Ubu Hour

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Hosted by: 
Rolf Semprebon
Produced by: 
KBOO
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The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

Topic tags: 
Radio Theater
Genre(s): 
Radio Theatre, Experimental
Related show host(s): 
Ken Jones, Matthew Clark
Related program(s): 
Sudden Radio Project, The Holy Crowley Hour, Gremlin Time
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Sleepless Nights

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
This peice derived from an angry roommate letter, so the writer of the peice is in fact Anonymous (or perhaps Ann Nahnonomus) but it was read by Viirginia Furr and produced by the Notorous NT Read more

July 2011 Ubu Complete

Airs at: Wed, 07/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Here's the complete July 2011 Ubu Hour show for those who want to download the complete show and not individual pieces... (actually almost complete, one small peice in the middle is missing..) So, what we have here is 00- 10 1/2 minutes- THE INTRO.. yes, it took about 10 1/2... Read more

Ubu Hour on 07/04/11

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 11:00pm - 11:55pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Yet another Ubu Hour Patriotic Show, to celebrate the 4th of July. We'll air an audio-dramatization of the play THE REPUBLICRAT, written by Justin McCarley, and there will be many other things too.  Read more

The Osama Skit

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Osama Skit.. A audio-drama fictiionalization of the last hour of Osama Bin-Laden's life... Read more

The Republicrat

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Republicrat - a political radio play written by Justin McCarley and produced by Ubu Hour Read more

Ubu Hour on 06/06/11

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tune in tonight for Ubu Hour and Radio Freedomlandia's radio theater adaptation of  Ayn Rand's huge novel, ATLAS SHRUGGED, about a dystopian world where big goverment, regulations, unions and taxation hinder the innovators and industrialists who struggle to make profits..  ... Read more

Atlas Shrugged

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Ubu Hour and Radio Freedomlandia's radio theater adaptation of  Ayn Rand's huge novel, ATLAS SHRUGGED, about a dystopian world where big goverment, regulations, unions and taxation hinder the innovators and industrialists who struggle to make profits..  ATLAS SHRUGGED, the ... Read more

Constitution Bible

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Another exerpt, from the April 2005 live show where we had over 50 people in the KBOO studios and production rooms. In this part, people are reading from the Bible and the US Constitution, since some political people (not to mention the "Constitutional" Party) seem to get t... Read more

Ubu Hour on 05/02/11

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 11:00pm - 11:55pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
As a Spring Membership Drive special, the Ubu Hour will air some highlights from earlier shows....  In other words, it's mostly re-runs.... Well, yeah, but we've got part of the infamous FCC show from 2007, as well as THE cRAP-TURE from Kapitalist Manifesto #8,  another bit ... Read more

The Crapture

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The C-Rapture...or should it be called the Crap-ture...  This is an excerpt from the Kapitalist Manifesto, and orginally aired back on July 4th 2005 as part of a "Patriotic Show" and recycled for the May 2011 show...  The ocean levels are rising, the environment is turning ... Read more