Third Coast Audio Library
Our vast - and ever growing - collection contains thousands of carefully curated audio stories of all stripes, and Third Coast Conference sessions offering wisdom from the best makers on the planet. You can also dive into our Producer Index. Enjoy!
Re:sound #255 Taxidermied Cows
This hour, a teenage taxidermist, a community of medical migrants who settled in Snowflake, Arizona, and a day in the life of a sacred cow.
- 2018
- 59:00
- Pejk Malinovski
- Rachel Matlow
- Delaney Hall
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #254 Pinball Poets
This hour: lawyers-turned-pinball wizards, two extraordinary minds meeting in a field of poetry and, forty years after the phrase was coined, the skinny on 420.
Re:sound #253 Naked Strangers
This hour an unlikely best-seller, a colorful hero and the legends of burlesque.
- 2018
- 01:02:00
- Sam Kim
- Natalie Kestecher
- Steve Urquhart
- Dennis Funk
Making Obama: Wait Your Turn
How was President Barack Obama shaped by his years in Chicago as a community organizer turned politician?
- 2018
- 56:15
- Colin McNulty
Re:sound #252 Analog
This hour, three stories from the annals of analog.
Episode 1 - A Perfect Murder
The abundance and popularity of true-crime podcasts meant the time had come (and gone, and come again) for a really hard look in the mirror. The Onion and Onion Public Radio bravely rose to the challenge!
- 2018
- 13:40
- Katy Yeiser
- Fran Hoepfner
- Ryan Natoli
- David Sidorov
Re:sound #251 Jesse & Joe
This hour, we remember the audio work of two brilliant producers who recently passed away — Jesse Cox & Joe Frank.
- 2018
- 57:40
- Jesse Cox
- Joe Frank
- Belinda Lopez
- Jessica Bineth
- Dennis Funk
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
Re:sound #250 Our 250th Show
This hour, we look back on some of our favorite moments from the past 14 years of Re:sound .
- 2018
- 57:30
- Katia Dunn
- Roman Mars
- Delaney Hall
- Katie Mingle
- Dennis Funk
The Promise: A Beautiful Day in the Projects
The Promise is a limited-run series from Nashville Public Radio about life in James Cayce Homes, a public housing development smack in the middle of a city on the rise.
- 2018
- 24:58
- Meribah Knight
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...
- 2017
- 01:04:10
- Leila Day
- Shereen Marisol Meraji
- Millie Jefferson
- Sruthi Pinnamaneni
Dreamers
Joe Frank's Dreamers is more like an M.C Escher drawing than a traditional tale and leaves you questioning the blurry line between dreams and reality.
- 2012
- 12:18
- Joe Frank
Larry and Zach
In Joe Frank's imagined world, a father and son conduct a conversation that appears to center around certain, tangible topics. But it's actually a searing and candid examination of their relationship -- no holds barred.
- 2018
- 09:44
- Joe Frank
Arthur and Eleanor
Eleanor needs a family -- but the only family she had, her ex-husband Arthur, doesn't really need her anymore.
- 1987
- 05:28
- Joe Frank
Suicide Bridge
Lines form around the block for the world's most popular suicide spot.
- 2000
- 01:55
- Joe Frank
Minister [Excerpt]
Joe Frank, master of late night radio, assembled this piece: a phone conversation between himself and a cranky minister.
- 2000
- 05:15
- Joe Frank
Fresh Air: Joe Frank
"Whatever tragedies might befall you, you can always right away think, 'well that would make a great story for radio!'"
- 2018
- 19:56
- Terry Gross
- Joe Frank
Sweepstakes Winner
Joe Frank, the original radio maverick, is known for leaving listeners more than a bit uncomfortable.
- 2000
- 04:36
- Joe Frank
Re:sound #249 The Pocket Conference Show Part 2
This hour we're going behind-the-scenes at two top podcasts: The Daily and 99% Invisible .
- 2018
- 58:00
- Lisa Tobin
- Michael Barbaro
- Delaney Hall
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #248 The Twisted Xmas Show
This hour, Third Coast’s take on the holidays.
Not All Who Wander Are Lost… But Some Definitely Are
A car is a classic place to realize: "oh, I’m lost."
- 2017
- 25:46
- James Spring
First You Leave and Then You Go
Karen's dad wanted to pass on his curiosity and his faith to his seven children. Karen inherited that curiosity, but sharing his faith is another story.
- 2017
- 10:28
- Karen Duffin
Chanukah, 1992
One minute, snatched from a Chanukah party in 1992. Gwen Macsai's party, to be exact.
- 2017
- 01:17
- Dennis Funk
The Big Night
Producer Jonathan Goldstein made every girl he ever dated watch the home movie of his family's Rosh Hashanah dinner he made when he was 17.
- 2002
- 13:57
- Jonathan Goldstein
Best of the Best 2017 (Part 2)
This hour, some of the winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, including the Best Documentary: Gold Award winner.