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.
We'll Drive Till We Find An Exit
A session about the joy and fear of pursuing stories without any idea of how they're going to succeed, or if they're going to succeed at all.
- 2016
- 01:15:41
Re:sound #226 The Life Sentence Show
This hour, the story of how a one event affected a woman, her family and the criminal justice system.
- 2016
- 56:35
- Samantha Broun
- Jay Allison
- Dennis Funk
Storymakers Durham
The Storymakers project elicits conversations about race and class that are candid, complicated, and as intimate as eavesdropping on someone else's dinner conversation.
- 2016
- 12:16
- John Biewen
- Courtney Smith
Not By Accident - Episode One
For five years, Sophie Harper recorded nearly every phone call, chat with friends, even her visit to the fertility clinic.
- 2016
- 15:18
- Sophie Harper
Envision Yourself Being a Free Man
Sylvia Ryerson works with family members of those incarcerated in Virginia supermax prisons to capture the sounds, voices & music of home - to be broadcast directly into the prisons.
- 2016
- 10:52
- Sylvia Ryerson
Special Feature: Envision Yourself Being a Free Man
On this episode of Re:sound, we're featuring an audio postcard from the Restorative Radio Project plus an interview with the series' producer, Sylvia Ryerson.
- 2016
- 17:54
- Sylvia Ryerson
Re:sound #227 The 2016 ShortDocs Show — Radio Cinema
This hour we're featuring some of our favourite entries to the 2016 ShortDocs Challenge!
Best of the Best 2016 (Part 1)
This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.
Best of the Best 2016 (Part 2)
This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.
Re:sound #236 The New You Show
This hour redefinition, reflection... and the new you.
Re:sound #237 The Tip of the Iceberg Show
This hour stories that dive below the surface to help us understand issues of race, the environment and immigration.
- 2017
- 60:00
- John Biewen
- Brooke Gladstone
- Delaney Hall
- Roman Mars
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #240 The Aftermath Show
This hour two stories about what remains after the fighting stops.
- 2017
- 01:02:00
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Mia Lobel
- Roxanne Scott
- Jacob Smith
- Anik See
- Dennis Funk
One Way
A woman in a hurry seeks refuge from a storm and finds something in common with the motel attendant.
- 2016
- 03:01
- Marie Lovejoy
Re:sound #241 The Smash the Binary Show
This hour, stories that grab hold of our expectations and smash the binary.
Re:sound #242 The Soundtracks of Our Lives Show
This hour the symphonic textures of our everyday lives.
- 2017
- 59:00
- Tim Hinman
- Dennis Funk
2007 Getting to Yes: Perfecting Your Pitch (Day 2)
In collaboration with the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), this session addresses how to successfully pitch radio stories and series ideas to stations, networks, and other acquirers of independent work.
- 2007
- 01:27:30
Re:sound #253 Naked Strangers
This hour an unlikely best-seller, a colorful hero and the legends of burlesque.
- 2018
- 01:02:00
- Sam Kim
- Natalie Kestecher
- Steve Urquhart
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #254 Pinball Poets
This hour: lawyers-turned-pinball wizards, two extraordinary minds meeting in a field of poetry and, forty years after the phrase was coined, the skinny on 420.
Re:sound #255 Taxidermied Cows
This hour, a teenage taxidermist, a community of medical migrants who settled in Snowflake, Arizona, and a day in the life of a sacred cow.
- 2018
- 59:00
- Pejk Malinovski
- Rachel Matlow
- Delaney Hall
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #256 Toccata in Dream Murder
This hour more of our faves, including Gloria Gaynor, a seventeen year-old retiree, and two spoofs: one microbiological and one murderous.
Re:sound #257 Skateboarding Beatles
This hour, the most famous chord in pop music, swimming pools, skateboarders and more!
- 2018
- 60:00
- Avery Trufelman
- Joel Werner
- Miyuki Jokinranta
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #258 Tsunami Song
This hour, a deep dive into the anthem of the Confederacy, two different kinds of waves and a modern take on Romeo & Juliet.
Re:sound #259 Divided We Payphone
This hour, we trot across middle America, with a story from a Nashville neighbourhood, and a Missouri payphone that won’t stop ringing.
- 2018
- 55:00
- Meribah Knight
- Emerald O'Brien
- Laura Barton
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #260 Princess Buzz
Today we go back in time to try and heal old wounds and revisit history.
Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley
Since its founding 15 years ago, Tesla has become one of the most valuable car companies in the country. Tesla is worth tens of billions of dollars, and its all-electric cars have achieved cult status among enthusiasts.
- 2018
- 18:44
- Will Evans
- Alyssa Jeong Perry