Garrison Keillor

Project: A Prairie Home Companion

The famous syndicated radio host Garrison Keillor confirmed that he was being fired by Minnesota Public Radio after claims of “inappropriate behavior” surfaced pointing at the radio personality. MPR stated that it was cutting its ties and investment with Keillor, including several private media companies of his. According to the statement he gave to The Associated Press, he mentioned that he was being let go after “a story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.”

A Prairie Home Companion was Keillor’s show in the station. He has hosted it since 1974. The show was broadcasted on 690 public radio stations in the US. The program reached four million audiences in the country every week. In 2016, when he was fired, Chris Thile replaced him as the host and renamed the show to Live From Here. Unfortunately, the reboot only lasted until 2020.