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 #34: The Echoes of War Show
This hour: memories and reverberations of conflict.
Re:sound #51: The Show 14 Redux Show
This hour: a visit to one of the most remote islands on earth, a woman who sings with crickets, a return to Zagreb, and more.
Re:sound #53: The MBK Show
This hour: two stories by Mary Beth Kirchner.
- 2006
- 59:00
- Mary Beth Kirchner
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #32: The Hollywood Show
This hour: an obscure director frets his way through Sundance, the accidental genre known as film noir, and more.
- 2005
- 59:00
- Various producers
Re:sound #64: The Epistolary Show
This hour: letters on the radio.
Re:sound #74: The Hospice Show
This hour: a surprising look at the relationship between a hospice worker and his patient.
Re:sound #73: The Siblings Show
This hour: brothers and sisters contend with family illness.
- 2007
- 59:30
- Julie Kimberly
- Karen Brown
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #72: The Retirement Show
This hour: the golden years.
- 2007
- 58:32
- Joe Richman
- David Greenberger
- Dan Collison
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #70: The Brain Show
This hour: the mysteries and complexities of the brain.
- 2007
- 59:00
- Dheera Sujan
- Hannah Palin
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #68: The Big Show Show
This hour: the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles.
Re:sound #67: The One-Room Schoolhouse Show
This hour: one room school houses from Maui to Maine, each with a unique culture and character.
- 2007
- 59:00
- Neenah Ellis
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #65: The Podcast Show
This hour: the intriguing world of experimental podcasts.
Re:sound #63: The Conference Show
This hour: excerpts from some of our favorite Third Coast Conference sessions from years past.
- 2007
- 59:00
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #55: The Twenty Years Out! Show
This hour: a story about the bitter fight for gay rights in New Zealand, featuring a blend of rare archival tape of the speeches, rallies, and debates that marked the struggle and the personal stories of people affected by the fight.
- 2006
- 59:00
- Gareth Watkins
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #62: The Long Haul Show
This hour: the work of Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions. Dan and Elizabeth specialize in stories that follow people over days, weeks, and even years.
- 2007
- 58:58
- Dan Collison
- Elizabeth Meister
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #61: The I Hate This Show
This hour: a man grapples with the stillbirth of his son with surprising grace and clear-eyed honesty.
- 2007
- 59:00
- David Hansen
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #60: The End as Beginning Show
This hour: Rebecca Sheir's The End as Beginning: An Audio Exploration of the Jewish View of Death, a trilogy that blends interviews, personal reflections, and music, and focuses on death and the Jewish tradition.
- 2007
- 58:01
- Rebecca Sheir
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #59: The Music and Memory Show
This hour: music, memory, lost love, and John Denver.
Re:sound #58: The 99 Ways Show
This hour: 99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story, an audio experiment orchestrated by the Third Coast Festival in collaboration with cartoonist Matt Madden.
Re:sound #57: The Seeking Show
This hour: spiritual loss and pursuit, an isolated religious community in rural Montana, a grumpy minister, and more.
- 2006
- 59:01
- Benjamen Walker
- Brenda Hutchinson
- Joe Frank
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #56: The Haunting Show
This hour: the story of four small towns that were evacuated and flooded to create one of the biggest reservoirs of drinking water on the east coast.
- 2006
- 58:29
- Sean Cole
- Carolina Wheat
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #33: The Bollywood Show
This hour: a tall, white New Zealander heads to Mumbai to try and land a role in one of the hundreds of Bollywood films the industry churns out each year.
- 2005
- 58:30
- Simon Morton
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #31: The Transmissions Show
This hour: spies, pirates, mysterious broadcasts, and a bold acoustic experiment.
- 2005
- 59:30
- Various producers
Re:sound #127: The Urban Dreamers Show
This hour: the experience of the city -- from the bicycle seat, the planner's map, and the poet's pen.
- 2010
- 59:30
- Katie Burningham
- Zak Rosen
- Al Letson
- Delaney Hall
Re:sound #2: The High School Show
This hour: we head back to high school. For better or for worse.
- 2004
- 59:01
- Jonathan Mitchell
- Julie Shapiro