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.
Behind Pink Walls: In Search of a Sound
Neighbors on a New Orleans street corner investigate a peculiar noise that everyone hears, but no one can find it.
- 2012
- 02:58
- Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Missing White Cat
When our cat, Cake, went missing, we immediately suspected our elderly neighbor, Mary.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Sarah Bromer
Coffee and Cream
A Nigerian woman discusses how science and coffee have provided stability amidst all her struggles.
- 2012
- 03:01
- David Hovar
How Chicago Hip Hop Went Platinum
The unlikely story of one man's role in the rise of Chicago hip hop.
- 2012
- 03:02
- Sophia Posnock
Red Van Refuge
Teri La Roca looks out for the peeps in our hood, especially our neighbors that some disregard and would rather forget.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Tennessee Watson
Shades of Blue
Martha White interviewed her friend Jessica Chapin at Santa Monica's Step Up on Second, a psychosocial rehabilitation and support program for people affected by severe and persistent mental illness.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Sara Harris
Her Beautiful Brown Burden
Little did I know that my neighbor has a special gift, which I'd like to call a beautiful brown burden.
- 2012
- 03:01
- Ashley Kim
A Silent Tornado. A Long, Black Night.
Virginia Miller and her husband Tim recount the night a tornado hit Apison, Tenn., and how it changed their relationship with their neighbors.
- 2012
- 02:14
- Mary Helen Miller
The Tyranny of the Orange Ticket
Twice a week, New York City car owners participate in a bizarre ritual that pits neighbor against neighbor in a competitive fight for parking spaces.
- 2012
- 02:41
- Elizabeth Harball
Drawing the Purple Line
Being a neighbor can mean having a duty, but it's not always that simple.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Natalie Rothfels
Aphrodite's Black and Blues
Try to understand where people are coming from before you decide about them.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Diedra Roesijadi
Black and Blue, Not Pink
Every week, my roommate Olivia goes to the gym down the street to punch people and while she may be like one of the guys when she's in the ring, friends and family don't quite understand.
- 2012
- 02:55
- Lindsey Kratochwill
Greenness Envy
It's a terrible, beautiful affliction, with no known cure.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Eileen Heyes
Someone's Screaming Outside
Someone's Screaming Outside revisits the rainy Florida night George Zimmerman met Trayvon Martin, using only 911 calls from that evening and musical samples from YouTube videos reacting to the tragedy.
- 2012
- 03:30
- Mad Genius
Re:sound #161 The Dylan's Women Show
This hour: Bob Dylan was influenced and affected by the women who were close to him, from girlfriend to wife, mentor to muse.
The Red, White, and Blue Bus
2012 ShortDocs Winner! The familiar faces of the red, white and blue bus, whose lives I will never know.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Luke Eldridge
Crimson Cries, Blue Echoes
A neighborhood rooster searches for his lost mate and awakens fresh grief.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Mary T. Diorio Schilling
Peacock Blues
Warfare breaks out between neighbors when a burgeoning battalion of peacocks ravish the countryside.
- 2012
- 02:58
- Ellen Stewart
Green Slime to Dark Days: Neighbors in 4D
I take one place, look at what or who lived there over a very very long period of time, and give you the edited highlights.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Marnie Chesterton
Eight Beige Floors
A brief look at a neighborhood many have lived in, but no one stays in for long.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Abigail Keel
The Internet in Sepia
The internet through the eyes of an inhabitant of the past...
- 2012
- 02:50
- Helena de Groot
Random Ghost Behavior: The Center is Always White
Do spirits exist?
- 2012
- 02:59
- Jacob Gigler-Caro
Threat Level: Red Light
Looking down the block on a street in east Africa, one can see much farther than one might expect.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Jefferson Mok
That Banana is Yellow
But what is yellow?
- 2012
- 02:55
- Aleis Murphy
Murder at the Abandoned Red Paint Factory
A neighbor is murdered, but the other neighbors can't figure out who he was.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Laura Mayer