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.
Who would do that?
A man, a bird, and a hose.
- 2015
- 02:54
- Vanessa Lowe
Why Eat Ice Cream For Dinner?
Sometimes, getting lost and having ice cream for dinner is the best thing that can happen.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Katherine Kibler
What Do Role Models Have To Tell Us Today About Living Well?
How a simple timeless truth can create intimacy, transform relationships and improve our lives forever.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Tony DiLeonardi
What does spring sound like on your side?
A Trans-Canada Conversation.
- 2015
- 01:58
- Braeden Doane and Chelsea Jeffrey
Where You Live?
A meditation on the perceptions of Chicago as a violent city.
- 2015
- 03:00
- David Dault
Why, willie wagtail, why?
House arrest by willie wagtail.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jessica Minshall
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
What could be bad about this?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! What if you could learn to stop listening to other people?
- 2015
- 02:59
- John-Michael Forman
When Bad Jobs Happen to Good People: "After Working, Crap & Go"
The life and hard times of a truck-stop attendant in the spirit of a Studs Terkel encounter.
- 2015
- 02:10
- Ned Simonson
When The Blind Meet
A man struggles through a blind date at a resturant.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Steve Krysak
What Do You Hear When A Plane Engine Dies in the Air?
Robin Holleran's life was forever changed the day she survived a plane crash.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jonathan Hirsch
What is Indiana?
In three scenes and a whole life spent in and out of the state, I attempt to answer the question, "What is Indiana?"
- 2015
- 02:59
- Evelyn Bottando
When we lose our breath
I placed a large resonating tube in a public library for a full day and invited people to stick their heads in, hold their breath, and then answer the question: “What makes you breathless?”
- 2015
- 02:55
- Justin Zullo
Best of the Best 2013 (Part 2)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2013 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
2013 TC/RHDF Competition Winners
Behold! The 2013 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition winners - a most stellar batch of radio documentaries from around the world.
- 2013
- 06
- 2013 Winners
Re:sound #111: The Radio Ephemera Show
This hour: the weird, wonderful results of the Radio Ephemera ShortDoc Challenge.
Minnesota Sweets
Sweet corn - a great way to get fat and sleepy - is the subject of this true tale of animal, man and machine.
- 2013
- 02:48
- Becky Moonitz
There's No Umami in the Army
Former military chef Danny Davis takes us through a 24-hour ration pack.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Benedikte Granvig
Sweet Elizabeth
An audio portrait detailing the effects of a lost appetite on friendship.
- 2013
- 02:45
- Hana Walker-Brown
Salty Eyebrows
Tessa has Multiple Sclerosis and is running for her life.
- 2013
- 02:44
- Tessa Dowdell
Life Is Sweet Again
Lucy Beesley's determination to fight off cancer and live normally has resulted in a life even sweeter than before.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Bryony Hawkins
Sweet Muscles
70% of Tamara's life is about her diet, with one aim: to become the best female bodybuilder in the country.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Julie Thing
Sweet and Sour Tiffany: Chinese Naming Menu
If you could pick your own name what would you choose? Three Chinese students living in Australia explain their name choices.
- 2013
- 03:00
A Bagel's Bitter End
I almost burned down Dunkin' Donuts trying to cook a bagel for my sister.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Amy Kraft
Old Captain Salt
Dreaming of Old Captain Salt and his sushi boat.
- 2013
- 02:17
- Dixie Treichel