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.
Re:sound #164 The Shaken, Not Stirred Show
This hour: As the James Bond franchise celebrates its 50th year, we get at what's been driving him all this time - the beat.
- 2012
- 58:00
- Russell Stapleton
- Libby Douglas
- Katie Mingle
The Smell of Salt
The story of an acclaimed chef and mothers journey searching for finding and understanding success.
- 2013
- 02:55
- Holly Smith
- Paige Lee
Sweet Order
An insatiable passion for keeping lists brings order to each new day... and prepares for the next.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Java Bere
- Jon Tipler
Sweet Restraint
Danny can't eat wheat, barley, rye, oats, corn, potatoes...
- 2013
- 02:34
- Paula Friedrich
The Sweet Life On Tour (or Ben Eats A Lobster Roll)
My friend Ben eats his first lobster roll while we're on tour in Portland, Maine.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Alex Lewis
- Alex Lewis
Stood There Ringing
A pregnant woman lets a bell say everything she can't.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Megan Stielstra
- Shiow-Jiau Yung
The Silent Work of Ordinary People
An extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary worker.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Keith Brand
- Nathan Long
Strictly Vegetarian, or, Something Happened During That Trip to Malacca, Malaysia
She is now pregnant!
- 2006
- 02:32
- Jaume Pique
- Manel Perez
Sound and Territory
Apartment sounds reveal a roommate crisis, the unwanted sharing of a territory.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Christine Morin
- Marie-France Garon
Sweetgum Handshake
Here's a radio explanation of the Radio Ephemera ShortDocs Challenge, including descriptions from Rick and Megan Prelinger, of the books selected for the project.
- 2008
- 07:46
- Julie Shapiro
- Rick and Megan Shaw Prelinger
Sweet and Sour Coffee
A story about the emotional coupling of love and coffee.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Jason Lovell
- William Thwaites
Sweet Deals & Salty Licks
Behind the scenes at a dairy cow auction in Old Chatham, New York.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Laura Hadden
- Tennessee Jane Watson
Stiff Peaks
2007 ShortDocs Winner! The first step in making cookies is to purchase a metal bike jingle-bell in a western mountain town.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Jeffrey Letterly
Shaq + Kobe (Time Is Running Out)
This piece retells (and remixes) the NBA soap opera of Shaq + Kobe in an audio cartoon created with the on-the-court assistance of the talented Kevin Smith and amplified by music from Shaquille O'Neal, sampled game sounds, and press conference audio clips taken wildly and egregiously out of context.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Schulman
Silvergirl
It's not made of Plexiglass, it's not made of fiberglass, it's not square.
- 2008
- 02:56
- Julie Caine
- Lisa Morehouse
The Sounds Inside
In certain radio stories, sounds exist only in the mind of the storyteller and can't be physically recorded -- like dreams, memories, and predictions. How do you create a soundscape that brings "the sounds inside" to life?
- 2007
- 01:22:47
Salty Snails For Christmas
People are shocked when we tell them snails are delicious.
- 2013
- 02:19
- Suzanne El-Cheikh
She?s Hearing Mauve
An off-kilter treasure hunt for ideas.
- 2012
- 02:49
- Kate Norquay
- Shaun D. Wilson
The Search for Edna Lavilla
In 1942, Edna Lavilla Haynes died from a backyard abortion. After her death Edna was never mentioned again.
- 2007
- 51:29
- Eurydice Aroney
- Sharon Davis
She's Alright, My Mum Is
When mothers suffer from mental or physical illnesses, their eldest children often take on responsibilities far beyond their years.
- 2004
- 27:25
- Kim Normanton
- Nigel Acheson
The Sleeping Fool
Art museum security guards spend their days in uniform, speaking quietly or not at all, surrounded by works of irreplaceable art.
- 2010
- 10:22
- Sofia Saldanha
Sucked into the Tunnels Beneath Las Vegas
There are some 14,000 people living on the streets of Las Vegas, and Nevada ranks second in the nation in homeless population per capita.
- 2010
- 08:32
- Adam Burke
Studs & Jimmy
Jimmy Yancey, the blues pianist and White Sox groundsman, and Studs Terkel, the broadcaster and author, may have lived at different ends of Chicago but they're both as integral a part of the city as the El...
- 2009
- 02:59
- Alan Hall
Shattered School
Among the victims of the powerful earthquake near Chengdu, China, are hundreds of young students who are feared dead after being trapped in the rubble of their middle school.
- 2008
- 04:02
- Andrea Hsu
- Melissa Block
She Sees Your Every Move
While traditional street photography usually catches strangers passing by in a public space, the photographer Michele Iversen has been catching strangers passing by in their own private spaces, without their permission.
- 2012
- 06:33
- Jonathan Mitchell