Re:sound

Third Coast’s radio show, hosted by Gwen Macsai, was a weekly radio show that remixed audio gems from around the world, and peeked behind the curtain at the producers who made them. It aired weekly on WBEZ in Chicago from 2004 until 2019. Browse through all episodes here, or listen to them on the Re:sound podcast feed.

Plus, check out the annual Best of the Best series, a Re:sound special. This special series showcases the best audio stories of the year, as crowned by our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. It airs on public radio stations around the United States annually.

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Re:sound #188 The Tight Spaces Show

This hour we look at the ups and downs of confinement.

Re:sound #177 The Symphonies Show

This hour: what happens when we open our ears to the surprising symphonies all around us.

Re:sound #172 The Abandoned At Sea Show

This hour: the story of a harrowing journey on the Mediterranean Sea that started with high hopes and ended in tragedy.

Re:sound #98: The Disappearing Show

This hour: one boy leaves home and never returns, another leaves and returns forever changed.

Re:sound #47: The Pets Show

This hour: a beloved pig and a meditation on dogs.

Re:sound #72: The Retirement Show

This hour: the golden years.

Re:sound #230 The Dying Words Show

This hour the life and AIDS reporting of New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz.

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 #43: The Music Show

This hour: time-lapse phonography, a much-sampled beat, and the only instrument you can play without actually touching.

Re:sound #44: The Coping Show

This hour: a pizza chef travels to North Korea to cook for Kim Jong Il, a young man contemplates his release from "juvie," and more.

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 #235 The "I Do" or "Do I?" Show

This hour, “I do” or “do I?” the calculus for marriage, for better and for worse.

Re:sound #39: The Radio Show

This hour: the strange, storied, hodgepodge history of radio.

Re:sound #40: The Wanderlust Show

This hour: voyaging, wandering, and becoming a fanatic pedestrian.

Re:sound #119: The Cambio Show

This hour: change. Some of us crave it, some of us avoid it at all costs. But whenever and wherever it happens, change creates fallout, intentional or not.

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 #237 The Tip of the Iceberg Show

This hour stories that dive below the surface to help us understand issues of race, the environment and immigration.

Re:sound #18: The Women Show

This hour: decoding female language, an intimate dinner, and a tour of bathroom stall graffiti.

Re:sound #82: The Borders Show

This hour: an isolated village experiences rapid cultural change, a "border blaster" transmits totally unregulated radio programs from Mexico into the U.S., and a tiny frog causes trouble.

Re:sound #245 The Determination Show

This hour, amateur detectives, spiritual revelations and other stories of dogged perseverance.

Re:sound #16: The Game Show

This hour: games!

Re:sound #99: The Radio Ballads Show

This hour: the BBC's groundbreaking Radio Ballads, produced between 1958 and 1964, which wove sounds, voices, and music into dense sonic tapestries that explored everything from the lives of coal miners to the lives of teenagers, focusing mainly on communities that weren't often heard from on the radio.