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.
Turning Investigative Reporting into Artful Radio
When done well, investigative radio stories have the power to change the world.
- 2014
- 01:26:30
Finding Your Visual Voice
How do you take your storytelling instincts and translate them into the land of photography?
- 2014
- 01:31:43
Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America
During World War II, Americans watched news reels of atrocities abroad. But, in some small U.S. towns, the enemy was hoeing the back garden - or sharing a meal at the kitchen table.
- 2015
- 49:17
- Alison Jones
- Deborah George
Late(ish) Night with Al Letson
Al Letson brings our first Conference day to a close with an audio night cap.
- 2014
- 47:29
Three Shows/Three Techniques
NPR reporter Alix Spiegel incites a riot among audio producers... in praise of stealing others' storytelling techniques and adapting them to create a style of one's very own.
- 2014
- 01:13:20
Own Your Thing (Part 1)
More than ever you can own your podcast - make it, distribute it, sell it. How is it done?
- 2014
- 01:16:58
Sound Design 101
Brendan Baker and Kaitlin Prest pull back the curtain on the alchemical process of combining stories and sound.
- 2014
- 01:18:04
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Up With Bad
Founding producer of This American Life Nancy Updike on the inspiration she finds in the power of vice, foible and inappropriateness on radio, podcasts, TV and in books.
- 2014
- 01:08:29
2014 Getting to Yes: The Art of the Pitch (Day 2)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition! The second installment of this session once again pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
- 2014
- 01:12:17
The Pirate
Morning sunlight streams through the blinds as John Ostoich (aka "Johnny O") pours his first bourbon of the day. A cigarette hangs from his lips; his parrot, Bok-Bok, rests on his shoulder.
- 2015
- 30:27
- Lu Olkowski
The Amazing Radio Vertikalisator
Inspired by a Lego time machine her son built, Iceland-based independent producer Rikke Houd created a tool to help producers take advantage of the vast space radio offers.
- 2014
- 01:10:25
Public-powered Journalism
Learn how sharing the mic and megaphone can expand your beat, your stories, and your craft.
- 2014
- 01:11:09
2014 Getting to Yes: The Art of the Pitch (Day 1)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition! This session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
- 2014
- 01:13:32
Leave No Trace
There's a slip of paper hanging in Dave Isay's office at StoryCorps with a quote scrawled across it: "A good craftsman leaves no traces."
- 2014
- 01:20:10
Own Your Thing (Part 2)
More than ever you can own your podcast - make it, distribute it, sell it. How is it done?
- 2014
- 01:19:49
Lance and Nina: An Unlikely Story of Recovery and Redemption
At 24, Lance Rice was on schedule to become another sad statistic in the heroin epidemic sweeping through rural Massachusetts.
- 2014
- 08:28
- Karen Brown
Making News Stories Good Stories
Guess what? You can tell great stories on the news, too.
- 2014
- 01:20:01
Audio Code Switching: Tackling Race on the Radio
We need to talk about race - with humanity and humor.
- 2014
- 01:16:51
HowSound Live! Part 2
Discover the backstory to this year's TC/RHDF Competition winners!
- 2014
- 01:17:49
Journalism and Storytelling: Frenemies?
How real does reality need to be?
- 2014
- 01:23:43
HowSound Live! Part I
Discover the backstory to this year's TC/RHDF Competition winners!
- 2014
- 01:22:08
Best of the Best 2014 (Part 2)
The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Best of the Best 2014 (Part 1)
The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Bat Man
The central claim of this story is astounding: that if we all just raised our expectations, blind people could come to - literally - see.
- 2014
- 09:57
- Alix Spiegel
- Anne Gudenkauf
- Lulu Miller
Who took home the Gold?
Huge congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition!
- 2014
- 10
- 2014 Winners