Winners
Immerse your ears in the best audio documentaries and storytelling since 2001, the winners of the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.

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Police officer John Edwards was patrolling a quiet neighborhood in Bellaire, Texas, when he saw an SUV driven by two young African-American men.
- 2015
- 19:14
- Lauren Spohrer
- Phoebe Judge

Structural Integrity
When it was built in 1977, the 59-story CitiCorp Center had a fatal flaw that could have caused the building to collapse, and take out the entire mid-town Manhattan skyline with it.
- 2015
- 21:54
- Joel Werner
- Sam Greenspan

Sounds Up There
Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón presented Glenn Freemantle with a challenge - to create authentic sound design in the vacuum of space.
- 2015
- 27:28
- Colin McNulty

Sight Unseen
In December of 2009, photojournalist Lynsey Addario was embedded with a medevac team in Afghanistan. After days of waiting, one night they got the call - a marine was gravely wounded.
- 2015
- 27:51
- Jad Abumrad
- Soren Wheeler

Who Took Mom to the Prom?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! A story of girls who say 'yes' that is 100% true.
- 2015
- 02:30
- Emer Horgan

What could be bad about this?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! What if you could learn to stop listening to other people?
- 2015
- 02:59
- John-Michael Forman

What makes a good marriage?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! My grandparents, now in their 90s and married for nearly 70 years, tell me about when they met and give their advice on a long and happy marriage.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Olivia Humphreys

Who Remembers My Father's Voice?
2015 ShortDocs Winner! I ask my family members if they remember what my father sounded like.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Pablo Duarte

Where do I find you now?
2015 People's ShortDoc Award Winner! An intimate conversation with Studs about the edges of life and death.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Sara Curtis

Burroughs at 100
Rock legend Iggy Pop presents an intimate portrait of William S. Burroughs on the 100th birthday of America's most cataclysmic author.
- 2014
- 56:27
- Colin McNulty

Help Wanted
There is currently no formal treatment or support for non-offending pedophiles who want help managing their attractions.
- 2014
- 25:57
- Luke Malone
- Robyn Semien

Chicago to Mexico, by Bus
Every week hundreds of people board coach buses in Chicago and travel to Mexico.
- 2014
- 11:47
- Linda Lutton

100 Songs in a Day
One way to earn money selling music is boring: write one hit and live off the royalties for the rest of your life.
- 2014
- 11:17
- Alex Goldman
- PJ Vogt

Here I Am and Here Be Danger
Here I Am and Here Be Danger is a non-narrated experiment in heartbreak.
- 2014
- 11:45
- Annie McEwen
Lance and Nina: An Unlikely Story of Recovery and Redemption
At 24, Lance Rice was on schedule to become another sad statistic in the heroin epidemic sweeping through rural Massachusetts.
- 2014
- 08:28
- Karen Brown

Leaving a Mark
Emily Hsiao reads a Craigslist post about a man who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes to meet him.
- 2014
- 13:14
- Emily Hsiao

The Hospital Always Wins
Back in 2004, Laura Starecheski visited a mental hospital in Queens, N.Y. called Creedmoor, where she met a patient named Issa Ibrahim.

The Real Tom Banks
Tom Banks is 23, gay and searching for love.
- 2014
- 18:12
- Jesse Cox
- Timothy Nicastri

Teenage Diaries Revisited Melissa's Story
As an 19-year-old raised in the foster care system, Melissa took NPR listeners along when she gave birth to her son Issaiah.
- 2014
- 19:34
- Joe Richman
- Sarah Kate Kramer

Fault Line
Kevin (not his real name) is a likable guy who lives with his wife in New Jersey. And he's on probation after serving time in a federal prison for committing a disturbing crime.
- 2014
- 24:14
- Jad Abumrad
- Pat Walters

Arthur's Story
After twelve years of rough living in Vancouver, Arthur is moving into an apartment in a new supportive housing project. But moving inside from a life outside isn't as easy as you might think.
- 2014
- 46:07
- Steve Wadhams
- Suzanne Ahearne

Modern Day Scarlet Letter A
Many teenagers live half of their lives on social media sites and they're writing the rules as they go.
- 2013
- 08:24
- Courtney Stein
- Temitayo Fagbenle

Harper High School
In the 2011 -2012 school year, Harper High School, located in one of Chicago's most violent neighborhoods, saw 29 of its current and recent students shot.
- 2013
- 21:23
- Alex Kotlowitz
- Ben Calhoun
- Linda Lutton

Jack and Ellen
Ellen was struggling for money, working as a Subway "sandwich artist" (yes, that's a real thing.)
- 2013
- 30:24
- Brendan Baker
- Mooj Zadie
- Nick van der Kolk

Keep Them Guessing
As a young boy, producer Jesse Cox discovered a set of old cassette tapes which turned out to be a hugely popular BBC radio show featuring his grandparents.
- 2013
- 35:59
- Claudia Taranto
- Jesse Cox
- Russell Stapleton