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Sonia Smith

World Media

War of Words

In 2014, Russell Bonner Bentley was a middle-aged arborist living in Austin. Now he’s a local celebrity in a war-torn region of Ukraine—and a foot soldier in Russia’s information war.

Sonia Smith Texas Monthly Mar 2018 Permalink

Crime Science

Ruffled Feathers

The story of a pair of murdered whooping cranes and just how difficult it is to save a endangered species.

Sonia Smith Texas Monthly Sep 2016 25min Permalink

Science

Unfriendly Climate

Katharine Hayhoe is one of the country’s most influential atmospheric scientists, spreading the word about the effects of climate change. She’s also an evangelical Christian.

Sonia Smith Texas Monthly Apr 2016 25min Permalink

World Media

The Road to Damascus

While a Marine stationed in Afghanistan, Austin Tice decided he wanted to become a war photographer. He entered Syria and filed stories for McClatchy and the Washington Post. Then he disappeared.

Sonia Smith Texas Monthly Oct 2015 35min Permalink

Religion

For the Mouth Speaks

After a member of the Church of Wells abruptly left the group (which may or may not be a cult), many held out hope. A week later she went back, and the church’s elders are eager to explain why.

Previously: Sinners in the Hands

Sonia Smith Texas Monthly May 2015 25min Permalink

Business Crime

A Tree Is Known By Its Fruit

The rise and murderous fall of the Harkey family, the scions of a pecan dynasty.

Sonia Smith Texas Monthly Dec 2014 35min Permalink

Religion

Sinners in the Hands

A small Texas town suddenly finds it’s the home of a possible cult.

Sonia Smith Texas Monthly Jan 2014 35min Permalink