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.
Own Your Thing (Day 1)
Independent producers have always had to fend for themselves, but today the building blocks for independent success - creating great work, reaching real audiences, making money, controlling your destiny - are falling into place in new ways.
- 2012
- 01:16:39
Re:sound #126: The Scam Show
This hour: the capital of scamming.
Re:sound #122: The Three Records from Sun Ra Show
This hour: two amazing musicians explored through the portal of two amazing documentaries.
- 2010
- 58:30
- Charles Maynes
- Brent Clough
- John Jacobs
- Delaney Hall
Red White & Bruised
2012 ShortDocs Winner! Don Floyd looks back on his life of eighty years, after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.
- 2012
- 02:57
- Brian Barnhart Jr
- John Musto
College: A Hotbed of Emerging Producers -- Part One
All around the country college students are asking for and receiving new courses that teach audio production. They're intent on finishing college with multi-media skills, and, lucky for us, they want to help shape the future of documentary audio.
- 2008
- 01:20:55
Re:sound #175 The Love and Persistence Show
This hour: stories of people in love, who just wouldn't take 'no' for an answer.
Remembering Andrew
On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into Miami-Dade County changing the landscape of South Florida forever.
Re:sound #77: The Edna Lavilla Show
This hour: a closely guarded family secret and the hidden history of long-deceased grandmother.
- 2007
- 59:01
- Sharon Davis
- Eurydice Aroney
- Russell Stapleton
- Roman Mars
Oscar, Shmoscar! (Friday)
Who needs the Academy Awards when you have the Third Coasties?
- 2010
- 0
Oscar, Shmoscar! (Saturday)
Who needs the Academy Awards when you have the Third Coasties?
- 2010
- 01:22:38
Re:sound #210 The Inner Ear Show
This hour two stories that dive into the depths of the inner ear.
- 2015
- 01:08:35
- Nick Ryan
- Lisa Gee
- Jeremy Mortimer
- Tim Hinman
- Dennis Funk
The Living Room
Diane's new neighbors never shut their curtains, and that was the beginning of an intimate, but very one-sided relationship.
- 2015
- 22:22
- Brendan Baker
- Briana Breen
Re:sound #83: The Going Up Show
This hour: mountain climbers, pilots, and people on the way UP.
- 2008
- 58:30
- Roz Bluett
- Arielle Lasky
- Sarah Boothroyd
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #169 The Ghosts of Vietnam Show
This hour: hauntings of war, ethereal recordings, and other ghosts of Vietnam.
- 2013
- 57:31
- Christina Egloff
- Jay Allison
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Katie Mingle
This Proves Everything
Introducing a posse of smart, hopeful, boy band conspiracy theorists... and the civilian caught in their midst.
- 2015
- 17:32
- Alex Goldman
- PJ Vogt
1984 (the year not the book)
In the book 1984, George Orwell predicted that in the future "Big Brother" would watch and dictate our every move. In the year 1984, producer Benjamen Walker was in middle school.
- 2014
- 52:21
- Benjamen Walker
Re:sound #188 The Tight Spaces Show
This hour we look at the ups and downs of confinement.
Re:sound #177 The Symphonies Show
This hour: what happens when we open our ears to the surprising symphonies all around us.
Re:sound #172 The Abandoned At Sea Show
This hour: the story of a harrowing journey on the Mediterranean Sea that started with high hopes and ended in tragedy.
- 2013
- 01:02:01
- Sharon Davis
- Geoff Parish
- Sean Mullervy
- Katie Mingle
Teen Contender
Sixteen-year-old Claressa Shields has a dream, to be at the 2012 Olympic finals and hear the announcer call out, "The first woman Olympian boxer at 165 pounds - Claressa Shields!"
- 2012
- 15:37
- Joe Richman
- Samara Freemark
- Sue Jaye Johnson
2017 Audio Doctors
Audio Doctor sessions are 25 minute private focused sessions with one of a roster of superstar producer/editors who will meet with patients to aid in the cure their audio ills...
- 2017
- 0
Holy Soul
Matthew Power first met poet Allen Ginsberg at his cousin's Bar Mitzvah, when he was a 15-year-old aspiring writer.
- 2004
- 18:40
- Dean Olsher
- Emily Botein
- Matthew Power
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
Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms
Days after his 21st birthday, Noel Anaya had one final hearing before aging out of California’s foster care system, and he didn’t want to go through it alone.
- 2017
- 05:35
- Youth Radio
- Noel Anaya
- Brett Myers
Re:sound #98: The Disappearing Show
This hour: one boy leaves home and never returns, another leaves and returns forever changed.
- 2008
- 59:30
- Myfanwy Davies
- Steve Wadhams
- Julie Kimberly
- Delaney Hall