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Glynn Washington

Glynn Washington

Executive Producer, Snap Studios, Michael D. Eisner Arts & Culture Fellowship

Oakland, CA, United States

Glynn Washington is executive producer of Snap Studios at KQED and the creator and host of Snap Judgment, a weekly storytelling program heard on NPR stations nationwide and named by Time Magazine as one of the Top 100 Podcasts of All Time. An inductee of the Podcast Hall of Fame, Glynn leads Snap Studios in producing multiple acclaimed series including Spooked, Fire Escape, and Mind Your Own with Lupita Nyong’o.

Before founding Snap, Glynn worked as an educator, diplomat, community activist, actor, and political strategist, drawing on that range of lived experience to shape his approach to storytelling and public media leadership. He currently teaches media studies at San Quintin State Penitentiary. Glynn holds a law degree from the University of Michigan and studied at the Japan Center for Michigan Universities. He is also known to fight dragons, drink tea, make music, and insist that his stories are best served with cocktails. Glynn is a Fellow in the inaugural class of the Michael D. Eisner Arts & Culture Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.