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.

Re:sound #169 The Ghosts of Vietnam Show
This hour: hauntings of war, ethereal recordings, and other ghosts of Vietnam.
- 2013
- 57:31
- Christina Egloff
- Jay Allison
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #165 The Enemies to Friends Show
This hour: people who start out as bitter enemies and end up in places you could never predict.
- 2012
- 59:00
- Anna Sussman
- Mignon Aylen
- Jasmyn Belcher Morris

Re:sound #181 The Texas State Pen Show
This hour: we present two very different stories about the Texas State Penitentiary. Both are about soul — the kind you dance to, and the kind you pray for.
- 2013
- 30:31
- Vivienne Perry
- Matt Holzman
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #194 The Driving Show
This hour we buckle up and hit the road.

Re:sound #193 The 'If You Build It' Show
This hour they built it and we see who came.

Re:sound #192 The Waiting Show
This hour, waiting. Waiting in line, waiting for an organ transplant and waiting for a bus that's never, ever going to come.
- 2014
- 57:30
- Sean Cole
- Lulu Miller
- Catie Talarski
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #191 The Songs My Mother Taught Me Show
This week one woman's story unfolds through many threads.
- 2014
- 01:04:19
- Chris Brookes
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #190 The Inner Thoughts Show
This hour we step inside the mind and listen to our thoughts.

Re:sound #189 The Hearing Show
This hour we listen in on hearing — a complex system of circuitry that is vulnerable to all sorts of interruptions, misfires and breakdowns.

Re:sound #188 The Tight Spaces Show
This hour we look at the ups and downs of confinement.

Re:sound #187 The Matt Power Show
This hour, we celebrate the work of a great journalist — Matt Power, who died March 10, 2014 while on assignment in Uganda.
- 2014
- 58:02
- Matthew Power
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #186 The 2013 Short Docs Show
This hour: We showcase some of our favorite stories from the 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Appetite!

Re:sound #185 The Chance Encounters Show
This hour: when two people meet, sometimes extraordinary things happen. And sometimes extraordinary things happen in order for two people to meet.
- 2014
- 59:12
- Peter Mulryan
- Liam O'Brien
- Lea Thau
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #184 The Failure of Flight Show
This hour: failure of flight. In one story a man mysteriously falls from the sky onto a sunny London street, and in another, a plane crashes into a mountain side, and an 11-year-old walks away.
- 2014
- 57:05
- Bob Carlson
- Kerstin Zilm
- Rob Walker
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #183 The Kid's Secret Places Show
This hour: where kids go to get away; from themselves, their troubles, the rules they're supposed to follow, and of course, their parents.

Re:sound #182 The "It's Complicated" Show
This hour: imperfect, impolitic, infuriating... love.

Re:sound #180 The Tit for Tat Show
This hour: the story of Sandra Willson.
- 2013
- 56:02
- Catherine Freyne
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #166 The Fix Show
This hour: Storied pasts and double lives.
- 2012
- 59:00
- Sarah Lu
- Nick van der Kolk
- Brendan Baker
- Nate DiMeo
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #179 The Dreams Show
This week: dreams and dreamers of all kinds - lucid, fictional, public and elusive.
- 2013
- 59:00
- Neva Grant
- Sean Cole
- Joe Frank
- Nate DiMeo

Re:sound #178 The Matriarchy Show
This week: the mother reigns supreme.
- 2013
- 59:00
- Erin O'Dwyer
- The Kitchen Sisters
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #177 The Symphonies Show
This hour: what happens when we open our ears to the surprising symphonies all around us.

Re:sound #176 The Tiny Towns in Texas Show
This hour: we explore two struggling Texas towns through the beautiful and mournful voices of those who remain.
- 2013
- 01:01:14
- Pejk Malinovski
- Katherine Wells
- Katie Mingle

Re:sound #175 The Love and Persistence Show
This hour: stories of people in love, who just wouldn't take 'no' for an answer.

Re:sound #174 The American Icons Show
This hour: the American Icons series from WNYC's Studio 360.

Re:sound #173 The Colors Show
This hour: a purple hotel, a family who argues over their skin color, a singing rainbow and more.