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.
William Birdman
A London eccentric who feeds parakeets in the park.
- 2016
- 02:58
- Pip Swallow
Where to get a bagel
In this exploration into the bagel feud between bagel shops St-Viateur and Fairmount, I speak with customers, employees and bagel connoisseurs alike to try and discover why people choose one bagel shop over the other.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Michelle Macklem
The Commute
As she takes the train home from Penn Station, one anonymous woman gets an uncomfortable surprise.
Voice actor: Emily Duncan
- 2016
- 02:47
- Katie Toth
I Will Find You
He was in danger but he had someone whom he can trust, who were wandering in her memories to find the traces of him.
- 2016
- 02:29
- Melike Ceylan
All I Need Now
A dead friend lives on, thanks to spammers and a willingness to believe in possibility.
- 2016
- 02:42
- Diane Rao Harman
- Kim Fox
Chain Reactions
A series of events inside and outside of someone's head.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Tessa Jane Kalinosky
The Hadal Zone
Two obnoxious city boys take the Giant Squid Safari in the Sea of Japan and end up in deep trouble.
- 2016
- 03:01
- Peregrine Andrews
- Geoff Marsh
Maya Turns 26
Whether she likes it or not, things are about to change.
- 2016
- 02:55
- Maya Goldberg-Safir
The Life of Bil
A fictional documentary about the mysterious, elusive wild-man Bil.
- 2016
- 03:15
- Gavin Doyle
- Aisling Lambert
- Ashley Parsons
Dear Face at Deer Lake with Deer People
A story about deer, a wonderful lake, internet privacy and who is the deer.
- 2016
- 02:56
- Dear Deer Face Collective
Love after Life
The story of how love can transgress through all realms of life and death.
Mrs. Knight
Two sons recall a night in Los Angeles 60 years ago.
- 2016
- 02:57
- Angie Vorhies
Green Goats
Larry and Ann Cihanek recount the history of their Rhinebeck, NY-based weed control business, Green Goats, which sends friendly goats to parks across the northeast to destroy invasive plants by simply eating them.
- 2016
- 02:57
- Stephanie Coleman
- Anna Cassell
Under Hell Gate
When humanity vanishes, Hell Gate will be the last bridge standing in New York City; until then, it watches and waits.
- 2016
- 03:02
- Rebecca Seidel
- Trevor Wallace
Por-cup-i-nes
Daoud Iskander hunts porcupines in southern Lebanon.
- 2016
- 02:20
- Hugo Goodridge
HATCH
A man, in orbit, going round and round...
- 2016
- 02:29
- Geoff McQueen
Stolen Threads
An A.I. detective intercepts emails from a young TV journalist, and attempts to rescue her from the clutches of Big Data.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Billy Shebar
- J. Faye Yuan
- Yasaman Kazerooni
Aghast
Fear is the enemy of discovery.
- 2016
- 03:12
- Ignacio Martinez
Don't Gogh
Creative inspiration turns to obsession in the life of an artist.
- 2016
- 02:48
- Spivey Knapik
Life Drive
In 1961 during the fascist regime in Portugal, a group of political prisoners escape from a fortress prison in a bullet proof Chrysler Imperial - the car that belonged to the dictator himself.
Voiceover by Jay Buettner; Additional voice by Carlos Patrão.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Carlo Patrao
Miss
Outing in the ice storm.
- 2016
- 02:59
- Braeden Doane
The Trophy
A man returns, victorious, from the hunt. Curious onlookers react to the killing. But they're not all looking at the same animal.
- 2016
- 03:03
- Hannah Colton
Flute on a Ladder
Chance meeting? Perhaps.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Tim Forrest
Badlands
A paddle down the Red Deer River in Canada's Badlands leads to a reflection on past worlds and the mysteries nature keeps from us.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Molly Segal
The Nature of Engagement
A thought experiment and an anecdote come together to illuminate the challenges of cross-cultural engagement, particularly in conservation work.
- 2016
- 03:00
- James Perla