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.
COMPETITIVE EATING = UMI? OR UMAMI
Legend has it that on July 4, 1916, four immigrants had a hot dog eating contest at Coney Island to determine the most patriotic; Crazy Legs Conti is the ultimate American.
- 2013
- 04:01
- Jeng-Tyng (Jen) Hong
Locusts!
There's a feeling you get when you encounter a swarm of insects.
- 2013
- 09:00
- Lulu Miller
Sweet and Sour Coffee
A story about the emotional coupling of love and coffee.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Jason Lovell
- William Thwaites
Three Bitter Stories of Food and a Cruel Song
Three stories in French: poison, horrible cookies and a cannibal.
- 2013
- 03:15
- Laurence Courtois
Sweet Or Sour
Our passions win out in the end when we choose our future careers.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Lucas Nielsen
That's So Sweet You Shouldn't Have
What happens when you stop eating dessert but can't bring yourself to say "No" to people's generosity?
- 2013
- 03:30
My Bitter Self-Discovery
A personal narrative attempting to better understand my relationship with food.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Henry Cohn-Geltner
Home Bitter/Sweet Home
Martha, a half-Chinese, half-Uruguayan Italian citizen, finds home where she least expects it.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Carly Nix
Lunch Club: A Salty Manifesto
There are only 3 Rules to Lunch Club...
- 2013
- 02:06
- Ian Davis and Mwende Hahesy
Sweet Nothings
An interview with Lara Moreau, inventor of "ALI."
- 2013
- 03:00
- Shelby El Otmani
A Sweet Illusion for the Bitter Tuition
Sofia is working on an unusual scholarship.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Mickey Capper
The Sweet Life On Tour (or Ben Eats A Lobster Roll)
My friend Ben eats his first lobster roll while we're on tour in Portland, Maine.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Alex Lewis
- Alex Lewis
Bitter Knowledge
Elise Pepple learns a hard lesson about knowing.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Kelsey Padgett
The Bitter, Sweet Taste of Life
Three chapters about different cravings of life told by three different people.
- 2013
- 02:48
- Shahd Saleh
A Sweet Boy That Can't Savor
For most New Yorkers being surrounded by food is a blessing, but for one boy in Queens it's tormenting.
- 2013
- 02:55
- Will Denselow
Sweet at Sea
A sweet encounter on the Irish Sea, retold at table.
- 2013
- 02:51
- Sean Mullervy
The Road to Umami
The fate of every farm animal, in three parts: life, death, and consumption.
One Man's Sour, Another Man's Sweet
Kerry Klein brings reclaimed food to a potluck - and doesn't tell anyone.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Kerry Klein
Sounds Tasty, Salty Too
Bartleby's appetite for fun sets he and his brother Artemus on their way for their smallest adventure yet, into the game room for an unexpectedly flavorful time.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Isaac Bluefoot
The Last Morning was a Sweet One
2013 ShortDocs Winner! A short story in sounds of our food's start to finish, from morning to night (though not necessarily in the same day!)
- 2013
- 02:56
- Alix Blair
Savoring the Salty Ritual
Marinating in the kitchen.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Sara Curtis
Salty Relocation
Chronicling my love for snacks amidst my relocation from the U.S. to Cairo, Egypt.
- 2013
- 02:05
- Kim Fox
Bottling Hell: Remembering Mr. Murphree and the Spicy-Sweet Datil Pepper of St. Augustine
"Bottled hell" is a local term for the blow-your-socks off spicy datil pepper sauce ubiquitous in St. Augustine, FL.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Anna Hamilton
Passing on Sweet
How do recipes get passed on?
- 2013
- 02:12
- Belle Wemmer
- Todd Wemmer
Feast and Famine: A Bitter Cure to Finally Forgetting Your Ex
Kurt Callum woke up one morning and realized he had gone fourteen days straight without thinking even once of his ex or their bitter break-up.
- 2013
- 02:50