Revisit memorable performances of Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, The News from Lake Wobegon, from rebroadcasts of the live public radio program A Prairie Home Companion. Garrison created A Prairie Home Companion in July 1974 and hosted for 42 years, until July 2016. Enjoy classic tales from the town where "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” Produced by American Public Media. Twitter: @prairie_home
296 Available Episodes (296 Total)Average duration: 00:08:49
Nov 25, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for November 25, 2017
00:11:56
"It was good and cold on Thanksgiving Day, which was good. It just made Thanksgiving feel more necessary somehow." Families destroy the social order by purchasing their Thanksgiving meals online, The Host prepares a subpar Grape Salad, and a few observations about unique holiday traditions, in a November 2014 monologue.
Nov 18, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for November 18, 2017
00:14:03
"It's been chilly out there this week. It's been in the 30s ever since Wednesday night. Winter came in, it just came right in and the wind came up." Pastor Kohler continues a string of depressing sermons as his time in Lake Wobegon winds down, the town prepares for the upcoming holiday weekend, and Mr. Rosen discovers the meaning of Thanksgiving while deer hunting, in a November 2015 monologue.
Nov 11, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for November 11, 2017
00:12:00
"It's November, middle of November, and the trees are bare. We had a big wind here this last week, big rainstorm on Wednesday and Thursday. It's been chilly." Pastor Kohler leaves town after his email is hacked, Clarence Bunsen experiences an embarrassing medical condition, a group of deer hunting widows attends a male dance revue in Hurley, Wisconsin, and Mr. Hansen finally burns down an old outhouse, in a monologue originally from November 2015.
Nov 04, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for November 4, 2017
00:17:57
"So beautiful and warm this last week for the first week in November. Got into almost the 70s and almost the 70s is more than good enough for us. What a gift Wednesday and Thursday were." The school board debates requiring students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and the town prepares for deer hunting season in a monologue originally from November 2001.
Oct 28, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for October 28, 2017
00:24:30
"Most of the leaves are off the trees, except a few yellow leaves there on the Aspen trees. Of course the corn is all combined, the beans as well. The fields are mostly just stubble." The town begins procrastinating as winter approaches, and Daryl Rasmussen instigates a memorable Halloween prank, a monologue originally from October 1998.
Oct 21, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for October 21, 2017
00:09:33
"Our show coming to you from my hometown Anoka, Minnesota, here on the Rum River, flowing into the Mississippi." Our host shares a few memories about his family's history in his other hometown of Anoka, during a special live broadcast from Anoka High School back in October 2015.
Oct 14, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for October 14, 2017
00:09:18
"This long, strange, warm fall is finally coming to an end. We're about a week away from frost and we're looking forward to that." A mysterious wedding takes place at the Lutheran Church, and memories of when Uncle Earl secretly bought a TV to watch Minnesota Gophers football games, a monologue originally from October 2015.
Oct 07, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for October 7, 2017
00:14:43
"It's not the New Year, you know, or anything of the sort, but September: a gorgeous, gorgeous time, and the leaves are turning and the smell of apples in the air." The host recalls a notable childhood moviegoing experience, Lyle Janske's 10th grade biology class learns about bears, and a few thoughts on the power of memory, in a September 2015 monologue.
Sep 30, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for September 30, 2017
00:14:39
"It's been beautiful, beautiful weather out there -- sunny and bright and highs in the 60s, it's been perfect. Farmers are combining the corn, and the soybeans as well, and the alfalfa is still green." The Lake Wobegon Leonards lose their big homecoming game against the Millet Marauders, the Lutherans brag about their church's new pastor, and folks in town react to fall and cooler weather settling in, a monologue from October 2010.
Sep 25, 2017
The News from Lake Wobegon for September 23, 2017
00:11:18
"It's been just the most beautiful fall that we can remember, thank goodness for memory loss. It's just been absolutely gorgeous, just sunny skies and warm days for people whose tastes run in that direction and then cool nights to remind us that it is fall after all." Town constables Gary and Leroy chase down a boat that was abandoned in the middle of the lake, crews rush to finish the summer road construction, and the Magendantzes add a concrete walleye to their menagerie of yard statuary, in a monologue from September 2007.
Nov 25 | 00:11:56
The News from Lake Wobegon for November 25, 2017
Nov 18 | 00:14:03
The News from Lake Wobegon for November 18, 2017
Nov 11 | 00:12:00
The News from Lake Wobegon for November 11, 2017
Nov 04 | 00:17:57
The News from Lake Wobegon for November 4, 2017
Oct 28 | 00:24:30
The News from Lake Wobegon for October 28, 2017
Oct 21 | 00:09:33
The News from Lake Wobegon for October 21, 2017
Oct 14 | 00:09:18
The News from Lake Wobegon for October 14, 2017
Oct 07 | 00:14:43
The News from Lake Wobegon for October 7, 2017
Sep 30 | 00:14:39
The News from Lake Wobegon for September 30, 2017
Sep 25 | 00:11:18
The News from Lake Wobegon for September 23, 2017
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