Third Coast Audio Library
Our vast and ever-growing collection contains thousands of carefully curated audio stories of all stripes, and Third Coast Conference sessions offering wisdom from the best makers on the planet. You can also dive into our Producer Index. Enjoy!

Re:sound #231 The Pocket Conference Show
This hour we're featuring an episode of our brand new podcast — the Third Coast Pocket Conference .
- 2016
- 57:00
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Dennis Funk

Violación de un Sueño: Jornada Nocturna
Thousands of office janitors work at night, cleaning up our work spaces after we go home. Many are immigrants – some undocumented – and many are women. With these conditions, they are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Directors' Choice Award.
- 2016
- 20:04
- Bernice Yeung
- Sasha Khokha
- Daffodil Altan

Why Do I Stay?
When Rainy was 17, she met a producer named Courtney Stein from WNYC’s Radio Rookies. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Bronze Award.
- 2016
- 30:33
- Courtney Stein
- Rainy

The Double
Thirteen years ago, in Viborg, Denmark, lived two young men with the same name: Thomas Andersen. Winner of the 2016 TC/RHDF Best Doc: Foreign Language Award.
- 2016
- 43:37
- Thomas Arent Andersen

A Sentencing Hearing
On August 1, 2015 Glendale Police Officer Eric Guse received a call about a carjacking that would change his life. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Best News Feature Award.
- 2016
- 10:18
- Emily Forman
- Celeste Wesson

Not Safe to Drink
What would you do if your tap water turned brown? Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Radio Impact Award.
- 2016
- 53:34
- Lindsey Smith
- Sarah Hulett

A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, and My Mother
The story of a terrible crime and everything that followed. Winner of the 2016 TC/RHDF Silver Award.
- 2016
- 54:55
- Samantha Broun
- Jay Allison

Mariya
Mariya Karimjee was a teenager in Texas when she first confronted her mother about the genital cutting she'd undergone as a child in Pakistan. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Gold Award .
- 2016
- 34:57
- Kaitlin Prest
- Mitra Kaboli
- Mariya Karimjee

W. Kamau Bell asks his Mom about Sex
For most of his life, comedian W. Kamau Bell assumed his single mom never had sex after she made him. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Skylarking Award.
- 2016
- 37:26
- Hillary Frank
- Abigail Keel

Dead Mom Talking
"If you want to talk to me when I'm dead, go to the bench." Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Best New Artist Award.
- 2016
- 12:50
- Rachel Matlow

Best of the Best 2016 (Part 1)
This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.

Best of the Best 2016 (Part 2)
This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.

Re:sound #230 The Dying Words Show
This hour the life and AIDS reporting of New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz.
- 2016
- 01:02:10
- Kerry Donahue
- Samuel Freedman
- Sara Burningham
- Eric Marcus
- Dennis Funk

Mudslide: The Election of 2016
With the ink on the ballots still wet, Third Coast dives into the past year of political reporting. How were journalists most - and least - successful covering the presidential election and its voters? And: where do we go from here?
- 2016
- 01:26:31

2016 Bitchin' Pitchin': The Art of the Pitch (Day 2)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch a story.
- 2016
- 01:16:58

The Only Ten Words that Matter
What separates a “good” program from a “great” program is often the clarity of its vision: what is the show and who is it trying to speak to?
- 2016
- 01:01:26

Compose yourself: a producer’s guide to working with musicians
It’s becoming more common for podcast producers to work with composers to create an original soundtrack. At this session, producer Michael May and composer/producer Nick DePrey share their techniques for bringing a piece to life with music and sound design.
- 2016
- 01:15:20

Chapter and Verse
A guide to constructing a serialized narrative from Julie Snyder, co-creator of Serial and former senior producer of This American Life . (NOTE: Audio will not be available.)
- 2016
- 0

The Pit of Despair
For some people, making great radio is easy. Ben Calhoun has no idea what those people are talking about! For him, making radio is hard, beset by self-doubt -- and he finds it’s often easy to get stuck.
- 2016
- 01:19:41

Embrace the Chaos
The world of podcasting has become a crowded one. With a bevy of competing styles and purviews, having a unique voice is an increasingly valuable commodity... both artistically and financially.
- 2016
- 01:27:15

Audio Educators Swap Meet
Get ready to steal from the best. Your educator colleagues at Third Coast have a fount of wisdom to offer, from hard-won mentoring insights to crafty teaching hacks. (Note: Audio will not be available.)
- 2016
- 0

Under the Skin: Making Audio Visceral
Can a documentary make you dance? Turn you on? Make you jump in fear? We get under the skin of documentary's visceral possibilities, exploring how we edit to impact the listener's body as much as their mind.
- 2016
- 56:21

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

These are a few of Audie Cornish and Sean Cole's Favorite Things
Audie Cornish and Sean Cole came up in radio together — smoking on the front steps of WBUR in Boston, puzzling over stories. Now Audie is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered and Sean is a producer at This American Life .
- 2016
- 01:25:55

Blockbuster Sound
Danish-based producer Tim Hinman, of the podcast Third Ear, finds inspiration for his exquisite sound design at the movies, and in this session he shares how it’s done.
- 2016
- 01:20:32