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.
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.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Anne Glickman
- Jennifer Brandel
Living off the Land
A Labor Day homage to women.
- 2007
- 02:43
- Nanette Drake Oldenbourg
Ayla
Here's a story of newness and wonder and remembering experience before language.
- 2007
- 02:53
- WJ Carlton
The Angel and the Mourning Cloak
Chance encounters on an April morning show it's the little things in life that can make all the difference.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Jim Barfuss
Elizabeth's Mug
Elizabeth sits at her kitchen table, contemplating a recent coworker's gift and wrestling with the advice it gives her.
- 2007
- 02:57
- Dirk van der Duim
An Orchestra of Bicycles
Richard Lerman reflects on Travelon Gamelon, a piece he wrote in 1970 for amplified bicycles.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Rene Gutel
The Assassin's Bell
A young Soviet 'Pioneer' (i.e. boy scout) squares off with the CIA -- will he live to tell the tale?
- 2007
- 03:04
- Charles Maynes
Gone Mousin'
In the Last Frontier, sometimes it isn't "Go Fish," it's "Go Mouse."
- 2007
- 02:59
- Rebecca Sheir
The Wonders of Narcissism
Let's face it: you're funny and cunning and smart and insightful; disarming, direct, and hopelessly attractive. Why not give the people what they want -- more you! Sure you're not what the story is about.
- 2007
- 01:20:54
A Fragile Son
Surjit Sachdev grew up in a conservative family in India. Surjit's father was an engineer, and he's an engineer, but the family tradition ended when Surjit's son was born with a severe mental disability.
- 2007
- 14:01
- Carma Jolly
- Surjit Sachdev
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
Re:sound #64: The Epistolary Show
This hour: letters on the radio.
Re:sound #73: The Siblings Show
This hour: brothers and sisters contend with family illness.
- 2007
- 59:30
- Julie Kimberly
- Karen Brown
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #72: The Retirement Show
This hour: the golden years.
- 2007
- 58:32
- Joe Richman
- David Greenberger
- Dan Collison
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #70: The Brain Show
This hour: the mysteries and complexities of the brain.
- 2007
- 59:00
- Dheera Sujan
- Hannah Palin
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #68: The Big Show Show
This hour: the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles.
Re:sound #67: The One-Room Schoolhouse Show
This hour: one room school houses from Maui to Maine, each with a unique culture and character.
- 2007
- 59:00
- Neenah Ellis
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #65: The Podcast Show
This hour: the intriguing world of experimental podcasts.
Re:sound #63: The Conference Show
This hour: excerpts from some of our favorite Third Coast Conference sessions from years past.
- 2007
- 59:00
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #75: The True Crime Show
This hour: amateur sleuths and internet detectives.
- 2007
- 58:30
- Sara Parker
- Sue Mell
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #62: The Long Haul Show
This hour: the work of Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions. Dan and Elizabeth specialize in stories that follow people over days, weeks, and even years.
- 2007
- 58:58
- Dan Collison
- Elizabeth Meister
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #61: The I Hate This Show
This hour: a man grapples with the stillbirth of his son with surprising grace and clear-eyed honesty.
- 2007
- 59:00
- David Hansen
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #60: The End as Beginning Show
This hour: Rebecca Sheir's The End as Beginning: An Audio Exploration of the Jewish View of Death, a trilogy that blends interviews, personal reflections, and music, and focuses on death and the Jewish tradition.
- 2007
- 58:01
- Rebecca Sheir
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #77: The Edna Lavilla Show
This hour: a closely guarded family secret and the hidden history of long-deceased grandmother.
- 2007
- 59:01
- Sharon Davis
- Eurydice Aroney
- Russell Stapleton
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #71: The Lefty Show
This hour: left-handed creativity and innovation.