Series for Third Coast International Audio Festival
Third Coast’s yearly ode to audio storytelling is back! Featuring the winners of the 20th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, the best audio stories of the year offer a beautiful, stirring portrait of 2020. Best of the Best is a four-part broadcast. Each hour of the series can be aired independently or alongside the rest, and in any order.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Nov 17, 2020
Re:sound is a remix of documentaries handpicked by the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Apr 22, 2020
The Third Coast International Audio Festival is back with our annual Best of the Best broadcast, featuring the winners of the 2019 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation competition. In this four-part special, host Gwen Macsai presents the top audio stories of the year — and dives deep with some of the producers for a behind-the-scenes look at making beautiful stories in sound.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Nov 20, 2019
Re:sound is a remix of documentaries handpicked by the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Jun 05, 2019
Say 'hello' to season 5 of Re:sound from the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Apr 11, 2018
Presenting! Season 4 of Re:sound from the sonic hunter-gatherers at Third Coast International Audio Festival.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Mar 23, 2017
The 2016 ShortDocs Challenge, in partnership with Manual Cinema (a cinematic shadow puppet performance collective), invited two to three-minute long stories inspired by the cinema and one of four genres: Rom-Com, Sci-Fi, Film Noir and Nature Doc.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Dec 01, 2016
Presenting! Season 3 of Re:sound from the sonic hunter-gatherers at Third Coast International Audio Festival.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Apr 28, 2016
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.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Jul 08, 2015
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.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: May 11, 2015
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.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Jun 17, 2014
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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- Updated: Sep 17, 2013
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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- Updated: Jul 24, 2012
Short audio works inspired by five books carefully selected from the San Francisco-based Prelinger Library's extensive and treasured collection of printed ephemera.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Apr 25, 2011
Short audio works inspired by song titles and samples from the acclaimed musical duo The Books.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Apr 12, 2011
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
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Apr 15, 2011
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.
- From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
- Updated: Apr 05, 2011