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.

Sepia Elsie

90 year old Elsie remembers her dancing days before she met her husband 63 years ago.

Green Pilings

Hell and high water came, but Hurricane Katrina couldn't knock out one strong-willed Mississippi family.

The Green Tree Dervish

Photographer Gaylord Herron has traveled all over the world photographing different cultures, but he's also found fulfillment in his own backyard.

Glass, Not Glitter

2012 ShortDocs Winner! Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City.

Whitey's Rules

Residents of a quiet Santa Monica apartment building remember their neighbor, Charlie -- also known as notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger -- in this darkly comic piece.

Redbricks and Weatherboards

I've lived in Melbourne's suburban inner west for five years, walked my street of redbricks and weatherboards every day, but never stopped to listen until now. This is my street.

Doggie House Blues

There are two types of neighbors: those with dogs and those without dogs.

  • 2012
  • 02:59

Blue Blood on the Boulevard

Blue Blood on the Boulevard is a short story highlighting the light and shade of a neighborhood; the sociable, family-orientated neighbor on one side and the cheating, scheming one on the other – with horrific consequences.

I Still Dream of My Grandfather's Red Roses

Asking people from her community to make a statement beginning with the words "I dream of," Australian documentarist Phoebe Hart curates these fragments and creatively envisages the literal and figurative world of dreams, arresting our collective hopes, desires and fears.

Green Fingers Gather

"Reflections on gardening, allotments, and community in a Garden Sunday event at Plot 22 - a nature space, allotment garden, meeting circle, and learning resource."

Black Box

"Black Box" is a performance art piece based on a confidential survey asking both local and international participants, 'What would your metaphorical black box say?'