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 Real Dean Scream
In 2004, Howard Dean's presidential run fell apart, punctuated by an incredibly strange sound he made onstage at the Iowa caucus.
- 2016
- 29:20
- Jody Avirgan
Gravitation and Other Graces
Part documentary, part rumination, and part fairy tale.
- 2016
- 26:11
- Stephanie Rowden
Where's Abel?
Abel's fate is confirmed by an eyewitness who survived a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
- 2016
- 03:00
- John Bechtold
Betrayed by Silence
Betrayed by Silence takes listeners inside the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to find out how and why three archbishops protected priests who sexually abused children.
- 2015
- 57:05
- Madeleine Baran
- Sasha Aslanian
Mayday Mayday
During the dying minutes of April 2003, as the Cornish town of Padstow celebrated the coming of summer, actor Tristan Sturrock broke his neck falling off a wall.
- 2015
- 43:43
- Becky Ripley
Re:sound #155 The List Show
This hour: To do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts.
Re:sound #171 The Anonymous Show
This hour: all things anonymous.
- 2013
- 59:14
- Mad Genius
- Gabriella Lahti
- David Weinberg
Re:sound #184 The Failure of Flight Show
This hour: failure of flight. In one story a man mysteriously falls from the sky onto a sunny London street, and in another, a plane crashes into a mountain side, and an 11-year-old walks away.
- 2014
- 57:05
- Bob Carlson
- Kerstin Zilm
- Rob Walker
- Katie Mingle
Re:sound #183 The Kid's Secret Places Show
This hour: where kids go to get away; from themselves, their troubles, the rules they're supposed to follow, and of course, their parents.
Re:sound #182 The "It's Complicated" Show
This hour: imperfect, impolitic, infuriating... love.
Re:sound #181 The Texas State Pen Show
This hour: we present two very different stories about the Texas State Penitentiary. Both are about soul — the kind you dance to, and the kind you pray for.
- 2013
- 30:31
- Vivienne Perry
- Matt Holzman
- Katie Mingle
Re:sound #180 The Tit for Tat Show
This hour: the story of Sandra Willson.
- 2013
- 56:02
- Catherine Freyne
- Katie Mingle
Re:sound #179 The Dreams Show
This week: dreams and dreamers of all kinds - lucid, fictional, public and elusive.
- 2013
- 59:00
- Neva Grant
- Sean Cole
- Joe Frank
- Nate DiMeo
Re:sound #178 The Matriarchy Show
This week: the mother reigns supreme.
- 2013
- 59:00
- Erin O'Dwyer
- The Kitchen Sisters
- Katie Mingle
Re:sound #177 The Symphonies Show
This hour: what happens when we open our ears to the surprising symphonies all around us.
Re:sound #176 The Tiny Towns in Texas Show
This hour: we explore two struggling Texas towns through the beautiful and mournful voices of those who remain.
- 2013
- 01:01:14
- Pejk Malinovski
- Katherine Wells
- Katie Mingle
Re:sound #175 The Love and Persistence Show
This hour: stories of people in love, who just wouldn't take 'no' for an answer.
Re:sound #174 The American Icons Show
This hour: the American Icons series from WNYC's Studio 360.
Re:sound #173 The Colors Show
This hour: a purple hotel, a family who argues over their skin color, a singing rainbow and more.
Re:sound #172 The Abandoned At Sea Show
This hour: the story of a harrowing journey on the Mediterranean Sea that started with high hopes and ended in tragedy.
- 2013
- 01:02:01
- Sharon Davis
- Geoff Parish
- Sean Mullervy
- Katie Mingle
Re:sound #170 The Blood is Thicker than Water Show
This hour: families wrestling with love and loyalty.
Re:sound #186 The 2013 Short Docs Show
This hour: We showcase some of our favorite stories from the 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Appetite!
Re:sound #169 The Ghosts of Vietnam Show
This hour: hauntings of war, ethereal recordings, and other ghosts of Vietnam.
- 2013
- 57:31
- Christina Egloff
- Jay Allison
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Katie Mingle
Re:sound #168 The 2012 ShortDocs Show
This hour: Gwen Macsai and Julie Shapiro spin some of our favorite stories from the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge.
Re:sound #167 The Mavis Show
This hour: We dedicate most of the show to a profile of Mavis Gallant, who at 90, is looking back on an extraordinary life.
- 2012
- 58:30
- Megan Williams
- Nate DiMeo
- Katie Mingle