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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
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The story of Mazie the black lab is one of my very favorites. I enjoyed hearing it again. I've known a few animals like that.
He is a fantastic story teller, but his old man "kids these days don't know the terror of my youth" is bs. Kids these days grew up with school shootings, terror attacks and a culture that increasingly praises violence and war. Childhood existential terror is not as bad as when Keillor grew up, it's far worse.
As a listener of over 40 years I am sad that Garrison’s live broadcast are a thing of the past. He is a national treasure and I am glad that the younger generation will be able to appreciate that through these podcasts.
last of a dying breed of storytellers.
Still some of the best stories being told as an art form ,you will laugh till you fuckin die ,from raw quaintness, a wholesome lifestyle, of the Minnesoteans .
This show used to be my absolute favorite all time show when I was in my 20s and 30s. I know all good things must come to an end. Sadly this man's iconic voice was silenced from the radio way to soon. And that's when I stopped listening to NPR.
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soooooooooooooo funny.
Fellow Comedy-Pod Lovers, I LOVE this show and to help you help yourselves, here is the list of the other similar shows I love!!! Here we go… ONE Superego TWO Mike Detective THREE The ManBuyCow Podcast FOUR As it Occurs to me FIVE Grownups Read Things they Wrote as Kids SIX The Thrilling Adventure Hour SEVEN Hello, From the Magic Tavern EIGHT The Adam & Joe Show NINE The News From Lake Wobegone TEN The Pod F. Tompkast ……Hope I’ve helped! UPVOTE my review and help spread the love!
I was tempted to give this four stars instead of five as encouragement to give us the entire weekly show, rather than just Lake Wobegon. But I couldn't do it. Even this snippet of a fantastic show deserves fives stars in it's own right. For those of us familiar with Northern Minnesota/North Dakota small town life, this is better than a trip through the nostalgic sepia-tone photo albums of our parents and grandparents. Those memories live and breathe again thanks to Garrison. It's sometimes funny, sometimes melancholy. But it's always comforting and hopeful. It's a little trip home without the troubles and impositions of relatives.
What a pleasure to be able to at last archive the weekly news coming out of Lake Wobegon. We look forwarde to visiting and revisiting with the all the folks we have come to know from our many years of listening to PHC. Having the episodes on our laptop will help make the miles melt away on trips between our home and our childrens' homes, as Garrison takes us back to the "quiet little town" he grew up in. Thanks for finally making the news availiable as podcasts!