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.
Au Debut
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Translation -- Sylvain, Bruno, Zoe, and Youssef at the PRIM Centre in Montreal, summer 2006.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Zoe Irvine
'Til Death Do Us Part
2006 ShortDocs Winner! Producer Sasha Aslanian's divorced parents listen to audio of their 1963 wedding vows, remember what went wrong, but still can't get over each other.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Sasha Aslanian
Living off the Land
A Labor Day homage to women.
- 2007
- 02:43
- Nanette Drake Oldenbourg
Gone Mousin'
In the Last Frontier, sometimes it isn't "Go Fish," it's "Go Mouse."
- 2007
- 02:59
- Rebecca Sheir
The Assassin's Bell
A young Soviet 'Pioneer' (i.e. boy scout) squares off with the CIA -- will he live to tell the tale?
- 2007
- 03:04
- Charles Maynes
An Orchestra of Bicycles
Richard Lerman reflects on Travelon Gamelon, a piece he wrote in 1970 for amplified bicycles.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Rene Gutel
Elizabeth's Mug
Elizabeth sits at her kitchen table, contemplating a recent coworker's gift and wrestling with the advice it gives her.
- 2007
- 02:57
- Dirk van der Duim
The Angel and the Mourning Cloak
Chance encounters on an April morning show it's the little things in life that can make all the difference.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Jim Barfuss
Ayla
Here's a story of newness and wonder and remembering experience before language.
- 2007
- 02:53
- WJ Carlton
Little Voices, Far Far Away
Context is a bitch -- just ask mice. On earth they're seen as pests and carriers of disease, but space is another story altogether.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Anne Glickman
- Jennifer Brandel
Feisty Mama
A daughter finds an old picture of her mother and sees her mother differently.
- 2007
- 02:44
- Melissa Canciller
How to Cheat on Your Wife
A short, poetic instruction manual for the man who wishes to philander or have an extra-marital affair, but doesn't know where to begin.
- 2007
- 02:57
- Elizabeth Bloom Albert
Buddhist Mice
Buddhist teachings and mouse death.
- 2007
- 02:53
- Karen Michel
Hot Lips
Hot Lips was my role model.
- 2007
- 02:58
- Yuko Kodama
Well Behaved Women
Janet gives new meaning to birthday gifts.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Juanona Brewster
Instant Coffee
A son remembers a woman who loved instant coffee and who may or may not have enjoyed being a housewife.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Dennis Conrow
Me and Mousetraps
I overcome my fears and manage to rid our home of a mouse.
- 2007
- 02:42
- David Daskal
Mugs With Messages
The thoughts of a creative woman of valor, who might never make history.
- 2007
- 03:37
- Suzy Kahn
Frenchie Movie
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main . . . any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - John Donne (1572-1631)
- 2007
- 02:59
- Jeff Peters
- Tim Forrest
Hickory Dickory Mouse
A story of nursery rhymes and life with mice.
- 2007
- 02:32
- Karen Michel
Bike Bell Bandito
A short tale of youth and nostalgia, bringing back past memories of the notorious nerve racking bike bell that we loved -- and mom hated!
- 2007
- 02:58
- Darlene Dennard
Daisy Chaining
A daughter and her father argue about the relative merits of his vocation.
- 2007
- 02:54
- Joe Giovannetti
The Mousetrap Enthusiasts
My brother and I thought the greatest Christmas gift we ever gave each other were mousetrap stocking stuffers . . .
- 2007
- 03:00
- Jamie Dell'Apa
Bicycle Belles
On the boardwalk, in search of the sound of bicycle bells.
- 2007
- 02:40
- Stephanie Rowden
Actionwomen
Audio montage featuring the voices of women protesters and a service man remembering life in the 1980s at Greenham Common, England, a miitary base for American nuclear missiles.
- 2007
- 02:46
- Anna Norberg
- Simon Norberg