words, gilly islands, whatever. |
0:56.0 | I love travel I do, but there's no such thing as Neverland. |
1:00.0 | And that's from telling this Australian woman, I meet on the train to Bangkok. |
1:05.0 | But she's going on about this new magic spot near Hot Guy on the southern border of Thailand. |
1:12.0 | It's supposed to be brilliant life-changing. |
1:15.0 | Word, you should come with me. |
1:18.0 | But I do get off the train with her. |
1:22.0 | For the oldest of reasons, she's fine. |
1:25.0 | And I know it's a mistake. |
1:27.0 | It takes us almost two days to figure out how to get to this magic land. |
1:32.0 | First, a boat, then a van. |
1:34.0 | And finally, late afternoon. |
1:36.0 | On the back of two mini-bikes, she pull up cautiously to the place. |
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