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.
Queens Memory Project: Intersection
To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a transcript and listening instructions, click here.
- 2021
- 23:22
- Sam Riddell
- Jordan Gass-Pooré
Lost Notes: 1980
To experience this award-winning series in full, including a transcript and listening instructions, click here.
Promise Burden Prompt Origin Defense Palette Call
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Audio Unbound Award, selected by Final Round Judges Stacia Brown, Sharon Mashihi, and Justine Tobiasz.
- 2023
- 0
- Damon Phạm
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Impact Award, selected by Final Round Judges Katherine Nagasawa, Habiba Nosheen, and Richard Yeh.
- 2023
- 32:47
- Emily Hanford
- Catherine Winter
- Christopher Peak
- Chris Julin
Finn and the Bell
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.
- 2023
- 33:52
- Erica Heilman
A Fantasy, A Lie
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Non-English Language Award, selected by Final Round Judges Wederik de Backer, Julia Furlan, and Juan Serrano.
- 2023
- 0
- Pauline Augustyn
- Katharina Smets
Checking One's Levels
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Short Award, selected by Final Round Judges Stacia Brown, Sharon Mashihi, and Justine Tobiasz.
- 2023
- 04:34
- Talia Augustidis
- Eleanor McDowall
You Didn't See Nothin
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Serialized Story Award, selected by Final Round Judges Arlie Adlington, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Lisa Pollak, and Elena Rivera.
Atsimenu jo žvilgsnį. Istorija apie karį ir migrantą (I Remember His Look. The Story of a Soldier and a Migrant)
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Gold Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.
- 2023
- 42:27
- Sigita Vegytė
- Vaida Pilibaitytė
- Adomas Zubė
The 11th: His Saturn Return
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Directors' Choice Award, selected by the Third Coast International Audio Festival 2022-23 Listening Team.
Freedom Diving
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Bronze Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.
- 2023
- 32:43
- Phoebe Wang
- Neena Pathak
- Kia Miakka Natisse
'It started in the fourth grade building'
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best News Feature Award, selected by Final Round Judges Katherine Nagasawa, Habiba Nosheen, and Richard Yeh.
Life Partners
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best New Artist Award, selected by Final Round Judges Erisa Apantaku, Axel Kacoutié, and Alice Wilder.
- 2023
- 10:00
- Christina Hardinge
- Eleanor McDowall
Re:sound #111: The Radio Ephemera Show
This hour: the weird, wonderful results of the Radio Ephemera ShortDoc Challenge.
Re:sound #116: The Family Show
This hour: families, in all their messy, dysfunctional glory.
Re:sound #131: The Space Show
This hour: a one way mission to mars, a Russian cosmonaut's favorite music, the Voyager golden record, the sound of the northern lights, and more.
Best of the Best 2016 (Part 2)
This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.
Best of the Best 2013 (Part 1)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2013 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Re:sound #23: The God Show
This hour: gods, idols, worshipers, and skeptics.
Re:sound #155 The List Show
This hour: To do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts.
Re:sound #135 The Taking Care Show
This hour: the delicate interdependence between being in need and answering the call to help.
Re:sound #97: The In-Between Show
This hour: people living in the in-betweens.
2017 Provocations
A series of short talks from producers who hope to dare and ignite.
- 2017
- 42:49
Best of the Best 2016 (Part 1)
This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.
Re:sound #194 The Driving Show
This hour we buckle up and hit the road.