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 Cat and the Boyfriend (INC)
Through diary entries, the relationship between a cat and the new, live-in boyfriend is revealed.
- 2006
- 03:02
- Mark A. Tolstedt

Appetite of English Umami
How to prepare the best English class in Paris.
- 2013
- 03:34
- Jane Weston's English class

The Priscilla Tapes: An Introduction (INC)
A story of a collection of taped letters.
- 2006
- 02:30
- Zoe Irvine

Sometimes . . . (INC)
When I try from Zen sickness to fly . . .
- 2006
- 02:31
- Grace Yoon

Sold 'Em Way Up High at 1200 (INC)
Melds the incredible auctioneering skills of Dan Skeels, the 2004 World Livestock Auctioneering Champion, with the electronic sounds of Nick Freilich, aka Epicte the Elemental.
- 2006
- 02:21
- Cyrus Farivar

Well Behaved Women (RUS)
All women buy things that they don't really need. Why are they doing this?
- 2007
- 02:41
- Alexander Soleev

Married to the Livestock: The End of a Farmer's Life (INC)
A touching, sound-rich excerpt from a German feature that explores the shifting realities and complicated relationships on the small family farm where producer Julia Schafer was raised.
- 2008
- 02:36
- Julia Schafer

Double Your Impact!
Once upon a time there was a treasure trove of incredible audio stories locked away inside a lovely but creaky website.
- 2014
- 44
- listeners and makers like you

No Appetite for Bitter Old Men
Christ! I smoke cigarettes! Leave me alone!
- 2013
- 02:52
- Ruslan Kulski

A Sweet Boy That Can't Savor
For most New Yorkers being surrounded by food is a blessing, but for one boy in Queens it's tormenting.
- 2013
- 02:55
- Will Denselow

Umami to the Ears
Weirdo Records is a closet-sized vinyl shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Angela Sawyer hosts experimental music concerts, for those with a unique and unorthodox musical taste.
- 2013
- 02:40
- Brittany Gervais
- Victoria Bedford

Chocolate is a Sweet Distraction
The founder of Patric Chocolate finds his way to love and sweets in an unexpected way.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Scott Pham

Sweet, Sweet Solitude
A young girl rants about annoyances that are brought up frequently in her daily life while listing why her way of living is superior to most others.
- 2013
- 02:42
- Emily Hartman
- Lauren Vieni
- Michael Abramczyk

Feast and Famine: A Bitter Cure to Finally Forgetting Your Ex
Kurt Callum woke up one morning and realized he had gone fourteen days straight without thinking even once of his ex or their bitter break-up.
- 2013
- 02:50

Passing on Sweet
How do recipes get passed on?
- 2013
- 02:12
- Belle Wemmer
- Todd Wemmer

My Mommy's Umami Latkes
Once a year my extended family comes together for three courses in tradition: making latkes, dinner conversation and finally, the ongoing memories we create together during our annual Hanukkah party.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Bari Finkel

Bittersweet For Left Hand Only
The ways hands make us human.
- 2013
- 02:50
- Magdalen Jenne

Suite for a Salty Standard
My neighbor Ellen swings a classic (from the I Hate to Cook Book, circa 1960.)
- 2013
- 02:59
- Stephanie Rowden

Bitter Herbs, Sweet Freedom
At a Passover dinner, two friends celebrate their exodus from a fundamentalist Hasidic community.
- 2013
- 03:00
- Frimet Goldberger

Sweet In Action
When we feel bad we often make ourselves feel worse when better is so much easier than we think.
- 2013
- 02:41
- AnnMarie Miller

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

One Man's Sour is Another Man's Sweet
Maximus Thaler has an interesting relationship with food.
- 2013
- 02:56
- Abigail Collins
- Victoria Bedford

One Way
A woman in a hurry seeks refuge from a storm and finds something in common with the motel attendant.
- 2016
- 03:01
- Marie Lovejoy
Salty Relocation
Chronicling my love for snacks amidst my relocation from the U.S. to Cairo, Egypt.
- 2013
- 02:05
- Kim Fox

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