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 Big Meeting
Lorene decides to make real English marmalade for a meeting being held by striking maritime workers in her town.
- 2008
- 02:09
- Catherine Halley
- Wendy Jo Carlton
The Persistence of Ephemera
A slighty wacky look at my own ephemera collection.
- 2008
- 02:52
- Ceil Muller
Trees Die for the Sins of Our Legislators
Of cheeseburgers, the Reagans, Grant Park and, of course, trees.
- 2008
- 02:44
- Kay Collins
Traveling and Trees
How trees affect me as a photographer.
- 2008
- 03:04
- Pauline Kochanski
If It Hurts, You Breathe Faster
Buffalo resident Kathy Mecca has been resisting a proposed expansion of the Peace Bridge that threatens to destroy residential homes, architecturally important buildings, and mature trees in a neighborhood that has higher than average rates of asthma.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Fereshteh Toosi
Pills
A weekend away begets new interactions, with a little help from Andrew Jackson.
- 2008
- 03:01
- Cambra Moniz-Edwards
Misplaced Memories
When you get rid of things, you never know what you are truly giving up, so keep everything.
- 2008
- 03:00
- David Green
How I Got the Facts on China
A cold-war son becomes a new-millenium dad.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Wayne Peter Liebman
A Now Famous Tree
When spontaneous young sexual drives mingle in the shade of a tree, a unique and mysterious relationship is seeded.
- 2008
- 02:59
- Lynn Thompson
Silvergirl
It's not made of Plexiglass, it's not made of fiberglass, it's not square.
- 2008
- 02:56
- Julie Caine
- Lisa Morehouse
Government! Hold My Hand . . .
A satirical collision of Indiana history and standardized testing.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Zachary Baiel
The Haymarket Incident
One teenager changes my perspective about a significant event in labor (and U.S.) history.
- 2008
- 02:59
- Rehman Tungekar
Beyond the Tree Line
A lesson on abstinence recorded in a makeshift recording hut in rural Wisconsin.
- 2008
- 03:01
- Jane Cramer
That Close
Montreal's Royal Park is the backdrop to a woman's memories and the place where she is most at home.
- 2008
- 03:02
- Eva Boodman
Feeling Small but Dreaming Big
"Why we should not imagine a row of sheep at night and why is a coffee tree sometimes like a man?"
- 2008
- 02:30
- Anastasia Ivanova
Invisible Greek Rain
Every book seems to be a small universe, every title is like four "visible" percent of this universe.
- 2008
- 02:35
- Anastasia Ivanova
Birth, Birth, Rebirth
As Tom recovers from a traumatic brain injury, he and his wife welcome newborn twins into the world.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Chris Sewell
Ad Absurdum
A herd of marketing hits, cliches and platitudes, featuring a chorus of cats and two pounds of Velveeta.
- 2008
- 02:58
- Sarah Boothroyd
When Condos Travel
This piece explores what happens when trailers want to stay put, but condos travel -- removing Austin residents and their beloved trees.
- 2008
- 02:48
- Sara Robberson
Pink George
McCarthyism and me.
- 2008
- 02:59
- Kay Collins
A Large, Well-Rounded Head
The strange journey of Walt Whitman's brain, both inside his head, and out.
- 2008
- 03:01
- Kate Daloz
- Michelle Legro
Restful, Shady Places
The authors of Trailer Ahoy! and Trees as Good Citizens enjoy a written correspondence relating to their books' proximity in the library.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Sean Hurley
Leaves
The planting of a memorial tree reveals a lost story about my grandmother.
- 2008
- 03:33
- Max Barry
Out of Control. Noise.
From children to adults . . .
- 2008
- 02:31
- Alexander Soleev
Why Question the Facts?
A tired teen talks in the second worst recording device he has.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Shaun D. Wilson