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.
The Return
Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador and his grandparents still live there. But visiting them didn't feel like the home he once knew.
- 2019
- 31:10
- Sayre Quevedo
Death in Illinois Prisons: He Didn't Have a Death Sentence, But That's What He Got
For the last year, Shannon Heffernan has been trying to figure out how and why people in Illinois prisons are dying.
- 2019
- 06:50
- Shannon Heffernan
Best of the Best 2019 (Part 1)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
- 2019
- 55:32
- Mara Lazer
- Sayre Quevedo
- Isabel Vázquez
Best of the Best 2019 (Part 4: Serialized Stories)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Best of the Best 2019 (Part 3: Investigations)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
- 2019
- 01:02:06
- Kathy Tu
- Tobin Low
- Shannon Heffernan
- Garth Mullins
- Sam Fenn
- Isabel Vázquez
Best of the Best 2019 (Part 2)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Trick: Part Two
This curated Listening Reel was screened at the 2019 Third Coast Conference in Chicago.
- 2019
- 0
Bitchin’ Pitchin’ Panel (Day 1)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session - hosted by AIR (Association of Independents in Radio) - pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch...
- 2019
- 01:10:20
Bitchin’ Pitchin’ Panel (Day 2)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition, this session - hosted by AIR (Association of Independents in Radio) - pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: how to pitch...
- 2019
- 01:02:26
Re:sound #273 The Birth of Being
This hour, stories about family ties, love and loss.
- 2019
- 56:42
- Stephanie Rowden
- Audrey McGlinchy
- Isabel Vázquez
Re:sound #272 Radio Residents
This week, three stories by alumni of the Third Coast Radio Residency.
In the Dark: Season Two
Over the course of two decades, prosecutor Doug Evans tried the same man six times for the same crime. But that man, Curtis Flowers, maintained his innocence throughout.
Re:sound #271 Sister God
This hour, journeys of discovery, from personal identity to mathematical infinity.
- 2019
- 55:12
- Simone Polanen
- Starlee Kine
- Joel Werner
- Isabel Vázquez
Price of Secrecy: Hazineh Razdari
An unexpected turn of events occurs when 15-year-old Tannaz tells the police about being sexually abused by a friend.
- 2019
- 40:36
- Zoha Zokaei
Re:sound #270 City Intersections
This week, two very specific points on the map with two very different stories.
Re:sound #269 Lefty Disco
This hour, a mob of rock fans and an erratic limb.
Re:sound #268 Sleep Happy
This hour, family dramas can span across generations ...or just across the hallway.
Change Intolerance
In 2014, the province of British Columbia switched nearly 15,000 methadone patients to a new formulation of the drug called Methadose.
- 2019
- 51:18
- Garth Mullins
- Sam Fenn
- Lisa Hale
- Alexander B. Kim
- Ryan McNeil
Purple Rain
“Mihai” – a pseudonym he chose himself – has a lifelong history of drugs and psychosis.
- 2019
- 11:55
- Wederik De Backer
Mardi Gras is a State of Mind
A homosexual reflection on an effort to release ourselves from misshapen containers.
- 2019
- 11:32
- Mara Lazer
Re:sound #267 Kintsugi Whipped Cream
This hour, an unlikely therapeutic duo and a magical journey through the golden age of radio advertising.
- 2019
- 55:39
- Natalie Kestecher
- Clive Desmond
- Isabel Vázquez
The Earthquake
About a year ago, producers at KPCC started discussing the inevitable major quake set to hit Los Angeles and wondered how they could get people to not just listen but really prepare. The Big One: Your Survival Guide is what they came up with.
- 2019
- 30:12
- Arwen Champion Nicks
It Started With Oscar Grant
A decade ago, a 22-year-old black man was killed by a white police officer at Oakland's Fruitvale BART station.
- 2019
- 24:15
- Sandhya Dirks
This Is Not A Drill
An emotional dive into the personal impact of the false missile alert that was sent out across Hawaii.
Re:sound #266 I'm Your Man
This hour, what happens when a relationship from your past returns unexpectedly and pulls you back in time?
- 2019
- 57:06
- April Dembosky
- Isabel Vázquez