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.
My Parents' Extreme Tango Makeover
When Yowei Shaw was in college, her parents' relationship began to change.
- 2012
- 09:17
- Yowei Shaw
The Battle Over Billing Codes
There are two main things that happen when you go to the doctor - you deal with your health concerns and you fill out a small mountain of paperwork.
- 2012
- 06:13
- Gregory Warner
Late(ish) Night with Ira Glass
Ira Glass brought the first day of the 2012 Third Coast Conference to a close with an audio night cap, by sharing his favorite moments from the year's Third Coast winners and other stories.
- 2012
- 47:09
How to Rock the Funky Story
Here's a conversation about the essence of story. Any story.
- 2012
- 01:25:31
These Are a Few of Jad Abumrad's Favorite Things
Drawing from radio and beyond, Jad Abumrad shared the stories, sounds, people and projects that have most inspired him over the years, and talked about some of the creative challenges he's faced (and embraced) along the way.
- 2012
- 55:09
Knock Knock: Introducing the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs
In early 2012, Third Coast teamed up with the neighborhood-centric website EveryBlock, and issued a wide-open invitation to make radio.
- 2012
- 01:03:16
Best of the Best 2012 (Part 1)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Best of the Best 2012 (Part 2)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC/RHDF Competition.
Whose Story Is It?
Over the past year, we've seen several major scandals cutting to the heart of journalistic and documentary ethics.
- 2012
- 01:15:05
AuRa: The Chemistry of Sound
Our digital age has catalyzed a kind of chemical reaction: the fission of radio into two related but distinct media, Audio and Radio.
- 2012
- 01:21:08
The Quick and the Deadline
Okay. So you don't have months to craft a perfect story. You have hours. But don't throw away everything you've learned at Third Coast just because you're on a tight deadline.
- 2012
- 01:17:10
- Robert Smith
Kickstarter for Radio 101
Kickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Art program director Stephanie Pereira gives a primer on how to bring an audio-centric Kickstarter project to life.
- 2012
- 01:03:48
Radio 2.0
(Or: We couldn't change the world, so we changed radio.)
- 2012
- 01:12:59
Making Radio Against Most Odds
Imagine reporting in a culture that speaks a language your listeners don't understand, and covering issues your listeners don't totally care about - all in a country that doesn't even want you there in the first place.
- 2012
- 01:15:51
Parachuting In
(aka: State of the Re:Union's Secret Recipe for Serious Place-based Storytelling... in Practically No Time!)
- 2012
- 01:11:25
Radio Producers are from Venus; Photographers are from Mars
When radio producers and photographers team up on multimedia projects, it can often feel as if they come from different planets.
- 2012
- 01:16:52
The Gray Wisteria of Gilman Terrace
When we bought our dream fixer-up home on Gilman Terrace, my husband and I knew that it came with sad past--but we weren't prepared, when we unlocked the door, to find a house full of someone else's life.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Katherine Perry
The Glass Piano
At the tender age of 23, Princess Alexandra Amelie of Bavaria (1826-1875) was observed awkwardly walking sideways down the corridors of her family palace.
- 2012
- 30:07
- Deborah Levy
- Kate Bland
Work in Progress
By now you've probably heard plenty of stories about "the transformation of a beleaguered Detroit" but we bet you've never heard one like Work in Progress.
- 2012
- 17:46
- Zak Rosen
A Golden Summer
Benct and Rosie are German backpackers who became my neighbours for a weekend when they parked their camper van, "Bussy", outside my house. This is the story of their travels so far...
- 2012
- 02:50
- James Vyver
She?s Hearing Mauve
An off-kilter treasure hunt for ideas.
- 2012
- 02:49
- Kate Norquay
- Shaun D. Wilson
Seeing Red
What happens when a skylight lets more than light into your apartment?
- 2012
- 03:03
- Tori Marlan
Being Green Is Easy
Envy is difficult to avoid... especially between two friends.
- 2012
- 02:59
- George Drake Jr.
An Extraordinary Affair
The time: Ireland, mid 1700s. Young Eleanor Butler is from one of the most notable families in the country and lives in a grand castle.
- 2012
- 38:54
- Leeanne O'Donnell
- Liam O'Brien
(Gold)en Age of the Newspaper Business
Experience the almost-lost memories of a team of journalists from St. Catharines, Ontario.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Charles Ketchabaw
- Lisa Marie DiLiberto