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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Frenchie Movie

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main . . . any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - John Donne (1572-1631)

2007
02:59
Jeff Peters
Tim Forrest

Tea for Matilda

Feminist historian Sally Roesch Wagner muses that well-behaved women rarely make history while mis-behaved radicals, such as 19th century women's rights and peace activist Matilda Joslyn Gage, seldom make history books.

2007
03:00
Catherine Stifter

The Pirate

Morning sunlight streams through the blinds as John Ostoich (aka "Johnny O") pours his first bourbon of the day. A cigarette hangs from his lips; his parrot, Bok-Bok, rests on his shoulder.

2015
30:27
Lu Olkowski

The Mousetrap

This is a highly fictionalized retelling of a real life tale of the trapping and killing of a mouse in Fresno, California.

The First Attraction

The myth of Narcissus reimagined: the north pole of a magnet bar falls tragically in love with the north pole of another magnet bar.

The Silent Work of Ordinary People

An extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary worker.

2007
03:03
Keith Brand
Nathan Long

Leave No Trace

There's a slip of paper hanging in Dave Isay's office at StoryCorps with a quote scrawled across it: "A good craftsman leaves no traces."

2014
01:20:10

Little Voices, Far Far Away

Context is a bitch -- just ask mice. On earth they're seen as pests and carriers of disease, but space is another story altogether.

Au Debut

2006 ShortDocs Winner! Translation -- Sylvain, Bruno, Zoe, and Youssef at the PRIM Centre in Montreal, summer 2006.

2006
02:30
Zoe Irvine

Boris the Mover

2006 ShortDocs Winner! A crush on a telemarketer results in betrayal.

2006
02:35
Carma Jolly

Dollar Daze

Third Coast Festival artistic director Julie Shapiro describes her rendez-vous with Dollar Store founder Jonathan Messinger at Dollar Daze in downtown Chicago, where the Dollar Storeys items were chosen.

The Rules Will Be Different

For one recount lawyer in Florida, the political became personal in the wake of the 2000 presidential election.

2005
07:59
Melissa Allison

Strictly Vegetarian, or, Something Happened During That Trip to Malacca, Malaysia

She is now pregnant!

2006
02:32
Jaume Pique
Manel Perez

Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

The Supreme Court case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl seemed like a straightforward custody dispute: a birth father and a couple at odds over who would raise baby Veronica.

2013
35:39
Tim Howard

Naptime

What does he remember from three months ago?

2006
02:30
Julia Barton

Sound and Territory

Apartment sounds reveal a roommate crisis, the unwanted sharing of a territory.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love 99 Ways

Remember when we were paranoid?

KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race

At the stroke of 10am PT on August 17th, 2013, producers around the world lept into action.

The Whale's Choice

In certain waters, moments of connection between humans and whales do happen... but not often.

2013
13:20
Jennifer Kingsley

Sweetgum Handshake

Here's a radio explanation of the Radio Ephemera ShortDocs Challenge, including descriptions from Rick and Megan Prelinger, of the books selected for the project.