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.
Reel Noise
Surreal as it may seem, this rock band became very famous.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Derek Simons
Respectacle
Children in a behavior program speak up about respect, against the metaphorical soundscape of the Institution.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Susan B. Price
Reality Depends on Where You're Standing
Three inner-city sisters randomly discuss their reality, intercut with the perceived reality of the country's distant puppet masters.
- 2006
- 0
- Saya April Hillman
Rocks, Riptides, and Buoys: Radio in the Play of the Airwaves
Longtime proponent of radio as a fluid and flexible medium, Gregory Whitehead plays a variety of work from around the world and gives a philosophical and pragmatic talk on the role of imaginative radio in an increasingly congested media landscape.
- 2002
- 01:19:09
Radio Norway
Kari Hesthamar demonstrates the distinctive sound of Norwegian radio features by playing and talking about some of the most important elements of her own work -- creating small films for listeners' ears, capturing the true essence of a scene, and producing stories that come alive through the use of the present tense.
- 2006
- 01:30:25
The Road to Umami
The fate of every farm animal, in three parts: life, death, and consumption.
Remembering Our Sweet Food Pain
Multimedia letters on memories of food pain.
- 2013
- 02:38
- Ellie Gordon-Moershel
Roses are Red, Sandwiches Are Yellow
Neighbors of Bushwick, Brooklyn are asked, "Which do you prefer, the perfect love or the perfect sandwich?" -- vox pop-style.
- 2012
- 02:50
- Sejan Yun
Redbricks and Weatherboards
I've lived in Melbourne's suburban inner west for five years, walked my street of redbricks and weatherboards every day, but never stopped to listen until now. This is my street.
- 2012
- 02:58
- Jaye Kranz
Red Envelope Fairy
Across the street from my apartment, Elaine Autwell delivers Freedom of Information Act requests to every department in the City of Evanston, a job which has earned her the title of the "Red Envelope Fairy."
- 2012
- 03:00
- Jonah Newman
Romance at the Red Line Tap
Characters come out of the woodwork to take the stage at a weekly open mic at The Red Line Tap in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Tricia Bobeda
The Red House on Maple
At the Red House on Maple, ten best friends (including me!) relish in each other's companionship, as the time they have together comes to an end.
- 2012
- 02:58
- Josh Freund
Red Brick Houses
Here's a conversation with my 92 year-old neighbor Liza about how our neighborhood has changed since 1959, with "Mack the Knife" played on ukelele by fellow neighbor Tom Bassett.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Carol Spindel
Red Beeps
A recollection of my aunt's past and current home.
- 2012
- 02:24
- Aaron Arreguin
Romantic Red Love, But Not in Sweden
With the couple next door constantly fighting and my friends failed marriages in good memory I started to wonder why Sweden seems to fail in loving until death do us part.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Leni Günther
The Real Dean Scream
In 2004, Howard Dean's presidential run fell apart, punctuated by an incredibly strange sound he made onstage at the Iowa caucus.
- 2016
- 29:20
- Jody Avirgan
Recollections Dream in Blue
This audio captures the essence of Matthew Wilmott's internal neighbours - silence and recollections/dreams (per say those that that drift dark and heavy in the mind just before sunrise).
- 2012
- 02:39
- Matthew Wilmott
Radio Atlas
Finally! A way to listen to radio stories in languages you don't-necessarily-speak.
- 2016
- 0
- Eleanor McDowall
Runner
One of the most remarkable marathon finishes in recent history was recorded in 2009 in Boston. There, Kenyan runner, Salina Kosgei had her sights set on the finish line, having traveled half way around the world to get there.
- 2011
- 07:58
- Jonathan Miller
Radio 2.0
(Or: We couldn't change the world, so we changed radio.)
- 2012
- 01:12:59
Rudy's Gray Area
Rudy has lived on this bizarre little block since 1953, before a dozen railroad tracks and nearly as many highway lanes separated it from other residential neighborhoods.
- 2012
- 02:55
- Jennifer Brandel
Red, White, and Black With Little Bit of Gold
The nature of the current relationships between neighbors in Egypt and how it changed from how it used to be in the past.
- 2012
- 02:21
- Gehad Mahmoud
Random Ghost Behavior: The Center is Always White
Do spirits exist?
- 2012
- 02:59
- Jacob Gigler-Caro
Ray, White, and Blue
Over ten years ago, two strangers were drawn together by a neighborhood handball court in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
- 2012
- 03:02
- Marisa Wong
Rear Window, Black & White, 1954
Hitchcock's Rear Window revisited through my own rear window.
- 2012
- 02:52
- Caterina Clerici