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.

By the Deer's Trail

An existential monologue of a deer along a journey that happens to be his last one.

2016
03:00
Yakov Lurie

Seeing Heat

The first human with heat-vision talks candidly of her experience, the surgeon explains the science while she's under the knife.

2016
02:59
Mia Kukathasan

Starcastic

Found-sound sculpture.

2016
02:26
Coasty McCoastface

One Insomnia To Go, Please!

After a sleepless night, a strong coffee and a walk lead to an unexpected realization.

2016
02:37
Sandro Schroeder

The Different A

Is there something mystical about tuning?

2016
03:00
Zach Nichols

ragazzo incontra ragazzo

A chance encounter brings together an American and Italian boy, not knowing when they'll ever meet again.

2016
03:00
Garrett Kling

Haunted by ISIS

On The New York Times ' podcast The Daily , host Michael Barbaro dives into one critical story of the day with a Times’ reporter who knows it best.

Human vs. Robot: How to track and still sound like your actual self

Great tracking is the difference between a piece that immediately moves you and one you immediately forget.

2017
01:30:04

The Drumming Trip

A famous Romanian music therapist invites his clients deep into the wild where they express their most intimate feelings in a very original way.

2016
03:00
Cezar Florea

Re:sound #270 City Intersections

This week, two very specific points on the map with two very different stories.

Best of the Best 2019 (Part 2)

This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.

Best of the Best 2019 (Part 1)

This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.

Price of Secrecy: Hazineh Razdari

An unexpected turn of events occurs when 15-year-old Tannaz tells the police about being sexually abused by a friend.

2019
40:36
Zoha Zokaei

In the Dark: Season Two

Over the course of two decades, prosecutor Doug Evans tried the same man six times for the same crime. But that man, Curtis Flowers, maintained his innocence throughout.

No Feeling Is Final

Usually when we talk about suicide we say those four magic words: "Just ask for help." But Honor Eastly knows it’s not that simple.

The Return

Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador and his grandparents still live there. But visiting them didn't feel like the home he once knew.

2019
31:10
Sayre Quevedo

Punks

Once upon a time, Kai Wright saw a movie called Punks. A romantic comedy about black gay men, it was like nothing he'd ever seen before. But then it disappeared.