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Stephen Smith makes compelling, sound-rich radio documentaries, programs and podcasts for domestic and global audiences. His work covers international justice, American history, education, health care and current events.

Featured Work

Ukraine’s Body Collector

Oleksii Yukov leads a group of humanitarian volunteers who gather the remains of Ukrainian and Russian fighters. They’ve collected more than 1,000 bodies of soldiers and civilians since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The Few Who Stayed

During the Rwanda genocide, some 800,000 people died at the hands of government troops and militia gangs. This is the story of two men—one Rwandan, one American—who risked their lives to save hundreds of lives.

Thirsty Planet

Scientists say most people on Earth will first experience climate change in terms of water, either too much or too little.

ORDER 9066 (episode one)

Chronicles the history of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII through first-person accounts of those who lived through it. The series explores how this shocking violation of American democracy came to pass, and
its legacy in the present.

MASSACRE AT CUSKA

During the war in Kosovo, Serb death squads attacked the ethnic Albanian village, killing 41 unarmed civilians. This documentary tracks down the killers.

KING’S LAST MARCH

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Half a century later, King remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America. But that’s not the way he was viewed in the last year of his life.