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.
Los Frikis
How a group of 80's Cuban misfits found punk rock and went into exile without ever leaving home.
- 2015
- 28:32
- Tim Howard
- Luis Trelles
What Do They Want?
A Chicago nanny stumbles upon an existential dilemma while buying Christmas gifts for her charges.
- 2015
- 02:30
- Jake J. Smith
Who Would End It?
A brother & sister discuss euthanasia.
- 2015
- 02:36
- E. Nakano
What's up with the house next door?
A tale of growing up in Uptown.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Quin J. McCarthy
Where's The Amstel Heavy?
In a domestic sea of Amstel Light, Where's the Amstel Heavy?
- 2015
- 02:59
- Laine Kaplan-Levenson
What made him do something different?
A teacher on the first day of the job encounters an 8th grader with a swastika tattoo.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jessica Cheung
What do you look forward to, Aai?
The producer's grandma reflects on growing old in a country that's not her home.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Neena Pathak
What's It Like Inside Your Head?
This dreamy short doc considers people's inner worlds, and asks whether we even have total access to our own.
- 2015
- 03:03
- Annie Costakis
- Katie Gilbert
What's The Worst Pain You've Ever Experienced?
Irukandji; an invisible, thumbnail sized jellyfish whose sting causes unimaginable pain.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Joel Werner
What Minnie Mouse Knows
My aunt, Debby Wurster, is making the most of her retirement.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Katie Klocksin
Where do I find you now?
2015 People's ShortDoc Award Winner! An intimate conversation with Studs about the edges of life and death.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Sara Curtis
Why Did You Come Here?
A bike lesson adventure.
- 2015
- 02:47
- Sydney Beveridge
Who's Bayview's Last Saint?
Times are changing and some people lament this.
- 2015
- 02:42
- Todd Whitney
Why were you in a wheelbarrow?
A night of regrets.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Miles Martignoni
Who is Betty?
Carol found Betty abandoned in rural Utah and gave her a new, loving home.
- 2015
- 02:25
- Benjamin Bombard
Why Mr. SKREEJEE?
An interview concerning a tale of trial and tribulation from the heart of Mr.SKREEJEE – a half-dog, half-gorilla, half human member of a fictitious landmine lookout patrol.
- 2015
- 02:35
- Joseph Amodei
Who Remembers My Father's Voice?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! I ask my family members if they remember what my father sounded like.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Pablo Duarte
Why does my Dad have ten clocks?
I find out why my Dad, David, is so fascinated with clocks and explore what makes him tick.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Michael Dale
Why You Should Interview Your Girlfriend
Prudence finds her Beau cheating on her.
- 2015
- 02:54
- Cynthia Morrison
What can I do now that they've chopped me up little by little?
Carlos Cardenas finds hope after losing a leg to diabetes.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Francesco De Salvatore
Who's A Good Girl?
My mother's trials as a pet owner—and as a parent—go on the record when I do a story about “puppy kindergarten.”
- 2015
- 02:58
- Kate Stein
Who Drank From That Cup?
Does a guy at Antique Roadshow have The Holy Grail?
- 2015
- 02:34
- Brian Price & Jerry Stearns
Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America
During World War II, Americans watched news reels of atrocities abroad. But, in some small U.S. towns, the enemy was hoeing the back garden - or sharing a meal at the kitchen table.
- 2015
- 49:17
- Alison Jones
- Deborah George
21 and Legal
Many young people look forward to turning 21 because they can finally go to bars to drink or see shows. For Erika Romero and her twin sister Andrea, it was an entirely different story.
- 2015
- 04:59
- Erika Romero
Songs of the Earth
Behold, an hour of radio packed with exquisite field recordings from all corners of the planet.
- 2015
- 57:27
- Conor Gillies
- Zack Ezor
- Qainat Khan