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.
The View From Here
A patient, blinded in an accident, wakes to another day of darkness. Resolved to sidestep the persistent murk of her obscured vision, she turns instead to the world of her imagination and memory, where the everyday patterns of human routine take on a new significance.
- 2008
- 14:20
- Melanie Wilson
Viva La Fiesta!
It's time to celebrate Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara.
- 2007
- 02:56
- Diane Bock
Voices From the Dust Bowl
In the 1930's, the Great Depression and Dust Bowl drove farmers and their families from the central states to California.
- 2001
- 22:14
- Barrett Golding
Variations on a Thirst: Presenting the 2003 TCF ShortDocs
In 2003 the TCF introduced our "ShortDocs", by inviting producersto submit written proposals for radio stories (five to seven minutes in length) about a single topic - 'thirst'.
- 2003
- 01:02:50
Voice With a Capital "V"
Most of us use our voices in our work, but finding our "Voice" is an often overlooked part of our creative development. Hear what professionals from a variety of different fields have to say about this elusive aspect of our craft.
- 2005
- 01:16:48
Re:sound #1: The Very First Show Show
This week: an aural trip to one of the oldest cities in the world, an unconventional love affair, and a man who eats up all the books he reads (literally).
- 2004
- 58:30
- Jim Metzner
- Matthew Power
- Gregory Whitehead
- Julie Shapiro
Voices Lost and Found
An old cassette, tucked away for years in the back of a drawer, magically brings a lost voice back to life.
- 2013
- 05:17
- Eleanor McDowall
- Jude Rogers
Violación de un Sueño: Jornada Nocturna
Thousands of office janitors work at night, cleaning up our work spaces after we go home. Many are immigrants – some undocumented – and many are women. With these conditions, they are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
- 2016
- 20:04
- Bernice Yeung
- Sasha Khokha
- Daffodil Altan
Vagy/Szomjusag/Thirst
As a boy, George Bien was sent thousands of miles away from Hungary to Siberia, to the notorious Gulag - the prison camp system in the Soviet Union, where millions of people perished.
- 2003
- 06:45
- Alex van Oss
The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski
The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowki presents the recovered tapes of a young marine who kept an audio diary of his war experience in Vietnam until his death.
- 2001
- 22:38
- Christina Egloff
- Jay Allison
Voices From the Past
Can you remember the sound of voices from the past, even of a close family member?
- 2005
- 09:12
- Pat Donnez
- Wim Vangrootloon
Von Trapped
Von Trapped is a story about a woman obsessed with The Sound of Music, as well as other things Austrian.
- 2001
- 31:43
- Natalie Kestecher
Voices in Your Head
Voices in Your Head is an audio segment from Voci, a performance work Pamela Z created in 2003.
- 2003
- 05:41
- Pamela Z
Venture into the Void
A man relives his encounter with a deadly alien.
The View From Room 205
This is a story about some little kids and a big idea.
- 2017
- 57:00
- Linda Lutton
Voice
The three legs of the tripod of radio —- voice, text, and sound -— are interdependent, and all contribute to the "voice" of any radio piece. Independent producer Karen Michel presents work that demonstrates different styles of voice and discusses what makes each one unique.
- 2002
- 01:21:07
Very Sweet with Edge of Tartness
Rachel Steinhardt encounters an unexpected memento of her grandmother's life.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Will Coley
The voice of my inner goddess
A clash of meditation and everyday life.
- 2016
- 02:00
- Rikke Mia Skovdal