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.
Someone's Screaming Outside
Someone's Screaming Outside revisits the rainy Florida night George Zimmerman met Trayvon Martin, using only 911 calls from that evening and musical samples from YouTube videos reacting to the tragedy.
- 2012
- 03:30
- Mad Genius
Snow on Plum Blossom
Japanese springtime: the motif of countless haikus and soulful pop songs, spectacular kabuki and elegant Noh plays, short stories, and novels. In Japan, spring begins in winter -- with a lot of noise.
- 2005
- 07:10
- Barbara Entrup
- Malte Jaspersen
The Sweet Taste of India
Chicken Tikka Masala, the taste of India.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Humayun Alam
- Jay Alom
Sour Food Slam
A poetry slam poking fun at the absurd "foodie" culture.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Abby Ainsworth
- Lindsay Kutner
Sweet Aunt Nuska
Aunt Nuska has lost her appetite and the whole family bonds together to find a remedy for her.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jeremy W.
- Matt Thomas
Selling Sweet and Salty
How does light, sound and language change the perception of food?
- 2013
- 02:57
- Alex Grant
- Andy Erickson
The Story as Walkabout
Smartphones and other gadgets have detached our listening experiences from the radio, and are making another kind of attachment possible - to where the stories actually take place.
- 2012
- 01:18:18
Re:sound #242 The Soundtracks of Our Lives Show
This hour the symphonic textures of our everyday lives.
- 2017
- 59:00
- Tim Hinman
- Dennis Funk
Sources, Correspondents, Fixers: Making Radio With Bloggers
Millions of bloggers write every day about their own towns, industries, and lives. As a radio producer you can work with a nation -- a world – of storytellers to find out about everything from French politics to knitting habits in Iowa.
- 2006
- 01:17:02
S-Town Hall
On April 11, 2017, Third Coast held a public discussion in Chicago to discuss S-Town , the most-buzzed about podcast of the year, from Serial Productions and This American Life .
- 2017
- 01:03:01
- Dennis Funk
- Johanna Zorn
- Maya Goldberg-Safir
Swimmers
A woman pieces together sonic memories and her sense of belonging through swimming.
- 2016
- 02:31
- Michelle Macklem
Re:sound #49: The Stans Show
This hour: a group of tourists travels through Central Asia, where antics and misbehavior ensue.
- 2006
- 58:31
- Ben Adair
- Roman Mars
Special Feature: The Sarah Awards
To kick-off Third Coast's summer fundraiser, we're doing what we do best — sharing great radio from around the world — with some extra special feature podcasts over the next two weeks.
- 2015
- 14:00
- Ann Heppermann
- Martin Johnson
- Dennis Funk
Special Feature: Producers To Keep An Ear On
On this special Third Coast Podcast we're doing what we do best — sharing the best radio from around the world!
- 2015
- 18:00
- Marlo Mack
- Sara Curtis
- Dennis Funk
Special Feature: Little Mermaid Favorites
On this episode of Re:sound, we're sharing two of our favorite pieces that were entered to win the 2014 Little Mermaid Award.
- 2014
- 17:11
- Amy Pearl
- Leo Hornak
- Dennis Funk
Special Feature: Everything Sounds
This week, we're featuring an episode of the podcast Everything Sounds.
- 2013
- 21:44
- George Drake Jr.
- Craig Shank
- Katie Mingle
Sight Unseen
In December of 2009, photojournalist Lynsey Addario was embedded with a medevac team in Afghanistan. After days of waiting, one night they got the call - a marine was gravely wounded.
- 2015
- 27:51
- Jad Abumrad
- Soren Wheeler
Sound Design 101
Brendan Baker and Kaitlin Prest pull back the curtain on the alchemical process of combining stories and sound.
- 2014
- 01:18:04
Re:sound #191 The Songs My Mother Taught Me Show
This week one woman's story unfolds through many threads.
- 2014
- 01:04:19
- Chris Brookes
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #206 The Sarah Boothroyd Show
This hour we explore nearly a decade's worth of work from Canadian sound artist, musician and radio producer Sarah Boothroyd.
- 2015
- 58:00
- Sarah Boothroyd
- Dennis Funk
Seeing Heat
The first human with heat-vision talks candidly of her experience, the surgeon explains the science while she's under the knife.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Mia Kukathasan
The Sonic Memorial Project
The Sonic Memorial Project is an intimate and historic documentary commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center and its surrounding neighborhood, through audio artifacts, rare recordings, voice mail messages, and interviews.
- 2003
- 01:00:48
- The Kitchen Sisters
Sweeping Statements
Being a teenager can be really hard. Especially if you've flunked out of school. Or your dad has disappeared.
- 2007
- 06:48
- Judith Sloan
Scrape
An up-and-coming executive and his car have a very bad day.
- 2008
- 02:25
- Dave Urlakis
- Michael Slaboch
Starcastic
Found-sound sculpture.
- 2016
- 02:26
- Coasty McCoastface