Third Coast Audio Library :: All

Producer Gwen Macsai was 31 when, for the second time in her life, she was subjected to that ubiquitous teenage torture device . . . the dental retainer. Year: 1993 Producers: Gwen Macsai Taki Telonidis

A heroin overdose left Jade Bell blind, mute and unable to care for himself. Now Bell tours high schools in British Columbia, where his computerized "voice" speaks a loud warning to thousands of students. Year: 2002 Producers: Anne Penman Trisha Wilson

Desperate to learn the language, Japanese schools, businesses, and government agencies offer small fortunes to just about anyone who can help teach English. Year: 2000 Producers: Robin Hilton

Mucho Corazon tells the story of Leon Perlee, who builds and restores antique street organs in Holland's oldest surviving street organ business, and Milades Sosa, who works at a Cuban organ factory. Year: 2001 Producers: Chris Brookes Michele Ernsting

The first Johnny Rockets opened in 1986 on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, a concept restaurant embodying the epitome of retro culture. Year: 2001 Producers: Paul McCarthy

In the 1930's, the Great Depression and Dust Bowl drove farmers and their families from the central states to California. Year: 2001 Producers: Barrett Golding

This documentary, part of a series called America's Women: A Legacy of Change, examines how women's lives have changed since they won the vote in 1920s, focusing on the period from World War II through the 1950s. Year: 2001 Producers: Doug Partusch Sandra Sleight-Brennan

This story brings together a young Toronto composer, Adam Goddard, whose passion is music, and his 90-year-old grandfather, Henry Haws, whose passion is farming. Year: 2001 Producers: Adam Goddard Steve Wadhams

In this nostalgic documentary, tag along with Tupperware dealer Lucky Laurel into the world of Tupperware conventions, regional meetings, and of course, those signature Tupperware parties. Year: 2001 Producers: The Kitchen Sisters

In Scott Carrier's family, learning to swim means spending a few weeks at Al and Betty Switzer's Aquatic School in Center Sandwich, New Hampshire. Year: 1996 Producers: Scott Carrier

Tripura and Om took temporary vows of silence when they first met almost 20 years ago. Joan Schuman produced this sound portrait of their experience by weaving together their vocal memories with an ambient narrative of chalk scratching on slate. Year: 2001 Producers: Joan Schuman

Karla Saavedra, 17, moved to Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood from Mexico two years ago. Year: 2000 Producers: WNYC's Radio Rookies

Predrag Bundalo was a Serbian fighter in Sarajevo, who everyone called by his nickname, "Gaga." On the eve of his 36th birthday, Gaga stopped to visit an elderly Muslim woman in her apartment. Year: 2001 Producers: Michael Montgomery Stephen Smith

Throughout the long illness at the end of his life, fllmmaker Derek Jarman put an extraordinary amount of passion and physical labor into his uniqe and rugged garden. Year: 2001 Producers: Sherre DeLys

Here's an audio homage on three levels: first, to James Agee's poetic memoir of the sounds and smells of Knoxville, Tennessee in the summer of 1915, shortly before his father died; secondly, to Samuel Barber's 1947 orchestral setting of Agee's text for the soprano Eleanor Steber; and finally to the modern city of Knoxville. Year: 1995 Producers: Alan Hall

Katie Davis takes along her microphone when she is drafted to "coach" a high school basketball team in her neighborhood, allowing us to listen in as she stumbles through the season. Year: 1999 Producers: Katie Davis

You might recognize Andrei Codrescu's voice from his insightful commentaries on NPR, but Codrescu has also brought his unique perspective on American culture to the silver screen, via the movie Road Scholar. Year: 2001 Producers: Andrei Codrescu