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.

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Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo

Where is Cleo? It’s a mystery her family has been trying to unravel for decades after the young Cree girl was apprehended by child welfare workers in Saskatchewan, Canada in the 1970’s.

Mardi Gras is a State of Mind

A homosexual reflection on an effort to release ourselves from misshapen containers.

2019
11:32
Mara Lazer

Monaea, a 2020 Diary

To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a transcript, click here.

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 #59: The Music and Memory Show

This hour: music, memory, lost love, and John Denver.

Re:sound #95: The More Show

This hour: a janitor poet, a teenage psychic, and more.

Re:sound #94: The Migration Show

This hour: people move and places change.

Re:sound #238 The Mother's Day Show

This hour, Mother’s Day, in all its beautiful, complicated glory.

Re:sound #88: The Messages Show

This hour: phone solicitors, bottle evangelists, a mysterious cassette tape unearthed in the attic, and more.

Mandela: An Audio History

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election, Radio Diaries produced this five-part series featuring newly discovered archival tape of Nelson Mandela, his supporters, and detractors.

Megaphone

How do documentary producers and artists address the most common issues in the news and shed new light on them?

2003
01:25:45

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.

Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America

During World War II, Americans watched news reels of atrocities abroad. But, in some small U.S. towns, the enemy was hoeing the back garden - or sharing a meal at the kitchen table.

Re:sound #7: The Mei Mei Show

This hour: producer Dmae Roberts grapples with the history and memories of her Taiwanese mother, a history of PTSD, and more.

Mike and Victor: A Family Story

In 1993, Mike Checuga was a 24 year-old working obsessively long hours until his boss ordered him to take a day off each week.

Mariya

Mariya Karimjee was a teenager in Texas when she first confronted her mother about the genital cutting she'd undergone as a child in Pakistan.

Mudslide: The Election of 2016

With the ink on the ballots still wet, Third Coast dives into the past year of political reporting. How were journalists most - and least - successful covering the presidential election and its voters? And: where do we go from here?

2016
01:26:31

Re:sound #246 The Mirrored Show

This hour, what we see - and what we want to see - when we gaze into our reflections in the mirror.

Making Obama: Wait Your Turn

How was President Barack Obama shaped by his years in Chicago as a community organizer turned politician?

2018
56:15
Colin McNulty

My Lobotomy

My Lobotomy explores one of medical history's most controversial chapters -- when transorbital lobotomies were widely condoned -- through one man's personal journey.