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.
The Search for Edna Lavilla
In 1942, Edna Lavilla Haynes died from a backyard abortion. After her death Edna was never mentioned again.
- 2007
- 51:29
- Eurydice Aroney
- Sharon Davis
2007 TC Audio Luminary: Peter Leonhard Braun
The Third Coast Audio Luminary Award is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2007 Audio Luminary - widely esteemed producer, teacher, and mentor Peter Leonhard Braun.
- 2007
- 50:57
- Peter Leonhard Braun
Thembi's AIDS Diary
In South Africa more than five million people are living with HIV/AIDS, including a young woman named Thembi Ngubane.
- 2006
- 23:30
- Joe Richman
- Anayansi Diaz-Cortes
Rhapsody in Bohemia
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen is one of the most ambitious and enduring pop songs of all time.
- 2005
- 27:33
- Alan Hall
Barmy Banff Blackout Bingo!
Welcome to Thursday night $1,000 jackpot bingo at The Royal Canadian Legion in the small Rocky Mountain town of Banff, Alberta.
- 2012
- 03:01
- Alyssa Moxley
Between Friends
"Between Friends" is the story of one woman's coming to terms with being sexually victimized by her father.
- 2006
- 13:06
- Jody Porter
- Neil Sandell
The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide in Rwanda
Weaving together archival footage, new interviews and personal recordings, The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide in Rwanda presents a unique look at the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
- 2004
- 16:14
- Michael Montgomery
- Stephen Smith
Forget Me Not Suburban St. Louis, For You Are The Site of My Sexual Liberation
St. Louis kinksters demonstrate that an history of lab-based human sexuality studies in the city can be recast as communal, playful, and liberating in the suburbs.
- 2012
- 03:01
- Daniel Makagon
- Mary R. Gould
White Picket Pretense
The truth behind the white picket fence: A story of neighbors at odds, egos at war, and kids at play
- 2012
- 03:00
- Cameron Hughes
- Christy Hughes
My Struggle With Obesity
Fifteen-year-old Rocky, a Palestinian American, lives with his parents and siblings in Brooklyn. Three times the size of his twin sister, Rocky is the target of his siblings' jokes and insults.
- 2005
- 14:31
- Czerina Patel
- Samr "Rocky" Tayeh
Beginnings
"A new start for the start."
- 2012
- 05:23
- Roger Beebe
Ordinary Brown Frogs
A couple from Amsterdam East talks about the brown frogs they introduced to the neighborhood. (You might find this english transcript handy!)
- 2012
- 02:45
- Maartje Duin
She's Alright, My Mum Is
When mothers suffer from mental or physical illnesses, their eldest children often take on responsibilities far beyond their years.
- 2004
- 27:25
- Kim Normanton
- Nigel Acheson
American Dad
Growing up poor in Mexico City, Pilar dreamed of reuniting with her father who had moved to America years before.
- 2012
- 11:29
- Stephanie Foo
My Blue Bucket
A simple scene of sharing language, laughter, songs and daily chores with my neighbours in Kigali, Rwanda.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Helene Thomas
- Steven Tilley
Joseph Shabalala: In His Own Words
The vision for Ladysmith Black Mambazo came to Joseph Shabalala in a dream in four-part harmony.
- 2004
- 08:18
- David Schulman
- Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr
Carl, with an El
Carl Sandburg inspires a meditation on private worlds as we ride the El.
- 2009
- 02:45
- Neil Sandell
Couple Two Tree
A loving examination of the Chicagoan language by four non-etymologists.
- 2009
- 03:01
- Sean Cole
Except Me
Andrew Skillings is eleven now, but he was first diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a high functioning form of autism, when he was just two.
- 2008
- 06:26
- Erin Davis
All You Need is a (Separation Barrier)
2010 ShortDocs Winner! From Baghdad to Western Sahara, an alphabetic listing of the world's prominent separation barriers builds a wall of its own.
- 2010
- 03:01
- Niall Farrell
The Pigeon Race
We may be a bit biased subject-wise, but here's a delightful, sound-rich exploration of an endangered sport and community in Maine that's got it all: history, suspense, expertise and devoted participants both human and winged.
- 2011
- 07:01
- Rachel James
Chain of Missing Links - 31
A young woman takes up knitting and finds an irresistible combination of wool and whiskey, peace and productivity.
- 2010
- 03:01
- Katy Giebenhain
- Sue Muldowney
The Auctioneer
More than 20 years ago, musicologist Ned Sublette attended the Missouri Auction School in Kansas City, and brought along his tape recorder.
- 2011
- 27:08
- Ned Sublette
Planet Kaleigh
Cindy Harasen is not the first the first mother to think that her daughter might be from another planet.
- 2011
- 13:01
- Jody Porter
- Neil Sandell
Basement Story
When his mother decided to sell his childhood home, Austin Bunn returned to help clean out the basement and rediscovered traces of a childhood game that never really ended.
- 2011
- 08:36
- Austin Bunn