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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 Hour May 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/02/2017 at 12:00am
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Tune in to the Ubu Mayday show...  Tonight on the Ubu Hour we bring you two radio plays by M Watson Dodge: THE GAME OF MOANS:  Tire Iron Lannicaine learns the truth: he is too short to ascend to the Great White Commode of the Kingdom of Moans in tonight's episode of "The G... Read more

Ubu Hour April 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/04/2017 at 12:00am
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Three plays by M Watson Dodge:  Princess Dacron's Intergalactic Flying Circus Recess: The Jury's Out to Lunch Tonto Rides Again  Read more

Ubu Hour March 2017

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/07/2017 at 12:00am
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Tonight on Ubu Radio Theater we give you a couple of sequals. First up.. First up.. We bring you the second episode in our series about President Trump in early 2019 as he faces the threat of impeachment and deals with legal issues on a broad front.  In the opener, “PRESI... Read more

Cretaceous Dark 2: The Lost World

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/07/2017 at 12:00am
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Last October we aired  CRETACEOUS DARK, a radio drama about an amusement park converted into  Monsanto-run laboratory in the Oregon wilderness, where animals are genetically modified to create fake dinosaurs. And now CRETACEOUS DARK 2: THE LOST WORLD, takes us deeper into t... Read more

The Dark Tower

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 11:30pm - 11:45pm
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THE DARK TOWER:  When he rented a pricy apartment at the new Darth Vader building, at one end of the Burnside Bridge, little did he know what sinister secrets lay within. An eerie drama about the changing Portland landscape. Ken Jones says:  I listened to this month’s Ubu H... Read more

Ubu Hour February 2017

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/07/2017 at 12:00am
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Tonight we offer 4 new radio theater stories with a politcal bent: A TRUMP CAROL In "A Trump Carol," our favorite current president is taken on a guided tour of America past, America present, and America future (the one he is going to make great again). Like his Dickensian ... Read more

Ubu Hour January 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/03/2017 at 12:00am
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Tonight on the Ubu Hour we bid fairwell to PUPPET RADIO THEATER, who are taking the Flying Prince to the Republic of China. And we have a special radio theater version of their latest show, BUNKO KELLY & THE FLYING PRINCE, set in Portland in the 1880s. The puppets Floyd, Ha... Read more

Bunko Kelly and the Flying Prince

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/03/2017 at 12:00am
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Here's the Bunko Kelly peice without all the extra filler..      Tonight on the Ubu Hour we bid fairwell to PUPPET RADIO THEATER, who are taking the Flying Prince to the Republic of China. And we have a special radio theater version of their latest show, BUNKO KELLY & THE F... Read more

Ubu Hour December 2016

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/06/2016 at 12:00am
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Here's the radio theater offerings we have for the December show... GUN OF A SON:  A drama envolving guns. Various characters rely on their guns to protect themselves, in a radio show meant to highlight the importance of our Second Amendment Rights. .  IN A FAMILY WAY: The... Read more

Election 2016 Special

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/08/2016 at 12:00am
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The strangest election in memory is almost over. Everyone is sick of it. So why in the hell is the UBU HOUR airing an election special? That's right! It's the UBU HOUR 2016 ELECTION PRESENTATION, on the eve of the big election. Read more