Third Coast Audio Library :: All

You know how sometimes you just can't get a song out of your head? Radio producer Richie Beirne can sympathize. Year: 2008 Producers: Richie Beirne

Here's a love story that stretches across two decades, thousands of miles, and an international border. Rocio and Francisco are married but have kept their family together by living apart for the past 19 years. Year: 2007 Producers: Catrin Einhorn Linda Lutton

Eighty-two-year-old Daphne Reed is married to and madly in love with a man 30 years her juinor. She's been thinking a lot about death recently, and about the future years her husband will likely spend without her. Year: 2007 Producers: Nora Harrington

Searching for your ideal partner can be exhausting, even with the help of personal ads. Year: 2007 Producers: Inge Hoonte

A revealing reflection on journalism, which is a process of editing and selecting, rather than transmitting a complete record to the public. Year: 2007 Producers: Sarah Boothroyd

Epic, Painful, Long, Scary is the story of 19-year-old African-Australian twins. The twins hardly remember their mother and father, who both died from AIDS-related illnesses when the boys were just toddlers. Year: 2006 Producers: Julie Kimberly

Summer sleepover camp means more than mosquito bites, sunburn, twig art, and bonfire gatherings. Camp offers many kids their first taste of independence -- which can be equal-parts blissful and terrifying. Year: 2007 Producers: Lisbeth Koerner Rikke Houd Sabine Hviid

Two friends sit on a dock, meandering through a variety of ocean stories (some true and some not): Year: 2007 Producers: Keith Talbot Larry Massett

Hot dogs are a classic American food. But when is a hot dog more than just a hot dog? When it's a neighborhood mainstay, through years of change. Year: 2003 Producers: Peter Thomson

Bouffants, buzz cuts, mohawks, and dreadlocks: no matter the style, hair has played an important social and cultural role throughout human history. Year: 2006 Producers: Mark Vernon Zoe Irvine

Carlos Maeda and his quartet struggle with "El Gato Montes" in after-school rehearsals. Produced by Maeda for Curie Youth Radio. Year: 2006 Producers: Curie Youth Radio

Excerpts from the diary of a girl who insists that self-mutilation is saving her life. Produced by April Winbun for Curie Youth Radio. Year: 2006 Producers: Curie Youth Radio

A collage of love notes, tardy slips, and other high school detritus collected from high school garbage cans. Produced by Geraldo Hernandez and Giancarlo Hernandez for Curie Youth Radio. Year: 2005 Producers: Curie Youth Radio

What is it about train travel that inspires music and memory? And why do people tend to confess their innermost thoughts once they get on board? Year: 2006 Producers: Sandy Thacker Steve Wadhams

In September, 2002, three years before Katrina devastated America's gulf coast, veteran NPR reporter Daniel Zwerdling investigated what would happen to New Orleans if it fell in the path of a Category 5 hurricane. Year: 2002 Producers: Daniel Zwerdling

Canadian musician Leonard Cohen insists he hardly remembers anything from his past and that he lives mostly in the present. Year: 2006 Producers: Kari Hesthamar

Many people look to the natural world for clues about living a more harmonious life. For example, we aspire to traits we associate with certain animals: the wisdom of the owl, the noble bearing of the bald eagle, or the grace of the swan. Year: 2005 Producers: Guy Hand

Merry-go-rounds often reside deep in our memories, conjuring childhood and the magical ability to be carried far away in the blink of an eye or the spin of a carousel. Year: 2006 Producers: Kaye Mortley

The world makes its own music, but we rarely listen with fresh ears says Aaron Ximm, sound artist, field recordist and founder of quietamerican.org. Year: 2005 Producers: Aaron Ximm

The day Thelon Oeming moved into an apartment in a working class area of Toronto, he saw a hunched-back man shouting to himself in the middle of the street. Year: 2006 Producers: Steve Wadhams Thelon Oeming

Two years ago a group of Mongolian herdsmen and musicians traveled to Elko, Nevada, to participate in the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Year: 2006 Producers: Hal Cannon Taki Telonidis

Can you remember the sound of voices from the past, even of a close family member? Year: 2005 Producers: Pat Donnez Wim Vangrootloon

Originally a text by French writer Marguerite Duras, India Song was next made into an extensive radio program and eventually a film of the same title. Year: 2005 Producers: Georges Peyrou Marguerite Duras

Japanese springtime: the motif of countless haikus and soulful pop songs, spectacular kabuki and elegant Noh plays, short stories, and novels. In Japan, spring begins in winter -- with a lot of noise. Year: 2005 Producers: Barbara Entrup Malte Jaspersen

The shopping mall is a cultural and commercial phenomenon in America that most can relate to in some way or another. Year: 2005 Producers: Jonathan Mitchell