Third Coast International Audio Festival

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Up With Bad

Founding producer of This American Life Nancy Updike on the inspiration she finds in the power of vice, foible and inappropriateness on radio, podcasts, TV and in books.

2014
01:08:29

Making News Stories Good Stories

Guess what? You can tell great stories on the news, too.

2014
01:20:01

Turning Investigative Reporting into Artful Radio

When done well, investigative radio stories have the power to change the world.

2014
01:26:30

Public-powered Journalism

Learn how sharing the mic and megaphone can expand your beat, your stories, and your craft.

2014
01:11:09

Journalism and Storytelling: Frenemies?

How real does reality need to be?

2014
01:23:43

The Amazing Radio Vertikalisator

Inspired by a Lego time machine her son built, Iceland-based independent producer Rikke Houd created a tool to help producers take advantage of the vast space radio offers.

2014
01:10:25

Sound Design 101

Brendan Baker and Kaitlin Prest pull back the curtain on the alchemical process of combining stories and sound.

2014
01:18:04

Three Shows/Three Techniques

NPR reporter Alix Spiegel incites a riot among audio producers... in praise of stealing others' storytelling techniques and adapting them to create a style of one's very own.

2014
01:13:20

Late(ish) Night with Al Letson

Al Letson brings our first Conference day to a close with an audio night cap.

2014
47:29

Leave No Trace

There's a slip of paper hanging in Dave Isay's office at StoryCorps with a quote scrawled across it: "A good craftsman leaves no traces."

2014
01:20:10

Audio Code Switching: Tackling Race on the Radio

We need to talk about race - with humanity and humor.

2014
01:16:51

2014 Getting to Yes: The Art of the Pitch (Day 1)

A bonafide Third Coast tradition! This session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.

2014
01:13:32

2014 Getting to Yes: The Art of the Pitch (Day 2)

A bonafide Third Coast tradition! The second installment of this session once again pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.

2014
01:12:17