Ubu Hour

Hosted by: 
Produced by: 
KBOO
Subscribe to podcast

 

The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

Topic tags: 
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Three Cautionary Tales of Power

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Viv Ubu narrates only two different tales of abuse of power.. from the local to the national... (please note that part of this show has been deleted for reasons which may or may not be divulged in The Ubu Hour in the distant future.)  Read more

Ubu Hour on 12/07/09

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2009 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
The December UBU HOUR is a surreal Dada-eque holiday drama called THE BOOK OF HOLES. This is the radio version of a live stage show, about this strange Book of Holes, an ancient text of contradictions that has the power to brainwash people, and the birth of the Holey baby J... Read more

The Book of Holes

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
The Ubu Hour's holiday offering is a surreal dada-eque assault on good taste called THE BOOK OF HOLES. This is the radio version of a live stage show, about this strange Book of Holes, an ancient text of contradictions that has the power to brainwash people, and the birt... Read more

Ubu Hour on 11/02/09

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 11:00pm - 11:55pm
Produced for Ubu Hour
 Tune in Monday Nov 2nd at 11 pm for a couple of audio dramas about altered realities from the Ubu Hour.  First up, the short peice WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG?  His partner is in a coma in the hospital. When she awakes she will think everything is different, reality and illu... Read more

Where Did It All Go Wrong

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG?     His partner is in a coma in the hospital. When she awakes she will think everything is different, reality and illusion are fused... What the terrible and frightening truth will be revealed?  This political horror drama is based on the song St J... Read more

The Soul Jumpers

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
THE SOUL JUMPERS: Renee and Evan are brutally murdered in a motel on the outskirts of Portland. DEA agent Jack is sent in to investigate reports of XPand, a strange new drug that literally takes people into another world. When he hooks up with femme-fatale Liz, he doesn't r... Read more

Health Care Debate

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
The Ubu Hour Health Care Debate, where a couple of shills from the health care industry try to convince a bunch of people that our corporate profit-driven health system is the best in the world.  It even ends with the late great Richard Francis reading a poem about health c... Read more

Dudu Intrudes

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
DUDU INTRUDES is a homage to Alfred Jarry's Ubu plays, with Ma and Pa Dudu as the ugly Americans who are visiting a house in a foreign country after their car breaks down. It's rude and crass, and hopefully catches some of the spirit of the original Ubu./.. Read more

Our Little Mayor Part 4

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
OUR LITTLE MAYOR Part 4.. More hilarity insues with the further adventures of Slam Assbuns, openly-gay mayor of a small big west coast city, and the follow-out from his lies about the relationship he  had with an 18-year old. Rabid petition-recallers, corrupt city officials... Read more

Murder Mystery Tape

Airs at: Sun, 08/02/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Ubu Hour
A mysterious tape found by an unknown member of the Ubu Hour which we played on our August show because we didn't have any other material. Read more