Garrison Keillor, Settler of a Fallen Frontier
The creator of <em>A Prairie Home Companion</em> purported, through the show and much of his other work, to represent a bygone American age. With the news of his firing over allegations of misconduct, he finally does.
On Wednesday, Minnesota Public Radio that it had fired Garrison Keillor, the creator and former host of after “recently learning of allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him.” The station, it said, will be cutting ties not only with Keillor, but also with his production company. It will be ending both the distribution and the broadcast of , Keillor’s other radio show, as well as the rebroadcasts of MPR will soon be renaming , which since 2016 has been hosted by the musician Chris Thile.
