Lucius Pham
Video ProducerExpertise: Capturing and telling stories about Iowa news and music through video and photography
Education: Drake University
Favorite Iowa Destination: La Juanita, Sioux City
Experience:
- Worked in production at Iowa PBS for award-winning programs including Iowa Press and Market to Market, among others
- Has captured national and local politics coverage, supported reporting of local cultural groups and more
- Directs and edits multi-camera broadcasts at live and recorded shows for IPR's YouTube page and other video platforms
- Directs visual and digital elements of IPR Studio One's "Artist of the Month" series
- Has interviewed national and local musicians including Dionne Warwick, Ginuwine, McKinley Dixon and Caleb Elliott, among others
- Received a 2024 first place PMJA Visual Storytelling award for All Access: IPR's Music Magazine
- Received the "Best Writing," "Audience Favorite" and third place Best Film of 2019 awards at the Des Moines 48-Hour Film Project
- Served as an editor and mentor for multiple projects with NPR’s Next Generation Radio
My Favorite Stories
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The long-time covergirl for Spotify’s “Bedroom Pop” playlist, Claire Chicha, AKA spill tab, joined IPR’s Lucius Pham in Des Moines to talk traveling the world, getting “loud and abrasive” and reckoning with her inner KLEPTO. -
Just before Ginuwine’s headlining appearance at My Waterloo Days, the “Differences” singer sat down with IPR’s Lucius Pham in the cab of his trailer to discuss his friendship with 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Missy Elliott, discovering Shaggy in Jamaica and the next phase of his career: The Grandfather. Also, The Director. -
McKinley Dixon talks Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?, philosopher Dr. Cornel West and his last email from the late rapper Sean Price: "I wouldn't let no one hear this." -
A videographer’s rap game sojourn, Coi Leray production credits and album art by b. Robert Moore. Iowans in hip-hop got busy in 2023. Here’s what you missed - featuring projects by GnarlyJevy, Borg.. and Ahzia, and singles from CeeRob, UnoUp6 and Trap Garage Mafia.
My Latest Stories
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The free, one-day music festival returned to Grandview Park in Sioux City with its signature blend of genres split between two stages. -
“We kind of became friends through this project, which is really cute.” April Artists of the Month Jarrett Purdy, a jazz pianist, and Lex Leto, a classical flutist, shared with IPR's Tony Dehner. The pair fused their distinct styles on their 2023 EP have you been the night?. -
For the one year anniversary of Caleb Elliott’s superb sophomore album Weed, Wine & Time, we take a look back at his idyllic, sunset performance at The Cellar Winery in Madrid with Royce Johns and Alabama Shakes guitarist Heath Fogg. The Louisiana-born singer-songwriter-cellist opened up about the album’s sequencing, his own “Sister” and the "silly" demo that became the title track. -
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The coolest concert experience we had in 2023 -
Bassist Jon Locker succeeded in breaking the world record for most amps played though at once at the Val Air Ballroom's soft re-opening Sunday, Feb. 25. His bass was crafted out of the wood from his grandparents' old barn in Gilman where he remembers "little family jams." -
Nine of the Iowa acts we've got our eyes on this year, including Mr. Softheart, Sharane Calister, Sten Joddi and Trap Garage Mafia. -
From hip-hop to indie pop, here are the Iowa music videos Studio One is rewatching in 2024. -
Founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Gary Eldridge Grice, AKA GZA, brought da ruckus to Iowa City, performing selections from his 1995 solo debut ‘Liquid Swords.' Backed by the Phunky Nomads, The Genius sliced through his iconic album plus “C.R.E.A.M.” and ODB’s “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.”
