About Re:sound
Re:sound
Third Coast’s radio show, hosted by Gwen Macsai, is a remix of audio goodness from around the world. It airs weekly on WBEZ in Chicago, can be heard on the Third Coast podcast.
Best of the Best
This special broadcast showcases the best audio stories of the year, the winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. It airs on scores of public radio stations from coast to coast.

Re:sound #268 Sleep Happy
This hour, family dramas can span across generations ...or just across the hallway.

Re:sound #267 Kintsugi Whipped Cream
This hour, an unlikely therapeutic duo and a magical journey through the golden age of radio advertising.
- 2019
- 55:39
- Natalie Kestecher
- Clive Desmond
- Isabel Vázquez

Re:sound #266 I'm Your Man
This hour, what happens when a relationship from your past returns unexpectedly and pulls you back in time?
- 2019
- 57:06
- April Dembosky
- Isabel Vázquez

Re:sound #265 All Stories Are Stories About Power
This week, all stories - even stories about Dunkin' Donuts - are about power.
- 2019
- 54:38
- Sandhya Dirks
- Chenjerai Kumanyika
- Isabel Vázquez

Re:sound #264 Gaggle Glass
Today we go from the pentagon to prison to philosophical musings about the sweet sound of the snow shovel.

Best of the Best 2018 (Part 2)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Featuring...

Best of the Best 2018 (Part 1)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Featuring...

Re:sound #263 Meat Music
This hour we’re all about honesty. An honest look at fat, and an honest answer to this burning question, “What are the real lyrics to ‘Louie Louie’????”
- 2018
- 01:03:30
- Jonathan Zenti
- David Weinberg
- Nick White
- Myke Dodge Weiskopf
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #262 Moo and Man
This hour, a single commercial that ran for twenty-five years and two women who’ve been running from each other for even longer.
- 2018
- 01:01:10
- Cher Vincent
- Brittany Luse
- Eric Eddings
- Sharon Mashihi
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #261 No Bad News
This hour, we go into a hypnotherapists office and come out with a story of international intrigue.
- 2018
- 58:06
- Sarah Geis
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #260 Princess Buzz
Today we go back in time to try and heal old wounds and revisit history.

Re:sound #259 Divided We Payphone
This hour, we trot across middle America, with a story from a Nashville neighbourhood, and a Missouri payphone that won’t stop ringing.
- 2018
- 55:00
- Meribah Knight
- Emerald O'Brien
- Laura Barton
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #258 Tsunami Song
This hour, a deep dive into the anthem of the Confederacy, two different kinds of waves and a modern take on Romeo & Juliet.

Re:sound #257 Skateboarding Beatles
This hour, the most famous chord in pop music, swimming pools, skateboarders and more!
- 2018
- 60:00
- Avery Trufelman
- Joel Werner
- Miyuki Jokinranta
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #256 Toccata in Dream Murder
This hour more of our faves, including Gloria Gaynor, a seventeen year-old retiree, and two spoofs: one microbiological and one murderous.

Re:sound #255 Taxidermied Cows
This hour, a teenage taxidermist, a community of medical migrants who settled in Snowflake, Arizona, and a day in the life of a sacred cow.
- 2018
- 59:00
- Pejk Malinovski
- Rachel Matlow
- Delaney Hall
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #254 Pinball Poets
This hour: lawyers-turned-pinball wizards, two extraordinary minds meeting in a field of poetry and, forty years after the phrase was coined, the skinny on 420.

Re:sound #253 Naked Strangers
This hour an unlikely best-seller, a colorful hero and the legends of burlesque.
- 2018
- 01:02:00
- Sam Kim
- Natalie Kestecher
- Steve Urquhart
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #252 Analog
This hour, three stories from the annals of analog.

Re:sound #251 Jesse & Joe
This hour, we remember the audio work of two brilliant producers who recently passed away — Jesse Cox & Joe Frank.
- 2018
- 57:40
- Jesse Cox
- Joe Frank
- Belinda Lopez
- Jessica Bineth
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #250 Our 250th Show
This hour, we look back on some of our favorite moments from the past 14 years of Re:sound .
- 2018
- 57:30
- Katia Dunn
- Roman Mars
- Delaney Hall
- Katie Mingle
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #249 The Pocket Conference Show Part 2
This hour we're going behind-the-scenes at two top podcasts: The Daily and 99% Invisible .
- 2018
- 58:00
- Lisa Tobin
- Michael Barbaro
- Delaney Hall
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #248 The Twisted Xmas Show
This hour, Third Coast’s take on the holidays.

Best of the Best 2017 (Part 2)
This hour, some of the winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, including the Best Documentary: Gold Award winner.

Best of the Best 2017 (Part 1)
This hour, some of the winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition
Featuring...