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.
Where is the Extinction Capital of the World?
A wildlife biologist shares a surprising fact about Hawaii's native species.
- 2015
- 02:21
- Laurie Sumiye
What's in a name?
One man decides the best way to break from the past is to change his name.
- 2015
- 03:07
- David Chong
What's happening to me?
An unwelcome visitor and a meeting in the desert.
- 2015
- 03:01
- Edgar Maddicott
What Lies in a Voicemail?
We can measure distance in miles, but the heartache it causes is indefinable.
- 2015
- 03:00
Why would anyone, in his right mind, jump into Lake Michigan in the middle of a Chicago Winter?
The polar plunge: a story of cold water and warm hearts.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Fallon Schlossman
What is Alpha-1?
What is the personal experience of having Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1)?
- 2015
- 02:59
- Garrett Tiedemann
When was the Freest You Ever Felt in Your Life?
I asked many people when was the freest they'd ever felt in their lives. This is one person's story.
- 2015
- 02:56
- Meg Ritter
When we lose our breath
I placed a large resonating tube in a public library for a full day and invited people to stick their heads in, hold their breath, and then answer the question: “What makes you breathless?”
- 2015
- 02:55
- Justin Zullo
What is Indiana?
In three scenes and a whole life spent in and out of the state, I attempt to answer the question, "What is Indiana?"
- 2015
- 02:59
- Evelyn Bottando
What Do You Hear When A Plane Engine Dies in the Air?
Robin Holleran's life was forever changed the day she survived a plane crash.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jonathan Hirsch
When The Blind Meet
A man struggles through a blind date at a resturant.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Steve Krysak
When Bad Jobs Happen to Good People: "After Working, Crap & Go"
The life and hard times of a truck-stop attendant in the spirit of a Studs Terkel encounter.
- 2015
- 02:10
- Ned Simonson
What could be bad about this?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! What if you could learn to stop listening to other people?
- 2015
- 02:59
- John-Michael Forman
Who Took Mom to the Prom?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! A story of girls who say 'yes' that is 100% true.
- 2015
- 02:30
- Emer Horgan
Where You Live?
A meditation on the perceptions of Chicago as a violent city.
- 2015
- 03:00
- David Dault
What Happens to Orphan Photos?
Photographs are some of our most treasured objects, leagues of people are dedicated to their preservation, but what happens to the pictures that've lost their way?
- 2015
- 03:00
- Qathi Hart
Where did the ice come from?
Three generations of women discuss ice and death in the Amana Colonies.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Ellie Gordon-Moershel
What was it about marriage anyway?
A distilled conversation between Erica Jong and Studs Terkel, remixed with music.
- 2015
- 02:49
- Austin Mitchell
What does smart working mean?
In and out about working nowadays [in Italian!]
- 2015
- 02:52
- Alessia Rapone
What?? No way...
The First in a series of Short Radio Documentaries, this episode focuses on: "Order 9066."
- 2015
- 02:59
- Tim Nakayama
What happened to Greg? And what happens to him next?
Sometimes the way we respond to a suicide says more about us than the person who died.
- 2015
- 02:57
- Emily Guerin
Why they scream
By the end of the century half of the world's languages will no longer be spoken, this is one scream of resistance.
- 2015
- 03:05
- Tika Simone
What do you think of when you think of stars?
A love story that begins over the phone and under the stars.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Jessi LeMay
Where's My ACL?
A young man loses his ACL but gains it back and much more.
- 2015
- 03:00
- James Min
What does spring sound like on your side?
A Trans-Canada Conversation.
- 2015
- 01:58
- Braeden Doane and Chelsea Jeffrey