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.
Resound #137 The Jazz and Freedom Show
This hour: Jazz and the struggle for civil rights in South Africa and the U.S.
- 2010
- 59:30
- Multiple producers
Jarman's Garden
Throughout the long illness at the end of his life, fllmmaker Derek Jarman put an extraordinary amount of passion and physical labor into his uniqe and rugged garden.
- 2001
- 14:49
- Sherre DeLys
John Thompson vs. American Justice
When police showed up to question John Thompson, he was worried that he had sold drugs to an undercover cop.
- 2018
- 49:14
- Andrew Marantz
- Sarah Lustbader
- Katherine Wells
Re:sound #113: The Journey Show
This hour: journeys to the far north, the moon, and other places near and far.
Re:sound #125: The Justice Show
This hour: we explore some big ideas – justice, injustice, punishment, and redemption – through small, powerful, personal stories.
Re:sound #251 Jesse & Joe
This hour, we remember the audio work of two brilliant producers who recently passed away — Jesse Cox & Joe Frank.
- 2018
- 57:40
- Jesse Cox
- Joe Frank
- Belinda Lopez
- Jessica Bineth
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #78: The Just Good Radio Show
This hour: a chronicle of European history through the sound of bells and a bizarre spectacle of endurance.
- 2007
- 58:30
- Steve Wadhams
- Peter Leonhard Braun
- Conor Lennon
- Roman Mars
Journalism and Storytelling: Frenemies?
How real does reality need to be?
- 2014
- 01:23:43
John Cage and the Question of Genre
Form dances with function in this "seriously uncompromising"* and seriously compelling piece not so much about John Cage, as of the composer, music theorist, mycologist and artist, John Cage.
- 2013
- 31:02
- Chris Abrahams
- Rick Moody
- Sherre DeLys
Jack and Ellen
Ellen was struggling for money, working as a Subway "sandwich artist" (yes, that's a real thing.)
- 2013
- 30:24
- Brendan Baker
- Mooj Zadie
- Nick van der Kolk
Journey
A spare and gripping account of one family's journey fleeing violence in Afghanistan.
- 2016
- 09:21
- Jamil
Jay's Kids
Blues musician Screamin' Jay Hawkins had 57 children, some of whom were happier than others to learn of their father's prolific paternity.
- 2001
- 22:56
- Alix Spiegel
Joseph Shabalala: In His Own Words
The vision for Ladysmith Black Mambazo came to Joseph Shabalala in a dream in four-part harmony.
- 2004
- 08:18
- David Schulman
- Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr
Just Another Fish Story
Ten years ago, the people of Lubec, Maine, were met with an unpleasant surprise: an enormous finback whale had washed onto the beachfront of their tiny coastal town.
- 2005
- 08:28
- Molly Menschel
Re:sound #213 The Jeff and Elly Show
This hour, two delightfully out-of-the-ordinary musical portraits from producer Alan Hall.
- 2015
- 59:43
- Alan Hall
- Dennis Funk
Just Read My Cards
Rude tarot card reader gets really angry.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Briana O'Higgins
Just Listen to Yourself
A bad editor is a curse. Having a good editor is a blessing but can often be a luxury. Deborah George explains how to work effectively with the editor you've been dealt and how to be your own editor if you don't have one.
- 2008
- 01:16:31
Julia and the Bag of Sweet Buns
Broadcaster Marion Kane travels to Julia Child's home to join her for breakfast.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Marion Kane
Journey to Umami
Traveling the on road to Umami, she wondered who or what she would meet along the way.
- 2013
- 02:32
- Dixie Treichel