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.
Sweet Ratio(n)
As he pursued a pro cycling career, the formula that helped J also hurt him, too.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Sarah Lu
Smells like Umami: I Can't Quite Put My Finger On It
Alex Lane subjects himself to a five alarm chili shock treatment in an effort to resurrect the olfactory system that he's never known.
- 2013
- 02:53
- Bec Feldhaus & Shelly Baskin
Summersault featuring Lumberjockey
Scott Barber aka Lumberjockey discovered at 15 that he needs to pay close attention to everything that goes into his body.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Julia Grant
- Scott Barber
Sour Stomach: Where's the Bathroom?
IBS is gross, funny and crappy (pun intended) to live with and it tries to dictate my life.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Kristofor Husted
The Sweet and Kind Benton House Pantry
A visit to the weekly Friday Food Pantry at Benton House.
- 2013
- 03:14
- Alyssa Moxley
Prunes, Eggs, and Sweet Marshmallows: Eating with My Grandmas
Instructions on how to recreate my grandmothers' favorite meals.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jennie Lennick
The Soul is Bittersweet
The Hare Krishna Temple offers a free meal, in the hopes that those who visit will leave with a satisfied appetite; physically, mentally, and spiritually.
- 2013
- 02:55
- Erin Connolly
The Sour Taste of Appetite
After listening to friends give their ideas on the word 'appetite,' I realized just how much anorexia has changed my view.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Emma French
The Bitter Loss of Flavour
The sunny bike ride that taught one young woman the painful difference between taste and flavour.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Charlotte McDonald
This Sweetness is Metaphysical
This is a story about adventuring, eating vegan food and smoking weed with your partner.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Scott Fitzpatrick
Inside The Leaf It's Bittersweet
The Dolemouse: a nutty study on optimal foraging theory.
- 2013
- 03:03
- Jane Cramer
Umami Grease
In three courses, we discover the relationship between man and grease: the history, the culture and the conflict.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Jackson Stanton
The Sweet Tweet Suite
When your appetite is for nature and for unusual sounds then you have to go on the odd adventure...
- 2013
- 02:59
- Geoff McQueen
Sweet Chili Baby
A talk with Amos and Ruth in their kitchen as they share their excitement for food and speculate on how it will be passed on to the next generation.
- 2013
- 02:50
- Dea Cisar
Enrich the Sweetness
Mental and physical acts of eating, how are you satisfied?
- 2013
- 02:17
- Carly Kenneally
The Bitter-Sweet Story of a Migrant Worker
Somchai Sriweawnetr's quick thinking and courage helped to save 5 Americans in 1979 Iran.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Catherine Louli
A Bittersweet Experiment
Two producers explore the hungers generated from living on an island in Alaska and some attempts at satisfying them.
- 2013
- 02:56
- Elise Pepple and Ellen Frankenstein
Fear Tastes Like Salt Feels
A tale, fearsome and salty, of restricting restrictions told from the safe side of a youth, that is, beyond it.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Julia Murphy
Sweet Deals & Salty Licks
Behind the scenes at a dairy cow auction in Old Chatham, New York.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Laura Hadden
- Tennessee Jane Watson
For Maine's Francos, Food Memories Are Bittersweet
Three Franco-Americans in Maine still have an appetite for their culture's humble cuisine, which isn't esteemed like fancy French food.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Laura McCandlish
Bottling Hell: Remembering Mr. Murphree and the Spicy-Sweet Datil Pepper of St. Augustine
"Bottled hell" is a local term for the blow-your-socks off spicy datil pepper sauce ubiquitous in St. Augustine, FL.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Anna Hamilton
Re:sound #169 The Ghosts of Vietnam Show
This hour: hauntings of war, ethereal recordings, and other ghosts of Vietnam.
- 2013
- 57:31
- Christina Egloff
- Jay Allison
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Katie Mingle
Harper High School
In the 2011 -2012 school year, Harper High School, located in one of Chicago's most violent neighborhoods, saw 29 of its current and recent students shot.
- 2013
- 21:23
- Alex Kotlowitz
- Ben Calhoun
- Linda Lutton
Modern Day Scarlet Letter A
Many teenagers live half of their lives on social media sites and they're writing the rules as they go.
- 2013
- 08:24
- Courtney Stein
- Temitayo Fagbenle
2013 TC/RHDF Competition Winners
Behold! The 2013 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition winners - a most stellar batch of radio documentaries from around the world.
- 2013
- 06
- 2013 Winners