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.
Kohn
Most people find hearing their own voices (on voice mails or other recordings) strange, unfamiliar, or even discomforting.
- 2011
- 08:05
- Andy Mills
Re:sound #149 The Piano Show
This hour: the piano. But not just as a musical instrument. The piano as a spiritual healer, as a symptom in a grand delusion, as a man's obsession, and as a beloved friend, put out to pasture.
Dallas, Pitiless Universe
Dallas, the 1980s prime-time soap opera, may have disappeared from American television 20 years ago, but like J.R. Ewing, the show never really died.
- 2011
- 14:10
- Julia Barton
Signal to Noise
What happens when you work with sound everyday -- listening to it, recording it, manipulating it -- and then one day, one of those sounds sticks around for good?
- 2011
- 13:30
- Paolo Pietropaolo
Re:sound #148 The Buying and Selling Show
This hour: selling, swapping, buying and trading.
Re:sound #147 The Sense of Duty Show
This hour: A dark secret that threatens to tear apart a family.
- 2011
- 59:30
- Heather Stewart
- Judith Sloan
- Katie Mingle
The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt
Jay Thunderbolt's business card is a little mysterious. It reads, "Thunderbolt - Party Naked" and gives a phone number.
- 2011
- 27:50
- Brendan Baker
- Nick van der Kolk
- Nick Williams
Re:sound #146 The Nomads Show
This hour: From the highest fresh water lake in the world to one of the lowest spots on the bowery, we bring you stories of nomadic cultures, peoples and spirits.
- 2011
- 58:30
- Scott Carrier
- Ben Adair
- Stacy Abramson
- David Isay
- Katie Mingle
A Sense of Duty
This story is a tale of love, betrayal, and a secret.
- 2011
- 50:29
- Heather Stewart
The Pigeon Race
We may be a bit biased subject-wise, but here's a delightful, sound-rich exploration of an endangered sport and community in Maine that's got it all: history, suspense, expertise and devoted participants both human and winged.
- 2011
- 07:01
- Rachel James
Resound #145 The Fathers Show
This hour: Dads, in all their glory.
- 2011
- 59:00
- Multiple producers
Children of Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah is a hellish place in Accra, Ghana, where children eke out a living on a scrap heap of discarded computers that the West no longer needs.
- 2011
- 52:35
- Jens Jarisch
- Sharon Davis
Re:sound #144 The Letters Show
This hour: letters. To yourself, to your city, lost letters, found letters... and a love letter to letters.
99% Invisible: A Designed Language
What would it be like if, in addition to our native languages, we could communicate across cultures in a neutral second language?
- 2011
- 05:53
- Roman Mars
I Didn't Know That (Ryan)
A college student reflects on an important lesson learned not in the classroom but in the bedroom.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Emma Miller
To Begin With
A few stories told at once.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Emily Hilliard
I'd Like to Straighten You Out
A musician, a living legend, attracts pilgrims, then gives them trouble.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Joseph Decosimo
Chain of Missing Sounds
A sonic piece about the absence of sonicness.
- 2010
- 03:00
- Caleb Winebrenner
The Small Person Acquisition Project
This is a story about two men and a little baby... well, a big baby actually.
- 2011
- 23:23
- Kristin Nelson
Re:sound #143 The Centenarians Show
This hour: Stories about people who lived to be 100, and reflections from producer Neenah Ellis on what she learned from these remarkable centenarians.
- 2011
- 59:30
- Neenah Ellis
- Katie Mingle
Cognitive Dissonance: Lightning in a Bottle
What was the earliest sound ever recorded, or "bottled"? The First Sounds (FS) project, organized by a group of audio historians, scientists, and archivists, is dedicated to exploring these pioneering sounds, and sharing them with the world.
- 2011
- 34:04
- Chris Trimmer
The Auctioneer
More than 20 years ago, musicologist Ned Sublette attended the Missouri Auction School in Kansas City, and brought along his tape recorder.
- 2011
- 27:08
- Ned Sublette
Re:sound #142 The Book Odds Show
This hour: We showcase some of our favorite stories from the 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Book Odds, and talk to the organizer of the project, Third Coast Artistic Director Julie Shapiro about the rules, the incentives, and our collaboration with widely-acclaimed musical duo, The Books.
- 2011
- 59:31
- Multiple producers
Practice, Practice, Practice
Everyone knows the riddle: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? And the answer: Practice, practice, practice. But what if you practice, practice, practice, and still don't get there?
- 2011
- 09:29
- Stanzi Vaubel
Re:sound #141 The Hustling Show
This hour: Hustlers. Some are straight-up con artists, and others are just doing what they have to do to get by.