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December 29, 2017 Third Coast's 2017 Audio Recap
Before the end of a busy and exciting year for radio and podcasts, the Third Coast staff got together to recap and reflect on 2017.

Johanna, Maya, Gwen, Dennis and Isabel discussed the shows and moments in the audio world from 2017 that they won't soon forget... and talked about what they look forward to hearing more of in 2018 and beyond.

What we won’t forget from 2017:
Johanna: How much everyone wanted to talk (debate, and reconsider, and take some more) about S-Town.
Isabel: The rise of mini-series, often delving into the mind of one man (yep, mostly men), including: Missing Richard Simmons, Start Up’s series on
Dov Charney, The Pope’s Long Con, Mogul: The Life & Death of Chris Lighty, Embedded’s “Trump Stories”
Dennis: Podcast producers making limited series that can end, like Showcase & Heaven’s Gate.
Maya: How inspiring it was — especially for public media newsrooms — when 74 Seconds won the Third Coast/RHDF Best Documentary: Gold.
Gwen: This latest season of Heavyweight & the divisive set-up of Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel.

What we’re looking forward to in 2018:
Gwen: MORE OF THE THINGS I LOVE!!!!
Johanna: More people re-thinking the podcast form — like in CBC’s Alone: A Love Story.
Maya: A nightly, live on-air radio broadcast hosted by women about urgent, topical issues, like WNYC’s “A Reckoning in Our Own House”
Isabel: More great Spanish-language and bilingual podcasts! Shout out to Martina Castro’s bilingual provocation.
Dennis: Pieces without clear narrative arcs — and podcasts & radio stories made overseas, but NOT in Europe.

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December 21, 2017 Re:sound #248 The Twisted Xmas Show
This hour, Third Coast’s take on the holidays.
No Santa
By John Biewen for Scene on Radio (2015)
A father turns on a recorder while tucking in his 7-year-old, having no idea he’s about to capture a poignant growing-up moment in his son’s life. (Advisory: This episode is not suitable for some young children.)
Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas
By Ben Manilla for Inside the National Recording Registry for Studio360 (2012)
The soundtrack of the holidays is lousy with annoying songs about sleigh rides and snowmen, and beautiful old carols done up as treacly as possible. One of the saving graces this time of year is the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas, written by Vince Guaraldi.
Winterval
By Helen Zaltzman for The Allusionist (2016)
There's a word that has become shorthand for 'the war on Christmas' with a side of 'political correctness gone mad': Winterval.
Morning Program [excerpt]
By Stephanie Foo for Pilot (2016)
A satirical look at the way public radio often treats "exotic" holidays... applied to Christmas.
Burn Slush! The Reindeer Grand Prix [excerpt]
By Cathy FitzGerald for BBC World Service (2016)
Producer Cathy FitzGerald travels to the snowy north of Finland to discover the sport of reindeer racing. She visits the little town of Inari, where the cappuccinos come with tiny antlers sketched in the foam and the local bar – PaPaNa (The Reindeer Dropping) – serves pizza topped with bear salami. Each year, the top 24 fastest reindeer compete here to be crowned The Reindeer King. They fly around a two-kilometre race track carved on the surface of icy Lake Inari to the cheers of hundreds of spectators.
This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk

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November 23, 2017 Best of the Best 2017 (Part 2)
This hour, some of the winners of our annual documentary competition, including the Best Documentary: Gold Award winner.

The Discussion — Best New Artist
by Rosa Gollan for PocketDocs from ABC Radio National
For some friends there's no subject too secret, or content too confronting. Rosa and Ryan have that kind of friendship. But five years after they first met, Rosa realized there was still one discussion left to have, and it wasn't going to be easy.

Los Cassettes del Exilio — Best Foreign Language Award
by Dennis Maxwell for Radio Ambulante
For much of Dennis Maxwell’s childhood, his father was living in exile, communicating with the family via cassette tapes. Dennis found those tapes recently and discovered the true impact of his father’s exile.

The Accidental Gay Parents, Part 5 — Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award
by Hillary Frank with Kristen Clark and Abigail Keel for The Longest Shortest Time from Stitcher
This is the story of what it’s like to be a pregnant man, and to share that news with your parents, your children, and the world.

S-Town — Directors' Choice Award
by Brian Reed and Julie Snyder
S-Town is a podcast that starts as a traditional investigation into corruption and wrongdoing in rural Alabama that becomes something much newer and stranger: a literary profile of one man’s life.

The Traffic Stop — Best Documentary: Gold Award
by Tracy Mumford with Hans Buetow, reported by Jon Collins and Riham Feshir, for 74 Seconds forMinnesota Public Radio and American Public Media.
On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by Officer Jeronimo Yanez for a broken brake light. How did a routine traffic stop turn fatal in less than two minutes? We break down what happened that night, second by second.

