NTS regular Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has been hosting Kaitlyn Aurelia-Smith Presents: TouchThePlants since 2 December 2016. On 12 November 2020, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith was a guest on NTS X CARHARTT WORK IN PROGRESS: RELEVANT PARTIES; and on 2 May 2017 was a guest on Mount Kimbie Residency. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has been played on NTS over 120 times, featured on 110 episodes and was first played on 10 February 2015.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's formative years were spent communing with nature on Orcas Island in the northwest region of Washington state, a place she describes as "one of the most magical and peaceful places I have…