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.

Trick: Part Two
This curated Listening Reel was screened at the 2019 Third Coast Conference in Chicago.
- 2019
- 0

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

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.

A Sense of Quietness
Four women face the unexpected consequences of talking about abortion.
- 2018
- 0
- Eleanor McDowall

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

Punks
Once upon a time, Kai Wright saw a movie called Punks. A romantic comedy about black gay men, it was like nothing he'd ever seen before. But then it disappeared.
- 2018
- 21:43
- Kathy Tu
- Tobin Low
- Matt Collette

Mardi Gras is a State of Mind
A homosexual reflection on an effort to release ourselves from misshapen containers.
- 2019
- 11:32
- Mara Lazer

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

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

Re:sound #273 The Birth of Being
This hour, stories about family ties, love and loss.
- 2019
- 56:42
- Leila Day
- Stephanie Rowden
- Audrey McGlinchy
- Isabel Vázquez

Re:sound #272 Radio Residents
This week, three stories by alumni of the Third Coast Radio Residency.

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

Re:sound #270 City Intersections
This week, two very specific points on the map with two very different stories.

This Is Not A Drill
An emotional dive into the personal impact of the false missile alert that was sent out across Hawaii.

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

The Audio Guide to Grieving
Sometimes, a death in the family means cousins and casseroles. And sometimes — for one reason or another — it means figuring it out on your own.
- 2018
- 15:08
- Melanie Kruvelis

Purple Rain
“Mihai” – a pseudonym he chose himself – has a lifelong history of drugs and psychosis.
- 2019
- 11:55
- Wederik De Backer

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

Being Siri
A woman gives away an intimate, personal part of herself—a part of herself that she wasn’t even that crazy about to begin with: her voice. And she gives it away to a total stranger.
- 2017
- 07:16
- Erin Anderson

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.

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

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

Podcasting Without a Net(work) (Day 2)
Individual podcasters working with slim budgets and strained resources share how they create their best work while trying to grow audiences and raise money, often while holding down another full time job...
- 2018
- 01:01:00

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