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.
Bells
A guy drifts back to the years he drove around on his bike, when he should be meditating.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Frank Karall
Mug Stories
A coffee mug holds a special place in the heart of its owner.
- 2007
- 02:42
- Audrey Berns
Viva La Fiesta!
It's time to celebrate Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara.
- 2007
- 02:56
- Diane Bock
Ring It Loud
A tender portrait of the sofly spoken environmental campaigner and former world champion cyclist Judith Sanderson, who 20 years ago smashed 5 middle distance records in her sport.
- 2007
- 02:56
- Emily Williams
Unless We Showed Up in Hazmat Suits
If Lucy met her best friend in person, her life expectancy would be cut in half.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Hillary Frank
Caryll and Sidney: An Unlikely Love Story
Catholic mystic falls for the Ace of Spies in post-World War 1 London.
- 2007
- 02:59
- Kay Collins
What Do You Want?
It's hard to think of anything that will last forever.
- 2007
- 02:58
- Julia Grant
I Was a Preteen Nightmare
A well-intentioned yet horribly misinformed adolescent makes a monumental miscalculation of both form and judgment.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Jill Dorothy Summers
Gifts
Two life-long bachelors kvetch over the phone.
- 2007
- 03:13
- Firestone Mulvaney
I'm Alive
A bell realizes it's alive while on a conveyor belt and then en route to a dollar store.
- 2007
- 01:03
- Brian Corbet
Don't Touch This
One mug brings back memories of past relationships with women.
- 2007
- 02:47
- Pat Corbet
A Tail of Two Mice, or, Dry Sponge Cake
The love between two mice turns soar with a lacl of cheese whip and an encounter with a time warp mousetrap.
- 2007
- 02:59
- Catie Talarski
You Make My Heart Go
A meandering train of thought arrives at a Dollar Storey connnection just in time.
- 2007
- 03:00
- John Biewen
In Which the Coffee Mugs Offer Explanation
In which the coffee mugs offer explanation.
- 2007
- 02:53
- Laura Vitale
- Rick Moody
Life Plays On
An insecure boy discovers, through a saying on a mug, that there is more going on in the lives of others than meets the eye.
- 2007
- 03:10
- Byron Flitsch
My Bike Had a Burger Bell: A Tragic Tale of Loss and Woe
This is a true story about bike commuting, theft and making the best of a bad situation.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Mia Lobel
Of Mice and Music
Tragic kitchen incident inspires manic musings on singing mice.
- 2007
- 03:00
- David Swatling
The First Attraction
The myth of Narcissus reimagined: the north pole of a magnet bar falls tragically in love with the north pole of another magnet bar.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Bruce Wallace
- Lawrence Lanahan
How to Cheat on Your Wife
A short, poetic instruction manual for the man who wishes to philander or have an extra-marital affair, but doesn't know where to begin.
- 2007
- 02:57
- Elizabeth Bloom Albert
Talk to Me About Love
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Two curious siblings finally get what they think they've always wanted.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Whitcomb
- Jill Dorothy Summers
Boris the Mover
2006 ShortDocs Winner! A crush on a telemarketer results in betrayal.
- 2006
- 02:35
- Carma Jolly
Au Debut
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Translation -- Sylvain, Bruno, Zoe, and Youssef at the PRIM Centre in Montreal, summer 2006.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Zoe Irvine
'Til Death Do Us Part
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Producer Sasha Aslanian's divorced parents listen to audio of their 1963 wedding vows, remember what went wrong, but still can't get over each other.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Sasha Aslanian
Living off the Land
A Labor Day homage to women.
- 2007
- 02:43
- Nanette Drake Oldenbourg
Gone Mousin'
In the Last Frontier, sometimes it isn't "Go Fish," it's "Go Mouse."
- 2007
- 02:59
- Rebecca Sheir