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 Golden Mug Award

The coveted golden mug award is given to an actor or actress for their portrayal of an independent woman in history.

2007
02:30
David Weinberg

How to Be Heard

2007 ShortDocs Winner! Advice for the bicycle bell with aspirations, featuring voice teacher Rachel Nicholson.

2007
02:57
Nina Perry

That Close

Montreal's Royal Park is the backdrop to a woman's memories and the place where she is most at home.

2008
03:02
Eva Boodman

Teen Mind

We all should do some work on our brains, but that "work" can be a load of fun, oh yeah.

2008
02:55
Frank Karall

Beyond the Tree Line

A lesson on abstinence recorded in a makeshift recording hut in rural Wisconsin.

2008
03:01
Jane Cramer

The Haymarket Incident

One teenager changes my perspective about a significant event in labor (and U.S.) history.

2008
02:59
Rehman Tungekar

Government! Hold My Hand . . .

A satirical collision of Indiana history and standardized testing.

2008
03:00
Zachary Baiel

Silvergirl

It's not made of Plexiglass, it's not made of fiberglass, it's not square.

A Now Famous Tree

When spontaneous young sexual drives mingle in the shade of a tree, a unique and mysterious relationship is seeded.

2008
02:59
Lynn Thompson

How I Got the Facts on China

A cold-war son becomes a new-millenium dad.

2008
03:00
Wayne Peter Liebman

Misplaced Memories

When you get rid of things, you never know what you are truly giving up, so keep everything.

2008
03:00
David Green

Pills

A weekend away begets new interactions, with a little help from Andrew Jackson.

If It Hurts, You Breathe Faster

Buffalo resident Kathy Mecca has been resisting a proposed expansion of the Peace Bridge that threatens to destroy residential homes, architecturally important buildings, and mature trees in a neighborhood that has higher than average rates of asthma.

2008
03:00
Fereshteh Toosi

Traveling and Trees

How trees affect me as a photographer.

2008
03:04
Pauline Kochanski

Trees Die for the Sins of Our Legislators

Of cheeseburgers, the Reagans, Grant Park and, of course, trees.

2008
02:44
Kay Collins

The Persistence of Ephemera

A slighty wacky look at my own ephemera collection.

2008
02:52
Ceil Muller

The Big Meeting

Lorene decides to make real English marmalade for a meeting being held by striking maritime workers in her town.

The Highway 57 Breakdown in Three-Part Harmony

Busting out, breaking down, success, failure, positive thinking, and finding the right trailer hitch.

2008
02:58
Dan Zellner

Govern the Ganglia

A found poem -- all text from chosen books.

2008
02:55
Ken Cormier

The Trap

2007 ShortDocs Winner! Here's a rumination on the ethics of pest killing and attempts at avoidance of the graphic nature thereof.

2007
03:02
David Maxon

Lady Bait

Lizzie and her sister think they are coming to Ray's just to see his monkey, but little do they know that Ray and Oscar have been sweating to the Harvey Carne Workout Method and Guide to Romance.