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.

Peacock Blues

Warfare breaks out between neighbors when a burgeoning battalion of peacocks ravish the countryside.

2012
02:58
Ellen Stewart

Green Slime to Dark Days: Neighbors in 4D

I take one place, look at what or who lived there over a very very long period of time, and give you the edited highlights.

2012
03:00
Marnie Chesterton

The Invisible Neighborhood - The Making and Unmaking of Home

A voice collage with the words and ideas of three of my neighbors currently living near a peninsula that is about to be developed for a new minor league basketball arena, hotel, parking garage, and possibly even a nature trail in Portland, Maine.

2012
03:01
Caroline Losneck

Yellow Beaks, Black Feathers, Red Blood

It's bloody, it's loud, and it smells like manure — Madani Halal is an unlikely gathering place, yet dozens of New Yorkers flock to the Queens business daily

The Internet in Sepia

The internet through the eyes of an inhabitant of the past...

2012
02:50
Helena de Groot

Teen Contender

Sixteen-year-old Claressa Shields has a dream, to be at the 2012 Olympic finals and hear the announcer call out, "The first woman Olympian boxer at 165 pounds - Claressa Shields!"

Best of the Best 2012 (Part 2)

Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC/RHDF Competition.

Best of the Best 2012 (Part 1)

Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.

Knock Knock: Introducing the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs

In early 2012, Third Coast teamed up with the neighborhood-centric website EveryBlock, and issued a wide-open invitation to make radio.

2012
01:03:16

These Are a Few of Jad Abumrad's Favorite Things

Drawing from radio and beyond, Jad Abumrad shared the stories, sounds, people and projects that have most inspired him over the years, and talked about some of the creative challenges he's faced (and embraced) along the way.

2012
55:09

Late(ish) Night with Ira Glass

Ira Glass brought the first day of the 2012 Third Coast Conference to a close with an audio night cap, by sharing his favorite moments from the year's Third Coast winners and other stories.

2012
47:09

Wireless Nights: Overnight Delivery

Each week on Wireless Nights, pop star Jarvis Cocker prowls the dark, finding stories of the night people.

2012
13:49
Laurence Grissell

The Battle Over Billing Codes

There are two main things that happen when you go to the doctor - you deal with your health concerns and you fill out a small mountain of paperwork.

2012
06:13
Gregory Warner

My Parents' Extreme Tango Makeover

When Yowei Shaw was in college, her parents' relationship began to change.

2012
09:17
Yowei Shaw

Big Ship Diary

Each year, over 100 million tons of iron ore, coal, limestone and other products travel through the Great Lakes navigation system on huge cargo ships.

She Sees Your Every Move

While traditional street photography usually catches strangers passing by in a public space, the photographer Michele Iversen has been catching strangers passing by in their own private spaces, without their permission.