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.

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John Cage and the Question of Genre

Form dances with function in this "seriously uncompromising"* and seriously compelling piece not so much about John Cage, as of the composer, music theorist, mycologist and artist, John Cage.

The Organist

The Organist is a monthly experimental arts & culture program produced by the editors of the Believer - the award-winning monthly magazine published by McSweeney's.

Re:sound #129: The Nerve Show

This hour: how and why we're wired for sound. A look at music and the brain.

Re:sound #128: The Willie McGee Show

This hour: the story (and the story behind the story) of Willie McGee.

Re:sound #121: The Death Comes Home Show

This hour: the home funeral movement. Three families who've forgone traditional death rites in favor of a more DIY approach.

Re:sound #26: The Tour Show

This hour: the halls of a high school and the alleys of one of the oldest cities in the world.

Own Your Thing (Day 2)

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
01:11:49

Re:sound #120: The Poetry Show

This hour: three documentary poems chronicling the lives of working class mothers in Troy, NY. Plus, poets as reporters, confused readers, and more.

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).

Re:sound #19: The Sweet Sound Show

This week: 14 brothers and sisters search for their estranged father, and a profile of one of the most avid sound recordists of all time.

Re:sound #5: The Remedial Silence Show

This hour: a man hand-delivers reading material to a war criminal, two people who've never spoken fall in love, and more.

Re:sound #7: The Mei Mei Show

This hour: producer Dmae Roberts grapples with the history and memories of her Taiwanese mother, a history of PTSD, and more.

Re:sound #9: The South Side of Japan Show

This hour: we head to the south side of Chicago and Japan.

What Happened at Dos Erres

In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people.

The Red, White, and Blue Bus

2012 ShortDocs Winner! The familiar faces of the red, white and blue bus, whose lives I will never know.

2012
03:00
Luke Eldridge

Re:sound #176 The Tiny Towns in Texas Show

This hour: we explore two struggling Texas towns through the beautiful and mournful voices of those who remain.

Re:sound #192 The Waiting Show

This hour, waiting. Waiting in line, waiting for an organ transplant and waiting for a bus that's never, ever going to come.

Finding Emilie

While in college, Alan fell hard for a fellow art student, Emilie.

Re:sound #189 The Hearing Show

This hour we listen in on hearing — a complex system of circuitry that is vulnerable to all sorts of interruptions, misfires and breakdowns.

The Glass Piano

At the tender age of 23, Princess Alexandra Amelie of Bavaria (1826-1875) was observed awkwardly walking sideways down the corridors of her family palace.