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.
The Earthquake
About a year ago, producers at KPCC started discussing the inevitable major quake set to hit Los Angeles and wondered how they could get people to not just listen but really prepare. The Big One: Your Survival Guide is what they came up with.
- 2019
- 30:12
- Arwen Champion Nicks
The Audio Guide to Grieving
Sometimes, a death in the family means cousins and casseroles. And sometimes — for one reason or another — it means figuring it out on your own.
- 2018
- 15:08
- Melanie Kruvelis
Purple Rain
“Mihai” – a pseudonym he chose himself – has a lifelong history of drugs and psychosis.
- 2019
- 11:55
- Wederik De Backer
It Started With Oscar Grant
A decade ago, a 22-year-old black man was killed by a white police officer at Oakland's Fruitvale BART station.
- 2019
- 24:15
- Sandhya Dirks
Being Siri
A woman gives away an intimate, personal part of herself—a part of herself that she wasn’t even that crazy about to begin with: her voice. And she gives it away to a total stranger.
- 2017
- 07:16
- Erin Anderson
Re:sound #269 Lefty Disco
This hour, a mob of rock fans and an erratic limb.
Re:sound #268 Sleep Happy
This hour, family dramas can span across generations ...or just across the hallway.
Re:sound #267 Kintsugi Whipped Cream
This hour, an unlikely therapeutic duo and a magical journey through the golden age of radio advertising.
- 2019
- 55:39
- Natalie Kestecher
- Clive Desmond
- Isabel Vázquez
Bitchin’ Pitchin’ Panel (Day 2)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session - hosted by AIR (Association of Independents in Radio) - pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch...
- 2019
- 01:02:26
Podcasting Without a Net(work) (Day 2)
Individual podcasters working with slim budgets and strained resources share how they create their best work while trying to grow audiences and raise money, often while holding down another full time job...
- 2018
- 01:01:00
Re:sound #266 I'm Your Man
This hour, what happens when a relationship from your past returns unexpectedly and pulls you back in time?
- 2019
- 57:06
- April Dembosky
- Isabel Vázquez
Re:sound #265 All Stories Are Stories About Power
This week, all stories - even stories about Dunkin' Donuts - are about power.
- 2019
- 54:38
- Sandhya Dirks
- Chenjerai Kumanyika
- Isabel Vázquez
Re:sound #264 Gaggle Glass
Today we go from the pentagon to prison to philosophical musings about the sweet sound of the snow shovel.
Best of the Best 2019 (Part 3: Investigations)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
- 2019
- 01:02:06
- Kathy Tu
- Tobin Low
- Shannon Heffernan
- Garth Mullins
- Sam Fenn
- Isabel Vázquez
Borders Between Us
Saidu Tejan-Thomas is a young poet. For a long time, he had a story he needed to tell: an homage and apology to his mother.
- 2020
- 37:26
- Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.
- Jay Allison
Best of the Best 2018 (Part 1)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Featuring...
Entre Quatro Paredes (Between Four Walls)
To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a subtitled video, listening instructions and more about Heloiza's inspiration, click here.
'It started in the fourth grade building'
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best News Feature Award, selected by Final Round Judges Katherine Nagasawa, Habiba Nosheen, and Richard Yeh.
Freedom Diving
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Bronze Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.
- 2023
- 32:43
- Phoebe Wang
- Neena Pathak
- Kia Miakka Natisse
The 11th: His Saturn Return
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Directors' Choice Award, selected by the Third Coast International Audio Festival 2022-23 Listening Team.
Atsimenu jo žvilgsnį. Istorija apie karį ir migrantą (I Remember His Look. The Story of a Soldier and a Migrant)
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Gold Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.
- 2023
- 42:27
- Sigita Vegytė
- Vaida Pilibaitytė
- Adomas Zubė
You Didn't See Nothin
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Serialized Story Award, selected by Final Round Judges Arlie Adlington, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Lisa Pollak, and Elena Rivera.
Checking One's Levels
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Short Award, selected by Final Round Judges Stacia Brown, Sharon Mashihi, and Justine Tobiasz.
- 2023
- 04:34
- Talia Augustidis
- Eleanor McDowall
Finn and the Bell
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.
- 2023
- 33:52
- Erica Heilman
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Impact Award, selected by Final Round Judges Katherine Nagasawa, Habiba Nosheen, and Richard Yeh.
- 2023
- 32:47
- Emily Hanford
- Catherine Winter
- Christopher Peak
- Chris Julin