ShortDocs

Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced in response to a prompt from Third Coast for the ShortDocs Competition, hosted between 2003 and 2016. Each year ushered in a new set of rules, new creative partners, and ever-more magical results.


Sold 'Em Way Up High at 1200 (INC)

Melds the incredible auctioneering skills of Dan Skeels, the 2004 World Livestock Auctioneering Champion, with the electronic sounds of Nick Freilich, aka Epicte the Elemental.

Umami to the Ears

Weirdo Records is a closet-sized vinyl shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Angela Sawyer hosts experimental music concerts, for those with a unique and unorthodox musical taste.

My Mommy's Umami Latkes

Once a year my extended family comes together for three courses in tradition: making latkes, dinner conversation and finally, the ongoing memories we create together during our annual Hanukkah party.

Sweet In Action

When we feel bad we often make ourselves feel worse when better is so much easier than we think.

One Way

A woman in a hurry seeks refuge from a storm and finds something in common with the motel attendant.

Salty Relocation

Chronicling my love for snacks amidst my relocation from the U.S. to Cairo, Egypt.

The Last Morning was a Sweet One

2013 ShortDocs Winner! A short story in sounds of our food's start to finish, from morning to night (though not necessarily in the same day!)