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.

All You Need is a Wall - 14

Dr. Geoffrey Rheaume conducts a tour of the 1860s patient-built wall outside Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

2010
03:05
Linda Besner

All You Need is a Wall (Memo)

Nothing makes sense when these things happen.

2010
02:56
Alix Blair

I Didn't Know That - 11

An innocent (?) bystander observes a traffic accident and is surprised by his reaction.

2010
02:57
Tony Green

Chain of Missing Links - 27

A mother and daughter assess the plight of a neighbor.

All You Need is a Wall - 13

A meditation on big changes, building walls, and breaking them down again.

2010
03:00
Mia Lobel

A You Need is a Wall - 9

A master clock maker explains why he's devoted his life to the clocks we hang on our walls.

2010
03:00
Patrick Skahill

I Didn't Know That - 8

Sisters Joyce Brilbeck and Kaye Logan share memories about growing up around Ballantyne Road near Onondaga Creek in Syracuse, NY.

I Didn't Know That (I was capable)

One man's struggle with himself and his family while trying to maintain his faith in God.

2010
03:00
Joe Johnson

A Cold Freezin Ni(g)ht

Spelling Bee Champion Sheena needs to track down, and bring back, the missing letter G for her new town in this radio drama for kids.

2010
03:00
Shubha Bala

All You Need is a Wall (or Rat Shootin')

A micro-doc of a man's love of shootin' rats, while absorbing the laid back city life from his back porch.

2010
03:00

Chain of Missing Links - 17

A brief look at the issue of substance abuse among Alaskan youth.

2010
02:12
Max Jungreis

All You Need is 4 Walls

What 9 people need to make their houses feel like home.

2010
03:00
V. Dougherty

All You Need is The Wall

Audio collage pieced together from sound effects in Pink Floyd's 1979 album "The Wall."

2010
02:32
Chris Sewell

A Cold Freezin Night - 9

It gets cold in the desert at night and sound travels from really far away.

2010
03:00
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

All You Need is a Wall - 4

An exercise in time condensation, or more simply time travel, in which the cave wall serves as interface between past and present, human and animal, Philip Smith, librarian, reads excerpts from two books about Upper Paleolithic cave art.

2010
03:00
Philip Smith

I Didn't Know That - 5

A woman realizes that her partner isn't all she thought he was.

Chain of Missing Links - 18

A relationship based on missed meetings and message machines.

Chain of Missing Links (de Unamuno)

Miguel de Unamuno is a very important figure in Spanish history. However his great grandson is much further away from him than any other person in Spain.

2010
03:03
Sofia Saldanha

(Bicycle) Chain of Missing Links

2010 ShortDocs Winner! An 80-day bicycle trip from New York City to Seattle, camping and recording along the way, condensed into three minutes.

2010
03:00
Matt Purdy

Chain of Missing Links - 19

A story of love found, and lost, and the spaces in between.

2010
02:56
Julia Grant

A Cold Freezin Night (On the Chain)

Connie Fredenberg tells the story one of her coldest experiences in Nikolski, Alaska.

2010
03:00
Aviva Hirsch

I Didn't Know That - 6

I Didn't Know That is a sonic exploration of state-controlled "truths," created almost entirely from appropriated public domain educational and military-training films.