This hour of Best of the Best was produced by Dennis Funk.

Music for Best of the Best was provided by Patient Sounds, a private-press record label and book publisher in Chicago.

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November 23, 2017 Best of the Best 2017 (Part 1)
This hour, some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.

Featuring...

Quiet Revolution — Best New Artist Award
by Laura Irving for BIRSt.co.uk
This autobiographical account follows a middle-aged woman embarking on an unconventional new hobby of roller skating. Is she a fearless warrior against age and gender stereotypes?

Standing Out from the Crowd at a Trump Rally — Best News Feature Award
by Ike Sriskandarajah for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX
In Myrtle Beach, candidate Donald Trump spoke at a Tea Party convention about banning Muslims: “We don’t know where these guys are from.” At a motorcycle rally outside, producer Ike Sriskandarajah is personally confronted with the same skepticism.

Blink Once for Yes — Best Documentary: Bronze Award
by John Fecile, Steven Jackson and Lizzie Schiffman Tufano for Love + Radio, from Radiotopia
When Mike comes home after an accident, his family is faced with a new reality and an impossible choice.

Heavyweight: Gregor — Skylarking Award
by Jonathan Goldstein with co-producers Wendy Dorr, Kalila Holt, Chris Neary for Heavyweight from Gimlet Media.
20 years ago, Gregor lent some CDs to a musician friend. The CDs helped make him a famous rockstar. Now, Gregor would like some recognition. But mostly, he wants his CDs back.

Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms — Radio Impact Award
by Noel Anaya with Brett Myers and Denise Tejada for Youth Radio and NPR’s All Things Considered
When Noel Anaya had his final hearing before aging out of California’s foster care system, he wanted to bring millions into that courtroom with him, where he’d suffered time and time again.

Majd’s Diary: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl — Best Documentary: Silver Award
by Sarah Kate Kramer and Joe Richman for Radio Diaries and NPR’s All Things Considered
Majd Abdulghani dreams of becoming a scientist, while her parents want to arrange her marriage. From the age of 19 to 21, Majd Abdulghani used a microphone to chronicle her life, taking listeners inside a society where the voices of women are rarely heard.

This hour of Best of the Best was produced by Dennis Funk.

Music for Best of the Best was provided by Patient Sounds, a private-press record label and book publisher in Chicago.

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November 17, 2017 Re:sound #247 The Meet the Composer Show
This hour, we're diving deep into the strange, beautiful world of modern music composition.

The Producer
By Alex Overington for WXQR's *Meet the Composer* (2017)
Staff paper and key signatures are great for concertos and sonatas, but the composers in this story don’t think that way… in fact most of them aren’t even sure they should be called composers at all. That includes producer Alex Overington who takes us on a road trip to unravel the creative process of those who write without a score.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.

Music for Re:sound* is provided by Patient Sounds, a private-press record label and book publisher in Chicago.

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October 27, 2017 Re:sound #246 The Mirrored Show
This hour, what we see - and what we want to see - when we gaze into our reflections in the mirror.

Mirrored
By Cathy Fitzgerald for BBC Radio 4 / World Service (2017)
Each of us cultivates an image of ourselves at certain point in our lives and, once it’s there, it’s a hard image to shake. So much of our identities are expressed through our appearance. So what happens to our self-image as we get older and our features begin to change? In this story, we hear from people between the ages of 11 to 86 years old as they reflect… on their reflections in the mirror.

Only Volunteers
By Rebecca Hertz for Snap Judgement (2012)
When Rebecca began working for a makeover-themed reality TV show, she thought she was going to be helping women realize their dreams and become more self-confident. What actually happened over the course of the show’s production was very different from what she - or any of the show’s contestants - signed up for.

The Trouble With Beauty [Excerpt]
By Lea Redfern for ABC RN’s 360 Documentaries (2013)
As producer Lea Redfern prepares to have her first baby girl, she confronts the issue of having to someday teach her daughter about “beauty.” In this story, Lea explores how society values beauty and whether as a parent, she’ll be able to turn some of those values around.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vazquez.

Music for Re:sound is provided by Patient Sounds, a private press record label and publisher in Chicago.

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October 13, 2017 Re:sound #245 The Determination Show
This hour, amateur detectives, spiritual revelations and other stories of dogged perseverance.

The 27th Amendment
By Matt Largey for Pop-Up Magazine and KUT Austin (2016)
With everything that’s going on in politics these days, it helps to remember the power that we have as individuals to make change. Examples of this are far too few, of course. But there is one that stands out. And you’ve probably never heard it.

