Third Coast International Audio Festival

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The Third Coast International Audio Festival is an annual and on-going celebration of the best documentary and feature work being made worldwide for radio and the Internet.

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9 Pieces

Short radio works inspired by the French literary group Oulipo and cartoonist Matt Madden, and produced according to the following rules: - each starts with some manifestation of: "To begin with, they never got along." - each includes a discernible pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise, and exclamation - each lasts exactly 2:30 minutes

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10 Pieces

Short radio works inspired by three items purchased at a dollar store in downtown Chicago: a mug with a feisty message, an old-school bicycle bell and wooden mousetraps.

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10 Pieces

Short audio works inspired by five books carefully selected from the San Francisco-based Prelinger Library's extensive and treasured collection of printed ephemera.

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12 Pieces

Short audio works inspired by song titles and samples from the acclaimed musical duo The Books.

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27 Pieces

The 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs each feature at least two neighbors, include both a color in the title and three consecutive seconds of "narrative silence," and last about three minutes.

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24 Pieces

The 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge, in partnership with the food-championing James Beard Foundation, invited producers and listeners alike to create short audio works (2 - 3 minutes) inspired by the idea of "appetite," presented in three "courses," and including one of the five tastes in the title: bitter, salt, sour, sweet or umami.

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11 Pieces

The Third Coast International Audio Festival presents a special 11 episode series of its flagship radio program "Re:sound" (heard weekly on WBEZ, Chicago). Hosted by award-winning producer and writer Gwen Macsai, "Re:sound" is known for presenting unforgettable audio stories carefully curated from around the world. Each episode explores a new theme through a variety of lenses, a refreshing mix of storytelling styles and joyful use of sound. For this series, Third Coast has chosen ten favorite "Re:sound" episodes, nipped and tucked the shows to get them ready for the national stage, and teamed up with PRX, the Public Radio Exchange, to share them far and wide.

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6 Pieces

Presenting! Season two of Re:sound from the sonic hunter-gatherers at Third Coast International Audio Festival. Hosted by award-winning producer and writer Gwen Macsai, Re:sound presents unforgettable audio stories curated from all over the world. Airing weekly on WBEZ, each episode explores a new theme through a variety of lenses, a refreshing mix of storytelling styles and joyful use of sound. For season two, Third Coast has chosen six favorite Re:sound episodes from the past year, nipped and tucked them just so, and prepared them for the national stage. The season features exceptional stories by Roman Mars (99% Invisible), Lulu Miller (RadioLab), Paolo Pietropaolo (CBC), Jonathan Goldstein (Wiretap), Lorelei Harris (RTE, Ireland) and many others. Special Note! You can mix and match this season with 11 additional evergreen Re:sound (specials) episodes from season one. Stations airing our first season include: WNYC, KQED, KALW, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, New Hampshire Public Radio, WESA and many more.

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8 Pieces

The 2015 ShortDocs Challenge, in partnership with the Studs Terkel Radio Archive at the WFMT Radio Network, invited two to three-minute long stories inspired by Stud's mighty curiosity.

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6 Pieces

Presenting! Season 3 of Re:sound from the sonic hunter-gatherers at Third Coast International Audio Festival.


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For 2016, the Third Coast Festival is back with our annual "Best of the Best" broadcast featuring the winners of our annual documentary competition...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KGOU, Spokane Public Radio, WFAE, WHYY and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 45
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This hour on Re:sound, some of our favorite childhood icons: from the man who gave us Thing One and Thing Two, to Dorothy, the tin man and Toto too...

Bought by KHNS, KALW, KSUT, WHRV, WCPN and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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In this hour, we’re playing some of our favourite ShortDocs from our 2015 challenge, as well as the official winners.

Bought by KHNS, KQED, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KALW, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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This hour on Re:sound, we’re featuring the musical documentaries of Alan Hall, founder of Falling Tree Productions.

Bought by KHNS, KALW, WCPN, WITF, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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Rivers feed us in all ways, literal and figurative. This hour on resound, we wind our way down the Green, the Ganges and the Chicago rivers, for so...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KQED, KALW, WCPN, KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 24
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Every once in a while here on re:sound, we break from our usual format to bring you the work of one producer who we really love. This hour, that pr...

Bought by KVNF, WCPN, WITF, KCPW Salt Lake City, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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What do we really know about other people’s lives? Double lives, double binds, double trouble. This hour on Re:sound, imposters.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFCF FM, KGOU, KQED, WCPN and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
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The winter holiday tradition continues as the Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the ...

Bought by Prairie Public, KZYX, KGOU, KWIT, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 54
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This hour, waiting. Waiting in line, waiting for an organ transplant and waiting for a bus that's never, ever going to come.

Bought by KALW, KHNS, Interlochen Public Radio, WKSU, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 32
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The producer's grandma reflects on growing old in a country that's not her home.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1