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.

Re:sound #265 All Stories Are Stories About Power
This week, all stories - even stories about Dunkin' Donuts - are about power.
- 2019
- 54:38
- Sandhya Dirks
- Chenjerai Kumanyika
- Isabel Vázquez

Re:sound #264 Gaggle Glass
Today we go from the pentagon to prison to philosophical musings about the sweet sound of the snow shovel.

Best of the Best 2018 (Part 2)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Featuring...

Best of the Best 2018 (Part 1)
This hour, winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Featuring...

Espera / Wait
Two lovers share an intimate conversation on the eve of their breakup, exploring loneliness and intimacy.
- 2018
- 13:16
- Sayre Quevedo

Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo
Where is Cleo? It’s a mystery her family has been trying to unravel for decades after the young Cree girl was apprehended by child welfare workers in Saskatchewan, Canada in the 1970’s.

Counted: An Oakland Story
During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers followed every homicide in Oakland, CA for the entire year.
- 2018
- 56:30
- Adizah Eghan
- Anna Sussman
- Shaina Shealy
- Jonathan Jones

Host's Fat
Meat podcast’s host Jonathan Zenti is an overweight man (technically “obese").
- 2017
- 38:49
- Jonathan Zenti

God + The Gays
In her first radio piece, Phoebe visits Christians from her past and tries to understand whether queer people and homophobic Christians can have meaningful relationships.
- 2018
- 30:54
- Phoebe Wang

Ear Hustle: Dirty Water
Ear Hustle is a unique creative partnership between Earlonne Woods, who is incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and outside collaborator Nigel Poor. Together, along with other men at the prison, they produce stories about daily life behind the walls.
- 2018
- 36:12
- Earlonne Woods
- Nigel Poor

Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley
Since its founding 15 years ago, Tesla has become one of the most valuable car companies in the country. Tesla is worth tens of billions of dollars, and its all-electric cars have achieved cult status among enthusiasts.
- 2018
- 18:44
- Will Evans
- Alyssa Jeong Perry

John Thompson vs. American Justice
When police showed up to question John Thompson, he was worried that he had sold drugs to an undercover cop.
- 2018
- 49:14
- Andrew Marantz
- Sarah Lustbader
- Katherine Wells

Man Choubam (I am good)
Sharon is a weirdo and refuses to conform to cultural standards. Her mom does not approve.
- 2017
- 39:57
- Sharon Mashihi

Overnight in the E.R.
For most of the past decade, if a child or teenager got shot in Miami–Dade County, they would be taken to one place: the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
- 2018
- 09:10
- Sammy Mack

Summer Rain
To have and to lose control.
- 2018
- 03:00
- Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Uncounted Civilian Casualties in Iraq
The American-led battle against the Islamic State has been hailed as the most precise air campaign in history. But its airstrikes have killed far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged.
- 2017
- 49:19
- Annie Brown

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

Re:sound #263 Meat Music
This hour we’re all about honesty. An honest look at fat, and an honest answer to this burning question, “What are the real lyrics to ‘Louie Louie’????”
- 2018
- 01:03:30
- Jonathan Zenti
- David Weinberg
- Nick White
- Myke Dodge Weiskopf
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #262 Moo and Man
This hour, a single commercial that ran for twenty-five years and two women who’ve been running from each other for even longer.
- 2018
- 01:01:10
- Cher Vincent
- Brittany Luse
- Eric Eddings
- Sharon Mashihi
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #261 No Bad News
This hour, we go into a hypnotherapists office and come out with a story of international intrigue.
- 2018
- 58:06
- Sarah Geis
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #260 Princess Buzz
Today we go back in time to try and heal old wounds and revisit history.

Re:sound #259 Divided We Payphone
This hour, we trot across middle America, with a story from a Nashville neighbourhood, and a Missouri payphone that won’t stop ringing.
- 2018
- 55:00
- Meribah Knight
- Emerald O'Brien
- Laura Barton
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #258 Tsunami Song
This hour, a deep dive into the anthem of the Confederacy, two different kinds of waves and a modern take on Romeo & Juliet.

Re:sound #257 Skateboarding Beatles
This hour, the most famous chord in pop music, swimming pools, skateboarders and more!
- 2018
- 60:00
- Avery Trufelman
- Joel Werner
- Miyuki Jokinranta
- Dennis Funk

Re:sound #256 Toccata in Dream Murder
This hour more of our faves, including Gloria Gaynor, a seventeen year-old retiree, and two spoofs: one microbiological and one murderous.