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.

Re:sound #118: The Shock Machine Show

This hour: the untold story behind one of the most famous, groundbreaking, and disturbing experiments in the history of psychological research.

Re:sound #116: The Family Show

This hour: families, in all their messy, dysfunctional glory.

Re:sound #115: The Work Show

This hour: a lobster diver in Honduras, a chocolate taster in France, a movie director in Nigeria, and other stories that reveal the workaday world in all its globalized complexity, one person at a time.

Re:sound #113: The Journey Show

This hour: journeys to the far north, the moon, and other places near and far.

Re:sound #112: The Changes Show

This hour: a seismic shift in a man's identity, a bad dog who refuses to change, and more.

Re:sound #111: The Radio Ephemera Show

This hour: the weird, wonderful results of the Radio Ephemera ShortDoc Challenge.

Re:sound #110: The Quiet Show

This hour: meditations on whispering, selective mutism, and a man who records some of the quietest sounds in the world.

Re:sound #108: The Here and There Show

This hour: here, there, and in-between.

Re:sound #107: The Loneliness Show

This hour: best friends who will never meet face to face, an abandoned wedding dress found floating in a lake, and more.

Re:sound #106: The Entrepreneurs Show

This week: a worm digger in rural Maine, a remarkably effective citizen spy, and more.

Re:sound #105: The Into the Music Show

This hour: a peek into auditions at one of the most competitive conservatories in Australia, and more.

Re:sound #104: The Music of Everyday Things Show

This hour: melodies from the world around us.*Note: due to rights issues, not all pieces in this show can be streamed on our website.

Re:sound #120: The Poetry Show

This hour: three documentary poems chronicling the lives of working class mothers in Troy, NY. Plus, poets as reporters, confused readers, and more.

Re:sound #117: The Hunting Show

This hour: hunting for moose, buffalo, and love.

Re:sound #114: The Secrets Show

This hour: secrets and double lives.

Re:sound #109: The Earlids Show

This hour: two stories that get incredibly, intimately, close to their subjects.