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Garrison Keillor's Podcast

Garrison Keillor's Podcast

Prairie Home Productions

Funny, poignant, sentimental, and sometimes controversial thoughts of the day.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, December 19, 2021
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12/19/21 • 5 min

It was on this day in 1843 that Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas." Introducing the world to Scrooge, Marley's Ghost, and Tiny Tim.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, March 5, 2022
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03/05/22 • 5 min

Gerardus Mercator is not a household name. Born in 1512, he developed the “Mercator projection,” distorting a map so latitude and longitude lines were at right angles. It revolutionized navigation, and is still used today.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, March 31, 2022
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03/31/22 • 5 min

César Chávez was born on this day in 1927. His leadership on labor and civil rights enmeshed his name with the organized labor movement. President Biden keeps a bust of Chávez behind his desk in the Oval Office.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Friday, February 4, 2022
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02/04/22 • 5 min

Novelist MacKinlay Kantor was born on this day in 1904. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Andersonville” (1955), about a Confederate prison camp, which he spent 25 years researching.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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03/08/22 • 5 min

Writer John McPhee celebrates his 91st birthday today. A writer of non-fiction, his work spans a vast range of subjects from the making of canoes, to military stories, to his own genealogy.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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03/09/22 • 5 min

It's the birthday of writer Vita Sackville-West (1892), and also the publication date of her lover Virginia Woolf’s first novel “The Voyage Out” (1913).
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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01/25/22 • 5 min

Today we celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Adeline Virginia Stephen, better known as Virginia Woolf.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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02/22/22 • 5 min

Today is the birthday of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892). Millay performed her poem "Renascence" and a woman was so impressed that she paid Edna's college tuition.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Monday, February 7, 2022
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02/07/22 • 5 min

Today is 210 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, one of the most famous writers in the English language.
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Garrison Keillor's Podcast - The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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03/01/22 • 5 min

Today we celebrate the birth of two poets, Robert Lowell (1917) and Richard Wilbur (1921), both two-time winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
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How many episodes does Garrison Keillor's Podcast have?

Garrison Keillor's Podcast currently has 1519 episodes available.

What topics does Garrison Keillor's Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Garrison Keillor's Podcast?

The episode title 'The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, December 19, 2021' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Garrison Keillor's Podcast?

The average episode length on Garrison Keillor's Podcast is 5 minutes.

How often are episodes of Garrison Keillor's Podcast released?

Episodes of Garrison Keillor's Podcast are typically released every day.

When was the first episode of Garrison Keillor's Podcast?

The first episode of Garrison Keillor's Podcast was released on Jul 21, 2018.

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