Third Coast Audio Library :: All

Australian anthropologist, botanist, and eccentric Olive Pink waged a 40-year, one-woman civil rights campaign on behalf of the Aboriginal peoples until her death in 1975. Year: 2005 Producers: Hollis Taylor Jane Ulman

Ten years ago, the people of Lubec, Maine, were met with an unpleasant surprise: an enormous finback whale had washed onto the beachfront of their tiny coastal town. Year: 2005 Producers: Molly Menschel

A few years ago, Mark Vernon bought a pile of old reel-to-reel audio tapes at a boot sale (think yard sale, but in the trunks of cars) near his hometown of Derby, England. Year: 2002 Producers: Mark Vernon

Five alarmingly self-aware people meet on the phone for an hour each week to talk about their lives and their goals. Year: 2005 Producers: Eurydice Aroney

Meet Floyd (not his real name), a self-described "cigarette hustler" and part of Chicago's thriving underground economy, where goods and services -- legal and illegal -- are sold under the radar. Year: 2005 Producers: Ann Heppermann Kara Oehler

It was the closest thing to Muzak in Russia. This is the story of the rise, fall, and sudden resurgence of the music that dominated television and radio airwaves and whose spacey sounds made it the favorite of the USSR's cosmonauts. Year: 2004 Producers: Charles Maynes

When her husband brings two puppies home, producer Lea Redfern becomes completely immersed in the world of canines. Now dog culture pervades her every waking moment, from commanding her social life to steering her personal politics. Year: 2004 Producers: Lea Redfern

Wired with a low-fi tape recorder, performance artist Damali Ayo visited hardware stores and asked employees to mix paint to match different parts of her body. Year: 2004 Producers: Damali Ayo Dmae Roberts

Thirty years ago no one believed that the psychological problems suffered by Vietnam soldiers were caused by their service in the war. Year: 2004 Producers: Alix Spiegel

Matthew Power first met poet Allen Ginsberg at his cousin's Bar Mitzvah, when he was a 15-year-old aspiring writer. Year: 2004 Producers: Dean Olsher Emily Botein Matthew Power

Ken Nordine wonders if the warning pamphlets included with many powerful prescriptions may cause some of us to suffer mild paranoia. Year: 2004 Producers: Ken Nordine

After a teenager was killed near San Francisco for having a different biological gender from the one she expressed, some local middle-schoolers wanted to know why. What is gender, anyway? Year: 2004 Producers: outLoud Radio

Dia Fallana is a young transgender woman living in a depressed area of Oakland, California. In this radio essay, she explains how her mother's anti-gay attitude kept her in the closet -- until she was forced to tell the truth. Year: 2004 Producers: outLoud Radio

When Youth Radio reporters in Oakland, CA, spoke with their friends returning home from Iraq, they realized that the public wasn't hearing the perspectives of these young soldiers. Year: 2004 Producers: Youth Radio

When Youth Radio reporters in Oakland, CA, spoke with their friends returning home from Iraq, they realized that the public wasn't hearing the perspectives of these young soldiers. Year: 2004 Producers: Belia Mayeno Choy

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election, Radio Diaries produced this five-part series featuring newly discovered archival tape of Nelson Mandela, his supporters, and detractors. Year: 2005 Producers: Ben Shapiro Joe Richman Sue Jaye Johnson

This is a playful exploration of Nicholas Longstaff's first forays into the world of relationships, documenting the semantics of falling in and out of love. Year: 2004 Producers: Nicholas Longstaff

Sound artist Sylvi MacCormac tells this story about coming home by train along the Canadian Railway Lines. Year: 2004 Producers: Sylvi MacCormack

Chandra Bulucon, sole proprietor of Puppy Machine Productions, recorded a 45-minute phone conversation she had with a friend about her relationship to radio. Year: 2004 Producers: Chandra Bulucon

Could The Star Spangled Banner be recast as a drinking song? Holger Mohaupt suggests that in this family, it could. Year: 2004 Producers: Holger Mohaupt

Filmmaker Tony Hill takes his blind friend to a mystery location, where she discovers her whereabouts solely through her sense of touch. Year: 2004 Producers: Tony Hill

Filmmaker Adam Clitheroe playfully puts forth an audio portrait of a traditional woodsman . . . equipped with a cell phone. Year: 2004 Producers: Adam Clitheroe

This Radio New Zealand documentary explores the construction of the world of The Lord of the Rings through the eyes of the New Zealanders whose "good old kiwi ingenuity" on the film set brought Middle Earth to life. Year: 2003 Producers: Camilla Maling

One evening in 1994, four women came together for a feast. They had never met one another before. As far as anybody knew, they only had one thing in common: they were all obese. Year: 2003 Producers: Lorelei Harris

America's history is rich with the stories of antagonistic coal strikes, but the Herrin Massacre of 1922 is a particularly distressing event that resulted in the deaths of nearly two dozen strike-breakers. Year: 2003 Producers: Gary Covino