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!
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
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’????”
- 2018
- 01:03:30
- Jonathan Zenti
- David Weinberg
- Nick White
- Myke Dodge Weiskopf
- Dennis Funk
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.
- 2018
- 01:01:10
- Cher Vincent
- Brittany Luse
- Eric Eddings
- Sharon Mashihi
- Dennis Funk
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.
- 2018
- 55:00
- Meribah Knight
- Emerald O'Brien
- Laura Barton
- Dennis Funk
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!
- 2018
- 60:00
- Avery Trufelman
- Joel Werner
- Miyuki Jokinranta
- Dennis Funk
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.
- 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