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!

Best of the Best 2018 (Part 1)

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

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. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Best Serialized Story Award.

Counted: An Oakland Story

During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers followed every homicide in Oakland, CA for the entire year. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Best Documentary: Gold Award.

Host's Fat

Meat podcast’s host Jonathan Zenti is an overweight man (technically “obese"). Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Skylarking Award.

2017
38:49
Jonathan Zenti

Ear Hustle: Dirty Water

Ear Hustle is a unique creative partnership between Earlonne Woods, who is incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and outside collaborator Nigel Poor. Together, along with other men at the prison, they produce stories about daily life behind the walls. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award.

Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley

Since its founding 15 years ago, Tesla has become one of the most valuable car companies in the country. Tesla is worth tens of billions of dollars, and its all-electric cars have achieved cult status among enthusiasts. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Radio Impact Award.

John Thompson vs. American Justice

When police showed up to question John Thompson, he was worried that he had sold drugs to an undercover cop. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Best Documentary: Bronze Award.

Man Choubam (I am good)

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

2017
39:57
Sharon Mashihi

Summer Rain

To have and to lose control. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Best Documentary: Foreign Language Award.

Uncounted Civilian Casualties in Iraq

The American-led battle against the Islamic State has been hailed as the most precise air campaign in history. But its airstrikes have killed far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award.

2017
49:19
Annie Brown

Bitchin’ Pitchin’ Panel (Day 1)

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
01:10:20

Re:sound #263 Meat Music

This hour we’re all about honesty. An honest look at fat, and an honest answer to this burning question, “What are the real lyrics to ‘Louie Louie’????”

Re:sound #262 Moo and Man

This hour, a single commercial that ran for twenty-five years and two women who’ve been running from each other for even longer.

Re:sound #261 No Bad News

This hour, we go into a hypnotherapists office and come out with a story of international intrigue.

2018
58:06
Sarah Geis
Dennis Funk

Re:sound #260 Princess Buzz

Today we go back in time to try and heal old wounds and revisit history.

Re:sound #259 Divided We Payphone

This hour, we trot across middle America, with a story from a Nashville neighbourhood, and a Missouri payphone that won’t stop ringing.

Re:sound #258 Tsunami Song

This hour, a deep dive into the anthem of the Confederacy, two different kinds of waves and a modern take on Romeo & Juliet.

Re:sound #257 Skateboarding Beatles

This hour, the most famous chord in pop music, swimming pools, skateboarders and more!

Re:sound #256 Toccata in Dream Murder

This hour more of our faves, including Gloria Gaynor, a seventeen year-old retiree, and two spoofs: one microbiological and one murderous.

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.

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.

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!