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.

Ligeti Was in My Apartment
What happened when Ligeti's ghost helped me create a sound piece.
- 2006
- 02:32
- Jeffrey Letterly

Courtney and Catherine
Two girls don't see eye to eye on what defines a bright future.
- 2006
- 02:42
- Katie Day Good

Time for Change
Boston Common + drum + activist + drunken panhandler = police intervention.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Justin Grotelueschen

Sixes
Eavesdropping on a traditional Canadian Christmas.
- 2006
- 02:29
- Julia Grant

Best Friends
A conversation on the incapacity to communicate.
- 2006
- 01:27
- Keith Brand

The Indian Ocean
How did the mammoths die? Where did the Indian Ocean come from?
- 2006
- 02:30
- Delaney Hall
- Nick Hunt
- Rachel Pearson

Saul and Joshua
They play well together, but . . .
- 2006
- 02:30
- Seth Lind

Disrupted
I'm just trying to get some information.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Seth Lind

Dust Bowl Revisited
Woody Guthrie backs up an interview with a Virginia National Guard soldier at an American base in Mosul, Iraq during early 2005.
- 2006
- 02:28
- Steve Walsh

Blind Date
A G-Rated ice-breaker that would be told during a female bonding session.
- 2006
- 02:31
- Kay Collins

Big Bang
Two lousy-sounding atoms can't get along, cause the Big Bang, and disrupt present-day international harmony.
- 2006
- 02:30
- David Polk

Trouble in Vietnam
Robert McNamara, the Soviet Ambassador and President Lyndon Johnson face off in a historical remix.
- 2006
- 02:32
- Theo Lipfert

Charlie: Boston's Freedom Fighter
A call for the folk hero of a 1948 protest song to rise up against the misuse of his name, which is being slathered across the very thing he fought against.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Kristopher Carter

Goat on a Cow
Laura Starecheski finds herself figuratively falling down a rabbit hole (microphone and all) as she embarks on a journey that begins with the story of a goat, a cow, and a box of old letters.
- 2006
- 03:47
- Ellen Horne
- Jad Abumrad
- Laura Starecheski

Honoring the Body: Taharah
The Jewish burial ritual places great importance on treating the deceased with the utmost honor and respect. This is especially important during the ceremony of taharah, which involves the physical cleansing of the dead body.
- 2006
- 15:45
- Rebecca Sheir

Sound and Territory
Apartment sounds reveal a roommate crisis, the unwanted sharing of a territory.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Christine Morin
- Marie-France Garon

Re:sound #42: The Fake Doc Show
This hour: stories that bend, stretch, and downright fabricate the truth.

Re:sound #49: The Stans Show
This hour: a group of tourists travels through Central Asia, where antics and misbehavior ensue.
- 2006
- 58:31
- Ben Adair
- Roman Mars

Re:sound #48: The Flux Show
This hour: two stories from RTE's Flux with Ronan Kelly.
- 2006
- 58:30
- Ronan Kelly
- Roman Mars

Re:sound #47: The Pets Show
This hour: a beloved pig and a meditation on dogs.
- 2006
- 59:00
- Bob Garfield
- Lea Redfern
- Russell Stapleton
- Roman Mars

Re:sound #46: The Lemon Tree Show
This hour: two decades after he was forced to flee, a young Palestinian man returns to his home to meet the Israeli woman who lives there now.
- 2006
- 58:31
- Sandy Tolan
- Roman Mars

Re:sound #45: The Nosce te Ipsum Show
This hour: a child beauty queen, a young transgendered man, and an obsessive teen.

Re:sound #44: The Coping Show
This hour: a pizza chef travels to North Korea to cook for Kim Jong Il, a young man contemplates his release from "juvie," and more.
- 2006
- 59:00
- Cath Dwyer
- Mark Don
- Hugh Levinson
- Roman Mars

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.
- 2006
- 58:30
- Trent Wolbe
- Michele Ernsting
- Nate Harrison
- Roman Mars

Re:sound #41: The Dry vs. the Moist Show
This hour: the captivating results of a transcontinental radio collaboration.