ShortDocs

Discover hundreds of short audio gems produced in response to a prompt from Third Coast for the ShortDocs Competition, hosted between 2003 and 2016. Each year ushered in a new set of rules, new creative partners, and ever-more magical results.

Sounds Tasty, Salty Too

Bartleby's appetite for fun sets he and his brother Artemus on their way for their smallest adventure yet, into the game room for an unexpectedly flavorful time.

2013
03:00
Isaac Bluefoot

One Man's Sour, Another Man's Sweet

Kerry Klein brings reclaimed food to a potluck - and doesn't tell anyone.

2013
03:00
Kerry Klein

The Road to Umami

The fate of every farm animal, in three parts: life, death, and consumption.

2013
02:57
Carla Green, Vanessa Vyvial and Anthony Abbondanza

Sweet at Sea

A sweet encounter on the Irish Sea, retold at table.

2013
02:51
Sean Mullervy

The Sweetest Love

One new mother explains how her eating habits have changed as she develops her unborn baby's appetite.

2013
03:00
Morgan Davis

The Bitter Taste of Nicotine

My life as a smoker.

2013
02:57
Kay Collins

U-mami My Life

Having a long distance relationship is like having the best yet never satisfying three-course meal over and over again.

Bitter Yellow Pills

Lorraine explores what happens when the body gets an appetite for itself.

All Foods Lead to Home (Sweet Home)

Road Rage is transformed by Passionately Prepared Comestibles.

2013
03:13
Phyllis Janik

The Problem With Salty Water

An automated teller machine discusses awkward moments, consumer culture and why she needs it to survive.

2013
03:00
Aoife Allen

My Sweet Brother

Elaine Taylor's brother Clark has kidney disease - and it's been progressing for years.

Home Sweet Homemade Bread

My mom has been making homemade bread for as long as I can remember; here is her recipe.

2013
02:33
Caytlinn Strickland

The Farm-Fresh Egg: A Sweet Return

The locavore movement is sweeping the nation - and cookbook author Jennifer Thompson and a farmers market vendor explain why fresh eggs are the best eggs.

2013
02:58
Casey Kuhn

A Bitter Betrayal

What happens when you try to order 'the usual' at your neighborhood joint - and can't?

2013
03:03
Jennifer Kirby

Salt in the Air

The prairie is hard to find and harder to lose.

2013
03:01
Megan Clark

When you are 4 all you want is some sweet sweet YUM

A conversation with my four-year-old son about what would be his favourite dinner and what flavours he would like in it.

Essen, My Sweet

A visit to a Jewish assisted living facility to record memories of what people hunger for over the courses of their lives.

Bayou Umami

A people striving to retain their livelihood and culture.

2013
03:01
Kay Collins

Remembering Our Sweet Food Pain

Multimedia letters on memories of food pain.

The Sweet Taste of Imagination

You can eat a sumptuous three-course meal when you're sick if you use a little bit of imagination.

2013
02:36
Nacha Raman

Bitter Destruction, Sweet Return

Six people working at restaurants near the Boston Marathon explosions share their experiences as they re-open their doors to customers hungry for the city to return to normal.