Ubu Hour

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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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Retired

Hitch-Hike Hussy Part 2: Head Crash

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/08/2016 at 12:00am
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Our heroine hitches a ride on a lonely stretch of rural highway from a man ready to cut loose at the beginning of his vacation.  What promises to be several hours of partying and sexual hijinks abruptly ends in a head-on collision. As she crawls out of the car, she doesn't ... Read more

Ubu Hour Feb 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/02/2016 at 12:00am
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Tonight Ubu Hour presents: 2034: WELCOME TO THE HOLY LANDS:  Refugees flee famine and religious extremists in robes.  Five decades after 1984, we offer a disturbing future dystopia, in this audio drama about refugees, religious extremists in robes, and a huge wall on the... Read more

2034: Welcome to the Holy Lands

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am
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Welcome to the year 2034, fifty years after 1984. Refugees flee religious extremists in white robes. People try to cope in the face of out of control climate change and world upheaval.. The Ubu Hour presents the futuristic radio theater drama: 2034: WELCOME TO THE HOLY LAND... Read more

I MIGHT LIKE S.E.X. IF I KNEW WHAT IT STOOD FOR

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am
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I MIGHT LIKE S.E.X. IF I KNEW WHAT IT STOOD FOR: In this 50s sitcom, secretary Doris plots how to woo her clueless boss,  Rock, into marriage, and hilarity and hijinx ensue.  Originally aired on The Ubu Hour on Feb 1, 2016, this radio play was written and produced by Martin... Read more

Hello Larry/What I Don't Know Won't Hurt You

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/05/2016 at 12:00am
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Tonight on the Ubu Hour: HELLO LARRY:   The sitcom Hello, Larry, which ran two forgettable seasons on NBC starting in 1979, featured McLean Stevenson as a radio talk show host and single dad raising two teenage daughters in Portland, Oregon. The show was voted one of the w... Read more

What I Don't Know Won't Hurt You

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2016 at 12:00am
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What I Don't Know Won't Hurt You.... A strange radio drama about waking up and not knowing where you are.. something  mysterous is happening...  ... originally aired Jan 2016 on the Ubu Hour..   Read more

50 Guns at Dusk/Hello Larry

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/08/2015 at 12:00am
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Tonight we air the sequal to last month's Ubu Cowboy classic, "Massacre at Ash Ranch."  50 GUNS AT DUSK promises more thrills, gun battles and excitement, as our heroes, Varla and Sally, arrive to Portland at the dawn of the 1860s.  What starts as a search for a missing bro... Read more

50 Guns at Dusk

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2015 at 12:00am
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50 GUNS AT DUSK is the thrilling sequel to "3 Deaths at Ash Ranch."  In this radio theater Western, set in Portland, Oregon at the dawn of the 1860s, we follow our heroes Varla and Sally, as they deal with greedy developers, corrupt politicians, and a gang of shanghaiing cr... Read more

3 Deaths at Ash Ranch and More

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/03/2015 at 12:00am
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Tonight on Ubu Radio Theater:     We go back to the late 1850s, for a riveting Western set in Oregon Territory. A grisley massacre, and a kidnapping, some mysterious strangers at the local saloon.. Even Mormons and a future President make an appearance. Can Sheriff Ocker s... Read more

3 Deaths at Ash Ranch

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2015 at 12:00am
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We go back to the late 1850s, for a riveting Western set in Oregon Territory. A grisley massacre, and a kidnapping, some mysterious strangers at the local saloon.. Even Mormons and a future President make an appearance. Can Sheriff Ocker solve the crime of the 3 DEATHS AT A... Read more