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.

Bing Fu is Not Blue

Bing Fu is an ESL teacher in Toronto, and she tells her story about misunderstanding a word in spite of looking it up in the dictionary.

Duke's Street Corner Blues

Duke, one of the many artists in the historic African American arts district of the Fillmore neighborhood, discusses his surprising first step in becoming an artist.

Happy in Black and White

This is the story of a triangular-shaped green – bordered by busy commuter roads in Dublin, Ireland – which offers a place of sanctuary to more than just people.

We Thought He Had a Black Heart

Through their journey down Letaba road, Brandon, Keith, and Jameel quickly realise that appearances may not be the entire story and that there is much more to their neighbours than they think.

Grey Skies and Packed Basements

A Canadian arrives in London to find herself living with a Swiss Italian and a Brit who have some quirky secrets; after one week she learns more about what her new neighbours are like.

Game, Set and Tennis Whites

Jo's boys love living on Elliswick Road because of the Tennis Club on the corner, where neighbor Veronica does her bit to help keep things running smoothly.

Bye Bye Blue Bird

Strange visitors to an otherwise unremarkable strip mall on Cape Cod face eviction.

Black, White and Green

A woman makes her 'home' at a bus stop across the street from my office, this is my fantasy of what her seemingly miserable life could be the result of.

Black Paris Spleen, American Mouths

Journalist Ajai Raj muses about art, fact, and truth with his metaphysical neighbors, the notorious dramatist Mike Daisey and Charles Baudelaire, the renowned poet.

Yellow Short Pants

Daily life can be tough for a foreigner living in Japan but luckily Ueko and Hitomi, my neighbors from down the road, are always on hand to offer advice....even when it involves a missing pair of yellow shorts.

Recollections Dream in Blue

This audio captures the essence of Matthew Wilmott's internal neighbours - silence and recollections/dreams (per say those that that drift dark and heavy in the mind just before sunrise).

Cowbird

While the Internet is teeming with storytelling portals - including the one you're on right now - some rise above the rest: in quality, spirit, and ambition.