ShortDocs
Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced in response to a prompt from Third Coast for the ShortDocs Competition, hosted between 2003 and 2016. Each year ushered in a new set of rules, new creative partners, and ever-more magical results.

A Bagel's Bitter End
I almost burned down Dunkin' Donuts trying to cook a bagel for my sister.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Amy Kraft

Appetite of English Umami
How to prepare the best English class in Paris.
- 2013
- 03:34
- Jane Weston's English class
A Bitter Truth
One man's addiction to his music.
- 2013
- 02:45
Appetite for a Sweet Life
Aya Mostafa explores the right appetite to maintain a healthy life.
- 2013
- 0
- Aya Mostafa

A Sweet Ear
The case for why we crave pop music as part of our musical diet.
- 2013
- 02:42
- Jackie Sojico

An Injection of Sweetness
When Joanne decided to spice up her diet, she got a little more than she bargained for.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jessica Miller

A Bitter Life
Helping to create a conscience, informing people of the world's biggest injustice, and promoting social responsibility.
- 2013
- 02:36
- Mohammed Nagi

All You Need is a Wall (or at least one good idea...)
Producer Catie Talarski and her eleven-year-old brother get to work creating their annual Thirdcoast Shortdoc.
- 2010
- 03:01
- Catie Talarski

A Golden Summer
Benct and Rosie are German backpackers who became my neighbours for a weekend when they parked their camper van, "Bussy", outside my house. This is the story of their travels so far...
- 2012
- 02:50
- James Vyver

A Black Tie Affair
In Ireland where the tradition of waking the dead is strong in rural areas, we go behind the scenes of this centuries old tradition.
- 2012
- 03:00
- softirishrain

...And the Dumpster is Blue
Just a typical day in "The Southgate."
- 2012
- 03:00
- Michael Abramczyk

At First Blush: The Case of the Girl in the Purple Hoodie
When you ask someone an impossible question, be prepared to listen closely for your answer.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Erin Davis

All You Need is a Wall - 18
We remember some events as shockingly impossible, and yet just as easily, they could have happened to any one of us.
- 2010
- 03:05
- Sue Muldowney

A Cold Freezin Night - 14
A stranger moves slowly through town and reflects on all that has happened.
- 2010
- 02:28
- David Newman

All You Need is a Wall (For A Classroom)
A few late students help us understand why the classroom is a special place.
- 2010
- 02:56
- Aaron Sand

All You Need is a Wall (Snoreasurus)
Recordings of not sleeping.
- 2010
- 03:01
- Jeremy Reichardt

All You Need is a Wall (A Wall With You)
Symphonic punk country disco.
- 2010
- 01:50
- Nick van der Kolk

A Coral Chain
I'll interview you, then you interview someone else.
- 2012
- 02:15
- Zak Rosen

A Bitter Taste Memory
A mother remembers her troubling, unshakeable food addiction.
- 2013
- 02:24
- Julia Scott

All Grown Up Blues
A portrait of a mother and daughter, born forty years apart.
- 2012
- 02:52
- Yarn AudioWorks

A Dash of Eastern Grey
A discussion amongst neighbors one late night at the non-stop market on the corner street.
- 2012
- 02:59
- Mara Maracinescu

Aphrodite's Black and Blues
Try to understand where people are coming from before you decide about them.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Diedra Roesijadi

A Silent Tornado. A Long, Black Night.
Virginia Miller and her husband Tim recount the night a tornado hit Apison, Tenn., and how it changed their relationship with their neighbors.
- 2012
- 02:14
- Mary Helen Miller