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 #266 I'm Your Man

This hour, what happens when a relationship from your past returns unexpectedly and pulls you back in time?

Beyond the Green: Radical Encounters in Interviewing

What can radio journalism learn from performance art? A LOT...

2017
01:19:43

Entre Quatro Paredes (Between Four Walls)

To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a subtitled video, listening instructions and more about Heloiza's inspiration, click here.

Borders Between Us

Saidu Tejan-Thomas is a young poet. For a long time, he had a story he needed to tell: an homage and apology to his mother.

Dat Rona

Dat Rona, a Black colloquialism to describe the coronavirus, was produced in 3 days to disseminate ‘Rona’ knowledge after harmful media stories began to circulate that Black people were immune to the virus.

Songs of Speculation (excerpt)

Songs of Speculation is a lecture that explodes into multi-form performance, calling on the body, time, and the power of music to reclaim histories forgotten or lost.

The Work Of Closing A Notorious Jail

Five years after Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a police officer galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, they mounted a serious effort to shut down the notorious Workhouse jail.

Monaea, a 2020 Diary

To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a transcript, click here.

Simultaneous

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2021
44:33
Pamela Z

Ep 1. Once Upon a Time, a Girl Needs a Distraction in Quarantine

To experience this award-winning piece in full, including listening instructions & more of Heather's inspirations, click here.

2021
37:43
Heather Li

Best of the Best 2019 (Part 3: Investigations)

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

The Wait

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Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Impact Award, selected by Final Round Judges Katherine Nagasawa, Habiba Nosheen, and Richard Yeh.

Finn and the Bell

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.

2023
33:52
Erica Heilman

You Didn't See Nothin

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Serialized Story Award, selected by Final Round Judges Arlie Adlington, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Lisa Pollak, and Elena Rivera.

Atsimenu jo žvilgsnį. Istorija apie karį ir migrantą (I Remember His Look. The Story of a Soldier and a Migrant)

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best Documentary: Gold Award, selected by Final Round Judges Jimmy Gutierrez, Rachel Matlow, Melissa Mbugua, Priska Neely, and Mike Williams.

The 11th: His Saturn Return

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Directors' Choice Award, selected by the Third Coast International Audio Festival 2022-23 Listening Team.

Best of the Best 2019 (Part 4: Serialized Stories)

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

Best of the Best 2019 (Part 2)

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

Podcasting Without a Net(work) (Day 2)

Individual podcasters working with slim budgets and strained resources share how they create their best work while trying to grow audiences and raise money, often while holding down another full time job...

2018
01:01:00

Re:sound #270 City Intersections

This week, two very specific points on the map with two very different stories.

Bitchin’ Pitchin’ Panel (Day 2)

A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session - hosted by AIR (Association of Independents in Radio) - pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch...

2019
01:02:26