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.
This Proves Everything
Introducing a posse of smart, hopeful, boy band conspiracy theorists... and the civilian caught in their midst.
- 2015
- 17:32
- Alex Goldman
- PJ Vogt
Who Do I Come From
My grandfather, John Frank Noyes, is the only person who remembers our family's homestead in Wyoming; he died this winter.
- 2015
- 02:34
- Anne Noyes Saini
What if we gave heroes hot chocolate?
Eight-year-old Lydia was a customer in a jewelry store when robbers stormed the counter.
- 2015
- 02:19
- Barbara Dundon
Why is the siren still singing?
An evocative documentary about the sound and history of the foghorn at Lizard Point in Cornwall, UK.
- 2015
- 02:30
- Ellen Wiles
Why hasn't anyone let the cat out of the bag?
Animals often have amazing life stories, but no one can hear them because they can't talk.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Rose McBride
The Sitter Dispatch
Straight out of college, Maya was living in her cousins' attic and was working a part-time, unpaid internship. Then she took a job as a nanny that turned out to be nothing like she'd expected.
- 2015
- 10:11
- Maya Goldberg-Safir
- Dennis Funk
The End of the World
The idea was to drive around and talk to people about the end of the world. As producer Scott Carrier says, "There's no law against it."
- 2015
- 32:00
- Scott Carrier
Where did they ghost?
The story of “ghost” through interviews, films, music and instructional videos.
- 2015
- 02:55
- Adriene Lilly
What happens when a horn and dog get together?
An unexpected jam session with a dog and an alto saxophone.
- 2015
- 02:27
- Elisa Shoenberger
What Makes A Bird Shape Your Life
Richard Browne speaks about his life and passion as a falconer.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Steven Ahlman
What Kind of Relationship Did You Have With Your Dad?
A mother shares the unusual way she came to learn her father loved her.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Alexis Stember
When Women Go Gray or Dye
Women contemplate and celebrate the choice to let their hair go gray.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Nancy Camden
What Makes a Good Wife?
According to Tía Nora, things have changed since the 1950s.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Erin Leyson
What Should I Get?
Megan Williams talks to a Jewish vendor who sells Catholic objects in Rome.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Megan Williams
When in doubt?
How to survive your first parachute jump.
- 2015
- 02:39
- Elizabeth Friend
What's in a car?
Lourdes Mello's late husband bought her a Mustang convertible in 1989; the car is badly broken now, but she holds on to it for the memories.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Lily Doron
What happens when a statistic becomes your life?
Over 44 million people live with dementia worldwide, but it is not until it affects you directly that you realise the impact the disease can have on your life.
- 2015
- 02:29
- Cristina Parry
What can I do? Please not my daughter too!
Many women's voices become one experience of abuse.
- 2015
- 02:40
- Regina Botros
What Hairy Moments Have You Had?
Every motorcyclist you ever speak to has a story to tell.
- 2015
- 02:53
- Geoff McQueen
When is there nothing to see?
Sometimes attention to detail is not part of the job description.
- 2015
- 02:57
- Kenneth Knapik
- Spivey Knapik
Why Wasn't I Named Smith?
A family talks about what it was like to have the same name as the most hated person in America.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Debra Oswald
Who Took Mom to the Prom?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! A story of girls who say 'yes' that is 100% true.
- 2015
- 02:30
- Emer Horgan
Why, willie wagtail, why?
House arrest by willie wagtail.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jessica Minshall
Where You Live?
A meditation on the perceptions of Chicago as a violent city.
- 2015
- 03:00
- David Dault
What does spring sound like on your side?
A Trans-Canada Conversation.
- 2015
- 01:58
- Braeden Doane and Chelsea Jeffrey