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.

How to Realize that Far-off, Poverty-stricken, Deathly Ill, Brown People Are Your Neighbors, too
From visceral empathy to intellectual understanding to emotional compassion, find out how you can realize that far-off, poverty-stricken, deathly ill, brown people are your neighbors, too.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Mateo Hinojosa

The Red Cardigan
The legendary Mr. Rogers was everybody's favorite neighbor... except for maybe my friend Sarah.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Milos Balac

Duck. Duck? (Black) Goose!
A morning walk leads to neighbours never thought of in a neighbourhood much bigger than it seems.
- 2012
- 02:56
- Colm Coyne

Blue Skies, Black Fences
What does it mean to be a good neighbor? And do we actually know the people living around us?
- 2012
- 02:55
- Catie Talarski

Rudy's Gray Area
Rudy has lived on this bizarre little block since 1953, before a dozen railroad tracks and nearly as many highway lanes separated it from other residential neighborhoods.
- 2012
- 02:55
- Jennifer Brandel

Black and White and Read All Over
Cub reporter Leila is keeping a keen eye on Drake Avenue, especially one particular family.
- 2012
- 03:01
- Julie Shapiro

Everyone Forgets the Grey Horizon
A disgruntled renter writes the landlord.
- 2012
- 02:53
- Jack Gobillot

(Blue) Locker Partners
What it's like to be neighbors in a space that's nine inches wide.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Linda Lutton

Gold Dust
What is the most expensive thing in the world?
- 2012
- 03:00
- Laurence Yeung

Umami in the Dark
Hungry for the unknown, a New York City couple experiences their first taste of umami.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Amelia Parenteau

Sweet Memory Rooh Afzah
Eva Panjwani was five years old when she emigrated from Pakistan to the United States.
- 2013
- 02:41
- Madeline Miller
Bitter Taste of Murder
Will the intrepid detective solve the murder most foul at Tragedy Castle?
- 2013
- 02:41
- Scott Priz
- Elisa Shoenberger

Selling Sweet and Salty
How does light, sound and language change the perception of food?
- 2013
- 02:57
- Alex Grant
- Andy Erickson

Bittersweet TV
A television studio executive is challenged to dream up a ludicrous reality TV show idea and succeeds.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Audrey Dilling
- Ben Trefny
Between Two Buns: The Sweet Story of Burger Sobriety
For Andrew's sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Andrew Norton

Umami (or Oooh-Mommy); The Mother of All Appetites
We all start out with one appetite, the appetite for our mother's breastmilk.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Sukey Lewis
Bitter Sweet Beginnings
Faced with their impending graduation, three Duke seniors reminisce about their freshman days and remember how a unique community was created around food.
- 2013
- 02:58
- Dillon Buckner

A Coral Chain
I'll interview you, then you interview someone else.
- 2012
- 02:15
- Zak Rosen

Appetite for Home: Bitter-Sweet Memories of Learning to Cook & Eat in America
Longtime New Yorkers recall family cooking traditions and foods from home that have been lost to immigration.
- 2013
- 02:52
- Anne Noyes Saini
Sweet Madness: A True Story
A dramatic monologue about one woman's obsession with tea.
- 2013
- 02:58
- Scott Priz

Making a Bitter Beast into a Sweet Meat
How do you take an animal once on the endangered species list, and turn it into dinner?
- 2013
- 03:00
- Tina Antolini

2012 TC/RDHF Competition Winners
We have Gold! We have Silver! And Bronze! And Honorable Mentions, Directors' Choice, Best News Feature and Best New Artist!
- 2012
- 33
- 2012 Winners

ARTE Radio
It's French. It's all online. It's pretty much Radio 2.0...
- 2012
- 01:15
- Silvain Gire

Orange Pigeons at the Legion Post
For the first time, I visit the neighborhood skeet shoot at the American Legion Post across the road.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Sam Fuqua

Look Toward the Blue
As a new resident of one of the oldest neighborhoods in Portland, Maine, I set out one day armed with a recorder and mic in hopes of meeting some of my new neighbors.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Laura Candler