WBHM Interviews

North Korea Nukes
No Child Left Behind: Year 4
The Pentecostal Century
From BSC to Saturn's Moon
Mental Health & Workplace Productivity

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Heard Saturday nights at 5 p.m., rebroadcast Sunday morning at 10 a.m.

A Prairie Home Companion is a two-hour weekly variety show broadcast live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota and other locations in the U.S. and around the world. The show offers a quirky blend of comedy sketches, topical subjects and music. Musical guests range from legends like Emmylou Harris and Taj Mahal to church choirs, rockabilly bands, and accordionists. Special theme shows include the popular "Joke Show" and the "Talent from Towns Under 2,000" show. The show has also welcomed artists including Poet Laureate Billy Collins and humorists Ray Blount, Jr. and Al Franken, as well as legendary raconteur Studs Terkel.

At the heart of the show is host Garrison Keillor's humor-writing talent and unrivaled ear for great radio. He's the creator of hilarious skits like the weekly adventures of "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye" and "The Catchup Advisory Board," and of course the stories from "the town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve" in Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon." Regular performers include the radio acting company of Tim Russell, and Sue Scott, with Tom Keith, and Fred Newman on Sound Effects. The Guys' All Star Shoe Band is A Prairie Home Companion's house band, and is led by pianist Rich Dworsky.

A consummate storyteller, Garrison Keillor is the internationally known author of 15 books and a regular contributor to Time magazine, the Atlantic Monthly and many other publications. Keillor has won numerous awards, including a Grammy, two ACE Awards and a Peabody. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1994, and has been revered as "a modern day Mark Twain" by CNN and Time.

A Prairie Home Companion is produced by Prairie Home Productions, presented by Minnesota Public Radio and distributed nationwide by American Public Media.

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WBHM Interviews

Heard Saturday nights at 5 p.m., rebroadcast Sunday morning at 10 a.m.