

Nation Nov 29

Minnesota Public Radio said Wednesday it cut ties with Garrison Keillor, the former host of popular radio variety show "A Prairie Home Companion."…
By Joshua Barajas
Arts Oct 21

"A Prairie Home Companion" has always been synonymous with one man: Garrison Keillor. Since his departure, the live variety radio program transitioned to a new host. But 35-year-old Chris Thile isn't actually new -- he's been performing on the show…
By PBS NewsHour
Arts Oct 21

Chris Thile, the mandolin virtuoso who just became the host of "A Prairie Home Companion," will compose a new song to begin every episode of the iconic radio variety program.
By Mary Jo Brooks
Nation Aug 02

Previous signature stories about a ban on commercial fishing by the president of the Pacific island nation of Kiribati and a profile of Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" prompted both positive and negative feedback from viewers around the country.
By PBS NewsHour

By Megan Thompson, Frank Bi
Are you strong, good-looking and/or above-average? Could you make it in Lake Wobegon? Take NewsHour Weekend’s “A Prairie Home Companion” quiz in honor of the show’s 40th anniversary.
Jul 25

By Victoria Fleischer
In college, Garrison Keillor, the host of American Public media’s “A Prairie Home Companion” and “The Writer’s Almanac,” majored in poetry. After he wrote his papers and received his degree, he didn’t look at it again until decades later, when…
Jul 25

By PBS NewsHour

By Megan Thompson
A three-day anniversary event kicked off Friday at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, where Garrison Keillor first broadcast "A Prairie Home Companion" on July 6, 1974. Back then, there were about 12 people in the audience. Today the show…
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