Best of the Best 2014 (Part 1)

The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.

2014 / TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA


The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.

Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2014 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.

In this hour you'll hear: Here I am and Here Be Danger (Best New Artist), Help Wanted (Radio Impact), Burroughs at 100 (Directors' Choice), 100 Songs in a Day (The Little Mermaid) and Leaving a Mark (Best Documentary: Bronze Award). The hour also features an interview with producer Luke Malone, winner of the Radio Impact Award.

To find out more about all of the winning producers, click on EXTRA. You'll also find a clip of Awards Ceremony presenter Roman Mars exploring America's obsession with trophies.

We also invite you to listen to Hour 2 of Best of the Best, featuring (among others) the Best Documentary: Gold Award winner.

Best of the Best: The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast was produced by Dennis Funk with help from Annie Costakis and distributed by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange.

produced by

Colin McNulty

Colin McNulty is an award-winning documentary maker and senior producer of podcasts for WBEZ, including WBEZ’s “Making” series, Making Oprah and most recently, Making Obama.

Emily Hsiao

Emily Hsiao is an independent radio producer based in Brooklyn.


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