Lucius Pham
Video Production Manager & Studio One HostExpertise: Capturing and telling stories about Iowa news, music and politics 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 <i>Iowa Press</i> and <i>Market to Market</i>, 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, flipturn, Ginuwine, McKinley Dixon, Armand Hammer, spill tab, Caleb Elliott, among others
- Received a 2024 first place PMJA Visual Storytelling award for <i>All Access: IPR's Music Magazine</i>
- 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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Anthony Worden bringing back Springsteen, millennial dirtbaggery and a Des Moines-made South Sudanese smash were all highlights from this year in Iowa music videos. Here, in no particular order, are some of our favorites. -
2025 saw a plethora of new music from Iowa artists, these are just some of our favorites released this year. -
We saw Tyler, The Creator at Hinterland, rocked with Rick Ross in Waterloo and just missed Adamn Killa storming the quad at Iowa State University. Here were some of our favorite rap moments of 2025, and the best Iowa hip-hop and R&B you may have missed! -
2025 was full of amazing album releases from incredible musicians, this is Studio One's picks for best albums of the year. -
Blvck Bunnie started THOT SQUAD as a joke. Now, it's anything but. Flint, MI's raunchy rap sensation reflects on her Iowa debut at Alternating Currents, providing catharsis and making music with her husband. -
The Minneapolis garage band’s second album This Movie Sucks is caked in pop-punk millennial nostalgia. Siblings and bandmates Austin and Taryn Durry discuss Durry's new record, its "secret track" and the biggest tour of their careers. -
The third iteration of Cedar Falls band Salt Fox's Lost Woods Music Festival on Sept. 27 brought hundreds together for music, lights and a trip around the Ferris wheel. -
The first ever Iowa City Songwriters Festival was all about celebrating the art of songwriting, and for both songwriters and music lovers, it was a success. -
The Studio One team's first ever visit to the Quad Cities' annual Alternating Currents Festival was everything we wanted in a festival and more, despite the brutal weather. -
Hinterland celebrated its 10th anniversary in an expanded location in St. Charles this year, bringing headliners Tyler, the Creator, Kacey Musgraves and Lana Del Rey.
