Maker Sessions
Dive into scores of talks, workshops, and audio manifestos offering wisdom on everything from production skills to journalistic ethics from the best audio producers and makers on the planet.
Variations on a Thirst: Presenting the 2003 TCF ShortDocs
In 2003 the TCF introduced our "ShortDocs", by inviting producersto submit written proposals for radio stories (five to seven minutes in length) about a single topic - 'thirst'.
- 2003
- 01:02:50
Presenting the 2007 TCF ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys
For the 2007 ShortDocs Challenge, the Third Coast was inspired by and collaborated with the Dollar Store Show - a regular reading and performance series in Chicago.
- 2007
- 57:27
Presenting the 2006 TCF ShortDocs: 99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story
For the 2006 ShortDocs Challenge, the Third Coast was inspired by and collaborated with cartoonist and illustrator Matt Madden.
Knock Knock: Introducing the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs
In early 2012, Third Coast teamed up with the neighborhood-centric website EveryBlock, and issued a wide-open invitation to make radio.
- 2012
- 01:03:16
Seeing Sound
Sound editor Walter Murch (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient), sound designer Randy Thom (The Right Stuff, The Thin Blue Line), and radio artist Joe Frank deconstruct excerpts from their work...
- 2003
- 01:59:27
2007 Getting to Yes: Perfecting Your Pitch (Day 2)
In collaboration with the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), this session addresses how to successfully pitch radio stories and series ideas to stations, networks, and other acquirers of independent work.
- 2007
- 01:27:30
Presenting the 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
In early 2010, the Third Coast teamed up with the incomparable pop / indie / experiemental band The Books, and issued an open invitation to make radio.
- 2010
- 01:16:28
Presenting the 2005 TCF ShortDocs -- Stories About Games
For the 2005 ShortDocs Challenge, we asked producers to submit ideas for stories about "games."
- 2005
- 01:28:08
College: A Hotbed of Emerging Producers -- Part Two
All around the country college students are asking for and receiving new courses that teach audio production. They're intent on finishing college with multi-media skills, and, lucky for us, they want to help shape the future of documentary audio.
- 2008
- 01:22:35
Into the Darkness: Presenting the 2004 TCF ShortDocs
For the 2004 ShortDocs Challenge, we asked producers to submit ideas for stories about "darkness."
- 2004
- 01:27:17
2007 Getting to Yes: Perfecting Your Pitch (Day 1)
In collaboration with the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), this session addresses how to successfully pitch radio stories and series ideas to stations, networks, and other acquirers of independent work.
- 2007
- 01:32:57
Presenting the 2008 TCF ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
For the 2008 TCF ShortDocs Challenge, the TCF joined forces with the Prelinger Library, a one-of-a-kind collection of books, periodicals, and more, running the gamut from the concrete and tangible to the abstract and etherized.
- 2008
- 01:22:48
Own Your Thing (Day 1)
Independent producers have always had to fend for themselves, but today the building blocks for independent success - creating great work, reaching real audiences, making money, controlling your destiny - are falling into place in new ways.
- 2012
- 01:16:39
College: A Hotbed of Emerging Producers -- Part One
All around the country college students are asking for and receiving new courses that teach audio production. They're intent on finishing college with multi-media skills, and, lucky for us, they want to help shape the future of documentary audio.
- 2008
- 01:20:55
Oscar, Shmoscar! (Friday)
Who needs the Academy Awards when you have the Third Coasties?
- 2010
- 0
Oscar, Shmoscar! (Saturday)
Who needs the Academy Awards when you have the Third Coasties?
- 2010
- 01:22:38
2017 Audio Doctors
Audio Doctor sessions are 25 minute private focused sessions with one of a roster of superstar producer/editors who will meet with patients to aid in the cure their audio ills...
- 2017
- 0
Voice With a Capital "V"
Most of us use our voices in our work, but finding our "Voice" is an often overlooked part of our creative development. Hear what professionals from a variety of different fields have to say about this elusive aspect of our craft.
- 2005
- 01:16:48
Shop Talks (Thursday afternoon small sessions!)
Between 2pm - 4:30pm on Thursday afternoon, producers can take their first dip into the Third Coast Conference with Shop Talks. Shop Talks are a chance for producers to take part in small sessions in business, education and more.
- 2017
- 0
Megaphone
How do documentary producers and artists address the most common issues in the news and shed new light on them?
- 2003
- 01:25:45
2008 Perfect Pitch (Day 2)
Perfect your pitching skills and present your ideas to program producers and editors — or just listen in — as AIR (Association for Independents in Radio) pulls back the curtain to let us in on how stories make it to the airwaves.
- 2008
- 01:27:24
2005 You Had Me at Hello: The Art of the Pitch (Day 1)
What makes one story pitch so irresistible it's a "yes" halfway through... and the next doomed for rejection?
- 2005
- 01:27:46
The Future of Radio Is Now
Teenagers are making some of the most engaging radio out there! Their refreshing perspectives and creative techniques are lighting up the radio and signaling good things for the future sound of the airwaves.
- 2005
- 01:12:50
Radio Across Time Zones
Radio transmissions are heard all over the world, from the largest urban centers to the smallest mountain villages. But what defines radio from a particular place, and what makes it different than radio from elsewhere?
- 2005
- 01:24:42
Trust Me, I'm an Editor
Producers come to editors with their tape, a vision, and a piece in various stages of completion. Editors bring their skills, a fresh set of ears, a fat red pen, and often the mandate of an established show format.
- 2004
- 01:31:18