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.
Sunset Ridge Brown
One morning I looked out my front door and...oh, my, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?
- 2012
- 02:54
- Bill Ratner
Oh, Where Have You Been, My Blue-Eyed Son?
Liza introduces her new love, Jonah.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Belinda Lopez
Pretty in Pink
The girls upstairs are loud and fun, and one of them is Miss Wicker Park.
- 2012
- 02:52
- Jessica Speer
The Green Tree Dervish
Photographer Gaylord Herron has traveled all over the world photographing different cultures, but he's also found fulfillment in his own backyard.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Abby Wendle
Unobstructed Pink and Blue
A landlord and a tenant inhabit the same building on West 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Jennifer Swann
Fwd: Have You Red the 'Welcome Back to the D' Thread?
My neighbors read their own words in this piece which spotlights excerpts from an e-mail thread that went out on our neighborhood list-serve, a source of fascination for all involved.
- 2012
- 02:53
- Laura Herberg
The Man With the Long White Beard
He's not just the Santa Claus-looking guy who walks his dog every day on my street--he's Larry Bauer: carpenter, man-of-letters.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Scott Pham
Dancing Away the Teaching Blues
Life experiences told by my neighbor and colleague: Chris Nho, the breakdancing math teacher.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Julie Ma
White Noise
White Noise is about what happens to the residents when several construction projects invade one block at the same time.
- 2012
- 02:55
- Pamela Schwartz
- Shannon Geis
New Neighbor Blues
Susan and Joe discover just how much the ocean they grew up with meant to them when they are 3,000 miles from home.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Joseph Molinelli
- Susan Kemp
The Color of Somebody's Skin
My neighbor Eddy Jr. shares his love and lament for the neighborhood he's called home all his life.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Andy Mills
From Green to Gone
A tree is a precious thing in a city...but does anyone care when a tree in their own backyard is cut down?
- 2012
- 02:58
- Hannah Ayers
Red Beeps
A recollection of my aunt's past and current home.
- 2012
- 02:24
- Aaron Arreguin
The White House
Living next door for years, they soon learn each other's ways, not only to be nosey but also for support.
- 2012
- 03:02
- Daniel Baker
Romance at the Red Line Tap
Characters come out of the woodwork to take the stage at a weekly open mic at The Red Line Tap in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Tricia Bobeda
Crown the King: Red Takes Black
2012 ShortDocs Winner! One block from Adam Kampe's apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Razor gather to trash talk over heated games of checkers.
- 2012
- 02:32
- Adam Kampe
Logan Square's Brown Bread Underground
On one block in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, an unnamed baker whips up artisan sourdoughs to sell to his neighbors.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Annie Minoff
Mike Schmidt on a Purple Bike
Old friends and newly neighbors, Andy and Amanda stalk their Brooklyn block to uncover the mystique of a neighborhood legend who curiously resembles one of baseball's greatest Hall of Famers.
- 2012
- 03:01
- Amanda Culkowski
- Andrew Trimbach
Glass, Not Glitter
2012 ShortDocs Winner! Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City.
- 2012
- 02:54
- Abby Wendle
#0000ff is Blue
No music, no human voices, computers are the future.
- 2012
- 02:06
- Chris Pollard
Threat Level: Red Light
Looking down the block on a street in east Africa, one can see much farther than one might expect.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Jefferson Mok
All Grown Up Blues
A portrait of a mother and daughter, born forty years apart.
- 2012
- 02:52
- Yarn AudioWorks
That Banana is Yellow
But what is yellow?
- 2012
- 02:55
- Aleis Murphy
Murder at the Abandoned Red Paint Factory
A neighbor is murdered, but the other neighbors can't figure out who he was.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Laura Mayer
Gray Day Gin and Juice
A former suburbanite shares a pint of gin and juice on her front porch with her new neighbor in the city.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Carol Narigon
- Will Davis