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.
Thrown
A fourteen-year-old girl tries to throw her voice and ends up getting thrown herself.
- 2007
- 02:59
- Roxana Hadad
- Shiow-Jiau Yung
Stood There Ringing
A pregnant woman lets a bell say everything she can't.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Megan Stielstra
- Shiow-Jiau Yung
Lapsed Trappist
The gripping tale of a troubled Buddhist as he struggles with morals and mice in this short radio fiction based rather loosely on a true story.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Philip Briant
- Stuart Ewings
Of Mice and Music
Tragic kitchen incident inspires manic musings on singing mice.
- 2007
- 03:00
- David Swatling
Mug Stories
A coffee mug holds a special place in the heart of its owner.
- 2007
- 02:42
- Audrey Berns
My Bike Had a Burger Bell: A Tragic Tale of Loss and Woe
This is a true story about bike commuting, theft and making the best of a bad situation.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Mia Lobel
Tea for Matilda
Feminist historian Sally Roesch Wagner muses that well-behaved women rarely make history while mis-behaved radicals, such as 19th century women's rights and peace activist Matilda Joslyn Gage, seldom make history books.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Catherine Stifter
Invasion
One mother's attempt to fight off an invasion of mice just after her two-year-old son has been diagnosed with leukemia.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Robert McGinley Myers
I've Got a Question for You
Making cold calls, in search of warmth.
- 2007
- 02:53
- Zak Rosen
Well Behaved Women (RUS)
All women buy things that they don't really need. Why are they doing this?
- 2007
- 02:41
- Alexander Soleev
Hong Kong Song
The sounds of the city resonate as Hong Kong comes to life through audio mosaic and three voices: a traveler remembers, newscasters rattle off facts and statistics, a young woman recalls a legend from her fading childhood.
- 2010
- 09:23
- Jens Jarisch
An American Tail
Cats and mice, peace and war, Russia and the USA -- do you still believe in these oppositions?
- 2007
- 02:32
- Anastasia Ivanova
Curve of the Earth
A small bicycle bell rings in a big landscape.
- 2007
- 02:50
- Keith Taylor
- Stephanie Rowden
The Mousetrap
This is a highly fictionalized retelling of a real life tale of the trapping and killing of a mouse in Fresno, California.
- 2007
- 02:57
- Donovan Keith
- Tamara Keith
Tintinnabulation (Florence, Italy)
Florence is a city filled with bells: church bells, hand bells, door bells, bike bells . . .
- 2007
- 03:00
- Lisa Tharpe
The Wishing Bell
A brother and sister fight over the gifts they receive from their father.
- 2007
- 03:17
- Max Barry
Stupid, Stupid Cup
Fictional account of bad behavior inspired by the mug.
- 2007
- 02:52
- Sue Mell
Really Nice
Intrigue after the lease is up.
- 2007
- 03:01
- Laura Vitale
The Silent Work of Ordinary People
An extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary worker.
- 2007
- 03:03
- Keith Brand
- Nathan Long
The Horrible Truth About Indie Ice Cream
An investigation into why an ice cream truck was driving down my street at 9:30 PM.
- 2007
- 02:43
- Gabe Bullard
I'm Not Bossy
Three mothers read slogans found on women's T-shirts in a local mall.
- 2007
- 02:41
- Gabe Bullard
Bells
A guy drifts back to the years he drove around on his bike, when he should be meditating.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Frank Karall
Viva La Fiesta!
It's time to celebrate Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara.
- 2007
- 02:56
- Diane Bock
Ring It Loud
A tender portrait of the sofly spoken environmental campaigner and former world champion cyclist Judith Sanderson, who 20 years ago smashed 5 middle distance records in her sport.
- 2007
- 02:56
- Emily Williams
Unless We Showed Up in Hazmat Suits
If Lucy met her best friend in person, her life expectancy would be cut in half.
- 2007
- 03:00
- Hillary Frank