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01/08/2026

Here is a Lake Wobegon story from our 50th Anniversary show from The Anthem in Washington DC that features vignettes from GK's most recent novel 'Boom Town,' which the author says features some of his finest writing and is the only satirical novel to feature 5 funerals. . . he returns home to deliver a eulogy for a friend that he keeps getting asked back to eulogize others and through each visit, you get to see how the town has changed or stayed the same (or become a Boom Town). Enjoy!

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https://youtu.be/N9eTI4GJxXY?si=916n8zO0jgK_klKV

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01/06/2026

Hope for the New Year-

Garrison Keillor and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band perform a "New Year's Song" during the January 4, 2014 broadcasthttp://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs...

12/05/2025

Yes, there will be a new Lake Wobegon story for the Prairie Home Christmas shows - join us this weekend at The Fitzgerald Theater and then Galveston, Austin, Nashville, Boston and New York! Until then, here is a story from 2015 -

Garrison Keillor, with an update on the latest News from Lake Wobegon during our December 12, 2015 broadcasthttp://prairiehome.org/shows/december-12-2015/

11/27/2025

A tune for Thanksgiving from Chris Siebold, who’ll be featured in the Prairie Home Christmas band.

https://fredsimonandchrissiebold.bandcamp.com/track/thanksgiving?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwOVchVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeD0vU6fid3bL9LA0TbaB5uvAveGLTV6jJ4lsPfLQb3q_Xmd0Lsmi4z84vzo4_aem_2BZRfJ40zCVDWYMNQ7RAVA

track by Fred Simon and Chris Siebold

11/27/2025

Here comes a Christmas special more special than
any other Christmas special you’ve seen, the 2025
Prairie Home C.S. –– it includes “Silent Night” of
course but it also recognizes that some people dislike
Christmas so we have a good stiff “Anti-Yule
Anthem” and we have a creepy Christmas horror
sketch. Guy Noir finds a job, Dusty and Lefty hang
lights on a cactus, and Christine DiGiallonardo and
Heather Masse join G.K. for some brand-new
holiday songs, including a rewrite of the Wassail song
since nobody knows what wassail is anyway:

Here we come at Christmas among the leaves so
brown;
Trying not to read the news for it will get us
down
And do not pay attention to the New York stock
exchange
And may your blood pressure be in the normal
range.

We’ll sing about the three kings of Orient are
who
tried to smoke a rubber cigar and we’ll put down
the boy who played his drum pa rum pump um

pum and maybe break his thumbs. For those
who’ve never had one, we’ll re-enact a
Minnesota blizzard with snow over the rooftops
and packs of coyotes wandering and courageous
paperboys delivering the news and the B.V.M.
will tell her side of the Nativity Story. G.K. will
offer the ballad of the logger lover who stirred
his coffee with his thumb. And a visit to Lake
Wobegon as the relatives return and are alarmed
by change.

Dec. 6 St. Paul, MN — Dec. 7 St. Paul, MN — Dec. 9 Galveston, TX — Dec. 11 Austin, TX — Dec. 15 Nashville, TN — Dec. 18 Boston, MA — Dec. 21 New York, NY

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11/24/2025

A few questions posed to Billy Collins on the publication of his new book, Dog Show: Poems. This book would make a great gift for any dog owner this holiday season! Learn more about Billy and the book and read the poem ' A Dog, on his Master'

Poet Billy Collins (born March 22, 1941) once said, “While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the window pane.” Collins grew up in Queens. His mother was a nurse who could recite verse on numerous subjects, and his father was an electrician who used to bring...

11/18/2025

Congratulations to our friend Billy Collins on the publication of his new book Dog Show: Poems today. This book is sure to be treasured by anyone who has loved a four legged friend.

“Everyone who has a dog—or still grieves for one—will find themselves in this collection of witty, sweet and poignant poems by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins . . [an] eminently giftable collection.”—The Washington Post

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Billy Collins’s celebrates the joy of our canine best friends, honoring the love we feel for the animals who play such vital roles in our lives. In twenty-five poems, Collins distills the many ways dogs warm our hearts, from the happiness we experience as we watch a dog run unenc...

11/13/2025

Happy Holidays! For one week, until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18th, save 20% on all BOOKS in our store. Add a personal touch to your gift giving by selecting a tome you think the recipient will enjoy — whether it’s a collection of jokes, a collection of poetry, a few Lake Wobegon stories, or a holiday tale. Start shopping now - https://shop.garrisonkeillor.com/collections/books?sort_by=created-descending&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

PS - remember holiday shipping deadlines are earlier this year due to the Prairie Home Christmas tour.

11/06/2025

Holiday Special: ONLY $12.99 until Tuesday, Nov 11th!
Catch up on Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80, Garrison’s humorous take on aging and why we should all want to keep getting older..
In Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80, GK leans into the beauty of getting old. “My life is so good at 79 I wonder why I waited this long to get here,” he writes. You learn that Less Is More, the great lesson of Jesus and also Buddha. Each day becomes important after you pass the point of life expectancy. Big problems vanish, small things make you happy. And the worst is behind you because you lack the energy to be as foolish as you might otherwise be. Includes 23 rules for aging, among them “Enumerate your benefits,” “Enjoy inertia,” “Get out of the way,” “Don’t fight with younger people; they will be writing your obituary,” and finally, “Ignore rules you read in a book. Do what you were going to do anyway.” Readers are sure to chuckle at the wisdom and humor contained in this short, full-color volume (there are photos from Garrison’s life as well as reproductions of fine art)

Grab the book that The Saturday Evening Post described as a "90 page self-published masterwork on aging."

Created just for fans as a keepsake from Garrison. Here is a short preview: “My life is so good at 79 I wonder why I waited this longto get here,” writes Mr. Keillor. “I look at the front pageof the paper and think, ‘Not My Problem.’ The worldbelongs to the young, I am only a tourist, and ...