Angie
By Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer for their podcast Criminal (2015)
In July of 2002, Philadelphia Homicide Detective Pat Mangold was called to the scene of a gruesome murder on the Schuylkill River. When he wasn’t able to determine the victim’s identity, he expected the case to remain unsolved. But then, out of the blue, a professional soccer player inserted himself into the investigation, and became obsessed with solving the crime.
Featuring a behind the scenes interview with Phoebe Judge

First You Leave and Then You Go
By Karen Duffin Re:sound debut, originally produced for the Transom Storytelling Workshop (2013)
This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.
Karen's dad most wanted to pass on his curiosity and his faith to his seven children. She has the curiosity, it's sharing his faith that she's not so sure of.

Music for Re:sound is provided by Patient Sounds, a private press record label and publisher in Chicago.

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September 15, 2017 Re:sound #244 The Phil Smith Show
This hour, we dive into the audio features of the multi-talented musician and poet, Phil Smith. Satchmo Encore By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2014 The Smith Brothers' Ain't Misbehavin' was a highlight of the 1994 Cheadle Hulme Junior School's Informal Concert. Jazz historian Alyn Shipton assesses its critical value. Die Fremde By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2014 An nod to Kafka, language and longing. Towards By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2017 Love in a time of climate change, // Love under sponsored umbrellas, // Love in a time of Eisenstein films // uploaded to Youtube, // and that famous scene // of the baby's pram rolling down the steps, // to the waterfront in Odessa... Four Resolutions of a Dimished Chord By Phil Smith (previously unaired), 2017 Leonard Bernstein and an exploration of romances that fizzle out. "We Are Here To Help Each Other Get Through This Thing, Whatever It Is" By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2017 A story that starts with Kurt Vonnegut, ends with a giggling librarian, and in between touches on loneliness, insecurity, the deathly serious and the ridiculously absurd. A Very Different Time By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2017 A setting of W.H. Auden's 'Paysage Moralisé' — a poem about the idea of home and who gets to live where For more work from Phil's website to hear more features and music: https://www.pmcsmith.com/ This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.
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August 25, 2017 Re:sound #243 The Finally! Show
This hour, we’re sharing a few of Third Coast’s favourite stories that didn’t quite fit the mold of past episodes.Smart Old Broad By Gideon Brower and Nick White for Unfictional from KCRW (2014) Maureen "Mo" O'Neill was spending her days mostly alone. She didn't have many friends, she was getting older, and didn't know who she was. After work she could never summon up the inspiration it took to get off the couch and leave the house. But that's when she discovered the solution that opened up the world to her… competitive air guitar.The Leaves By Jaye Kranz for ‘Between The Essays’ (The Essay) for Falling Tree Productions & BBC Radio 3 (2015) Radio producer Jaye Kranz was given a line of poetry from an Adelaide Crapsey poem—"The leaves, frost crisp'd, break from the trees"—and asked to make adventurous radio with it. What followed is a leap into the therapeutic possibilities of poetry, and a tumble down the rabbit hole into a dreamlike space of memories.The Magic Skates [excerpt] By Mad Genius for Where@abouts (2016) Jeanne Du Snark brings the pain for the Mad Rollin' Dolls, a roller derby league in Madison, Wisconsin. The audio collective Mad Genius recorded Jeanne's world, remixing her skates into an arena-shaking stomp. "You could get hit from anywhere. Just be ready."Six House Parties By Ross Sutherland for Imaginary Advice (2015)Ross Sutherland takes you through a creative menagerie of themed house parties.Knitter on the Bus By Kate Sweeney for Atlanta Sounds from WABE (2012) Fred Skey is an Atlanta commuter who’s found a crafty way to pass the time as he takes MARTA to and from work: knitting. He says that the act of knitting feels like a meditation; when he focuses on his stitches during his long commute, the stress from the workday melts away.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.
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August 04, 2017 Re:sound #242 The Soundtracks of Our Lives Show
This hour the symphonic textures of our everyday lives.Soundtracks of Our Lives By Tim Hinman for Third Ear (2013) Crossing the planet in search of something that can make some sense of sound, Tim Hinman talks to film sound designer Peter Albrechtsen in Copenhagen and deconstructs the sound of cinema. Jacob Kirkegaard, sound artist from Denmark travels to Ethiopia in search of sounds that may not be what they seem. British sound recordist and composer Chris Watson is at the South Pole and the North Pole, stopping over in Denmark for a walk in the park. Musician and singer Kirstine Stubbe Teglbjærg gets lost in childhood sounds of the Swedish forest, and music producer Steve Albini shows us around his studio in Chicago, USA.Check out more from Tim on the podcast Sound Matters .This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.
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