Third Coast Audio Library
Our vast and ever-growing collection contains thousands of carefully curated audio stories, episodes from Third Coast podcasts, educational sessions on craft from the best makers on the planet, and more.
We’ve also featured some incredible audio work beyond this audio library, in other ways and using other formats: don’t miss the 2021 Web Showcase, featuring a more in-depth look at the winners, judges and even a list of 40 finalists from the 2021 Third Coast/RHDF Competition.
Best of the Best 2013 (Part 1)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2013 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Best of the Best 2016 (Part 1)
This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.
Best of the Best 2015 (Hour 1)
The 2015 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Best of the Best 2012 (Part 2)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC/RHDF Competition.
Best of the Best 2014 (Part 1)
The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Best of the Best 2011 (Part 1)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts this year's national broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2011 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Best of the Best 2013 (Part 2)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2013 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Re:sound #68: The Big Show Show
This hour: the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles.
Re:sound #52: The Books Show
This hour: readers, writers, literary performance artists, and the grammar police.
Re:sound #170 The Blood is Thicker than Water Show
This hour: families wrestling with love and loyalty.
Best of the Best 2011 (Part 2)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts this year's national broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2011 TC/RHDF Competition.
Best of the Best 2014 (Part 2)
The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Best of the Best 2015 (Hour 2)
The 2015 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Re:sound #69: The Body Image Show
This hour: a very personal take on a rare subculture, a young man forced to confront his obesity, a dinner with unabashed nudists, and more.
Re:sound #208 The Behind the Headlines Show
This hour stories of black lives caught in the cross hairs of injustice.
Best of the Best 2012 (Part 1)
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Re:sound #148 The Buying and Selling Show
This hour: selling, swapping, buying and trading.
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.
Burma’s Rohingya: Easy Prey for Traffickers
Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim population is one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.
- 2015
- 07:11
- Axel Kronholm
- Rob Sachs
- Flawn Williams
- Mia Lobel
Bat Man
The central claim of this story is astounding: that if we all just raised our expectations, blind people could come to - literally - see.
- 2014
- 09:57
- Alix Spiegel
- Anne Gudenkauf
- Lulu Miller
Re:sound #224 The Breathe In/Breathe Out Show
This hour, one man who needs to devour as much air as he can and another who's at his best while holding his breath.
- 2016
- 59:20
- Neil Sandell
- Hana Walker-Brown
- Inge Hoonte
- Dennis Funk
Bottle Service
Steve the bellhop knows the champagne goes to someone's room on the third floor, but in this hotel of mystery the question remains: who ordered the bubbly?
- 2016
- 03:00
- Allison Quantz
- Natalie Bainter
- Bethy Squires
Blink Once for Yes
When Mike comes home, his family is faced with a new reality and an impossible choice.
- 2017
- 58:46
- John Fecile
- Steven Jackson
- Lizzie Schiffman Tufano
Blackbird Pot Pie: Not the Pie Umami Made
2013 People's ShortDoc Award Winner! For some South Jersey residents, "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is more than just a nursery rhyme; it's supper.
- 2013
- 02:53
- Mary T. Diorio Schilling
Re:sound #70: The Brain Show
This hour: the mysteries and complexities of the brain.
- 2007
- 59:00
- Dheera Sujan
- Hannah Palin
- Roman Mars