Third Coast Audio Library

Our vast and ever-growing collection contains thousands of carefully curated audio stories, episodes from Third Coast podcasts, educational sessions on craft from the best makers on the planet, and more.

We’ve also featured some incredible audio work beyond this audio library, in other ways and using other formats: don’t miss the 2021 Web Showcase, featuring a more in-depth look at the winners, judges and even a list of 40 finalists from the 2021 Third Coast/RHDF Competition.

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Dreaming of Fat Men

One evening in 1994, four women came together for a feast. They had never met one another before. As far as anybody knew, they only had one thing in common: they were all obese.

2003
41:22
Lorelei Harris

Don't Touch This

One mug brings back memories of past relationships with women.

2007
02:47
Pat Corbet

The Different A

Is there something mystical about tuning?

2016
03:00
Zach Nichols

Dear Z,

By way of a love letter, Julie Shapiro recounts the incredible racing history of the astonishing, record-breaking mare named Zenyatta. Zenyatta captured the hearts and imaginations of millions and shined a bright spotlight on the American horse racing industry in 2009-10.

2011
09:16
Julie Shapiro

Drawing the Purple Line

Being a neighbor can mean having a duty, but it's not always that simple.

2012
03:00
Natalie Rothfels

"Diamond" Jimmy Roy

At one time "Diamond" Jimmy Roy owned half the businesses in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a steel town just outside Pittsburgh.

2001
19:00
Dan Collison

Debt Collector

A sci-fi melodrama about the abusive relationship between debt collector and collectee.

2008
03:39
Roman Mars

Deliverance Day

Spontaneous songwriter Abraham Levitan composed this inaugural Re:sound wrap up song for the Chicago Show, reflecting on Wild Onion by host Gwen Macsai and the Third Coast Chicago Sound Drops.

Double Your Impact!

Once upon a time there was a treasure trove of incredible audio stories locked away inside a lovely but creaky website.

DUPLICATE RESOUND The List Show

This hour: To do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts.

2012
59:00
Katie Mingle

Re:sound #259 Divided We Payphone

This hour, we trot across middle America, with a story from a Nashville neighbourhood, and a Missouri payphone that won’t stop ringing.

Death in Illinois Prisons: He Didn't Have a Death Sentence, But That's What He Got

For the last year, Shannon Heffernan has been trying to figure out how and why people in Illinois prisons are dying.

2019
06:50
Shannon Heffernan

Re:sound #85: The Dollar Storeys Show

This hour: the wild and wonderful results of the Third Coast Festival's 2007 Audio Challenge: Dollar Storeys.

Dat Rona

Dat Rona, a Black colloquialism to describe the coronavirus, was produced in 3 days to disseminate ‘Rona’ knowledge after harmful media stories began to circulate that Black people were immune to the virus.