Third Coast International Audio Festival

From the ABC's Long Story Short, the story of a guy who was thrown a lot of curve balls, and overcame them all. Persevering Rick was produced for Long Story Short by Mike Williams with sound engineer Timothy Nicastri. Long Story Short was created and presented by Jesse Cox and Mike Williams, and produced by Winding Track and Creative Nonfiction in association with ABC Radio National. The series producer is Lorena Allam. The Third Coast podcast is produced by Katie Mingle. Hear more great stories at http://thirdcoastfestival.org/

This hour: we explore two struggling Texas towns through the beautiful and mournful voices of those who still live there. The Third Coast Festival's Re:sound is hosted by Gwen Macsai and produced by Katie Mingle. http://thirdcoastfestival.org/

This hour: Jazz and the struggle for civil rights in South Africa and the U.S.

This hour: Identical twins -- separated at birth, separated by belief and joined by matching outfits.

Stories of people in love, who just wouldn't take 'no' for an answer.

Stories about people who lived to be 100, and reflections from producer Neenah Ellis on what she learned from these remarkable centenarians.

This hour: listening to the night. Lights Out by Delaney Hall (In the Dark, 2011) On the night of July 13, 1977, a complete blackout spread through all five boroughs of New York City. Right before the chaos and mayhem of that night began, two young DJs - Disco Wiz and Grandmaster Cassanova Fly - were spinning records in a duel on a busy corner in the Bronx. Then, everything went dark and some say hip-hop was born. Conversations in the Dark by Colette Kinsella (RTE, 2011) During the day, zoos are bustling. At night, when the people leave and the animals get a bit of privacy, naturally, it quiets down (a bit). But, as it turns out, some conversations are just beginning. Twenty-four Hour Pawn by Mary Beth Kirchner (All Things Considered, 2003) Certain places are magnets for night owls - clubs, theaters, casinos, and near one Las Vegas casino, a 24-hour pawn shop. Nocturne by Cathy Fitzgerald and Neville Edwards (The National Gallery Podcast, 2009) Who can say what goes on inside a museum at night? Plenty of movie makers have imagined fantastic ideas of inanimate objects coming to life once the doors are locked. But really, isn’t it all just art on the walls and drowsy security guards? Maybe. But then again, maybe not. Singing Sanitation Worker by George Bodarky (WFUV, 2004) In the wee hours of the morning the insomniacs are finally falling asleep, the donuts are being made, a few early birds are heading to work. In New York, garbage men are finishing up their shift

This hour: The American Icons series from WNYC's Studio 360.

Re:sound #126 The Scam Show (originally aired in 2010) by Third Coast Festival

Hustlers. Some are straight-up con artists, and others are just doing what they have to do to get by.

This hour: a purple hotel, a family who argues over their skin color, a singing rainbow and more. Rainbow Squared by Katie Mingle (Re:sound debut, 2013) The original color palette is of course, the rainbow. And though the rainbow has been appropriated by many over the years, Re:sound producer Katie Mingle will (for better or worse) always associate the rainbow with "the double rainbow guy," Paul Vasquez. Rippin' The Rainbow A New One (excerpt) by Radiolab (Radiolab, 2012) To make sense of the science of color, it turns out that rainbows are the perfect teaching tool. In this excerpt from Radio Lab, Robert Krulwich, Jad Abumrad and researcher Mark Changizi discuss whether color comes from within or without, with help from the Young New Yorkers Chorus. After You Left by Margy Rochlin and Bob Carlson (Unfictional, 2012) For writer Margy Rochlin, the absence of color was the main feature of her ancestral home in Nogales, Arizona. It looked the same for decades... until the day it didn’t. As Black As We Wish To Be (excerpt) by Lu Olkowski (State of The Re:Union, 2012) In a tiny town in the Appalachian foothills of Southern Ohio, one family disagrees about who they are at their essence, starting with their skin color. Purple Reign by Gwen Macsai and Roman Mars (99% Invisible, 2012) Re:sound host Gwen Macsai comes clean with a very colorful secret. Re:sound is produced by Katie Mingle. Find out more at thirdcoastfestival.org

This hour: Children try to survive in, and escape from, a Ghanaian slum called Sodom and Gomorrah.

This hour: Running on two legs, running on four, but most importantly, running with all your might

This week: every country song tells a story and has a story behind it.

This hour: the story of a harrowing journey on the Mediterranean Sea that started with high hopes and ended in tragedy. Plus Gwen and Julie discuss the (just announced) 2013 ShortDocs Challenge.