Radio Series

Below you can find links to my projects on how wars end, rape as a weapon of war, the legacy of the Rwandan genocide, the history of the relationship between the United States and Iran, and a radio history of Iraq.  In January 2008 I launched a history podcast called How We Got Here.

How Wars End aired October 6-10, 2008

This looks at the current Iraq war, the American Civil War, World War I, the 1991 Gulf War and the war in Bosnia.  I set out to do a project about how wars end in a more technical sense: literally what factors had to be in play for shooting to end. But what I ended up with was more of a meditation on how we remember endings and what they come to mean over time.

Rape as a Weapon of War is an ongoing reporting project but these particular stories from 2008 were honored by the Dart Foundation.

Rwanda: Trying to Move On aired February 13-15, 2007

This project looks at the legacy of the Rwandan genocide 13 years later. The first piece takes you to a memorial site, the second looks at the gacaca justice system set up to process hundreds of thousands of genocide cases, the third features a community service program designed to reintegrate confessed killers back into Rwandan society.

The U.S. and Iran aired November 25-28, 2004

This series was timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis. It tracks the sad trajectory of U.S. – Iranian relations and grievances starting with the 1953 coup in Iran.

History of Iraq aired February 11-13, 2003

I put this history of Iraq together on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. It looks at Iraq’s British legacy, at the life of Saddam Hussein, and at the history of relations between Washington and Baghdad.