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.

Best of the Best 2015 (Hour 1)
The 2015 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.

Best of the Best 2015 (Hour 2)
The 2015 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.

The Season Episode 8: The Worst Part About Our Sport
How do you go from losing to winning?
- 2015
- 26:45
- Ilya Marritz

Re:sound #209 The Firsts Show
This hour first lines, the first day back and every last first you can think of.

Re:sound #206 The Sarah Boothroyd Show
This hour we explore nearly a decade's worth of work from Canadian sound artist, musician and radio producer Sarah Boothroyd.
- 2015
- 58:00
- Sarah Boothroyd
- Dennis Funk

Where to get a bagel
In this exploration into the bagel feud between bagel shops St-Viateur and Fairmount, I speak with customers, employees and bagel connoisseurs alike to try and discover why people choose one bagel shop over the other.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Michelle Macklem

What was it like meeting JFK?
Interview with my grandma Jane about when she met JFK and how his assassination affected her.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Ellie Nakayama

Why Are You Wearing Roadkill?
The remarkable hat worn by a man on a park bench in Santa Fe plaza begs an explanation.
- 2015
- 02:47
- Siohban McHugh

Where do pigeons go when they die?
There are so many pidgeons in London, but why do you never see a dead one?
- 2015
- 02:59
- Chris Pearson
- Catherine Brinkworth

Who works harder than this immigrant?
Zamina, originially from Trinidad, is a seamstress by day and a restauranteur by night.
- 2015
- 02:00
- @Jenniferpossible

Where It's Not Junk
This is a story about what we sometimes do with the stuff that we don't use anymore.
- 2015
- 02:58
- Jackie Sojico

What happened that time I don't remember?
I ask my mother about the moment that defines her life and mine that I don't remember.
- 2015
- 02:56
- Meredith Turk

Where were you last night?
A short story.
- 2015
- 03:05
- Kate Landers

When you follow two children on the most chocolatey day of the year
Aoife (6) and Aoibhinn (3) were followed around with a microphone, and at times took matters into their own hands!
- 2015
- 02:31
- Lisa Madden

Who is Little Lulu?
A 5th grade girl interviews a classmate about his interest in Little Lulu.
- 2015
- 02:39
- Jesse Rhodes
- Shirley Liang
When does life begin?
Two women go to the hospital with pain in their stomach but each one is on a very different journey.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Adriana Cargill

When Nothing Turns Out the Way We Would Ever Expect
Mixed with found hums from a used voice recorder, a furniture repair and vintage store-owner recollects his father's diversions, weaknesses, and love for people.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Meheriet Fesseha and Gaelin Monkman-Kotz

What is beyond both dream and sleep
One man's spiritual journey, made possible through chanting.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Stephanie Smith and Eugenia Viti

What's Your Number?
How many sexual partners is anyone prepared to admit to?
- 2015
- 03:00
- Marnie Chesterton

What Grandad didn't tell us.
A look at the relationship between grandfather and grandson, and the stories people leave behind.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Chris Pearson
- Catherine Brinkworth

What happened to my car?
A St. Paul woman's 1997 Honda is in high demand around her neighborhood.
- 2015
- 02:59
- Steve Nelson

Where Have All the Cars Gone?
Becca and Hunter discover CicLAvia, a place where no cars go.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Hunter Bermudez and Becca Grumet

What happened during the 1967 tornado?
An unforgettable story of survival, loss, and gratitude from a traumatic small town tornado.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Peggy Keiner

Why don't kites tell you?
A blind girl accidentally ruins a hand-made kite.
- 2015
- 02:44
- Lindsey Wu (Zhaoqianmeng Wu)

Who Are You and What Do You Do?
A short conversation about monks & music with Taraka Larsen of Prince Rama.
- 2015
- 03:00
- Brendan Mattox