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.
Why Wasn't I Named Smith?
A family talks about what it was like to have the same name as the most hated person in America.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Debra Oswald
When will the nervousness float away?
Trying to find comfort in a basement apartment.
- 2015
- 02:42
- Zak Rosen
- Rebecca Prosser
Where did we come from?
My mother tells me our immigration story.
- 2015
- 02:48
- Siva Vijenthira
Who would do that?
A man, a bird, and a hose.
- 2015
- 02:54
- Vanessa Lowe
Why Eat Ice Cream For Dinner?
Sometimes, getting lost and having ice cream for dinner is the best thing that can happen.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Katherine Kibler
What Do Role Models Have To Tell Us Today About Living Well?
How a simple timeless truth can create intimacy, transform relationships and improve our lives forever.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Tony DiLeonardi
Man With a Blue Truck
Who knew a hit and run could end in friendship?
- 2012
- 03:00
- Eve Abrams
White Gold--Fridge Politics of a Student House
A look at what happens when nine individuals have to share one small fridge, and the challenges and issues that come up as a result.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Chris Pearson
What Do You Need to Know?
The bread guys pay a visit to a busy Brooklyn deli.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Ilya Marritz
Christmas With Grandma
With Grandma, things start bad and get worse.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Ken Cormier
An Orchestra of Bicycles
Richard Lerman reflects on Travelon Gamelon, a piece he wrote in 1970 for amplified bicycles.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Rene Gutel
The Assassin's Bell
A young Soviet 'Pioneer' (i.e. boy scout) squares off with the CIA -- will he live to tell the tale?
- 2007
- 03:04
- Charles Maynes
Gone Mousin'
In the Last Frontier, sometimes it isn't "Go Fish," it's "Go Mouse."
- 2007
- 02:59
- Rebecca Sheir
Living off the Land
A Labor Day homage to women.
- 2007
- 02:43
- Nanette Drake Oldenbourg
'Til Death Do Us Part
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Producer Sasha Aslanian's divorced parents listen to audio of their 1963 wedding vows, remember what went wrong, but still can't get over each other.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Sasha Aslanian
Au Debut
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Translation -- Sylvain, Bruno, Zoe, and Youssef at the PRIM Centre in Montreal, summer 2006.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Zoe Irvine
Boris the Mover
2006 ShortDocs Winner! A crush on a telemarketer results in betrayal.
- 2006
- 02:35
- Carma Jolly
Talk to Me About Love
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Two curious siblings finally get what they think they've always wanted.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Whitcomb
- Jill Dorothy Summers
The First Attraction
The myth of Narcissus reimagined: the north pole of a magnet bar falls tragically in love with the north pole of another magnet bar.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Bruce Wallace
- Lawrence Lanahan
Mother Love
A woman decides to sober up for her daughter.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Shannon Quinn
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
A radio producer deals with a case of 'broadcaster's block' by asking the question "What would Johnny do?"
- 2006
- 02:34
- Kent Hoffman
I Don't Know. I Know.
To begin, restating rules is used to avoid actually following rules, just as this more-than-one-sentence description avoids the request for a single sentence through the misuse of the semi-colon; later, mundane answering machine messages become menacing, as the producer manipulates their meaning with music.
- 2006
- 02:39
- Neil Sandell
Respectacle
Children in a behavior program speak up about respect, against the metaphorical soundscape of the Institution.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Susan B. Price
I Like the Way You Talk
Baglama begins and ends chopped interviews with seniors about love and death and music.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Eric Markowitz
O Happy Dagger
A man and his dagger part ways after the dagger has second thoughts.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Allison Schuette-Hoffman