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.
Lenin's Ears
Andrey Allakhverdov, from the Foundation for Independent Radio Broadcasting (based in Russia), talks about what the FNR is up to over in Moscow, and introduces the timezone-bending modern-day audio legend Lenin's Ears.
- 2008
- 06:48
Let Your Sounds Do the Talking
So you're a great writer, and you've pretty much got interviewing down, but something's just... missing. Sound. The sounds we use and how we use them can say so much in a radio story, but often that potential goes untapped.
- 2006
- 01:11:58
Life Is Sweet Again
Lucy Beesley's determination to fight off cancer and live normally has resulted in a life even sweeter than before.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Bryony Hawkins
Late(ish) Night with Al Letson
Al Letson brings our first Conference day to a close with an audio night cap.
- 2014
- 47:29
Love Tastes Like Umami Poutine
A love story about food, a food story about love in three courses: poutine, foie gras, bone marrow.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Sara Ananda Badger
Lemon, Lime and Bitters
One man has an appetite for alcohol.
Lunch Club: A Salty Manifesto
There are only 3 Rules to Lunch Club...
- 2013
- 02:06
- Ian Davis and Mwende Hahesy
Logan Square's Brown Bread Underground
On one block in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, an unnamed baker whips up artisan sourdoughs to sell to his neighbors.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Annie Minoff
Late(ish) Night with Ira Glass
Ira Glass brought the first day of the 2012 Third Coast Conference to a close with an audio night cap, by sharing his favorite moments from the year's Third Coast winners and other stories.
- 2012
- 47:09
Loving Charcoal
A portrait of Anna, who lives one floor below me, and her hamster.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Yarn AudioWorks
Look Toward the Blue
As a new resident of one of the oldest neighborhoods in Portland, Maine, I set out one day armed with a recorder and mic in hopes of meeting some of my new neighbors.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Laura Candler