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 #65: The Podcast Show
This hour: the intriguing world of experimental podcasts.
Re:sound #233 The Rabbit Hole Show
This hour, rabbit holes — stories that start exploring one small thing and unexpectedly end up telling a much richer story.
Re:sound #106: The Entrepreneurs Show
This week: a worm digger in rural Maine, a remarkably effective citizen spy, and more.
Re:sound #64: The Epistolary Show
This hour: letters on the radio.
Re:sound #52: The Books Show
This hour: readers, writers, literary performance artists, and the grammar police.
Re:sound #35: The Dad Show
This hour: Dads. The good, the bad, and the complicated.
Presenting the 2007 TCF ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys
For the 2007 ShortDocs Challenge, the Third Coast was inspired by and collaborated with the Dollar Store Show - a regular reading and performance series in Chicago.
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Re:sound #107: The Loneliness Show
This hour: best friends who will never meet face to face, an abandoned wedding dress found floating in a lake, and more.
Re:sound #104: The Music of Everyday Things Show
This hour: melodies from the world around us.*Note: due to rights issues, not all pieces in this show can be streamed on our website.
Re:sound #79: The What Remains Show
This hour: a man transformed by illness, a house full of paintings left behind by an old friend, and a surprisingly complex story of old people in love.
Re:sound #80: The Art Show
This hour: a young patient escapes his hospital bed through flights of imagination, a musician documents a city under siege, and more.
Re:sound #243 The Finally! Show
This hour, we’re sharing a few of Third Coast’s favourite stories that didn’t quite fit the mold of past episodes.
Re:sound #59: The Music and Memory Show
This hour: music, memory, lost love, and John Denver.
Presenting the 2006 TCF ShortDocs: 99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story
For the 2006 ShortDocs Challenge, the Third Coast was inspired by and collaborated with cartoonist and illustrator Matt Madden.
Re:sound #115: The Work Show
This hour: a lobster diver in Honduras, a chocolate taster in France, a movie director in Nigeria, and other stories that reveal the workaday world in all its globalized complexity, one person at a time.
Re:sound #248 The Twisted Xmas Show
This hour, Third Coast’s take on the holidays.
Re:sound #36: The X Meets Y Show
This hour: a seemingly mismatched but (mostly) happy couple, a wife who exacts revenge on her husband via beef broth, and more.
Re:sound #84: The Girls vs. Boys Show
This hour: girls, boys, and sleepover reconnaissance.
Re:sound #183 The Kid's Secret Places Show
This hour: where kids go to get away; from themselves, their troubles, the rules they're supposed to follow, and of course, their parents.
Re:sound #159 The Protest Show
This hour: whether it is a mob of millions or one single voice, nothing changes unless someone stands up and says, "No more."
Re:sound #170 The Blood is Thicker than Water Show
This hour: families wrestling with love and loyalty.
Re:sound #173 The Colors Show
This hour: a purple hotel, a family who argues over their skin color, a singing rainbow and more.
Re:sound #182 The "It's Complicated" Show
This hour: imperfect, impolitic, infuriating... love.
Re:sound #12: The Hard-Hearted Dreamer Show
This hour: a girl goes on tour with her parents and a woman returns to her homeland in Iran after 40 years away.
Re:sound #190 The Inner Thoughts Show
This hour we step inside the mind and listen to our thoughts.