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 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, flipturn, Ginuwine, McKinley Dixon, Armand Hammer, spill tab, 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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From rap and R&B to dance and lo-fi, here's a playlist of the best Iowa hip-hop of 2024. Consider this a catalogue of our favorite tracks of the year, from the albums and EPs you need to hear! -
Artists shooting their own videos, DIY attitudes and two must-see projects from filmmaker Hannah Rosalie Wright defined a busy year in Iowa music videos. Here are some of our favorite videos of 2024! -
2024 was a year full of music discovery and exciting artists breaking into the mainstream. Take a look back at some of the best of the year with our top albums of 2024. -
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. -
Just this year, the spacey, beach town rock band flipturn performed at Hinterland, Austin City Limits and an NFL locker room, released a Tom Petty cover for a Vince Vaughn series, and contributed to the latest album from The Greeting Committee. Across two interviews with IPR’s Lucius Pham, the five-piece talked about their college days, what it's been like touring “the heck out of” their debut album Shadowglow and grabbing a "pint" with Two Door Cinema Club. -
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. -
Hinterland brought one of its buzziest lineups in years, and fans responded in droves. The first and last-day crowds blanketed the hills at all hours and sold the fest out of merch early. On Sunday, the GA pit bobbed with a sea of hot pink cowboy hats, as fans from all across the U.S. bopped to Chappell Roan’s set. It was, without a doubt, a fest to remember. -
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.
