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.
We're Here to Work!
This documentary, part of a series called America's Women: A Legacy of Change, examines how women's lives have changed since they won the vote in 1920s, focusing on the period from World War II through the 1950s.
- 2001
- 29:28
- Doug Partusch
- Sandra Sleight-Brennan
The Change in Farming
This story brings together a young Toronto composer, Adam Goddard, whose passion is music, and his 90-year-old grandfather, Henry Haws, whose passion is farming.
- 2001
- 13:02
- Adam Goddard
- Steve Wadhams
Misguided Meditation
A guided meditation spoof for all those searching for enlightenment, but who don't know where to find it.
- 2008
- 03:02
- Sarah L'Estrange
Tree Body
Three children talk of how trees are good control of body and mind, recite poetry about trees, call out tree names, and make all kinds of lovely unexpected connections.
- 2008
- 02:46
- Alix Blair
The How Are You Doing Project
The How Are You Doing Project is an interactive audio experiment that invites anyone and everyone to call an anonymous hotline and respond to the most frequently posed question of them all.
- 2009
- 02:21
- Laura Mayer
The Haymarket Incident
One teenager changes my perspective about a significant event in labor (and U.S.) history.
- 2008
- 02:59
- Rehman Tungekar
Invisible Greek Rain
Every book seems to be a small universe, every title is like four "visible" percent of this universe.
- 2008
- 02:35
- Anastasia Ivanova
Feeling Small but Dreaming Big
"Why we should not imagine a row of sheep at night and why is a coffee tree sometimes like a man?"
- 2008
- 02:30
- Anastasia Ivanova
Beyond the Tree Line
A lesson on abstinence recorded in a makeshift recording hut in rural Wisconsin.
- 2008
- 03:01
- Jane Cramer
Not By Accident - Episode One
For five years, Sophie Harper recorded nearly every phone call, chat with friends, even her visit to the fertility clinic.
- 2016
- 15:18
- Sophie Harper
We'll Drive Till We Find An Exit
A session about the joy and fear of pursuing stories without any idea of how they're going to succeed, or if they're going to succeed at all.
- 2016
- 01:15:41
Government! Hold My Hand . . .
A satirical collision of Indiana history and standardized testing.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Zachary Baiel
Special Feature: Envision Yourself Being a Free Man
On this episode of Re:sound, we're featuring an audio postcard from the Restorative Radio Project plus an interview with the series' producer, Sylvia Ryerson.
- 2016
- 17:54
- Sylvia Ryerson
A Now Famous Tree
When spontaneous young sexual drives mingle in the shade of a tree, a unique and mysterious relationship is seeded.
- 2008
- 02:59
- Lynn Thompson
How I Got the Facts on China
A cold-war son becomes a new-millenium dad.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Wayne Peter Liebman
Misplaced Memories
When you get rid of things, you never know what you are truly giving up, so keep everything.
- 2008
- 03:00
- David Green
Birth, Birth, Rebirth
As Tom recovers from a traumatic brain injury, he and his wife welcome newborn twins into the world.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Chris Sewell
The Modern Woodsman
Filmmaker Adam Clitheroe playfully puts forth an audio portrait of a traditional woodsman . . . equipped with a cell phone.
- 2004
- 03:47
- Adam Clitheroe
Out of Control. Noise.
From children to adults . . .
- 2008
- 02:31
- Alexander Soleev
The Big Strike!
When a venerable neighborhood tree is struck down its loss is felt by all the residents on the street, but sometimes nature has its reasons.
- 2008
- 02:57
- Sarah Bernath
Basketball Diary
Katie Davis takes along her microphone when she is drafted to "coach" a high school basketball team in her neighborhood, allowing us to listen in as she stumbles through the season.
- 1999
- 05:23
- Katie Davis
The Subtle Tongue of Racism Remains Unbitten in a "Post-Racial" America
How do Anglos think black people talk -- and how does that feel?
- 2008
- 02:58
- Will Wright
Why Question the Facts?
A tired teen talks in the second worst recording device he has.
- 2008
- 03:00
- Shaun D. Wilson
Two Libraries
A quiet eavesdropper gets more than he bargained for at the public library.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Noah Levinson
Ad Absurdum
A herd of marketing hits, cliches and platitudes, featuring a chorus of cats and two pounds of Velveeta.
- 2008
- 02:58
- Sarah Boothroyd