Winners
Immerse your ears in the best audio documentaries and storytelling since 2001, the winners of the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Mardi Gras is a State of Mind
A homosexual reflection on an effort to release ourselves from misshapen containers.
- 2019
- 11:32
- Mara Lazer
The Living Room
Diane's new neighbors never shut their curtains, and that was the beginning of an intimate, but very one-sided relationship.
- 2015
- 22:22
- Brendan Baker
- Briana Breen
Los Cassettes del Exilio
For much of Dennis Maxwell’s childhood, his father was living in exile, communicating with the family via cassette tapes.
- 2017
- 25:02
- Dennis Maxwell
Burma’s Rohingya: Easy Prey for Traffickers
Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim population is one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.
- 2015
- 07:11
- Axel Kronholm
- Rob Sachs
- Flawn Williams
- Mia Lobel
Dead Mom Talking
"If you want to talk to me when I'm dead, go to the bench."
- 2016
- 12:50
- Rachel Matlow
Journey
A spare and gripping account of one family's journey fleeing violence in Afghanistan.
- 2016
- 09:21
- Jamil
A Sentencing Hearing
On August 1, 2015 Glendale Police Officer Eric Guse received a call about a carjacking that would change his life.
- 2016
- 10:18
- Emily Forman
- Celeste Wesson
Violación de un Sueño: Jornada Nocturna
Thousands of office janitors work at night, cleaning up our work spaces after we go home. Many are immigrants – some undocumented – and many are women. With these conditions, they are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
- 2016
- 20:04
- Bernice Yeung
- Sasha Khokha
- Daffodil Altan
Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms
Days after his 21st birthday, Noel Anaya had one final hearing before aging out of California’s foster care system, and he didn’t want to go through it alone.
- 2017
- 05:35
- Youth Radio
- Noel Anaya
- Brett Myers
Majd’s Diary: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl
In a country where women’s lives are intensely restricted, Majd Abdulghani dreams of becoming a scientist. Meanwhile, her parents want to arrange her marriage.
- 2017
- 28:06
- Sarah Kate Kramer
- Joe Richman
Death in Illinois Prisons: He Didn't Have a Death Sentence, But That's What He Got
For the last year, Shannon Heffernan has been trying to figure out how and why people in Illinois prisons are dying.
- 2019
- 06:50
- Shannon Heffernan
Standing Out From the Crowd at a Trump Rally
As the Iowa caucuses approached in February of 2016, Donald Trump’s political campaign was gaining traction with voters. One major theme became clear: fear.
- 2017
- 09:26
- Ike Sriskandarajah
The Discussion
Some friends can talk about anything. There's no subject too secret or content too confronting.
- 2017
- 16:31
- Rosa Gollan
The Traffic Stop
On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by Officer Jeronimo Yanez for a broken brake light. 74 seconds later, Yanez fired seven shots.
- 2017
- 20:44
- Tracy Mumford
- Hans Buetow
- Riham Feshir
- Jon Collins
S-Town
S-Town is hard to describe. It’s a podcast that starts as a traditional investigation into corruption and wrongdoing in rural Alabama.
- 2017
- 08:05
- Brian Reed
- Julie Snyder
Overnight in the E.R.
For most of the past decade, if a child or teenager got shot in Miami–Dade County, they would be taken to one place: the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
- 2018
- 09:10
- Sammy Mack
Espera / Wait
Two lovers share an intimate conversation on the eve of their breakup, exploring loneliness and intimacy.
- 2018
- 13:16
- Sayre Quevedo
Sucked into the Tunnels Beneath Las Vegas
There are some 14,000 people living on the streets of Las Vegas, and Nevada ranks second in the nation in homeless population per capita.
- 2010
- 08:32
- Adam Burke
The Sleeping Fool
Art museum security guards spend their days in uniform, speaking quietly or not at all, surrounded by works of irreplaceable art.
- 2010
- 10:22
- Sofia Saldanha
Open Outcry
Sound designer and multimedia artist Ben Rubin employs the cacophony of the New York Mercantile Exchange to create a musical piece commemorating the reopening of the World Financial Center's Winter Garden, which was closed after the events of September 11th.
- 2003
- 07:00
- Ben Rubin
Hearts, Lungs, and Minds
Hearts, Lungs, and Minds is a "composed documentary" by sound artist John Wynne, who spent a year as an artist in residence at Harefield Hospital, one of the world's leading centers for heart and lung transplants.
- 2008
- 28:45
- John Wynne
Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu
This story is a window into the life of Mohammed Naseehu Ali, who left his home, family, and future in tribal government to become a musician and writer in America.
- 2006
- 05:18
- Ann Heppermann
- Kara Oehler
- Rick Moody
Roger Dowds: Millionaire Winner
Roger Dowds wasn't exactly an obvious pick for a game show contestant. He'd lived a quiet, sheltered life and had little faith in himself.
- 2006
- 27:10
- Ronan Kelly
Honoring the Body: Taharah
The Jewish burial ritual places great importance on treating the deceased with the utmost honor and respect. This is especially important during the ceremony of taharah, which involves the physical cleansing of the dead body.
- 2006
- 15:45
- Rebecca Sheir
Rhapsody in Bohemia
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen is one of the most ambitious and enduring pop songs of all time.
- 2005
- 27:33
- Alan Hall