About this episode

The episode explores the power of silence in storytelling through various personal narratives.

You don't always need words to speak up. Silence Speaks In a time when words were dangerous, Grigory found a way to speak up using silence. Mimes. Robots. Mermaids. You’ll only hear a story like this on Snap Judgment. Thank you Grigory for sharing your story! Check out Grigory’s work on his Youtube ...watch Man and the Sea , The Acrobats , Jungle , and Black Square , recorded by Grigory before he left the Soviet Union. Produced by John Fecile, original score by Renzo Gorrio. Marcel on the Train During WWII, a young Marcel Marceau helped rescue children from the Nazis. How he did so became the basis of his art. Thanks Marshall for speaking with us! You can find more info about Marshall Paillet’s work here . Produced by John Fecile, original score by Renzo Gorrio. The Kiss - LIVE at Story Fest In high school, Nimisha Ladva was used to keeping her head down and her test scores up. But she surprises everyone by getting a lead in the school play -- well, that role it comes with a chance to do something she'd never done before: kiss a boy. A huge thank you to Nimisha Ladva. She's a playwright and college essay coach. You can find her at theessayadvantage.com and on instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Snap Judgment

Guests: Grigory, Nimisha Ladva

Topics covered

• silence
• art
• storytelling
• performance
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PRX

Books & works: Man and the Sea, The Acrobats, Jungle, Black Square

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