APM: A Prairie Home Companion's News from Lake Wobegon
Monologues about folks in Lake Wobegon
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October 6, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It was warm and beautiful early in the week, and ...
"It was warm and beautiful early in the week, and then Wednesday night you could feel the earth turn and the world change." The Pettersons host an enormous bonfire and Orville makes a friend while on a train trip to California.
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September 29, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"Fall has come on. There's a definite chill in the ...
"Fall has come on. There's a definite chill in the air and there are people who have to get up in the night and close their bedroom windows." The Hansens take a road trip to Yellowstone, Kurt visits Amsterdam after retiring as the janitor of the Lake Wobegon elementary school, and Pastor Liz goes on a date with a youth minister.
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September 22, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"A big wind came in yesterday and brought in a ...
"A big wind came in yesterday and brought in a little taste of November for us. It turned chilly and cold almost right away." Jimmy Krebsbach returns from Texas to visit his friends and family (leaving behind his large collection of Cadillacs) and reveals the origin of a strange scar on his chest.
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September 15, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It's a gorgeous, gorgeous fall here. Gorgeous nights--warm days, cool ...
"It's a gorgeous, gorgeous fall here. Gorgeous nights--warm days, cool nights." Pastor Liz hosts a bonfire and Mr. Lofgren's orchard produces an exceptional harvest of his "Julia" apples.
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September 8, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"Mozart's 250th birthday this year. All over America, even in ...
"Mozart's 250th birthday this year. All over America, even in Lake Wobegon: choirs celebrating, singing Mozart." Recollections of choirs in Lake Wobegon, plus songs for "Mary Jo" and "One More Spring in Minnesota," in a monologue from 2006.
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September 1, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It's been warm and humid this last week and we've ...
"It's been warm and humid this last week and we've gotten a lot of rain, which has been good for the gardens in my town." The town apprehends a band of mailbox vandals, Bruno the Fishing Dog tears through Irene Bunsen's tomato patch, the Whippets start their season, and thoughts on fresh produce in Lake Wobegon, in a monologue from 1999.
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August 25, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It turned cold this week, to everybody's great relief -- ...
"It turned cold this week, to everybody's great relief -- to finally have winter here, for sure. No doubt about it. No going back and forth between fall and winter, but just winter. The real thing."
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August 18, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"We're coming to the end of this warm spell in ...
"We're coming to the end of this warm spell in November and it is none too soon. Need to get real here. If we go on much longer with this sort of weather in November and it just encourages people to entertain all kinds of illusions." A monologue from November 2001.
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August 11, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"The Whippets won last Sunday afternoon. They played the Freeport ...
"The Whippets won last Sunday afternoon. They played the Freeport Flyers and they won by a score of 3-2. It was a great game--it was one of those close, tight games where everything that happens means a lot because it's so close." Babe Ruth visits the town for an exhibition game against the Lake Wobegon Schroeders, in a monologue from 1985.
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August 4, 2012: The News from Lake Wobegon
"It's been warm out there--what we call warm. It's been ...
"It's been warm out there--what we call warm. It's been in the 90s. It's been good tomato-growing weather." Irene Bunsen grows a crop of unique tomato plants and a potential buyer bartends at the Sidetrack Tap to get a feel for the place, allowing Wally to enjoy some time on his pontoon boat, in a monologue from 1999.
