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.
My Latest Stories
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Mission Creek has announced its 2025 lineup and it’s exciting and varied as ever, with a who’s who of exciting new acts and returning favorites. -
The Oskaloosa Art Center opened an exhibit Sept. 12 featuring the sleek, framed photography of Anthony Arroyo, a lifelong Des Moines native. The collections on display — “A Home I Never Knew,” “Home is the East Side,” “Taquerías en la University” and “Instant History” — are available to view through the end of October. -
The free, one-day music festival returned to Grandview Park in Sioux City with its signature blend of genres split between two stages. -
When the vocal files from the duo’s third collaborative FlySpace album got corrupted, FlyLife and Sqvce were faced with a choice: recreate the magic or just move on. On March 10, the two Us Vs. Them standouts released their intergalactic follow-up to 2019’s FlySqvce and 2021’s II. The pair spoke with IPR’s Lucius Pham about re-recording at Carousel Studios, the history of FlySpace and the “longevity” of their partnership. -
On Saturday, Jan. 21, Des Moines’ historic Hoyt Sherman Place will celebrate its 100th anniversary season in spectacular fashion, rolling out the red carpet for the six-time Grammy Award-winning hitmaker’s first visit to Iowa. The 82-year-old “Walk on By” singer Dionne Warwick spoke with IPR's Lucius Pham about her music both new and old, the timelessness of Hal David’s lyrics and why she wishes Oreo would just knock it off. -
The Ed Glorious-produced album wraps up a trilogy begun by the pair in 2020 with The Grotesque & Beautiful. -
Across the Midwest, farmland prices have risen sharply from last year, in part because of high commodity prices and a global food shortage. The highly competitive market, which often includes investors, can make it difficult for young farmers to grow their businesses. -
En enero, Piña y un grupo de mujeres jóvenes se reunieron para formar un equipo llamado Escaramuza Charra Quetzalli. Hay siete jóvenes, incluida Piña, todas de ascendencia mexicana. Pero la octava escaramuza rompe los esquemas. -
The national sport of Mexico has new representation in Iowa — but this team looks a little different than others. A group of young Iowans has formed a new team to compete and perform in charrería.
