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.
What's happening to me?
An unwelcome visitor and a meeting in the desert.
- 2015
- 03:01
- Edgar Maddicott
Where is the Extinction Capital of the World?
A wildlife biologist shares a surprising fact about Hawaii's native species.
- 2015
- 02:21
- Laurie Sumiye
Why does my Dad have ten clocks?
I find out why my Dad, David, is so fascinated with clocks and explore what makes him tick.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Michael Dale
Where the Hell is My Paper, Ms. Gerdes?
During my first year in the classroom I misplace a student's paper but find a little bit of humility.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Abby Gerdes
What can I do? Please not my daughter too!
Many women's voices become one experience of abuse.
- 2015
- 02:40
- Regina Botros
Who's A Good Girl?
My mother's trials as a pet owner—and as a parent—go on the record when I do a story about “puppy kindergarten.”
- 2015
- 02:58
- Kate Stein
What Hairy Moments Have You Had?
Every motorcyclist you ever speak to has a story to tell.
- 2015
- 02:53
- Geoff McQueen
Who lives, who dies?
Ten years later, a survivor reflects on the fragility of life and the random ruin caused by the worst natural disaster in living memory, the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, a day when nearly 250,000 people perished across 14 countries, one third of them, children.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Deborah Bauer
Why the supernatural is always natural in cultural sociopsychological context
Science has severe problems dealing with the supernatural...
- 2015
- 03:00
- Stine Sofie Ankerbo
- Søren Christensen Boss
What is a Bear Cat?
Bluff and Family describe the horrors of the Georgian Legend of The Bearcat.
- 2015
- 02:53
- Wolff and Zach Bowden
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
What's Your Favorite Sport?
My 8 year old nephew's first undercover journalism gig.
- 2015
- 02:56
- Michael Ferstenfeld
Where Do I Even Start?
A working interview for a smart phone society.
- 2015
- 02:52
- Benjamin Riskin
- Aaron Leeder
Where Did He Go: Ogichan, Grandad?
A granddaughter tells us about her grandfather's funeral.
- 2015
- 03:01
- Eloise Stevens
When Will We Lose It?
Between sea level rise and a disappearing coastline it feels inevitable that life as we know it in New Orleans is on a limited run, but how much time do we have?
- 2015
- 03:00
- Eve Abrams
Why Do I Know so Much and Nothing at All?
The sounds of my cellphone - talking to me.
- 2015
- 03:01
- Walter Petrichyn
When We March Into The Arctic of the Unknown
One in a million... Maria's chronicle of shameless acceptance.
- 2015
- 03:04
- Vivianne Cardenas
Where would you go?
For young people who live in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the western hemisphere, the passage north is often just as hard as staying.
- 2015
- 02:03
- Watson Hartsoe
When did you know?
Two people. Two stories. Two significant moments when everything changed: discovering sexuality and surviving sexual assault.
- 2015
- 03:02
- Nicholas Pencak
What's in a hand?
Their daughter has twelve fingers, twelve toes, some fused together and some set askew – ain't nothing but a family thing.
- 2015
- 03:03
- Nellie Gilles