ShortDocs

Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced for the Third Coast ShortDocs Audio Challenge. Each year ushers in a new set of rules, new creative partner, and ever-more wondrous results.

Bottled Zeitgeist: The Bitter Spirit of the Times

What if you could bottle time, shove it in a cellar for twenty years and break it out at dinner parties?

2013
02:15
Ryan McLeod

Bland Is Sweet

Erica Bland wishes she didn't have to travel so far to eat at her favorite restaurants.

2013
03:00
Susie An

Bittersweet; Butter Up

A story about my dad, and how life eventually altered his appetite.

2013
03:02
Grant Buhr

Bittersweet Forevers

Some decisions are easily forgotten, well others will stick with you always.

2013
02:59
Paige Sutherland

Love Tastes Like Umami Poutine

A love story about food, a food story about love in three courses: poutine, foie gras, bone marrow.

2013
02:59
Sara Ananda Badger

A Sweet Ear

The case for why we crave pop music as part of our musical diet.

2013
02:42
Jackie Sojico

Bittersweet Muffins

A young veteran shares stories of appetite during his years in the military.

2013
02:51
Wenjing Zhang

A Vegetarian's Umami Dilemma

Katherine was a vegetarian and thought she hated meat -- until she tasted elk.

Misophonia: The Bitter Sound Of Food

The struggles of a Philophonic with Misophonia.

2013
03:06
Carlo Patrao

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

One man has an appetite for alcohol.

2013
02:54
Tawar Razaghi, Miles Martignoni and Lucie Robson

Sweet Dream

A long-time hunger is satiated by a dream.

2013
03:01
Maham Khan

This Umamican Life

Three acts of This Umamican Life here in Austin, TX in the style of This American LIVE, the live theatre show inspired by This American Life.

BuzzyNumbingElectricSourSpice

The Sichuan Peppercorn provides a confusing, disorienting and compelling flavor to the spicy cuisine of Sichuan.

2013
03:00
Jeff Towne

Sweet Innocence

One day of meals on a memorable occasion.

Sweet Deals & Salty Licks

Behind the scenes at a dairy cow auction in Old Chatham, New York.

Very Sweet with Edge of Tartness

Rachel Steinhardt encounters an unexpected memento of her grandmother's life.

2013
03:01
Will Coley

For Maine's Francos, Food Memories Are Bittersweet

Three Franco-Americans in Maine still have an appetite for their culture's humble cuisine, which isn't esteemed like fancy French food.

2013
03:00
Laura McCandlish

Ooo, Mommy

My name's Julie, and I'm a licorice addict.

2013
02:28
Julie Caine

A Juicy Trip from Bitter to Savory

A milestone birthday inspires an extreme juice quest.

2013
03:00
Sydney Beveridge

Robert Lipman, a freshman at the University of Chicago who also runs an underground pop-up gourmet restaurant in Hyde Park, discusses the surprising, nearly fatal reason for his insatiable appetite to serve high-end food.