2024 Audio Doctor Program
Introducing: Third Coast’s Year-Round Audio Doctor Program
Originally launched as a project of the We Need Third Coast Campaign in May, the 2024 Audio Doctor Program is an ongoing, year-round offering, rolled out in phases. With each phase, Third Coast’s goal is to create more opportunities for connection and conversation within the audio-making process. We believe that having the chance to connect outside of everyday audio communities, schools, workplaces, or collectives is a crucial way for makers to engage across experience levels, and — hopefully — to get a dash of new inspiration.
The Audio Doctor program is based on an original offering at the in-person Third Coast Conference. In 2024, Audio Doctor appointments are being hosted virtually. In an appointment, a participant has the opportunity to talk through an in-progress audio project with an experienced maker in the field. These informal, 1-on-1 conversations are approximately 30 minutes long, and take place on Google Meet. Third Coast’s goal is to pair everyone who requests an appointment through the sign-up form with a featured Audio Doctor.
Below, you can read more about each phase of the 2024 Audio Doctor Program. This is a free offering, but if you’d like to see Third Coast continue to build this kind of programming year-round, we encourage you to make a donation to the We Need Third Coast Campaign. We are also actively seeking institutional partners who want to invest in future expansions of the Audio Doctor Program!
Audio Doctor 2.0 Phase: Summer Session
Third Coast launched the Audio Doctor Summer Session in July 2024. New this phase: The introduction of many more featured Audio Doctors with distinct and diverse areas of expertise in audio. Each Audio Doctor has given us a list of their “specialties” — or what they believe they’d be best equipped to help participants out with. During this phase, Third Coast is matching participants with an expert maker whose skills are best suited to support their unique projects. The Summer Session spans July-October 2024 and has so far hosted over 120 appointments with 32 featured makers so far.
You can read full bios for all 32 featured Summer Session Audio Doctors here.
Audio Doctor 1.0 Phase: Initial Pilot
Third Coast’s initial pilot for the Audio Doctor Program launched in May of 2024, with appointments from three talented Audio Doctors in the field: Jenny Asarnow, Jenny Lawton, and Phyllis Fletcher.
The program started as a free project of the We Need Third Coast Campaign and an effort to give back to the maker community during a critical year of fundraising at Third Coast.