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.

Re:sound #135 The Taking Care Show

This hour: the delicate interdependence between being in need and answering the call to help.

Re:sound #134 The Consequences Show

For every action there is a reaction. This week we look at consequences, both micro and macro.

Re:sound #133: The Food Show

This hour: Food. It's delicious. It's complicated.

Re:sound #132: The Lost Show

This hour: looking for the intangible. What's lost and what might be found.

Re:sound #130: The Chicago Show

This hour: Chicago. Hogbutcher to the world, jewel of the Midwest, and everything inbetween.

Re:sound #129: The Nerve Show

This hour: how and why we're wired for sound. A look at music and the brain.

Re:sound #128: The Willie McGee Show

This hour: the story (and the story behind the story) of Willie McGee.

Re:sound #127: The Urban Dreamers Show

This hour: the experience of the city -- from the bicycle seat, the planner's map, and the poet's pen.

Re:sound #126: The Scam Show

This hour: the capital of scamming.

Re:sound #123: The Textbook War Show

This hour: one woman's comments at a school board meeting in Kanawa County, West Virginia, become a catalyst for deep division within the school district, the county, the state, and the entire country.

Re:sound #122: The Three Records from Sun Ra Show

This hour: two amazing musicians explored through the portal of two amazing documentaries.

Re:sound #121: The Death Comes Home Show

This hour: the home funeral movement. Three families who've forgone traditional death rites in favor of a more DIY approach.

Re:sound #125: The Justice Show

This hour: we explore some big ideas – justice, injustice, punishment, and redemption – through small, powerful, personal stories.

Re:sound #120: The Poetry Show

This hour: three documentary poems chronicling the lives of working class mothers in Troy, NY. Plus, poets as reporters, confused readers, and more.

Re:sound #1: The Very First Show Show

This week: an aural trip to one of the oldest cities in the world, an unconventional love affair, and a man who eats up all the books he reads (literally).

Re:sound #2: The High School Show

This hour: we head back to high school. For better or for worse.

Re:sound #3: The Karaoke Tupperware Show

This hour: karaoke as marital therapy, a man tries to cure his stutter, the weird world of Tupperware parties, and more.

Re:sound #4: The Investigation Show

This hour: a woman investigates a secluded religious community, another secretly tapes her interactions with paint store owners, and yet another peels back the layers of "geek speak."

Re:sound #6: The Confessions Show

This hour: a retired child beauty queen recalls her youth and a young man revels in eating trash.

Re:sound #7: The Mei Mei Show

This hour: producer Dmae Roberts grapples with the history and memories of her Taiwanese mother, a history of PTSD, and more.

Re:sound #8: The Books on the Radio Show

This hour: a few stories by author Rick Moody rendered in sound, plus a woman visits her friends' houses and talks with them about their books.

2004
01:00:09
Rick Moody
Julie Shapiro

Re:sound #9: The South Side of Japan Show

This hour: we head to the south side of Chicago and Japan.

Re:sound #11: The Chat Room Opera Show

This hour: sex on the Internet, music and memory, and more.

Re:sound #12: The Hard-Hearted Dreamer Show

This hour: a girl goes on tour with her parents and a woman returns to her homeland in Iran after 40 years away.

Re:sound #13: The Living Flag Show

This hour: reparations, repatriations, and the mystery of the earworm.