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.

Re:sound #14: The Travels Show

This hour: a visit to one of the most remote islands on earth, a woman who sings with crickets, an unusual friendship, and a return to Zagreb.

2004
58:30
Various producers

Re:sound #15: The Consumerism Show

This hour: a brief history of the mall, radical knitters, and more.

Re:sound #17: The ShortDocs Show

This hour: the 2003 and 2004 Third Coast ShortDocs, which focused on the themes of thirst and darkness.

Re:sound #1: The Very First Show Show

This week: an aural trip to one of the oldest cities in the world, an unconventional love affair, and a man who eats up all the books he reads (literally).

Re:sound #18: The Women Show

This hour: decoding female language, an intimate dinner, and a tour of bathroom stall graffiti.

Re:sound #19: The Sweet Sound Show

This week: 14 brothers and sisters search for their estranged father, and a profile of one of the most avid sound recordists of all time.

Re:sound #20: The Phone Show

This hour: stories told over the phone.

Re:sound #21: The Raymond Carver Show

This hour: the difficult, brief, and brilliant life of writer Raymond Carver.

Re:sound #22: The Fish Story Show

This hour: a beached whale in Maine, a conversation with the "real" Darth Vader, school kids deconstruct the work of one of America's most difficult poets, and more.

Re:sound #23: The God Show

This hour: gods, idols, worshipers, and skeptics.

Re:sound #24: The Talent Show

This hour: the strange world of competitive model horse collecting and an investigation of an old classmate's death.

Re:sound #25: The Exodus Show

This hour: a story about the vagaries of memory, leaving a legacy, and elevating the personal narrative above the political mire.

2005
59:00
Sean Cole
Roman Mars

Re:sound #26: The Tour Show

This hour: the halls of a high school and the alleys of one of the oldest cities in the world.

Re:sound #27: The Remix Show

This hour: producers and sound artists go to the audio playground and remix to their heart's content.

Re:sound #28: The No Moon Show

This hour: the inhabitants of a fictional greystone and some very real survivors of suicide, who speak bravely and candidly about their experiences.

2005
58:30
Various producers

Re:sound #29: The Losing and Finding Show

This hour: a father with aphasia, an elusive bird, and more.

2005
59:30
Various producers

Re:sound #30: The Invisible Ink Show

This hour: two stories from Roman Mars's Invisible Ink.

2005
59:00
Various producers

Re:sound #2: The High School Show

This hour: we head back to high school. For better or for worse.

Re:sound #120: The Poetry Show

This hour: three documentary poems chronicling the lives of working class mothers in Troy, NY. Plus, poets as reporters, confused readers, and more.

Re:sound #32: The Hollywood Show

This hour: an obscure director frets his way through Sundance, the accidental genre known as film noir, and more.

2005
59:00
Various producers

Re:sound #136 The Twins Show

This hour: Identical twins -- separated at birth, separated by belief and joined by matching outfits.

Re:sound #151 The Little Feet / Big Adventures Show

This week: Little feet on big adventures.

Re:sound #150 The Fear of Poland Show

This hour: Facing fears in faraway lands.

Re:sound #149 The Piano Show

This hour: the piano. But not just as a musical instrument. The piano as a spiritual healer, as a symptom in a grand delusion, as a man's obsession, and as a beloved friend, put out to pasture.

Re:sound #148 The Buying and Selling Show

This hour: selling, swapping, buying and trading.