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 #21: The Raymond Carver Show

This hour: the difficult, brief, and brilliant life of writer Raymond Carver.

Re:sound #20: The Phone Show

This hour: stories told over the phone.

Re:sound #19: The Sweet Sound Show

This week: 14 brothers and sisters search for their estranged father, and a profile of one of the most avid sound recordists of all time.

Re:sound #18: The Women Show

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

Re:sound #17: The ShortDocs Show

This hour: the 2003 and 2004 Third Coast ShortDocs, which focused on the themes of thirst and darkness.

Re:sound #16: The Game Show

This hour: games!

Re:sound #15: The Consumerism Show

This hour: a brief history of the mall, radical knitters, and more.

Re:sound #14: The Travels Show

This hour: a visit to one of the most remote islands on earth, a woman who sings with crickets, an unusual friendship, and a return to Zagreb.

2004
58:30
Various producers

Re:sound #13: The Living Flag Show

This hour: reparations, repatriations, and the mystery of the earworm.

Re:sound #12: The Hard-Hearted Dreamer Show

This hour: a girl goes on tour with her parents and a woman returns to her homeland in Iran after 40 years away.

Re:sound #11: The Chat Room Opera Show

This hour: sex on the Internet, music and memory, and more.

Re:sound #9: The South Side of Japan Show

This hour: we head to the south side of Chicago and Japan.

Re:sound #8: The Books on the Radio Show

This hour: a few stories by author Rick Moody rendered in sound, plus a woman visits her friends' houses and talks with them about their books.

2004
01:00:09
Rick Moody
Julie Shapiro

Re:sound #6: The Confessions Show

This hour: a retired child beauty queen recalls her youth and a young man revels in eating trash.

Re:sound #24: The Talent Show

This hour: the strange world of competitive model horse collecting and an investigation of an old classmate's death.

Re:sound #4: The Investigation Show

This hour: a woman investigates a secluded religious community, another secretly tapes her interactions with paint store owners, and yet another peels back the layers of "geek speak."

Re:sound #3: The Karaoke Tupperware Show

This hour: karaoke as marital therapy, a man tries to cure his stutter, the weird world of Tupperware parties, and more.

Re:sound #2: The High School Show

This hour: we head back to high school. For better or for worse.

Re:sound #1: The Very First Show Show

This week: an aural trip to one of the oldest cities in the world, an unconventional love affair, and a man who eats up all the books he reads (literally).

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 #125: The Justice Show

This hour: we explore some big ideas – justice, injustice, punishment, and redemption – through small, powerful, personal stories.

Re:sound #121: The Death Comes Home Show

This hour: the home funeral movement. Three families who've forgone traditional death rites in favor of a more DIY approach.

Re:sound #122: The Three Records from Sun Ra Show

This hour: two amazing musicians explored through the portal of two amazing documentaries.

Re:sound #123: The Textbook War Show

This hour: one woman's comments at a school board meeting in Kanawa County, West Virginia, become a catalyst for deep division within the school district, the county, the state, and the entire country.

Re:sound #126: The Scam Show

This hour: the capital of scamming.