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.
Where Did Cheney Put the War Heads?
John Perry Barlow and Dick Cheney were on different sides of the MX missile proposal during the Cold War, and after years of retrospect, Barlow credits Cheney for helping prevent nuclear holocaust.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Will Rogers
The Wine-Dark Sea
Homer's Odyssey re-imagined through my neighbors' experiences on the wine-dark sea.
- 2012
- 03:00
- Whitney Jones
The White House
Living next door for years, they soon learn each other's ways, not only to be nosey but also for support.
- 2012
- 03:02
- Daniel Baker
What happened that time I don't remember?
I ask my mother about the moment that defines her life and mine that I don't remember.
- 2015
- 02:56
- Meredith Turk
Where It's Not Junk
This is a story about what we sometimes do with the stuff that we don't use anymore.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Jackie Sojico
Who works harder than this immigrant?
Zamina, originially from Trinidad, is a seamstress by day and a restauranteur by night.
- 2015
- 02:00
- @Jenniferpossible
Why Are You Wearing Roadkill?
The remarkable hat worn by a man on a park bench in Santa Fe plaza begs an explanation.
- 2015
- 02:47
- Siohban McHugh
Where to get a bagel
In this exploration into the bagel feud between bagel shops St-Viateur and Fairmount, I speak with customers, employees and bagel connoisseurs alike to try and discover why people choose one bagel shop over the other.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Michelle Macklem
What was it like meeting JFK?
Interview with my grandma Jane about when she met JFK and how his assassination affected her.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Ellie Nakayama
When does life begin?
Two women go to the hospital with pain in their stomach but each one is on a very different journey.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Adriana Cargill
Where were you last night?
A short story.
- 2015
- 03:05
- Kate Landers
What was your first love?
A teenage girl recounts freshly ended first love.
- 2015
- 02:55
- Michaela Prell
What happened to my car?
A St. Paul woman's 1997 Honda is in high demand around her neighborhood.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Steve Nelson
Who's Sleeping on the Green Couch Tonight?
I currently live in a studio apartment (see photo) with two of my closest girlfriends--Jenni Fenton and Nikki Jolin, and this is what our humble home sounds like.
- 2012
- 02:49
- Becky Vevea
What happened during the 1967 tornado?
An unforgettable story of survival, loss, and gratitude from a traumatic small town tornado.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Peggy Keiner
Where Have All the Cars Gone?
Becca and Hunter discover CicLAvia, a place where no cars go.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Hunter Bermudez and Becca Grumet
What's Your Number?
How many sexual partners is anyone prepared to admit to?
- 2015
- 03:00
- Marnie Chesterton
What is beyond both dream and sleep
One man's spiritual journey, made possible through chanting.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Stephanie Smith and Eugenia Viti
When Nothing Turns Out the Way We Would Ever Expect
Mixed with found hums from a used voice recorder, a furniture repair and vintage store-owner recollects his father's diversions, weaknesses, and love for people.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Meheriet Fesseha and Gaelin Monkman-Kotz
When you follow two children on the most chocolatey day of the year
Aoife (6) and Aoibhinn (3) were followed around with a microphone, and at times took matters into their own hands!
- 2015
- 02:31
- Lisa Madden
Where are all the flowers from?
A little seaside town on the West Coast of Ireland wears floral posies for the children of Gaza.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Ellen Cranitch
What Happened to the Pencil Case?
A small metal box comes to represent loss.
- 2015
- 02:53
Who's Howling at OwlHoot Station
Bill talks about OwlHoot Station and its neighbors.
- 2015
- 02:57
- Leah Lemm
What we doing now, Misi boy?
Two seniors in Punahou High School in Honolulu, Hawaii share their tender voices and cries of laughter as they sing us the story of their friendship and community in Hawaii.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Reem Alfahad
Who's Afraid of Idaho?
I'm in awe of my new roommate Lina. But she's from Idaho...
- 2015
- 02:47
- Maya Goldberg-Safir