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Snap Judgment

The Border Hacker

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

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

4.711.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A computer hacker tries to make his way home through two countries, a dense jungle and a seemingly endless string of technical challenges.

Season 10 Episode 4

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Transcript

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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.

0:55.4

United States Southern Border.

0:58.0

It's almost 2,000 miles long through some of the most varied terrain on Earth.

1:04.4

It's become big news.

1:06.6

See some folks, they want to build a wall, an actual 2,000 mile long wall to keep unwanted

1:13.6

people on the other side.

1:16.0

Others suggest locking children in cages to teach their parents a lesson.

1:23.0

So others, they applaud the firing of tear gas, other than those that advocate the United

1:28.8

States actually fire bullets.

1:31.4

It's a scary situation that keeps getting scarier.

1:36.3

So today on Snap Judgment, we're going to tell a border story, but this story starts

1:41.8

far, far, far away from the border.

1:44.4

We're going to call it the border hack.

1:48.5

And instead of telling you several stories, we're going to tell you just one.

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