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.
Seeing Sound
Sound editor Walter Murch (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient), sound designer Randy Thom (The Right Stuff, The Thin Blue Line), and radio artist Joe Frank deconstruct excerpts from their work...
- 2003
- 01:59:27
Re:sound #223 The Cold Show
This hour audio air conditioning — we’re turning down the thermostat and ushering in stories that give us the chills.
Re:sound #17: The ShortDocs Show
This hour: the 2003 and 2004 Third Coast ShortDocs, which focused on the themes of thirst and darkness.
- 2005
- 59:00
- Adam Burke
- Jude Fletcher
- Hugh Levinson
- Rick Moody
Re:sound #11: The Chat Room Opera Show
This hour: sex on the Internet, music and memory, and more.
Re:sound #4: The Investigation Show
This hour: a woman investigates a secluded religious community, another secretly tapes her interactions with paint store owners, and yet another peels back the layers of "geek speak."
Re:sound #127: The Urban Dreamers Show
This hour: the experience of the city -- from the bicycle seat, the planner's map, and the poet's pen.
- 2010
- 59:30
- Katie Burningham
- Zak Rosen
- Al Letson
- Delaney Hall
The Ring & I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania
The grandeur and power of Wagner's monumental work, The Ring Cycle, has permeated our culture to the point that "Wagnerian" is used as an adjective.
- 2005
- 58:58
- Aaron Cohen
- Elena Park
- Jad Abumrad
Re:sound #132: The Lost Show
This hour: looking for the intangible. What's lost and what might be found.
Re:sound #133: The Food Show
This hour: Food. It's delicious. It's complicated.
Re:sound #138 The Running Show
This hour: Running on two legs, running on four, but most importantly, running with all your might.
Re:sound #141 The Hustling Show
This hour: Hustlers. Some are straight-up con artists, and others are just doing what they have to do to get by.
Re:sound #240 The Aftermath Show
This hour two stories about what remains after the fighting stops.
- 2017
- 01:02:00
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Mia Lobel
- Roxanne Scott
- Jacob Smith
- Anik See
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #254 Pinball Poets
This hour: lawyers-turned-pinball wizards, two extraordinary minds meeting in a field of poetry and, forty years after the phrase was coined, the skinny on 420.
Re:sound #166 The Fix Show
This hour: Storied pasts and double lives.
- 2012
- 59:00
- Sarah Lu
- Nick van der Kolk
- Brendan Baker
- Nate DiMeo
- Katie Mingle
2007 Getting to Yes: Perfecting Your Pitch (Day 2)
In collaboration with the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), this session addresses how to successfully pitch radio stories and series ideas to stations, networks, and other acquirers of independent work.
- 2007
- 01:27:30
Re:sound #45: The Nosce te Ipsum Show
This hour: a child beauty queen, a young transgendered man, and an obsessive teen.
Re:sound #229 The Communication Barrier Show
This hour people trying their best — and sometimes failing miserably — to make a connection.
Re:sound #51: The Show 14 Redux Show
This hour: a visit to one of the most remote islands on earth, a woman who sings with crickets, a return to Zagreb, and more.
Re:sound #174 The American Icons Show
This hour: the American Icons series from WNYC's Studio 360.
Re:sound #195 The Dinner Table Show
This hour: the dinner table and all that it inspires.
Re:sound #117: The Hunting Show
This hour: hunting for moose, buffalo, and love.
Presenting the 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
In early 2010, the Third Coast teamed up with the incomparable pop / indie / experiemental band The Books, and issued an open invitation to make radio.
- 2010
- 01:16:28
I dream of rattlesnakes
A contemplation of the return of rattlesnakes to Massachusetts.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Todd Wemmer
- Sam Wemmer
- Belle Wemmer
We Lost Them
How does a victim's family cope, hours after a violent crime, when they are thrust into a national spotlight?
- 2014
- 13:42
- Lauren Spohrer
- Phoebe Judge
Re:sound: #207 The Oops!... Who Dunnit Again Show
This hour two mysteries: one involving an obscure novel and Britney Spears, and the other a real life murder most fowl.
- 2015
- 01:00:07
- Phoebe Judge
- Lauren Spohrer
- Starlee Kine
- Alex Blumberg
- Dennis Funk