APM: A Prairie Home Companion's News from Lake Wobegon
Monologues about folks in Lake Wobegon
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February 8, 2014: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It's been beautiful out there. We're coming to spring here ...
"It's been beautiful out there. We're coming to spring here and everything's gorgeous." Fishing season begins in Lake Wobegon, the host learns of his mother's online Scrabble habit, and the history of the annual Willis Bunsen Grocery Run event, in a monologue originally from May 2013.
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February 1, 2014: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It was cold Monday and Tuesday. Kids were out of ...
"It was cold Monday and Tuesday. Kids were out of school Monday, Tuesday so I guess the school year is going to go on until the middle of June." The town experiences a propane shortage, Myrtle and Florian Krebsbach have marital troubles after 61 years of marriage, and the Bunsens deal with a raccoon problem.
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January 25, 2014: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It got ferociously cold here on Thursday--Wednesday and Thursday--so school ...
"It got ferociously cold here on Thursday--Wednesday and Thursday--so school was canceled on Thursday. They heard about it Thursday morning on the rise-and-shine show Ole and Toivu." Senator K. Thorvaldson prepares for a trip to Arizona, Carl Krebsbach considers giving up the carpentry business, and Pastor Liz's boyfriend Cliff attends another service at the Lutheran Church.
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January 18, 2014: The News from Lake Wobegon
"All the kids are going back to college now. College ...
"All the kids are going back to college now. College kids who are going back exhausted after having had almost a month off from school." A "Wayward Moon" makes the town restless, Pastor Liz's boyfriend attends a service at the Lutheran Church, and Darlene visits a man in Windom.
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January 11, 2014: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It was cold--COLD--Monday and Tuesday. So cold. It was minus ...
"It was cold--COLD--Monday and Tuesday. So cold. It was minus 40, minus 50, counting the wind chill." Father Wilmer gives a two-and-a-half-minute sermon, the town's dogs enjoy a break from the cold weather, and Jerry Dehner does some thinking during an ice fishing trip.
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January 4, 2014: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It's been very cold out there, hate to say it, ...
"It's been very cold out there, hate to say it, but it's true, and it's about to get colder." The governor preemptively closes schools because of the big cold front, TV crews from California visit to find out why people live in Minnesota, memories of cold winters past, and the town celebrates New Year's Eve.
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December 28, 2013: The News from Lake Wobegon
"Sort of balmy, balmy weather early in the week and ...
"Sort of balmy, balmy weather early in the week and then we got some drizzle and then finally last night we got some snow, snow, beautiful snow." Mavis and Vern continue their relationship despite Irene's objections (and become the talk of the town in the process), Pastor Liz visits elderly residents for the holidays, and the Chatterbox Cafe's potato sausage gives the town a festive aroma, in a monologue from December 2012.
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December 21, 2013: The News from Lake Wobegon
"There was a beautiful big moon up there on Tuesday, ...
"There was a beautiful big moon up there on Tuesday, Wednesday, and the light from that moon was so bright on the snow that some people woke up in the middle of the night." Tales of late-night baking and strange dreams, and the recently improved Lutheran Church Choir sings a few hymns during their Christmas banquet at the Moonlight Bay Supper Club.
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December 14, 2013: The News from Lake Wobegon
"They got snow out there and it turned good and ...
"They got snow out there and it turned good and cold and people are cheerful. People are more cheerful when it's bitterly cold out there, because what is the choice?" Sidetrack Tap patrons perform some impromptu satellite dish maintenance, Irene and Clint Bunsen prepare for the holidays, Pastor Liz hosts a caroling party that gets the town talking, and memories of early television in Lake Wobegon.
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December 7, 2013: The News from Lake Wobegon
"We finally got our decent snowfall here on Wednesday night ...
"We finally got our decent snowfall here on Wednesday night and now Minnesota can look Buffalo and the Yukon in the eye. We need not be ashamed any longer." Mr. Berge enlists shoveling help after the season's first big snowfall, Corrine Tollerud breaks up with her boyfriend, thoughts on modern child rearing, and memories of harrowing school bus rides.
