- The View From Mrs. Sundberg's Window: That's why they call it "comfort food," I guess
- Post to the Host: Intro to Storytelling
- The Old Scout: Republican Senators Need an Exchange of Peace
- Interview: Heather Masse: Bird Song
- Photos: Slideshow for the Nov. 7, 2009 show
- Russ Ringsak: Making Smithereens
2010 Western Caribbean Cruise
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Back in the Big Apple …
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Karan Casey
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Sara Watkins
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The Town Hall
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we are back for another live broadcast from The Town Hall located in the heart of Times Square in New York, NY. Karan Casey will bring a bit of the Irish sod to the Great White Way, while fiddler Sara Watkins and her bluegrass band will have you dancing to another jig. Also with us, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Royal Academy of Radio Actors Tim Russell, Sue Scott and sound effects man Mr. Fred Newman, plus Garrison will have all the latest, Post-Thanksgiving News from Lake Wobegon.
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Over the River
Last week's sojourn across the river to the State Theater in Minneapolis with Steve Wariner, the always vivacious Nellie McKay and more.
From last week's show
- The Very Thought of You
Nellie McKay and Shoe Band - Powdermilk Biscuit Break
- Leaving Luttrell
Steve Wariner and Shoe Band - When I Dream
GK, Andra Suchy, Steve Wariner and Shoes - Caffeinated Locomotive
Joe Savage and Shoe Band - The News from Lake Wobegon
Download - The Next Time I'm in Town
GK, Andra, Shoes, Steve Wariner - Listen to the full broadcast
Host Garrison Keillor gives advice on topics from English Major gaffes to affairs of the heart.
I've been listening to your show ever since I was a teenager, and I love it so much. I am a fourth grade teacher now, and I would like to help my students become storytellers. What advice do you have for them or for me?
Angela M.
Portland, ME
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Have a unit on jokes: put 40 or 50 narrative jokes in a hat and pass it around and everyone has to tell that joke, impromptu. Introduce them to the classic stories — you, Angela, telling them the stories — The Little Mermaid (the original H.C. Andersen version), Ulysses, Noah and the Ark, the Prodigal Son, Romeo and Juliet, B'rer Rabbit, Snow White, and so forth — and introduce them to the idea of oral impromptu narrative....
Russ Ringsak
Making Smithereens
The View From Mrs. Sundberg's Window
That's why they call it "comfort food," I guess
The Old Scout
Republican Senators Need an Exchange of Peace
Post to the Host
Intro to Storytelling
Birds of a feather
Poetry 101
Off the Air
Harry Smith videos from The Early Show (CBS)
Marquee about the State Theater
Nellie McKay
Guitarists Steve Wariner and Pat Donohue play
(11/23) Brother John, Birthday greetings to Brother John. Born on Dec 2, 1962 at home...
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What do you get with 50 pigs and 50 deer?
One hundred sows and bucks!
This joke was sent in by Coernella C., of Fort Bragg, CA. Thanks Coernella!
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Garrison Keillor on Turkey Confidential
Garrison Keillor will join The Splendid Table host Lynne Rossetto Kasper this Thanksgiving morning to share his Thanksgiving stories and a touch of Lake Wobegon while Lynne triages listeners' Thanksgiving cooking disasters.
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A Christmas Blizzard
GK's New Holiday Story
A comic novella about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown.
Audio edition also available»
Stories of a Wobegon romance far from home, all delivered with Garrison Keillor's trademark humor.
Read the first chapter»Signed Copies Available»
The latest collection of Lake Wobegon short stories gathered from live broadcasts include Confirmation Sunday, the church directory photos, Pastor Ingqvist's leather bound sermons along with song lyrics and the "95 Theses," among others. Companion audio also available.
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Our sporadic interview series continues, this time with Heather Masse. She talks about being something of a regular on the show, and her new album Bird Song.
