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.

Re:sound #123: The Textbook War Show
This hour: one woman's comments at a school board meeting in Kanawa County, West Virginia, become a catalyst for deep division within the school district, the county, the state, and the entire country.
- 2010
- 59:00
- Trey Kay
- Deborah George
- Delaney Hall

I Didn't Know That (Ryan)
A college student reflects on an important lesson learned not in the classroom but in the bedroom.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Emma Miller

Passing Stranger
Ron Padgett and Andrei Codrescu recall a night in 1968, when fellow poet Kenneth Koch was assassinated, or so it seemed, during a reading at St. Mark's Church in New York City.
- 2010
- 05:13
- Pejk Malinovski

Deliverance Day
Spontaneous songwriter Abraham Levitan composed this inaugural Re:sound wrap up song for the Chicago Show, reflecting on Wild Onion by host Gwen Macsai and the Third Coast Chicago Sound Drops.
- 2010
- 0
- Abraham Levitan

Breaking Away
Luzer Twersky was raised as a Hasidic Jew. At the age of 23 he decided to leave his family and everything he'd ever known to move into secular society. His upbringing had been strict -- no school, no movies, no dates, no jobs. Otrasized from his community, he entered a world he knew very little about.
- 2010
- 21:35
- Josh Gleason

The Taking Care Show
This hour: the delicate interdependence between being in need and answering the call to help.
- 2010
- 59:00
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #119: The Cambio Show
This hour: change. Some of us crave it, some of us avoid it at all costs. But whenever and wherever it happens, change creates fallout, intentional or not.

Re:sound #125: The Justice Show
This hour: we explore some big ideas – justice, injustice, punishment, and redemption – through small, powerful, personal stories.

Re:sound #121: The Death Comes Home Show
This hour: the home funeral movement. Three families who've forgone traditional death rites in favor of a more DIY approach.
- 2010
- 58:00
- April Dembosky
- Karen Michel
- Delaney Hall

Re:sound #122: The Three Records from Sun Ra Show
This hour: two amazing musicians explored through the portal of two amazing documentaries.
- 2010
- 58:30
- Charles Maynes
- Brent Clough
- John Jacobs
- Delaney Hall

Re:sound #124: The Kids Show
This hour: kids sing opera, they talk about life on a remote island, and they opine about running the world.
- 2010
- 58:26
- Alix Blair
- Neil Sandell
- Alessandro Bosetti
- Delaney Hall

The Mysterious Production
To mark ten amazing years of celebrating sound and story, we're closing out this year's Conference with something a little different - a special conversation about inspiration, collaboration, creativity, and storytelling that will leave your ears ringing... in a good way.
- 2010
- 01:25:31

Re:sound #126: The Scam Show
This hour: the capital of scamming.

Re:sound #127: The Urban Dreamers Show
This hour: the experience of the city -- from the bicycle seat, the planner's map, and the poet's pen.
- 2010
- 59:30
- Katie Burningham
- Zak Rosen
- Al Letson
- Delaney Hall

Re:sound #128: The Willie McGee Show
This hour: the story (and the story behind the story) of Willie McGee.
- 2010
- 58:30
- Joe Richman
- Samara Freemark
- Nate DiMeo
- Delaney Hall

Re:sound #129: The Nerve Show
This hour: how and why we're wired for sound. A look at music and the brain.
- 2010
- 58:00
- Jowi Taylor
- Chris Brookes
- Paolo Pietropaolo
- Delaney Hall

Re:sound #130: The Chicago Show
This hour: Chicago. Hogbutcher to the world, jewel of the Midwest, and everything inbetween.

Re:sound #131: The Space Show
This hour: a one way mission to mars, a Russian cosmonaut's favorite music, the Voyager golden record, the sound of the northern lights, and more.

Re:sound #132: The Lost Show
This hour: looking for the intangible. What's lost and what might be found.

Re:sound #133: The Food Show
This hour: Food. It's delicious. It's complicated.

Re:sound #134 The Consequences Show
For every action there is a reaction. This week we look at consequences, both micro and macro.
- 2010
- 59:30
- Joe Richman
- Colm McNaughton
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #135 The Taking Care Show
This hour: the delicate interdependence between being in need and answering the call to help.

Chain of Missing Sounds
A sonic piece about the absence of sonicness.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Caleb Winebrenner

The Sound and the Blurry
Is it true? Are photographers secretly laughing at the multimedia efforts of audio producers?
- 2010
- 01:39:16

Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair
On the night of May 7th, 1951, a thousand people gathered in Laurel, Mississippi, to witness the execution of Willie McGee, a black man convicted of raping a white woman.
- 2010
- 22:59
- Joe Richman
- Samara Freemark