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

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Ubu Holiday show 2014

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/02/2014 at 12:00am
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It's holiday time here at UBU HOUR.. and tonight we celebrate several holidays that occur on this day, December 1st, from Self-Governance Day (celebrated in Iceland), to Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica), to World Aids Day. Also we catch up on the latest on the War on Ch... Read more

Ubu Hour December 2014 The Holiday Show

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2014 at 12:00am
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A Special Investigative Report

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/04/2014 at 12:00am
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This month the Ubu Hour is off the air. Instead, Normally at this time KBOO programs radio theater, however tonight we offer the listener a SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT that delves into a secret cult that has allegedly infiltrating a certain media source. Reporter Bob Crawl... Read more

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Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2014 at 12:00am
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November Ubu was replaced with this investigative report, where Bob Crawley determines whether the Crowley cult has infilitrated the KBOO community radio station., " . Also, another episode of the City That Once Worked. Read more

The Lost Years

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/02/2014 at 12:00am
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THE LOST YEARS: The tragedy on Sept 11th, 2001 is at the center of this radio psycho-drama, that goes into the past and the future. A woman who sees things, a father who died when the towers fell, a psychiatrist who uses sublminal tapes to cure his patients, a man who acts ... Read more

KARAMATZOH PÈRE and THE LOST YEARS

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/02/2014 at 12:00am
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Tonight Ubu Hour radio theater brings you: KARAMATZOH PÈRE:  Welcome to another exciting episode of the 1930s radio play, The Brothers Karamatzoh by Orson Dostoyevsky – the story of a mediocre comedy team from New York City.  The Karamatzoh Brothers are to the Ritz Brother... Read more

Nine Years

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/05/2014 at 12:00am
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Tonight the Ubu Hour offers three very different radio plays NINE YEARS - Ron Dimijad has just been released from prison after serving nine years. Soon he'll be home with his wife and daughter. His new life is about to begin.. but what lies in wait?   With the plot stolen f... Read more

The Blackmailers

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/08/2014 at 12:00am
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Tonight the Ubu Hour presents THE BLACKMAILERS, a psychological thriller murder mystery with shifting points of view. .                       A religious fanatic attempts to blackmail a pair of adulterers. A sex tape. An attempt rape. A dead body in a motel room. A woman fl... Read more

THE OPENING and THE FROZEN DISNEY

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/03/2014 at 12:00am
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Tonight the UBU HOUR offers: THE OPENING:  Hugh rides his bike through the city streets at dusk, and catches hints of dialog . A man talks on a cellphone. A couple chat at an outdoor patio. A woman waits outside a movie theater.  and then he finds himself with all these pe... Read more

Chafed Elbows

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/06/2014 at 12:00am
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Tonight from the Ubu Hour archives... CHAFED ELBOWS: Hapless Walter Dinsmore undergoes his annual November breakdown at the 1954 World’s Fair, has a love affair with his mother, recollects his hysterectomy operation, impersonates a cop, is sold as a piece of living art, goe... Read more