Re:sound

Third Coast’s radio show, hosted by Gwen Macsai, was a weekly radio show that remixed audio gems from around the world, and peeked behind the curtain at the producers who made them. It aired weekly on WBEZ in Chicago from 2004 until 2019. Browse through all episodes here, or listen to them on the Re:sound podcast feed.

Plus, check out the annual Best of the Best series, a Re:sound special. This special series showcases the best audio stories of the year, as crowned by our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. It airs on public radio stations around the United States annually.

Best of the Best 2012 (Part 1)

Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.

Best of the Best 2012 (Part 2)

Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC/RHDF Competition.

Re:sound #153 The Murdoch Show

This hour: The rise of media tycoon, Rupert Murdoch.

Re:sound #154 The Painters and Poets Show

This hour: inside the the lives and works of two great American artists, painter Edward Hopper and poet Anne Sexton.

Re:sound #155 The List Show

This hour: To do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts.

Re:sound #156 The Russia Show

This hour: The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!

Re:sound # 157 The Children of Sodom and Gomorrah Show

This hour: Children try to survive in, and escape from, a Ghanaian slum called Sodom and Gomorrah.

Re:sound #158 The Night Show

This hour: Listening to the night.

Re:sound #161 The Dylan's Women Show

This hour: Bob Dylan was influenced and affected by the women who were close to him, from girlfriend to wife, mentor to muse.

Re:sound #162 The Ships Show

This hour: we'll bob from the biggest maritime disaster that you've never heard of, to a man who saved thousands of shipboard lives with a deceptively simple design.

Re:sound #163 The Far From Home Show

This hour: Two stories of people who are far away — physically, emotionally and/or spiritually from the place they call home.

Re:sound #164 The Shaken, Not Stirred Show

This hour: As the James Bond franchise celebrates its 50th year, we get at what's been driving him all this time - the beat.

Re:sound #165 The Enemies to Friends Show

This hour: people who start out as bitter enemies and end up in places you could never predict.

Re:sound #166 The Fix Show

This hour: Storied pasts and double lives.

Re:sound #167 The Mavis Show

This hour: We dedicate most of the show to a profile of Mavis Gallant, who at 90, is looking back on an extraordinary life.

Re:sound #168 The 2012 ShortDocs Show

This hour: Gwen Macsai and Julie Shapiro spin some of our favorite stories from the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge.