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.

The Big Cookoff

Each year, the football teams from the U of California and Stanford U. play in The Big Game; now for the first time, they meet in the arena of cooking in The Big Cookoff.

Trouble in Vietnam

Robert McNamara, the Soviet Ambassador and President Lyndon Johnson face off in a historical remix.

Big Bang

Two lousy-sounding atoms can't get along, cause the Big Bang, and disrupt present-day international harmony.

Blind Date

A G-Rated ice-breaker that would be told during a female bonding session.

Dust Bowl Revisited

Woody Guthrie backs up an interview with a Virginia National Guard soldier at an American base in Mosul, Iraq during early 2005.

Bring on Jesus!

Superstition, money, rules, bullshit, loud guitars, talking Moses and Jesus, and Santa!

Shaq + Kobe (Time Is Running Out)

This piece retells (and remixes) the NBA soap opera of Shaq + Kobe in an audio cartoon created with the on-the-court assistance of the talented Kevin Smith and amplified by music from Shaquille O'Neal, sampled game sounds, and press conference audio clips taken wildly and egregiously out of context.

Zelda vs Ernest

A virtual verbal boxing match between literature's leading man of men and feisty feminist flapper Zelda Fitzgerald.

A Bug in the Works

Found tape diary of a family holiday recorded for Grandma and Grandpa; a six-legged intruder spoils the fun.

School Mothers

While their daughters play on the school playground, two women become acquainted and share tales of sex and marriage gone awry.

Oakiedale Train

An historic train puts on the grease paint and starts serving murder mysteries.