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.

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?

Re:sound #265 All Stories Are Stories About Power

This week, all stories - even stories about Dunkin' Donuts - are about power.

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’????”

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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 .

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
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