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.
A Cold Freezin Night - 8
An evening walk gives one man more than he bargained for.
- 2010
- 02:30
- Karen Gollrad
- Liz Bustamante
Chain of Missing Links - 14
A story of what might have happened that night in the dark alleyways of the dingy part of Helsinki.
- 2010
- 02:43
- Pauliina Motturi
(Bon Jovi) Didn't Know That
When up and coming pop singer Alison Scott loses the chance to open for Bon Jovi, there's only one person who can help.
- 2010
- 02:59
- Steve Nelson
I Didn't Know That (Eyeborgs Really Exist)
A Canadian filmmaker who lost his eye replaces his prosthetic with a bionic camera-eye so he can shoot documentary video from his pupil.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Britt Wray
I Didn't Know That (I'd Have a Child)
For most of her life, Caitlin didn't want to have children, but after thirteen years with Devin and a change of heart, she is expecting a son.
- 2010
- 02:57
- Michael De Bonis
I Didn't Know That (An Artist's Story)
A young husband and father leaves behind the (relative) security of his corporate cubicle to pursue life as a full-time artist.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Diane Bock
A Cold Freezin Night - 7
Eventhough the cold causes fear and loathing in Finland, simplicity is found from the soul of the Finns: Sauna.
- 2010
- 02:09
- Katri Puro
All You Need is a Wall - 3
In which the author, at a low point, embarks on a relationship with his housemate -- only to learn that she is bipolar and prone to some odd behavior.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Eric Winick
A Cold Freezin Night - 6
Every year smokejumpers, or wildland firefighters who parachute into remote areas to fight forest fires, secure their jobs in part by running for it.
- 2010
- 02:59
- Nan Floyd
I Didn't Know That (road trip)
A journey to find a specific house by a lake. Recorded in the Lake Simcoe area of Ontario, Canada.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Zoe Irvine
I Didn't Know That (Hell's Calliope)
Antoinette Jacobson, a sculptor from Norwich, VT, demonstrates her "pyrophone" (fire organ) on a chilly October night on the quad at Colby-Sawyer College in New London NH.
- 2010
- 02:46
- Hester L Fuller
Chain of Missing Links - 6
An age-old story told by ex-slave Alice Gaston, speaking of her former masters, and hearing the constant rattle of long-gone chains.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Josh Gibbs
I Didn't Know That (about hotel housekeepers)
Learning the A, B, C's of housekeeping.
- 2010
- 02:59
- Mieke Anderson
Couple Two Tree
A loving examination of the Chicagoan language by four non-etymologists.
- 2009
- 03:01
- Sean Cole
Brain Mash
How to create a human brain -- from a bowl of mashed potatoes.
- 2002
- 03:38
- Gregory Whitehead
Marinade a la Tete
A cerebral yet refreshing exploration into the question "where do creative ideas come from?"
- 2002
- 04:02
- Gregory Whitehead
Ice Music
What if sounds could be frozen into ice cubes, then released upon their melting? Everyday movements and actions might become rich musical performances...
- 2002
- 02:28
- Gregory Whitehead
Weird Little Plan
A revenge plot goes awry when a woman ropes in her estranged best friend.
- 2008
- 03:16
- Hillary Frank
Take Me Out
This audio art lament asks the question, "What happens when false care and concern land on the ears of someone truly in need?"
- 2008
- 02:37
- Carma Jolly
Debt Collector
A sci-fi melodrama about the abusive relationship between debt collector and collectee.
- 2008
- 03:39
- Roman Mars
Baggage
On the flight back from her honeymoon, Mary Beth loses her luggage and thinks it's a sign that her marriage might be a mistake.
- 2008
- 03:16
- Sue Mell
Scrape
An up-and-coming executive and his car have a very bad day.
- 2008
- 02:25
- Dave Urlakis
- Michael Slaboch
I've Never Lived in Chicago
A docu-song about a broken dream, made from interview tape.
- 2009
- 02:16
- Jonathan Mitchell
PCAF
A Hoosier attends a show at the lofty, hipster-run Shape Shoppe recording studio, in Chicago.
- 2009
- 03:02
- Zachary Baiel
Chicago's Gangster
Every July 22nd, a group of Chicagoans gather to memorialize the death of infamous and beloved bank robber John Dillinger, who spent a year evading the authorities and winning American hearts before he was shot dead in July, 1934.
- 2009
- 03:56
- Heather Radke