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.

Found in Translation

Someday they'll figure out how to make radio with subtitles.

2010
01:16:54

Oscar, Shmoscar! (Saturday)

Who needs the Academy Awards when you have the Third Coasties?

2010
01:22:38

Presenting the 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds

In early 2010, the Third Coast teamed up with the incomparable pop / indie / experiemental band The Books, and issued an open invitation to make radio.

2010
01:16:28

2010 Win/Win: AIR's Pitch Panel (Day 1)

This session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.

2010
01:30:22

American Dreamer: Sam's Story

American schools teach students that with hard work, they can realize their dreams. But this isn't the case for everyone.

Sucked into the Tunnels Beneath Las Vegas

There are some 14,000 people living on the streets of Las Vegas, and Nevada ranks second in the nation in homeless population per capita.

2010
08:32
Adam Burke

The Loneliness of the Goalkeeper

British writer and radio presenter Hardeep Singh Kohli remembers the loneliness of being a goalkeeper, the player who spends 90 minutes looking at his colleagues' backs.

2010
27:41
Adam Fowler

The Sleeping Fool

Art museum security guards spend their days in uniform, speaking quietly or not at all, surrounded by works of irreplaceable art.

2010
10:22
Sofia Saldanha

The Lonely Funeral

Every year up to twenty people die completely alone in Amsterdam. They are illegal migrants, drug mules, or simply people who cut off all social contacts.

2010
26:55
Michele Ernsting

Capturing the Brief Life and Death of an Infant

Barch Levi Blum was born in late 2009 at Toronto's Mt. Sinai Hospital. He lived for ten minutes.

2010
06:15
Mary Beth Kirchner

This Can Go On Forever

Eighteen years after Carol gave up her son for adoption, she still believed they would meet again.

Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair

On the night of May 7th, 1951, a thousand people gathered in Laurel, Mississippi, to witness the execution of Willie McGee, a black man convicted of raping a white woman.

Runner

One of the most remarkable marathon finishes in recent history was recorded in 2009 in Boston. There, Kenyan runner, Salina Kosgei had her sights set on the finish line, having traveled half way around the world to get there.

2011
07:58
Jonathan Miller

Resound # 139 The Metamorphosis Show

This hour: two people shed old skins and resurface in foreign territory.

2011
56:38
Multiple producers

Work in Progress

By now you've probably heard plenty of stories about "the transformation of a beleaguered Detroit" but we bet you've never heard one like Work in Progress.

2012
17:46
Zak Rosen

Resound #145 The Fathers Show

This hour: Dads, in all their glory.

2011
59:00
Multiple producers

The Glass Piano

At the tender age of 23, Princess Alexandra Amelie of Bavaria (1826-1875) was observed awkwardly walking sideways down the corridors of her family palace.

2012
30:07
Deborah Levy
Kate Bland

All in Time

The clock ticks; the moon waxes; the autumn leaves turn crimson.

2011
25:00
Sarah Boothroyd

The Five Percent Rule

Soldiers smoke more than civilians.

2011
06:36
Sally Herships

Patriot Games

Best friends Rich Carlson and Tom Swenor got so fed up with the political process in America that they decided to form their own Tea Party chapter in Petoskey, Michigan.