STEPHANIE FOO
STEPHANIE FOO

Work

 
 

Audio

Don’t worry, be happy - snap judgment

Mimi Nguyen’s mother, Thanh, has always been super anxious. She obsessively calls Mimi at all hours and is always worried they’re in danger. This paranoia really put a strain on their relationship, until Mimi heard Thanh talking in her sleep one night. And Mimi realized… maybe there were long-hidden family secrets that might explain Thanh’s behavior.

Therapy ghostbusters - invisibilia

In San Jose, California, a community clinic was stumped as to why their clients were seeing ghosts. This week, a story about grappling with ghosts of our past and one clinic's attempt to heal intergenerational trauma.

WINNER of the Carol Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting, from the National Press Foundation

WINNER of the 2022 Asian American Journalists Association Award for Excellence in Audio Long-form Storytelling

ERRING LIKE A SAILOR - This american life

The Navy’s Seventh Fleet has seen a string of collisions and accidents, killing 17 sailors in 2017. Producer Stephanie Foo learned about a part of Navy life that investigators say played a role in these accidents.

 

Rosie’s paradox- this american life

One night Rosie’s father, busy working, told Rosie, then 9, to stop distracting him with her questions. She should write them all down, he said. Rosie returned with about 50 of the most fundamental human questions. Three years later, her father is still answering them.

 

THE FEVER - reply all

Suzanne was in love with her kind, sensitive boyfriend. Until she learned that he had several other girlfriends. Girlfriends who were all just like her in one very disturbing way.

 

the favorite - this american life

Growing up, producer Stephanie Foo was the favorite child of her family in Malaysia. Particularly of the matriarch of the family who everyone called "Auntie." But as an adult, Stephanie found out the complicated truth about why she was the family favorite.

I am the eggplant - this american life

Nasubi, a Japanese comedian who, in the 90s, just wanted a little bit of fame. So he was thrilled when he won an opportunity to have his own segment on a Japanese reality TV show. Until he found out the premise: he had to sit in an empty apartment with no food, clothes or contact with the outside world, enter sweepstakes from magazines… and hope that he won enough sustenance to survive.

 

morning program - pilot

What if we covered Christmas like we do other “ethnic” holidays?

Project Leadership

Project Leadership

Editor, Season 4, WNYC’s Nancy

Editor, Season 2, KCRW’s Bodies

Audio Director for California Sunday’s 2018 Photo Issue

I frequently produced full shows for This American Life—which meant I managed staff, found stories to fill the show, designed its overall message, and edited each story. A sampling:

“The Room of Requirement,” This American Life, 2018

“Who You Gonna Call?” This American Life, 2017

“We Are In the Future,” This American Life, 2017

“Ask A Grown Up,” This American Life, 2017

 

Video

i love you - this american life

Maia has been with her boyfriend for 8 years, but they’ve never said “I love you.” We try to help her do it in the grandest way possible.

Produced with m ss ng p eces and This American Life. Directed by Bianca Giaever. Co-produced by Stephanie Foo and Jonathan Figueroa. Animation by Jordan Bruner. Was nominated for three 2016 Daytime Emmys. Won Daytime Emmy for "Best Directing, Special Class."