Out of the Ice Box, Into the Cooler January 9, 2010 Coming to you live this week from The War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, it's an adventurous new year for A Prairie Home Companion. With this week's special guests, celebrated Metropolitan Opera tenor Raúl Melo, and a bright shining star of modern bluegrass Sara Watkins. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.
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| Prairie Home on the Big Screen  A Prairie Home Companion is coming to the big screen, at a movie theater near you! In an exciting first for the show, on Thursday, February 4th, 2010, a performance of A Prairie Home Companion at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, will be beamed live in high-definition exclusively to some 500 participating movie theaters and performing arts centers across the U.S. and Canada. Buy Tickets» |
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| Western Caribbean Cruise  The Prairie Home cruise has become legendary on two of the Seven Seas and now is setting sail on a third, a weeklong spring break cruise of the western Caribbean along the Mexican coast, and it leaves March 14 from Tampa. More Information» |
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Last Week's Show
January 2, 2010  The Best of Two Thousand Nine
All about the best of 2009 compilation show, featuring Wilco, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Patty Loveless, Brad Paisley, and so much more.
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| Inga Swearingen: First Rain  Our sporadic interview series continues with the talented jazz singer Inga Swearingen. She talks about "Swedish Farm Jazz," singing with the birds, and the recording process for her new album, First Rain. Read the interview» |
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Post to the Host GK Answers your questions To the Host:
What is your reaction to the ELCA's recent decision to allow congregations to bless same-gender unions and/or call openly gay pastors? How are the decisions playing at Lake Wobegon Lutheran? Jeffrey S.
Winlock, WA -- My reaction, Jeffrey, is that I wouldn't want to be the historic First Gay Lutheran Pastor and walk around with a plaque on my back. People would expect you to be a saint and to give off radiant beams of light. They would await miracles. Pastors are servants and in the Lutheran church, congregations call their own pastors, so this decision is simply a matter of honest labeling. If a congregation wants a hetero pastor, they should have one and if they want the other brand, they can have that, too, but let the clergy be honest about who they are. You shouldn't order a Ford and get a Chevy. In Lake Wobegon, the Lutherans are all in turmoil about it and I don't know if they'll stay in the ELCA or not, or whether some of them might pull out and form their own un-gay church — they're all busy shovelling snow now. But the urge to separate from others is strong and there will always be restless people. In every marriage there is a strong case for divorce. One thing that keeps Lutherans together is the love of singing. There is nothing like a Lutheran congregation for singing acapella the old hymns and when they are riven by divisive talk, the antidote is to sit them down in a room and have them sing "Beautiful Savior". You'd hate to have the tenors and half the sopranos walk away over some doctrinal difference.
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the latest and greatest from the joke machine Hey, did ya hear about the two cement mixers that fell in love. They did, they got married, and now they've got a lil' sidewalk running all around the house. This joke was sent in by Rono S., of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Thanks Rono! |
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  We grew up in weather colder than this
(Jan. 05, 2010)
Listened to the show Saturday and it was not bad. Who could complain about anything, really, as long as you were inside along with the radio and some potato chips or oatmeal and a blanket or two? It was cold...
 Keep Chasing the Wildebeest
(Dec. 29, 2009)
It is possible in this day and age to fly south in December and three hours later land in a city where you can sit comfortably in your T-shirt and linen jacket and eat your dinner at a café under...
 Making Smithereens
(Oct. 12, 2009)
Breakin' rocks in the .. huh ..Bam! — Hot sun I fought the law and the .. huh ..Bam! — Law won I fought the law and the .. huh ..Bam! — Law won I needed money 'cause I .....
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