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.

Eros the Bittersweet: An Edible Riff

An audio prose poem, mixing chocolate with desire.

Umami Can't Cook Like Mine

The tradition of cooking has been passed down in my family through three generations: my grandma, my mom and me.

2013
02:59
Lexia Banks

Umami Office

Researchers from the Egyptian TV show Al Bernameg are trying to lose weight, stay fit or just enjoy food at the office.

2013
02:44
Christine Iskander

Sweet Dream

A man remembers a dream, a snack and an idea about sound by filmmaker Robert Bresson.

2013
02:05
Wolfgang Hastert

A Sweet Martini Memory

A dry martini in the afternoon proved effective in helping a widowed mother navigate the lonely shoals that lay between 4 and 6 p.m.

2013
03:00
Ed Cohen

The Good, the Bad & the Umami: If your life was a food dish...

A proverbial potluck of the soul is prepared by asking local Arcata artists, "If your life was a food dish what would it be?"

2013
03:00
Isaac Bluefoot

My Bitter Self-Discovery

A personal narrative attempting to better understand my relationship with food.

2013
03:00
Henry Cohn-Geltner

A Bitter Life

Helping to create a conscience, informing people of the world's biggest injustice, and promoting social responsibility.

2013
02:36
Mohammed Nagi

Sweet Or Sour

Our passions win out in the end when we choose our future careers.

2013
03:00
Lucas Nielsen

Love Means Never Having To Say You're Coleslaw

A group of Cantabrigians reflect on the weekly potluck that brings them together.

2016
02:07
Nick Andersen

Dysfunctional Friendship

In the idyllic first days of college, two friends are startled in their new surroundings.

2016
03:00
Austin Frederick

Plant Hunters

A thorny challenge to find a rare plant.

2016
03:00
David Boose

Should've Stopped

A ghastly scene takes a hardboiled detective by surprise, but something even more unexpected lurks in the shadows of deception that hang heavy in this picturesque suburban home.

Dryden Fringes

A kid in a town in North Ontario on the prowl for something supernatural finds it where he didn't expect to.

2016
03:00
Jess Shane

CRASH

A true story of an irresponsible night out in London many years ago.

2016
02:59
Roland Denning

Ant Farm

This nature documentary explores the world of the formicarium or ant farm with expert Claire Craig.

2016
03:00
Rachel Gelfand

And Through We Went

A hidden note begins an adventure in a strange house in Logan Square.

2016
02:19
Elisa Shoenberger

Roger, that!

Roger, produced in multiple dimensions, must struggle with the production of his life and his life production "in space, or anywhere else."

2016
02:43
Evelyn Bottando

The Legend of Crazy Woman Creek

The origin story of how Crazy Woman Creek in Wyoming got its name, as told from the perspective of a mountain man named Johnson.

2016
03:00

An Escape to Nature

A city goer escapes the loudness of the city to find peace in nature.

2016
02:45
Megan Kolopsky

The Fall

A story about nature's power. Special thanks to Elise Neuscheler.

2016
02:59
Katrine Hedegaard

A Meditation on the Femme Fatale

This piece presents two powerful women: the original femme fatale, Lady Macbeth, and presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, to meditate on society's fixation with the archetype in both fiction and real life.