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.

Sweet, Sweet Solitude

A young girl rants about annoyances that are brought up frequently in her daily life while listing why her way of living is superior to most others.

One Man's Sour is Another Man's Sweet

Maximus Thaler has an interesting relationship with food.

Umami to the Ears

Weirdo Records is a closet-sized vinyl shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Angela Sawyer hosts experimental music concerts, for those with a unique and unorthodox musical taste.

No Appetite for Bitter Old Men

Christ! I smoke cigarettes! Leave me alone!

2013
02:52
Ruslan Kulski

The Bitter Taste of Nicotine

My life as a smoker.

2013
02:57
Kay Collins

Chocolate is a Sweet Distraction

The founder of Patric Chocolate finds his way to love and sweets in an unexpected way.

2013
03:00
Scott Pham

My Mommy's Umami Latkes

Once a year my extended family comes together for three courses in tradition: making latkes, dinner conversation and finally, the ongoing memories we create together during our annual Hanukkah party.

2013
03:00
Bari Finkel

Bittersweet For Left Hand Only

The ways hands make us human.

2013
02:50
Magdalen Jenne

Suite for a Salty Standard

My neighbor Ellen swings a classic (from the I Hate to Cook Book, circa 1960.)

2013
02:59
Stephanie Rowden

Bitter Herbs, Sweet Freedom

At a Passover dinner, two friends celebrate their exodus from a fundamentalist Hasidic community.

2013
03:00
Frimet Goldberger

Sweet In Action

When we feel bad we often make ourselves feel worse when better is so much easier than we think.

2013
02:41
AnnMarie Miller

Home Sweet Homemade Bread

My mom has been making homemade bread for as long as I can remember; here is her recipe.

2013
02:33
Caytlinn Strickland

Bitter and In

Based on excerpts from a diary of an anorexic 16-year-old.

2013
02:29
Bridget Doherty

A Bitter Betrayal

What happens when you try to order 'the usual' at your neighborhood joint - and can't?

2013
03:03
Jennifer Kirby

Sweet, Sweet Victory

A regular at Victory's Banner restaurant in Roscoe Village, Marge Stumpf doesn't show up one day.

2013
03:00
Logan Jaffe

A Bitter Fight Against Child Hunger

Shannon Coffin of Good Shepherd Food Bank talks about the fight against child hunger in Maine.

2013
02:45
Leah Kaliher

The Farm-Fresh Egg: A Sweet Return

The locavore movement is sweeping the nation - and cookbook author Jennifer Thompson and a farmers market vendor explain why fresh eggs are the best eggs.