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.

Host's Fat

Meat podcast’s host Jonathan Zenti is an overweight man (technically “obese").

2017
38:49
Jonathan Zenti

Counted: An Oakland Story

During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers followed every homicide in Oakland, CA for the entire year.

Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo

Where is Cleo? It’s a mystery her family has been trying to unravel for decades after the young Cree girl was apprehended by child welfare workers in Saskatchewan, Canada in the 1970’s.

Best of the Best 2018 (Part 1)

This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Featuring...

Best of the Best 2018 (Part 2)

This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Featuring...

Man Choubam (I am good)

Sharon calls herself a weirdo and refuses to conform to cultural standards. Her mom does not approve. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Best Documentary: Silver Award.

2018
39:57
Sharon Mashihi

2017 Bitchin' Pitch Panel (Day 2)

A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch...

Re:sound #265 All Stories Are Stories About Power

This week, all stories - even stories about Dunkin' Donuts - are about power.

Re:sound #245 The Determination Show

This hour, amateur detectives, spiritual revelations and other stories of dogged perseverance.

No One’s Source

After a lifetime in the system, Noel Anaya got unprecedented permission from family court to record the hearing where he’d age out of foster care--and worked with Youth Radio to, in his words, “blow it up on NPR.”

2017
01:20:56

Terrible, Thanks for Asking: Semper Fi

Terrible, Thanks for Asking is a podcast that tells stories about the parts of life that hurt - the parts we're usually told to get through with quiet determination.

The Past Isn't Past

We're living through a profoundly unsettled time, both politically and culturally, and a lot of journalists are asking, "how exactly did we get... here?"

2017
01:23:06

The Accidental Gay Parents, Episode 5

After adopting their niece and nephew, Trystan -- a transgender man -- tells his partner Biff that he wants to expand their family and conceive a baby together. Which they do.