Paulina Stevens grew up in an insular Romani American family, destined to leave school, marry young and become a fortuneteller. By 17, her fate was sealed — until she decided to leave it all behind.
The “Foretold” podcast follows Paulina as she navigates the consequences of her decision to leave her community and redefine her identity. Hosted by Los Angeles Times reporter Faith Pinho, “Foretold” will take you past the neon “psychic” signs and trendy tarot cards to unravel myths and stereotypes that have followed the Romani people for centuries.
Limited Series - 9 episodes
On this week’s episode of The Cut, co-host Jazmín Aguilera talks with journalist Kathleen Walsh and her mom about abortion. Kathleen just published a story on the Cut called “Talking About Abortion With My Mom.” While the two speak with Jazmín, she asks the hard questions, like if Kathleen has ever gotten an abortion and how hard it must have been for Nicole, her mom, to become pregnant at 21. While the two may never see eye to eye, there is definitely some room for more understanding.
Into THe THICC OF iT
On this week’s episode of The Cut, co-host Jazmín Aguilera speaks with Gaby Grossman, director of production at Vox, about fatness and the unnecessary pressure she has felt to change how she looks for her entire life. The pair speaks to yogi, Underbelly founder, and self-proclaimed “fat bitch” Jessamyn Stanley and Instagram nutritionist Nicole Groman and about how society gets its approach to the idea of “wellness” all wrong.
hERE we gO AFTERTIMES
As soon as producer Jazmín Aguilera got vaccinated, she felt like she could daydream again. The possibilities for a life post-vaccination seemed endless. A summer of love! Debauchery! Parties! Travel! Jazmín finally felt there was a light at the end of the tunnel. And so she followed that light to somewhere she never expected to go.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD RUN FOR OFFICE?
U.S. politics are starting to look a little bit more like the United States itself. More queer people, women, and POCs. People who have never worked in politics before, have no corporate backers and are running campaigns out of their kitchen. So, what about you, or your friends? Producer Jazmin Aguilera tests whether she could actually run and what she would have to give up in the process. Writer Brock Colyar profiles Sarah McBride.
Music and fashion have always had a symbiotic relationship, but not until the emergence of hip hop did we see the direct influence of music and music-makers on the fashion industry—and vice versa. This episode is a culmination of the cultural prominence of hip hop, from Dapper Dan’s Harlem Boutique to Tupac walking in a Versace show in Milan. We examine how Hip Hop shook up the fashion world in the 90's and eventually went on to take back its representation.
Featuring interviews with Missy Elliot, LL Cool J, Kelly Rowland, Salt N Pepa, Dapper Dan, Daymond John, June Ambrose, and more....
The 90’s marked the moment when now iconic American designers turned their distinctive fashion labels into household names. Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, and Ralph Lauren cemented the notion of the designer as brand behemoth, defining an aspirational American lifestyle beyond fashion—into homewear, fragrance, and beauty. We follow the stories of the designers who best exemplified this flourishing moment.
Episode 3: Brand Americana features guest interviews with Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, David Lauren, Tyson Beckford, Robin Givhan, Virginia Smith, Thirstin Howl III, and Rack-Lo.
The 90s brought a backlash to the lingering decadence of the 80s. This was the birth of grunge. As supermodels rose to prominence, so did this counterculture, which emphasized anti-fashion and rejection of superficiality. But can anyone be exempt from fashion?
Episode 2: Grunge Strikes Back features guest interviews with Marc Jacobs, Kim Gordon, Anna Sui, Cathy Horyn, Grace Coddington, Camilla Nickerson, Tonne Goodman, Kimberly Jenkins, and Megan Jasper. From Vogue's editorial team: Mark Holgate, Laird Borrelli-Persson, and Nicole Phelps.
The Criminal underworld of child abuse pt 1
Note: This episode contains descriptions of child sexual abuse.
A months long New York Times investigation has uncovered a digital underworld of child sexual abuse imagery that is hiding in plain sight. In part one of a two-part series, we look at the almost unfathomable scale of the problem — and just how little is being done to stop it.
‘aBSOLUTELY NO MERCY’
A trove of private government documents offers an unprecedented look inside China’s highly organized crackdown on Uighur Muslims — revealing Beijing’s systematic detention of as many as one million people in camps and prisons over the past three years.
In one speech, China’s president ordered his subordinates to show prisoners in Xinjiang “absolutely no mercy.”
A WOMAN’S JOURNEY THROUGH CHINA’S DETENTION CAMPS
A last minute booking, a furtive cab ride and a spy in the window. How our correspondent found a crack in China’s surveillance state and a woman on her deathbed in Xinjiang.
Capitalism On Trial In Chile
America exported its economic system to the South American country after a coup. Now 50 years later, it’s a nation with staggering inequality and destabilizing protests.
what iran is learning from north korea
President Trump made history over the weekend when he became the first sitting American president to step into North Korea. But the biggest impact of that gesture may have been on Iran. Guest: David E. Sanger, a national security correspondent for The New York Times and the author of “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age.”
ThIS IS NOT A DRILL
On January 13th 2018, at exactly 8:07 in the morning, one text message turned the state of Hawaii into a state of emergency.
From panic and fear to acceptance and joy, Snap Judgment explores the 38 minutes when the people of Hawaii faced an incoming ballistic missile threat.
Aired on:
Snap Judgment episode 1001
Featured on Third Coast Audio Festival “Producers To Know”
The Taxidermist
When Tracey started doing taxidermy, she assumed all her subjects would be dead. Until she met a squirrel who didn't seem quite right.
Aired on:
Spooked Podcast episode 204
Snap Judgment episode 931
Back To the wall
Pro rock climbers Jason Smith and Tommy Caldwell know a thing or two about dangerous even life threatening adventures, but when they go on an expedition to the famous Yellow Wall in Kyrgyzstan, their lives were threatened in a whole new way.
Produced with Luke Quinton
Aired on:
Snap Judgment episode 929
Counted: an oakland story
A yearlong look at the people lost to Oakland’s violence. During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers, learned about Oakland’s homicide victims, their families and communities.
Visit oaklandstory.org for more interviews, photos, and illustrations.
"Counted: An Oakland Story" was produced by Adizah Eghan, Anna Sussman, Shaina Shealy, Jonathan Jones, Pat Mesiti-Miller, Nancy Lopez, Jazmin Aguilera, Eliza Smith, and Pendarvis Harshaw.
Malaclypse was part of a dangerous anarchist group. They stole, they killed, they escaped, until one day when Malaclypse could run no further...
Dan has been playing and organizing larps for 20 years. He posts bad larp advice on twitter LarpTips
Aired on:
Snap Judgment episode 918
James Vlahos wanted to keep his dad around for as long as possible, so he saved the best part about him in the best way he knew how.
Vlahos is also working on a book, Talk To Me, about the quest to create conversation-making A.I.s.
Aired on:
Snap Judgment episode 830
Long before Snap’s own Jazmin Aguilera was a producer, she sang with Music Makers, an impressively well-produced children’s Christian choir. But there was just one problem: The director Janet.
Snap Judgment episode 815
Paul Valdez loved making dresses with his grandmother at her bridal shop in Santa Fe, but one particular dress he didn’t want to make…
Check out Paul in his upcoming competition in the International Gay Rodeo this August and check him out at JewelBox Cabaret in Santa Fe. Add him on Facebook.
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Snap Judgment episode 808