Winners
Immerse your ears in the best audio documentaries and storytelling since 2001, the winners of the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
No Feeling Is Final
Usually when we talk about suicide we say those four magic words: "Just ask for help." But Honor Eastly knows it’s not that simple.
A Sense of Quietness
Four women face the unexpected consequences of talking about abortion.
- 2018
- 0
- Eleanor McDowall
The Return
Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador and his grandparents still live there. But visiting them didn't feel like the home he once knew.
- 2019
- 31:10
- Sayre Quevedo
Punks
Once upon a time, Kai Wright saw a movie called Punks. A romantic comedy about black gay men, it was like nothing he'd ever seen before. But then it disappeared.
- 2018
- 21:43
- Kathy Tu
- Tobin Low
- Matt Collette
Mardi Gras is a State of Mind
A homosexual reflection on an effort to release ourselves from misshapen containers.
- 2019
- 11:32
- Mara Lazer
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
Change Intolerance
In 2014, the province of British Columbia switched nearly 15,000 methadone patients to a new formulation of the drug called Methadose.
- 2019
- 51:18
- Garth Mullins
- Sam Fenn
- Lisa Hale
- Alexander B. Kim
- Ryan McNeil
This Is Not A Drill
An emotional dive into the personal impact of the false missile alert that was sent out across Hawaii.
Espera / Wait
Two lovers share an intimate conversation on the eve of their breakup, exploring loneliness and intimacy.
- 2018
- 13:16
- Sayre Quevedo
Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo
Where is Cleo? It’s a mystery her family has been trying to unravel for decades after the young Cree girl was apprehended by child welfare workers in Saskatchewan, Canada in the 1970’s.
Counted: An Oakland Story
During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers followed every homicide in Oakland, CA for the entire year.
- 2018
- 56:30
- Adizah Eghan
- Anna Sussman
- Shaina Shealy
- Jonathan Jones
Host's Fat
Meat podcast’s host Jonathan Zenti is an overweight man (technically “obese").
- 2017
- 38:49
- Jonathan Zenti
God + The Gays
In her first radio piece, Phoebe visits Christians from her past and tries to understand whether queer people and homophobic Christians can have meaningful relationships.
- 2018
- 30:54
- Phoebe Wang
Ear Hustle: Dirty Water
Ear Hustle is a unique creative partnership between Earlonne Woods, who is incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and outside collaborator Nigel Poor. Together, along with other men at the prison, they produce stories about daily life behind the walls.
- 2018
- 36:12
- Earlonne Woods
- Nigel Poor
Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley
Since its founding 15 years ago, Tesla has become one of the most valuable car companies in the country. Tesla is worth tens of billions of dollars, and its all-electric cars have achieved cult status among enthusiasts.
- 2018
- 18:44
- Will Evans
- Alyssa Jeong Perry
John Thompson vs. American Justice
When police showed up to question John Thompson, he was worried that he had sold drugs to an undercover cop.
- 2018
- 49:14
- Andrew Marantz
- Sarah Lustbader
- Katherine Wells
Man Choubam (I am good)
Sharon is a weirdo and refuses to conform to cultural standards. Her mom does not approve.
- 2017
- 39:57
- Sharon Mashihi
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
Summer Rain
To have and to lose control.
- 2018
- 03:00
- Nanna Hauge Kristensen
Uncounted Civilian Casualties in Iraq
The American-led battle against the Islamic State has been hailed as the most precise air campaign in history. But its airstrikes have killed far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged.
- 2017
- 49:19
- Annie Brown
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
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
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
Quiet Revolution
It’s sometimes said you’re never too old to learn something new but is that really sensible advice?
- 2017
- 05:00
- Laura Irving
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