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 Earthquake
About a year ago, producers at KPCC started discussing the inevitable major quake set to hit Los Angeles and wondered how they could get people to not just listen but really prepare. The Big One: Your Survival Guide is what they came up with.
- 2019
- 30:12
- Arwen Champion Nicks
This Is Not A Drill
An emotional dive into the personal impact of the false missile alert that was sent out across Hawaii.
Re:sound #271 Sister God
This hour, journeys of discovery, from personal identity to mathematical infinity.
- 2019
- 55:12
- Simone Polanen
- Starlee Kine
- Joel Werner
- Isabel Vázquez
Best of the Best 2019 (Part 1)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
- 2019
- 55:32
- Mara Lazer
- Sayre Quevedo
- Isabel Vázquez
Re:sound #272 Radio Residents
This week, three stories by alumni of the Third Coast Radio Residency.
Re:sound #273 The Birth of Being
This hour, stories about family ties, love and loss.
- 2019
- 56:42
- Stephanie Rowden
- Audrey McGlinchy
- Isabel Vázquez
Change Intolerance
In 2014, the province of British Columbia switched nearly 15,000 methadone patients to a new formulation of the drug called Methadose.
- 2019
- 51:18
- Garth Mullins
- Sam Fenn
- Lisa Hale
- Alexander B. Kim
- Ryan McNeil
The Return
Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador and his grandparents still live there. But visiting them didn't feel like the home he once knew.
- 2019
- 31:10
- Sayre Quevedo
No Feeling Is Final
Usually when we talk about suicide we say those four magic words: "Just ask for help." But Honor Eastly knows it’s not that simple.
In the Dark: Season Two
Over the course of two decades, prosecutor Doug Evans tried the same man six times for the same crime. But that man, Curtis Flowers, maintained his innocence throughout.
Price of Secrecy: Hazineh Razdari
An unexpected turn of events occurs when 15-year-old Tannaz tells the police about being sexually abused by a friend.
- 2019
- 40:36
- Zoha Zokaei
Re:sound #244 The Phil Smith Show
This hour, we dive into the audio features of the multi-talented musician and poet, Phil Smith.
- 2017
- 01:00:10
- Phil Smith
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #243 The Finally! Show
This hour, we’re sharing a few of Third Coast’s favourite stories that didn’t quite fit the mold of past episodes.
Re:sound #199 The Nineteen Eighty-Four Show
This hour we head back in time to 1984.
The Storm
Five years ago Erik embarked on "the project" - a last ditch attempt to harness the demons of his past.
- 2016
- 52:34
- Kirsti Melville
Re:sound #217 The Call and Response Show
This hour stories of quiet calls that have produced the most unexpected responses.
Re:sound #218 The Odd Couples Show (Live!)
This hour we're live at the Hideout in Chicago with stories of pairs who are complete opposites, but utterly entwined.
- 2016
- 59:15
- Maya Goldberg-Safir
- Dennis Funk
- Rayon Wright
- Gwen Macsai
Re:sound #219 The Fighting For The Promised Land Show
This hour the story of thousands of African American farmers who lost millions of acres of land at the hands of institutional racism.
- 2016
- 57:30
- Aengus Anderson
- James Ford Howell
- Tina Antolini
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #220 The Forest and Flight Show
This hour gravity, antigravity, magical trees and flying carpets.
- 2016
- 56:30
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Matt Thompson
- Stephanie Rowden
- Dennis Funk
Best of the Best 2015 (Hour 1)
The 2015 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Best of the Best 2015 (Hour 2)
The 2015 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Re:sound #223 The Cold Show
This hour audio air conditioning — we’re turning down the thermostat and ushering in stories that give us the chills.
Re:sound #215 The Shouters and Lurkers Show
This hour stories of those who share and those who creep in the shadows.
Finding the People - and Sounds! - Behind the Numbers
Reveal producers Ike Sriskandarajah and Laura Starecheski will show you how they create gripping radio out of stacks of documents and endless columns of numbers.
- 2016
- 01:09:00
How to Make Your Listener Levitate & Other Magic Tricks
You don’t want your audience to listen half-heartedly – you want them to be so deeply engaged, they’re a little surprised when they bump down to earth at the end.
- 2016
- 01:07:54