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.
O Happy Dagger
A man and his dagger part ways after the dagger has second thoughts.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Allison Schuette-Hoffman
Zelda vs Ernest
A virtual verbal boxing match between literature's leading man of men and feisty feminist flapper Zelda Fitzgerald.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Amber Cortes
'Til Death Do Us Part
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Producer Sasha Aslanian's divorced parents listen to audio of their 1963 wedding vows, remember what went wrong, but still can't get over each other.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Sasha Aslanian
How Many Miles to Babylon? or 13 Easy Pieces
Merry-go-rounds often reside deep in our memories, conjuring childhood and the magical ability to be carried far away in the blink of an eye or the spin of a carousel.
- 2006
- 37:48
- Kaye Mortley
If It Be Your Will: A Radio Documentary Featuring Leonard Cohen
Canadian musician Leonard Cohen insists he hardly remembers anything from his past and that he lives mostly in the present.
- 2006
- 44:12
- Kari Hesthamar
Childhood Trains
What is it about train travel that inspires music and memory? And why do people tend to confess their innermost thoughts once they get on board?
- 2006
- 21:15
- Sandy Thacker
- Steve Wadhams
I'll Quit Cutting When You Quit Smoking
Excerpts from the diary of a girl who insists that self-mutilation is saving her life. Produced by April Winbun for Curie Youth Radio.
- 2006
- 03:26
- Curie Youth Radio
Teenaged Guitarists Tackle "El Gato Montes"
Carlos Maeda and his quartet struggle with "El Gato Montes" in after-school rehearsals. Produced by Maeda for Curie Youth Radio.
- 2006
- 02:42
- Curie Youth Radio
Hairwaves: A Cautionary Tale
Bouffants, buzz cuts, mohawks, and dreadlocks: no matter the style, hair has played an important social and cultural role throughout human history.
- 2006
- 04:24
- Mark Vernon
- Zoe Irvine
Epic, Painful, Long, Scary
Epic, Painful, Long, Scary is the story of 19-year-old African-Australian twins. The twins hardly remember their mother and father, who both died from AIDS-related illnesses when the boys were just toddlers.
- 2006
- 29:34
- Julie Kimberly
Au Debut
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Translation -- Sylvain, Bruno, Zoe, and Youssef at the PRIM Centre in Montreal, summer 2006.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Zoe Irvine
Christmas With Grandma
With Grandma, things start bad and get worse.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Ken Cormier
Boris the Mover
2006 ShortDocs Winner! A crush on a telemarketer results in betrayal.
- 2006
- 02:35
- Carma Jolly
Talk to Me About Love
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Two curious siblings finally get what they think they've always wanted.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Whitcomb
- Jill Dorothy Summers
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.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Bruce Wallace
- Lawrence Lanahan
Mother Love
A woman decides to sober up for her daughter.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Shannon Quinn
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
A radio producer deals with a case of 'broadcaster's block' by asking the question "What would Johnny do?"
- 2006
- 02:34
- Kent Hoffman
I Don't Know. I Know.
To begin, restating rules is used to avoid actually following rules, just as this more-than-one-sentence description avoids the request for a single sentence through the misuse of the semi-colon; later, mundane answering machine messages become menacing, as the producer manipulates their meaning with music.
- 2006
- 02:39
- Neil Sandell
Respectacle
Children in a behavior program speak up about respect, against the metaphorical soundscape of the Institution.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Susan B. Price
I Like the Way You Talk
Baglama begins and ends chopped interviews with seniors about love and death and music.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Eric Markowitz
Shaq + Kobe (Time Is Running Out)
This piece retells (and remixes) the NBA soap opera of Shaq + Kobe in an audio cartoon created with the on-the-court assistance of the talented Kevin Smith and amplified by music from Shaquille O'Neal, sampled game sounds, and press conference audio clips taken wildly and egregiously out of context.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Schulman
No More Bad Luck (Tess Gallagher Meets Raymond Carver)
Woman meets man.
- 2006
- 02:34
- Alfred Koch
The Dwayne Split
The answering machine traps a surprising revelation from an "old friend."
- 2006
- 02:30
- Lawrence Dolton
The Long Way Home
New light on the wanderings of Odysseus provided by the discovery of Penelope's answering machine tape.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Henderson
Evolution
In a piece that captures the history of (aural) technology, text-to-speech engines prove that computers really can befuddle man.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Dennis Conrow