Waterworld
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
4.8 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
A dolphin named Dr. Spock is in danger and NBA star Clifford Ray is the only man big enough to lend a hand. Plus, torrential rain is ripping through the Appalachians and the people of the mountain are all looking for Plan B.
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Just Another Day for Big Clifford Ray
A dolphin named Dr. Spock is in danger and NBA star Clifford Ray is the only man big enough to lend a hand.
A huge thank you to Clifford Ray and Mary O’Herron for sharing their story with the Snap!
This year, Big Cliff and Author Laynie D. Weaver teamed up to bring Clifford and Dr. Spock’s story to life in an illustrated Children’s book titled “Big Clifford Ray Saves The Day.” Want more Big Cliff? Follow him on Instagram or X.
Produced by Bo Walsh, original score by Dirk Schwarzhoff , artwork by Teo Ducot
Plan B
Snap Storyteller, Dr. Ray Christian, found himself trapped by the rising floodwaters of hurricane Helene, he knew he had to flee. But he also knew that meant leaving behind all of his animals, including his favorite goat.
Thank you, Ray, for sharing your story with us!
Ray has shared some resources for hurricane Helene recovery: The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation and The Rock.
For a world of Southern-baked personal narratives, interwoven with Black American history, listen to Ray's podcast: What's Ray Saying?
Produced by Anna Sussman, original score by Derek Barber
Season 15 - Episode 49
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| 0:00.0 | Snap Studios. |
| 0:04.0 | It's like the Holy Grail, but only for farmers. |
| 0:20.0 | See, I'm eight years old. |
| 0:22.4 | Living with my folks, my brother, on a failing farm in the Thumb of Michigan. |
| 0:28.6 | When Pops gets this wild idea, |
| 0:31.7 | see, one harvest, even if it goes well, it leaves it broke. |
| 0:36.9 | But two harvests, two harvests in a single year, we'll be rolling in the dough. |
| 0:42.9 | Just got to know how to thread the needle. |
| 0:46.4 | He tells me that you want to plant early, early but not too early. |
| 0:51.8 | Because if you plant too early in Michigan, |
| 0:55.8 | anything can happen. |
| 0:58.4 | I laid snow, frost, hail, |
| 1:01.2 | baby beans hate cold. |
| 1:03.4 | Baby beans hate everything, |
| 1:04.8 | but if we time it just right, |
| 1:06.0 | we're golden. |
| 1:08.1 | Plant early, harvest early, |
| 1:09.4 | then plant again. |
| 1:10.9 | That's the trick. |
| 1:12.8 | To harvest. |
| 1:14.2 | Simple. |
| 1:21.0 | My question, if it's so easy, why doesn't everybody? |
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