Winners
Immerse your ears in the best audio documentaries and storytelling since 2001, the winners of the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
The 2002 TCF Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Studs Terkel (INC)
The Third Coast Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (now the Audio Luminary Award) is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2002 recipient, Studs Terkel.
- 2002
- 11:43
- Studs Terkel
The 2003 TCF Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Joe Frank
The early days of the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition included a Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 2003
- 16:23
- Joe Frank
The 2005 TCF Audio Luminary Award Recipient: Steve Wadhams (INC)
The Third Coast Festival Audio Luminary Award is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2006 Audio Luminary, Steve Wadhams.
- 2005
- 0
- Steve Wadhams
The 2005 TCF Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Norman Corwin (INC)
The Third Coast Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (now the Audio Luminary Award) is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2005 recipient, Norman Corwin.
- 2005
- 0
- Norman Corwin
The 2008 TCF Audio Luminary Award Recipient: Chris Brookes
The Third Coast Festival Audio Luminary Award is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2008 Audio Luminary, Chris Brookes.
- 2008
- 04:11
- Chris Brookes
Tornado Prom
Susan Burton reports on Prom Night 2001 in Hoisington, Kansas, a town of about 3,000. While the seniors danced, a tornado hit the town, destroying about a third of it.
- 2001
- 25:06
- Susan Burton
Learning to Live: James's Story
James, an ex-felon, narrates the story of his transition from prison-life to self-sufficiency.
- 2001
- 29:03
- Dan Collison
Rip, Rift, and Panic
Rip, Rift, and Panic weaves together stories, archival tape, and sound to create a portrait of the emotional and logistical aspects of living along an earthquake fault line.
- 2001
- 29:33
- Susan Stone
Jay's Kids
Blues musician Screamin' Jay Hawkins had 57 children, some of whom were happier than others to learn of their father's prolific paternity.
- 2001
- 22:56
- Alix Spiegel
Von Trapped
Von Trapped is a story about a woman obsessed with The Sound of Music, as well as other things Austrian.
- 2001
- 31:43
- Natalie Kestecher
Heroin
In Heroin, teenager Janesse Nieves confronts her father about his heroin addiction, and eloquently shares her own feelings of confusion, anger, embarrassment and disgust.
- 2001
- 08:27
- Czerina Patel
- Janesse Nieves
- Marianne McCune
The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski
The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowki presents the recovered tapes of a young marine who kept an audio diary of his war experience in Vietnam until his death.
- 2001
- 22:38
- Christina Egloff
- Jay Allison
Corrections, Inc.
The corrections industry has become a $50-billion-a-year business and one of the strongest influences on criminal justice policy in America.
- 2002
- 49:55
- John Biewen
Affairs of the Mind
Affairs of the Mind is a personal and confrontational story exploring the nature of jealousy and the parameters of infidelity.
- 2002
- 48:08
- Kyla Brettle
Annapurna: Memories in Sound
Annapurna: Memories in Sound is an impressionistic sound portrait of the Ximms' trek through the Annapurna Circuit, a popular three-week hiking trip through the Himalayas to Nepal.
- 2002
- 38:00
- Aaron Ximm
- Bronwyn Ximm
Remembering Kent State, 1970
When Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students during a war demonstration on the Kent State University Campus in May, 1970, four young lives were ended and a nation was stunned.
- 2002
- 0
- Mark Urycki
Grey Ghost
Grey Ghost is the story of one man and a bird -- or possibly just of one man. It is also the story of an obsession.
- 2002
- 30:12
- Allan Coukell
My So-Called Lungs
Laura Rothenberg is 21 years old, but likes to say that she's already had her mid-life crisis. Laura has cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that affects the lungs and other organs.
- 2002
- 34:31
- Joe Richman
- Laura Rothenberg
If
A young patient reinvents his experience of being in the hospital through metaphor and allusion. Responding to "what if" questions, Andrew exemplifies the transformative qualities of fantasy, empathy, and humor.
- 2002
- 07:39
- John Jacobs
- Sherre DeLys
Yes, There Is a Baby
In the 1940s, when he was 16 years old, Myron Jones was allowed to stay up late any night of the week and hang out at bars or wherever he pleased, but his mother barely let his older sister Carol out of the house at all. So the siblings devised a plan.
- 2002
- 24:47
- Alex Blumberg
- Ira Glass
- Jonathan Goldstein
Tracking
Jaimita Haskell was given the opportunity to take advanced classes at her high school, an experience she found stimulating and rewarding.
- 2003
- 08:47
- Czerina Patel
- Jaimita Haskell
- Marianne McCune
Can You Say Haa?
As a girl, Reena Katz learned one story about the history of Israel and the people who lived there. As she grew up, an interest in cartography and her father's rare books about Palestine prompted her to dig deeper to understand the landscape of the Middle East.
- 2003
- 14:25
- Reena Katz
The Dribble-Down Effect
Blending satire, drama, and interviews, this Australian documentary portrays a not-so-distant future where robots care for children and parents agree to live apart from their families during the work week.
- 2003
- 33:37
- Eurydice Aroney
Come Back to Afghanistan
In the summer of 2002, 17-year-old Hyder Akbar traveled from California with his father to their home country of Afghanistan. He took a tape recorder along on the trip to record his thoughts and experiences.
- 2003
- 59:00
- Hyder Akbar
- Susan Burton
The Sonic Memorial Project
The Sonic Memorial Project is an intimate and historic documentary commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center and its surrounding neighborhood, through audio artifacts, rare recordings, voice mail messages, and interviews.
- 2003
- 01:00:48
- The Kitchen Sisters