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 Double
Thirteen years ago, in Viborg, Denmark, lived two young men with the same name: Thomas Andersen.
- 2016
- 43:37
- Thomas Arent Andersen
Re:sound #231 The Pocket Conference Show
This hour we're featuring an episode of our brand new podcast — the Third Coast Pocket Conference .
- 2016
- 57:00
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Dennis Funk
Make Them Care: Crafting Narratives About Entrenched Social Problems
In this session, Nikole Hannah-Jones (The New York Times) and Chana Joffe-Walt (This American Life) talk about how to build a story structure that will make listeners care about even the most familiar, entrenched social problems.
- 2016
- 01:08:42
The Argument of “Objectivity”
Is traditional “objectivity” in journalism on its way out?
- 2017
- 01:09:15
One Noir Moment
The story of a relationship with reference to our relationship to the planet.
Written and narrated by James Whitman.
- 2016
- 02:18
- RJ Phoenix
Re:sound #247 The Meet the Composer Show
This hour, we're diving deep into the strange, beautiful world of modern music composition.
- 2017
- 57:00
- Alex Overington
- Dennis Funk
The Updates
When Sophie Townsend’s husband was diagnosed with lung cancer, she started the Russell Updates, a weekly email that laid it all bare for friends and family.
- 2015
- 36:28
- Sophie Townsend
A Series of Deaths in the Octopus Level
This is an adventure that was recorded outside, inside and in-games.
- 2016
- 02:22
- Adriene Lilly
Beyond the Green: Radical Encounters in Interviewing
What can radio journalism learn from performance art? A LOT...
- 2017
- 01:19:43
The Discussion
Some friends can talk about anything. There's no subject too secret or content too confronting.
- 2017
- 16:31
- Rosa Gollan
When will the nervousness float away?
Trying to find comfort in a basement apartment.
- 2015
- 02:42
- Zak Rosen
- Rebecca Prosser
Re:sound #244 The Phil Smith Show
This hour, we dive into the audio features of the multi-talented musician and poet, Phil Smith.
- 2017
- 01:00:10
- Phil Smith
- Dennis Funk
Out of Order
A man & his TV crime drama-induced phobia.
- 2016
- 02:41
- La Cosa Preziosa
Quiet Revolution
It’s sometimes said you’re never too old to learn something new but is that really sensible advice?
- 2017
- 05:00
- Laura Irving
Los Cassettes del Exilio
For much of Dennis Maxwell’s childhood, his father was living in exile, communicating with the family via cassette tapes.
- 2017
- 25:02
- Dennis Maxwell
Tornado Warning
A woman and dog hide out from a storm in her mother's strange basement.
- 2016
- 02:58
- Ellie Gordon-Moershel
Tracy's Lost & Found
When a strange item is left behind in a motel room, a lost & found coordinator is forced to confront her own life's meaning.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Hubby Jenkins
- Horatio Baltz
Fresh Air: Joe Frank
"Whatever tragedies might befall you, you can always right away think, 'well that would make a great story for radio!'"
- 2018
- 19:56
- Terry Gross
- Joe Frank
Re:sound #29: The Losing and Finding Show
This hour: a father with aphasia, an elusive bird, and more.
- 2005
- 59:30
- Various producers
Swimmers
A woman pieces together sonic memories and her sense of belonging through swimming.
- 2016
- 02:31
- Michelle Macklem
All I Need Now
A dead friend lives on, thanks to spammers and a willingness to believe in possibility.
- 2016
- 02:42
- Diane Rao Harman
- Kim Fox
Re:sound #30: The Invisible Ink Show
This hour: two stories from Roman Mars's Invisible Ink.
- 2005
- 59:00
- Various producers
When is there nothing to see?
Sometimes attention to detail is not part of the job description.
- 2015
- 02:57
- Kenneth Knapik
- Spivey Knapik
Re:sound #31: The Transmissions Show
This hour: spies, pirates, mysterious broadcasts, and a bold acoustic experiment.
- 2005
- 59:30
- Various producers
Re:sound #32: The Hollywood Show
This hour: an obscure director frets his way through Sundance, the accidental genre known as film noir, and more.
- 2005
- 59:00
- Various producers