After more than 40 years of hosting ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ Garrison Keillor is handing the show over to his hand-picked successor, mandolinist Chris Thile, who debuts as the show’s new host this weekend.
As a recent article in The New York Times Magazine suggests, it’s going to be a different show with Thile at the helm. Wyoming Public Radio’s Micah Schweizer spoke to Abe Streep, whose article poses the question, “What’s A Prairie Home Companion Without Garrison Keillor?”