2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition

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The 2018 Third Coast /Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition celebrates the best of audio storytelling from around the world.

Go deeper with the 2018 Competition

Read a full transcript of the 2018 TC/RHDF Awards Ceremony and listen to the audio.

View the photo album of the 2018 TC/RHDF winners at the awards, taken by photographer and 2020 Competition Winner Bill Healy.

The 2018 TC/RHDF Competition judges are a phenomenal group of makers in their own right. Listen to a selection of great works produced by these judges.

Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Competition by year

Man Choubam (I am good)

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award

Sharon is a weirdo and refuses to conform to cultural standards. Her mom does not approve.

Uncounted Civilian Casualties in Iraq

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award

The American-led battle against the Islamic State has been hailed as the most precise air campaign in history. But its airstrikes have killed far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged.

Ear Hustle: Dirty Water

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award

Ear Hustle is a unique creative partnership between Earlonne Woods, who is incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and outside collaborator Nigel Poor. Together, along with other men at the prison, they produce stories about daily life behind the walls.

Summer Rain

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Foreign Langauage Award

To have and to lose control.

Host's Fat

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Skylarking Award

Meat podcast’s host Jonathan Zenti is an overweight man (technically “obese").

Espera / Wait

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Directors' Choice Award

Two lovers share an intimate conversation on the eve of their breakup, exploring loneliness and intimacy.

God + The Gays

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best New Artist Award

In her first radio piece, Phoebe visits Christians from her past and tries to understand whether queer people and homophobic Christians can have meaningful relationships.

Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Radio Impact Award

Since its founding 15 years ago, Tesla has become one of the most valuable car companies in the country. Tesla is worth tens of billions of dollars, and its all-electric cars have achieved cult status among enthusiasts.

Overnight in the E.R.

Winner of the 2018 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best News Feature Award

For most of the past decade, if a child or teenager got shot in Miami–Dade County, they would be taken to one place: the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.