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.

The Stans (INC)

Here's the entertaining and provocative story of a group of Americans seeking adventure, new experiences, and maybe a little bit of extra-marital sex while traveling through Central Asia into Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. One thing makes itself abundantly clear: all of their well-laid plans and pre-conceptions about what to expect were terribly mistaken.

2001
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Ben Adair

My Life So Far

The village of Alert Bay, on Canada's Pacific coast, is a study in paradox for the teens growing up there. They have a rich aboriginal culture, but live in grinding poverty.

Hearing America: A Century of Music on the Radio (INC)

One hundred years ago, shipboard technicians listening for Morse code messages on their newly installed wireless telegraphs heard something incredible: music.

2007
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Nate DiMeo

The Ashes of Oakridge

A wildfire swept through Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, California in November 2008, destroying more homes, and displacing more families, than any California blaze in decades.

Re:sound #1: The Very First Show Show

This week: an aural trip to one of the oldest cities in the world, an unconventional love affair, and a man who eats up all the books he reads (literally).

Re:sound #2: The High School Show

This hour: we head back to high school. For better or for worse.

Re:sound #3: The Karaoke Tupperware Show

This hour: karaoke as marital therapy, a man tries to cure his stutter, the weird world of Tupperware parties, and more.

Re:sound #4: The Investigation Show

This hour: a woman investigates a secluded religious community, another secretly tapes her interactions with paint store owners, and yet another peels back the layers of "geek speak."