Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:12 Tishomingo
00:00:57 GK Open
00:04:02 Calvin Trillin reads from "Family Man"
00:11:39 GK Intro Melville
00:12:13 Melville script
00:22:02 GK Intro Battlefield Band/Ian Rankin
00:22:33 "Big Leon" - Battlefield Band
Segment 2
00:25:59 Ian Rankin reads excerpt
00:28:40 GK Intro Minnesota Opera
00:29:04 "Plenty Road" from "The Grapes of Wrath," Minnesota Opera
00:31:12 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
00:32:31 GK Intro Snow Queen
00:32:49 Snow Queen script
00:59:01 Intermission, "Everybody Loves My Baby"
Segment 3
01:03:49 GK Welcome Back, Intro Kerouac script
01:04:14 Kerouac script
01:09:43 GK Intro Bill Holm
01:10:17 Bill Holm reads excerpt
01:14:37 "National Song" - Frostbraeour Male Choir
01:16:10 GK Intro Frank McCourt, monologue
01:17:25 Frank McCourt reads from "Angela's Ashes"
01:21:13 "My Love, My God" - The Boys of the Lough
Segment 4
01:23:29 The News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
01:47:47 "I Wash My Face in the Morning Dew" - Iris Dement
01:50:54 Catchup (Harry Potter Envy) script
01:54:22 GK Credits
01:55:45 "John Henry (Writer)" - GK and Shoes (w/Brad Paisley)
01:58:54 Outro
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A Prairie Home Companion for August 11, 2007
August 11, 2007 rebroadcast with Frank McCourt, Bill Holm, and The Minnesota Opera
Description
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we present a special compilation show featuring books and the people who write them. The dog days of summer are here and we'll cool down with a little reading -- contemporary or classic, domestic or foreign, we have 'em all:Frank McCourt,Bill HolmandCalvin Trillinread from their respective books. Plus, we'll pay homage to Kerouac and present a home-grown version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, The Snow Queen.The Minnesota Operabrings arias to the Dust Bowl in "The Grapes of Wrath." Tune in this Saturday for The Prairie Home Book Festival.