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.

Bittersweet Muffins
A young veteran shares stories of appetite during his years in the military.
- 2013
- 02:51
- Wenjing Zhang

The Sweet Bitter End
Raima Fernald's two sons were born with a debilitating neurological disease - one found a way out.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Peter Frick-Wright

A Sweet Ear
The case for why we crave pop music as part of our musical diet.
- 2013
- 02:42
- Jackie Sojico

Love Tastes Like Umami Poutine
A love story about food, a food story about love in three courses: poutine, foie gras, bone marrow.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Sara Ananda Badger

Bittersweet Forevers
Some decisions are easily forgotten, well others will stick with you always.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Paige Sutherland

Bittersweet; Butter Up
A story about my dad, and how life eventually altered his appetite.
- 2013
- 03:02
- Grant Buhr

Bland Is Sweet
Erica Bland wishes she didn't have to travel so far to eat at her favorite restaurants.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Susie An

Bottled Zeitgeist: The Bitter Spirit of the Times
What if you could bottle time, shove it in a cellar for twenty years and break it out at dinner parties?
- 2013
- 02:15
- Ryan McLeod

Sweet Stalking the Wild Rhubarb
After generous winter rains the Sonoran Desert offers up wild rhubarb, and ethnobotanist Martha Ames Burgess knows where to look for it and how to turn it into a juicy desert dessert.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Laura Markowitz

An Injection of Sweetness
When Joanne decided to spice up her diet, she got a little more than she bargained for.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jessica Miller

Very Sweet with Edge of Tartness
Rachel Steinhardt encounters an unexpected memento of her grandmother's life.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Will Coley

Barry Chung's Sweet n' Sour Home
Once the child of a family living in poverty in Hong Kong, Barry Chung is now a professor at Indiana University.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Lena Morris

Savoring the Salty Ritual
Marinating in the kitchen.
- 2013
- 02:59
- Sara Curtis

The Last Morning was a Sweet One
2013 ShortDocs Winner! A short story in sounds of our food's start to finish, from morning to night (though not necessarily in the same day!)
- 2013
- 02:56
- Alix Blair

Sounds Tasty, Salty Too
Bartleby's appetite for fun sets he and his brother Artemus on their way for their smallest adventure yet, into the game room for an unexpectedly flavorful time.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Isaac Bluefoot

One Man's Sour, Another Man's Sweet
Kerry Klein brings reclaimed food to a potluck - and doesn't tell anyone.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Kerry Klein

The Road to Umami
The fate of every farm animal, in three parts: life, death, and consumption.
Sweet at Sea
A sweet encounter on the Irish Sea, retold at table.
- 2013
- 02:51
- Sean Mullervy

The Sweetest Love
One new mother explains how her eating habits have changed as she develops her unborn baby's appetite.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Morgan Davis

The Bitter Taste of Nicotine
My life as a smoker.
- 2013
- 02:57
- Kay Collins

U-mami My Life
Having a long distance relationship is like having the best yet never satisfying three-course meal over and over again.
- 2013
- 02:52
- Maja Mackintosh Johansen

Bitter Yellow Pills
Lorraine explores what happens when the body gets an appetite for itself.
- 2013
- 03:01
- Lorraine Boissoneault
All Foods Lead to Home (Sweet Home)
Road Rage is transformed by Passionately Prepared Comestibles.
- 2013
- 03:13
- Phyllis Janik

The Problem With Salty Water
An automated teller machine discusses awkward moments, consumer culture and why she needs it to survive.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Aoife Allen

My Sweet Brother
Elaine Taylor's brother Clark has kidney disease - and it's been progressing for years.
- 2013
- 03:14
- Elaine Taylor and Clint Holgate