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.

In Search of Bitter Greens

With the guidance of an outdoor educator, the producers learn to forage for their supper.

Journey to Umami

Traveling the on road to Umami, she wondered who or what she would meet along the way.

2013
02:32
Dixie Treichel

The Sour Side of Volunteering

Two insiders talk about the underbelly of a documentary film festival, the world of volunteer victuals.

2013
03:00
Jagmeet Mac

Sweet Empty Calories: HEART DISEASE

How an appetite for the wrong foods can kill you, and the role it plays in heart disease (the number one killer of women).

Sweet Treats for Romy

For Romy Klecker, who spent her childhood in the GDR, sweet food was scarce, but in 1989 when the wall fell, a whole new world of treats opened up to her.

Sel: Trois Façons (Salt: Three Ways)

2013 ShortDocs Winner! No one has an appetite for perfection and swearing like a Québécois in search of poutine.

2013
02:59
Kelly Jones

From Sweet Appetite to a Healthy Appetite

If you want to be healthy and fit, you must well inform your appetite.

2013
02:30
Yomna Khallaf

Sweet Mudames

Egypt's national dish is called Ful Mudames.

2013
02:10
Nada Gabr

Salt of the Earth

A group of well-known East Coast sous chefs tell of their humble beginnings and love of life in the kitchen.

2013
02:23
Alyssa Pagano

Bittersweet Apostrophe's

The story of a lifelong relationship with fast food and the consequences that come with it.

2013
02:00
Tim Needles

The Sweetest Meat

A cannibal finds that she no longer has the appetite for the things she used to.

The Umami of Customer Service

Yeah, we all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?

2013
02:52
Veronica Simmonds

There's No Umami in the Army

Former military chef Danny Davis takes us through a 24-hour ration pack.

2013
03:00
Benedikte Granvig

Old Captain Salt

Dreaming of Old Captain Salt and his sushi boat.

2013
02:17
Dixie Treichel

Sweet Elizabeth

An audio portrait detailing the effects of a lost appetite on friendship.

2013
02:45
Hana Walker-Brown

Salty Eyebrows

Tessa has Multiple Sclerosis and is running for her life.

2013
02:44
Tessa Dowdell

Life Is Sweet Again

Lucy Beesley's determination to fight off cancer and live normally has resulted in a life even sweeter than before.

2013
03:00
Bryony Hawkins

Sweet Muscles

70% of Tamara's life is about her diet, with one aim: to become the best female bodybuilder in the country.

2013
02:57
Julie Thing

Sweet and Sour Tiffany: Chinese Naming Menu

If you could pick your own name what would you choose? Three Chinese students living in Australia explain their name choices.

2013
03:00

A Bagel's Bitter End

I almost burned down Dunkin' Donuts trying to cook a bagel for my sister.

2013
03:01
Amy Kraft

Sweeter Memories

The story of a young man who has an appetite for adventure and tries to leave home as fast as he can.

2013
03:00
Kurt Santana

Umami Love

A girl with a voracious appetite for chefs samples a taste of true love.

2013
03:00
Belinda Lopez

A Sister's Sweet Victory

My passion, hunger and desire to find my sister; strangely connected through food.

The Sweet Pursuit

It's only human to crave more than the bare essentials in life, but for these vinyl collectors the hunt has become pure addiction.

2013
03:02
Alex Kress

Sweet Smell O' Mine

The story of how anosmia (lack of a sense of smell) affects my appetite.

2013
02:23
Pauline Dunne