Prairie Home Archives
Classic episodes from the “A Prairie Home Companion” archives
Classic episodes from the “A Prairie Home Companion” archives
Featuring British rock ‘n’ roller Nick Lowe (pictured), actress Debra Monk, and satin-voiced singer Nellie McKay.
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Featuring former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins (pictured) and an ad for the Hotel Minnesota: if you want a glass of wine, come get it yourself.
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Featuring harmonica master Howard Levy (pictured) and a skit about cooking with radio legend and author Studs Terkel, played by himself.
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Featuring singer Aoife O’Donovan (pictured), who talks to Dusty and Lefty about algorithms and a mysterious case of the yodels.
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Featuring Delbert McClinton (pictured), a spoof on The Odyssey, and a word from Narco Bran Breakfast Flakes: “suddenly I feel really, really good.”
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Featuring singer-songwriter Iris Dement (pictured), a remake of “Hamlet,” and the Story of Bob, A Young Artist, brought to you by Rainbow Motor Oil.
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A 2002 episode with a script about how to carve a Jack-O-Lantern, and some tragic words about from the Professional Organization of English Majors.
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A 2002 episode featuring the script “Fur House”: “If you’re tired of painting and re-painting your house, why not try fur—-not wood fir, but real fur.”
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Broadcast from St. Paul, Minnesota, with Ledward Ka’apana, Owana Salazar (pictured), Dave Frishberg, Lynn Peterson, and Dan Newton with the Shoe Band.
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Listen to this Season Opener Street Dance from 2002 with poet David Lehman, Latin band Salsa del Soul, and Dan Lund and Butch Thompson with the Shoe Band.
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